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Accelerating Social Progress to Boost SDG Implementation
On the margins of the 2025 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) held a special event exploring how we can guide integrated policy solutions to advance several of the SDGs under review this year: SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). The event aimed to generate actionable recommendations for governments and stakeholders to help restore trust, expand opportunity and accelerate SDG implementation through inclusive, people-centered policy innovation.
Reimagining Blended Finance: Aligning Capital with the SDGs
On the margins of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Sevilla, Spain, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) held a side event entitled “Reimagining Blended Finance: Aligning Capital with the SDGs.” This high-level discussion brought together members of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs to explore the urgent need to reimagine existing blended finance models to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Advancing partnerships in support of the new Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States
UN DESA held on 23 February 2024 a conversation on how multi-stakeholder partnerships can drive implementation of sustainable development in small island developing states (SIDS). This event also served as the final segment of the SIDS Partnership Symposium, an associate event to the 2024 Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand.