Empowering conversation with Jide Okeke, UNDP's regional coordinator for Africa. His message is crystal clear: to tackle governance challenges, we must amplify the voices of our youth. 🌍

📽️ How can we accelerate #SDGs :

🍀 No poverty
🍲 Zero hunger
🍃 Climate action
🕊️ Peace, justice and strong institutions
🤝 Partnerships for the Goals

Watch what exhibitors & visitors at #ARFSD had to say 👇🎥 & share your thoughts!

🌐 Today at the Norwegian launch of the Human Development Report 2024, we tackled the democracy paradox and rising polarization. But amidst differences, there's more common ground than we think. Let's break the gridlock for progress. #HDR2024

Thank you to our guest of honor and committed UN Development Goodwill Ambassador, H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon, for joining us today!🇺🇳Det kongelige hoff

The conversation doesn't end here. Stay tuned for more on how we can work together to overcome polarization and advance global #development 🔎

🔑 What were your key takeaways from the event? #HDR2024

🚨 'This is not a report - this is a call for action' - Jide Martyns Okeke about UN Development´s 2024 #HumanDevelopmentReport today in Oslo 🇳🇴

Productive exchange on Denmark's upcoming Africa Plan and UNDP's engagements w/ continental & regional institutions in #Africa 🌍 towards strengthening collaboration, specifically on #SDG16 . w/ Ketil Karlsen, Marie-Louise Wegter , Jide Martyns Okeke , Fatma Ahmed

Spotted at #ARFSD :

Regional Director Ahunna Eziakonwa with the new #AfYWL Fellows deployed to Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 already engaging in development spaces!

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#Agenda2063

Konstruktivt møde her til morgen med Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 Ketil Karlsen & Marie-Louise Wegter omkring ny dansk Afrika plan og UN Development 's regionale samarbejde med Den Afrikanske Union.

Ser frem til styrket samarbejde med DK omkring governance, fred og sikkerhed.

👀 Do you want to know more about how we can reimagine #cooperation in a polarized world? Come join our event on Friday: norad.no/en/front/event…

How can we deliver #SDGs for #TheAfricaWeWant ?

Our Reg Dir Ahunna Eziakonwa made a compelling case that we must disaggregate & look at Africa as a dynamic continent with immense potential to reconstruct devt pathways that are contextually informed & most beneficial.

#AFRSD2024

High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting held from 22 - 23 April 2024, #Abuja , #Nigeria : Statement on Behalf of the AUPSC by Amb. Jainaba Jagne of The Gambia and Chairperson of the #PSC for the Month of April 2024. papsrepository.africa-union.org/handle/1234567…

#HDR2024 transformative recommendations for Africa:

✔️ Invest in a 21st-century architecture to deliver global public goods
⚙️ Seek creative solutions to strengthen regional cooperation & integration
🗣️ Institutions to be more people-centred, co-owned & future-oriented

🤝Come join us on Friday!

Amidst a global landscape marked by escalating polarization and economic disparities, this event serves as a forum for reimagining cooperation and aims to extend conversations from UN Development´s Human Development Report👀

norad.no/en/front/event…

#HDR2024

📍 Addis Ababa
🗓 22-27 April

Geared up for the 10th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Dev’t #ARFSD themed 'Reinforcing the #2030Agenda for Sustainable Dev’t & #Agenda2063 : Eradicating Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises.'

We’ve lined up convos on the sidelines. Stay tuned!

💬 Jide Martyns Okeke at the Africa SDG Finance Academy:

'By fostering equitable partnerships and enhancing capabilities in development finance at the country level, we can pave the way for sustainable financing in Africa.'

#DevelopmentFinance
#Africa  
#SDGs  
#Equity

🌍Excited to kick off UNDP Africa UNDP Sustainable Finance today with Matthias Z. Naab Maxwell Gomera Jide Martyns Okeke ++

Huge thanks to all who made this happen! Over 30 country offices and 90 @UNDP colleagues here in Addis to develop their moonshots to finance the SDGs.

Together we achieve more!

We are honored to have esteemed speakers including:
✅ Anne Beathe Tvinnereim from Norway MFA
✅ Bård Vegar Solhjell from Norad
✅ Pedro Conceicao from Human Development
✅ Jide Martyns Okeke from UNDP Africa
✅ Cecilia Bailliet from UN Human Rights

We hope to see you there: trippus.se/web/registrati…

▶️ SDG Finance Academy
🗓️ 15-19 April
📍 Addis Ababa
Over 80 UNDP staff members from 31 offices across Africa are attending the 2nd SDG Finance Academy training.
Strengthening skills in sustainable finance is key to accelerate the achievement of the #SDGs & #Agenda2063 .

To the graduates of the Regional Online Entrepreneurship & Financial Literacy Training Programme, congratulations on this significant achievement.

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