LocationsSDG investment mapping mission: exploring SDG-aligned investment opportunities in the Maldives
July 3, 2022
There is a clear opportunity to mobilize significant resources and make real progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With investors and enterprises increasingly aligning their activities with the SDGs, the United Nations Development Programme is joining forces with experts and partners to explore SDG-aligned investment opportunity areas in Maldives.
Following SDG Impact’s methodology, the ‘SDG Investor Map Maldives’ aims to identify investment opportunity Areas in the country which are aligned with national priorities and SDG needs while carrying considerable investment potential. So far, the map development team has been able to identify the priority sectors and subsectors that respond to development needs, policy momentum and private sector interest within the Maldives context.
UNDP Maldives Resident Representative and team visits Ensis Group of the Maldives as part of the climate investment mapping mission to discuss the country's fisheries landscape and ways the private sector could be further energized to invest and create livelihood opportunities.
The SDG Investor Map development process for Maldives also entails a thematic deep dive into Climate Finance, allowing to explore more incisive themes such as Climate Finance, Water and Sanitation, and Renewable Energy among others that are a priority for a country’s national development agendas and by extension, for the UNDP country portfolio. The SDG Investor Mapping Exercise is supported by Ministry of Economic Development.
Our team meets with Fuvahmulah City Council to discuss the strategic development plan of the council and explores priority areas for SDG investment.
A joint climate investment mapping mission was undertaken to Fuvahmulah by UNDP Maldives along with the Ministry of Economic Development, SDG Impact and the Istanbul International Centre (IICPSD) * where we met with the council, entrepreneurs and the business community. The mission focused on the potentials for developing investment opportunities in the city under the sustainable blue economy framework and Future of Work (FoW).
