Financing for Transformation: From Agenda to Action on Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

  • Date: 13 July 2015, 1:15pm - 2:45pm
  • Location: Hilton Ballroom II

Organised by

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Summary

2015 is a milestone year when the international community is expected to adopt a transformative sustainable development agenda for a more inclusive and sustainable future. This requires equally ambitious, credible and forward-looking strategies for resource mobilization. In the Asia-Pacific region, the member States are uniquely placed to implement a transformative post-2015 development agenda because of its vast financial resources.

The objective of the ESCAP in partnership with ADB and UNDP, side event on “Agenda to Action: Financing for a transformative society in Asia and the Pacific Region” is to provide a focused discussion on innovative financing sources, modalities and priorities in Asia and the Pacific region for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The side event will also consider and elaborate on the policy recommendations contained in the Chair’s Summary from the Asia-Pacific High-level Consultation on Financing for Development, Jakarta, 29-30 April, 2015.

The side event will be moderated by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of ESCAP, and will include finance ministers from the region, private sector representative and the officials from the ADB and UNDP.

ESCAP will launch a book “Financing for Transformation: From agenda to action on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific”.

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