UNDP’s Engagement at Financing for Development (FfD)

April 19, 2024
FFDForum
Event Details

22 - 25 April 2024

EDT

New York City, USA

The 2024 session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on  Financing for Development (FfD) will take place in UN HQ, New York from 22-25 April 2024. The overall theme of this year’s Forum is “Embarking on the path toward the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development”- to be held in Spain in 2025. The 9th edition of the SDGs Investment Fair will be held alongside the FfD. To join virtually or in person, please find the full list of UNDP’s engagement below. 

Please note that if you are unable to attend the Forum, the Forum will also be livestreamed on UN Web TV.

DateEventHow to joinOrganizers/Partners

22 Apr

1:15-2:30pm

Side event: Public Finance and Taxation for Reducing Inequality and Achieving the SDGs 

 

CR C, UN HQNorway, Finland, UNDP

23 Apr

4:30-6:00pm

Side event: Launch Guidance on Sovereign SDGs Bonds 

Watch here

CR 8, UN HQ

UN DESA, UNDP

24 Apr

8:30–9:50am

Side event: Responding to country demand for technical assistance, capacity building and institutional development to scale up financing for sustainable development 

Register here

UNICEF HQ

OECD, Sweden, UNICEF, INFF Facility

24 Apr

1:15–2:30pm

Side event: Making finance work for people and planet: how countries are building their sustainable finance ecosystem through integrated national financing frameworks

Information on in-person attendance here

Register here for virtual attendance

CR 12, UN HQ

Government of Spain, INFF Facility, UNDP, UN DESA, OECD, UNICEF

25 Apr

8:30-9:45am

SDGs Investment Fair: Using INFFs to crowd in private SDGs investment

Register here

Ford Foundation, NY

UN DESA

25 Apr

10:00-10:50am

Side event: Strengthening Skills for Enhancing Employability in the Gaming Industry and Statement of Signature Ceremony between HP and UNDP 

Register here for in-person attendance

Register here for virtual attendance

UNDP HQ

HP Inc., UNDP 

25 Apr

11:30-1:00pm

FfD Forum Plenary: Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs): Taking stock of national level progress 

Watch here

UN HQ

ECOSOC

25 Apr

4:30-7:30pm

Unlocking Private Capital for SDGs-Aligned investment opportunities in the Global South: A focus on SIDS and LLDCs advancement 

Register here

Turkish House, NY

Türkiye, Azerbaijan, UN DESA, UNDP

26 Apr

10:00-4:30pm

Transforming economies through INFFs UN HQUN DESA, UN, UNCTAD