Thank you,
@ASteiner
and all the
@UNDP
colleagues, for the warm welcome! I'm honoured and thrilled to continue contributing to
@UNDP
's work as the new Associate Administrator.
Thrilled to welcome
@HaoliangXu
, our new Associate Administrator to the Executive Office of
@UNDP
!
Looking forward to working together with him as he joins me and our leadership team, as we continue on our journey of delivering on the
#SDG
promise and a
#FutureSmartUNDP
!
I am humbled to be appointed as the
@UNDP
Associate Administrator. I would like to thank UN Sec-Gen, Deputy Sec-Gen &
@UNDP
Administrator
@ASteiner
for their trust in me. More work to do and in teams!
We're pleased to announce a new addition & 2 familiar faces to our senior leadership team! We welcome Angelique Crumbly & congratulate
@MarDieye
&
@HaoliangXu
on their new appointments. We look forward to their leadership in our
#NextGenUNDP
journey:
Started my new role as
@UNDP
director for policy and programme support today. Sent a message to all colleagues pledging strong team approach, open mind, innovation & transparent communication, working hand in hand with Crisis Bureau to build the Global Policy Network
#NextGenUNDP
.
@UNDP
is working to find solutions to complex set of problems that
#Cities
are facing today w/ rapid urbanization. Ahead of
#WUF10
, I sat w/
@UN_News_Centre
to discuss our integrated approach to implement New Urban Agenda
#SDGs
👇
Please join me in extending Francine Pickup
@f_pickup
, a warm welcome as she starts her new role in
#NewYork
as the Deputy Director of
@UNDP
's Bureau for Policy and Programme Support / Global Policy Network
#FutureSmartUNDP
I was pleased to attend the Int'l Conf on Development & Migration, on the eve of the
@UN
Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Rome. At
@UNDP
we believe in partnerships cos we live in a world of poly-crisis, no single entity/org can overcome the challenges alone
#UNFSS2023
‘Young people must build entrepreneurial skills for their startups to thrive, but also to
#hustle
in a complex and challenging job market. It is our job to help them succeed. My piece for
#worldentrepreneursday
in
@wef
@UNDPasiapac
.
@UNDP
delegation from Country Offices & NY HQ teaming up to make
#WUF10
successful. With thanks to all colleagues, our engagement w/ partners & stakeholders has been very creative, exciting & forward-looking for developing better
#Cities
#ForPeopleForPlanet
#SDG11
@ASteiner
.
@UNDP
is committed to lead
@UN
’s socio-economic response, to fight longer-term social & economic impact of
#COVID19
together with our partners and UN Agencies Full Report 👉
New
@UN
handbook on Youth Peace & Security provides step-by-step guidance on developing Peace & Security Programmes that are youth sensitive & inclusive,co-steered by
@UNDP
@UNFPA
@UNPeacebuilding
@FBAFolke
& many partners including young peacebuilders
👉
I used to work with this Korean company 30 years ago to design the Seoul Busan High Speed Railroad! Found its new office in Gangnam Gu in Seoul! Incredible 🙂
The next phase of
@UNDP
’s crisis response is designed to help decision-makers look beyond recovery, towards 2030.
📣 NEW: UNDP's
#COVID19
Response Plan !
👉
Emerging data shows that since the outbreak of
#COVID19
, violence against women & girls,
particularly domestic violence has 📈. Check out
@UNDP
's new publication with recommendations for adapting dedicated
#GBV
services & support to the crisis context
On Day 2 of our
#NextGenUNDP
regional meeting we start a session on UN values & principals together w Ethics Office & Office of Audit and Investigation. We recommit to adhere to the highest standards & foster a culture of transparency.
@UNDPasiapac
@UNDP
.
@UNDP
will be present at the 7th Assembly of the Global Environment Facility in Vancouver, Canada🍁. We are humbled to have been a core partner of
@thegef
for 3 decades & are committed to leverage & maximize scale of impact. More about UNDP's engagement👇
Join 'Youth4Climate: Powering Action' - a new partnership led by the Govt of Italy &
@UNDP
to enable young leaders to share knowledge, opportunities & experiences during the 77th
#UNGA
Join the event -
Register:
Just kicked off our regional mgmt meeting in Singapore to understand the changing world context, set ambitious goals and embrace the great opportunities we have to support our developing countries
#NextGenUNDP
@UNDPasiapac
I congratulate 31
@UNDP
Country Offices and the
#GenderSeal
Certification Award Winners of 2018-2020. Gender Seal certification programme exemplifies many of the ambitions of
@UNDP
’s Global Policy Network for achieving
#GenderEquality
#SDGs
.
My remarks👉
Turning NDC targets into ambitious mitigation & adaptation action requires translating into investment plans & mobilizing finance at scale. Sharing
@UNDP
’s experience & some solutions that are beginning to emerge to address📈demands on finance to enhance
#NDCs
#ClimateActionNow
Administrator
@ASteiner
just finished his opening remarks at
@UNDP
’s Executive Board briefing it on progress in implementing UNDS reform, supporting integrated dev agenda, establishing Accelerator Labs & engaging w private sector in development.
At
#HLPF
event co-hosted by govts of Singapore & India, we discussed that scaling up Digital Public Infrastructure & Digital Public Goods needs investing in public systems -core data standards, protocols, systems, tech & capacity, upon which innovation can take place for📈
#SDGs
On behalf of
@UNDP
I addressed today’s
@UNECOSOC
#YouthForum
- Achieving
#SDGs
'With' and 'For' Youth
#Youth2030
UNDP continues to be committed to support young leaders as partners in addressing social, economic & environmental issues, by making
#youth
voices heard & included.
There is an urgent need for collective efforts to emerge stronger from multiple crises that we r challenged with today. Digitalization presents huge potential for solutions & there is a need to invest in sustainable policies w/ long-term vision,
#Cooperation
&
#GoodGovernance
Visiting
#Tonga
’s Eua Island to see resilience building funded by
@AustraliaUN
. It’s 2 hr boat ride from Nuku’alofa & departure delayed due to cargo loading delays. Daily fact of life for islanders due to distances & isolation plus impact of CC etc.
@UNDP_Pacific
@UNDPasiapac
At
#SDG
Action Weekend session- ‘Accelerating SDG Progress thro National Financing Strategies & INFFs’, we discussed that there are solutions & that if we work together, the financial system can be fixed. INFFs provide a platform for accelerating achievement of
#GlobalGoals
#UNGA
Only by joining forces w/ young people can we rejuvenate multilateralism, meet
#youth
aspirations & achieve development impact. My statement at the briefing w/ Member States on the implementation of
@UN
#Youth2030
Strategy👇
@undp4youth
@UNYouthEnvoy
Excitement at the final session of
#YouthCoLab
! Awards time!
@Citi
’s Head of Thailand Tibor Pandi encourages young social entrepreneurs to learn & be ready for the real world.
@Ci_14057038024
@UNDPasiapac
Attending a photo exhibition organized by the Chinese Mission to the UN. Speakers highlighted China’s impressive achievements on poverty alleviation &
@UNDP
& other UN agencies’ contributions
@UNDPasiapac
In the face of this pandemic
@UNDP
& partners call on innovators all across🌍to create low-cost & easily reproducible solutions to support the most vulnerable. Enter COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge
#COVID19DetectProtect
More👉
Today
@UNDP
Communities of Practice/Poverty shared knowledge on policy lessons learnt from using
#MultidimensionalPovertyIndex
.Eradicating
#poverty
requires fundamentally new approaches i.e. not only tackling root causes of exclusion but also eco, social & pol disenfranchisement.
.
@UNDP
&
@FundlaCaixa
embark on new global partnership to unleash the power of Social Innovation Platforms to address complex devt challenges, accelerate localization of
#SDGs
, encourage more inclusive local governance & collaboration w/ Pvt Sector.
#LeaveNoOneBehind
#NextGenUNDP
“The journey of
@UNDP
is one of constant evolution. As
@UN
’s trusted development agency we must adapt & recalibrate to ensure we contribute to real change on issues of global importance including
#ClimateChange
&
#Inequality
” -
@ASteiner
today
@UNDP
Global Policy Network Retreat
How is
@UNDP
working w/ governments,
@UN
agencies, media coalitions & other stakeholders to support legal reform & to raise awareness of the importance of impartial & independent media ?
On this
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, sharing my think piece w/
@sa_lister
👇
Ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It's a life source for all species & millions of livelihoods. Around 40 mil people will be employed by ocean-based industries by 2030 BUT it's under serious threat. We need collective action NOW to
#SaveOurOcean
#WorldOceanDay2022
@UNDPClimate
At the launch of
#Energy
Compact Progress Report, I emphasized on the need 4 strong partnership including w/ Pvt sector. W/o adequate investment we’ll not achieve the outcome we want 4 clean & just energy transition
#SDG7
Report:
👉
The message from the
#UNGA
week is clear. The second half can always be a game changer !
Meeting the off track
#GlobalGoals
will require more investment & stronger partnerships.
There is hope & progress is possible, we can fix it !
#ClimateAction
#Health
#Finance
#SDGs
We must transform from thinking in linearity to thinking in complexity & uncertainty to design our strategies & interventions to be anticipatory & flexible in the face of complex changes & disruptions.
My statement at
@UNESCO
#FuturesLiteracy
Summit
👉
We had the opportunity today to listen to young leaders & discuss ways to ensure that we invest in an enabling environment that enables young people to drive
#SDGs
progress, at
@UNDP
&
@UNECOSOC
co-convened event - 'Young people driving sustainable development & peace'
#Youth2030
Incredible visit to the Panama Canal, an engineering miracle that also supplies water to more than 50% of the national population.
@UNDP
is supporting
@canaldepanama
to ensure effective management of water resources for Panamanians and for the canal’s own operation
@Sacasa_u
.
@WHO
@UN_Women
@UNFPA
&
@UNDP
launch joint website RESPECT Women - a one-stop-shop online platform for evidence-based actions to
#EndViolence
against women for ensuring
☑️human rights
☑️gender equality
☑️public health
▶️
#WD2023
Attended founding conference of International Solar Alliance in Delhi today.
@UNDP
is committed to working w ISA to scale up solar solutions at affordable cost
@UNDPasiapac
@IndiaUNNewYork
BREAKING:
@UN
launches the
@UN_Energy
Plan of Action to catalyze action by 2025 on
#energy
pledges including doubling
#Energy
renewables globally
✔️Electricity for 500 million
✔️Clean cooking for 1 billion
#ClimateAction
👇
"..We have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.."- UN Charter
Integrating
#SDGs
-17 Goals & 169 targets,
@UNDP
plays an integrator function w/ integrated devt agenda.
#SDGIntegration
@ASteiner
A conversation w/ students
@UNatColumbia
on
#UN75
Anniversary.
Public sector transformation is central to enable policy innovation & accelerate
#GlobalGoals
. Join us for the High Impact Initiative on FutureGov- Building Public Sector Capabilities for the Future
🗓️ 17 Sept
⏱️10:30am (EDT)
#GlobalGoals
#UNGA
More:
👉
Today
@UNDPasiapac
issued a report with examples of innovative solutions. Many ambassadors & other senior diplomats joined us to discuss how innovation can help achieve
#GlobalGoals
& to offer advice
@UNDP
Data & analyses from
@UNDP
’s NEW
#HumanSecurity
report reveal a stark disconnect betn devt & perceived security, demanding a new approach to development. There is an urgent need to revisit concepts of living free from want, fear & indignity.
Full Report-
Participated in a round table on
@UN
Reform organized by UN Resident Coordinator
@n_rosellini
&
@CGTNOfficial
as
#China
marks 4 decades of partnership with UN. We discussed progress, challenges and stronger cooperation to make the reform successful to accelerate progress on
#SDGs
Throughout
#HLPF2020
one major theme emerged: how to use
#COVID19
as an opportunity to reset national & global ambition. The ⏲️ for accelerating progress on
#SDGs
through nature-based solutions is now. At
@UNDP
we see 3 major pathways for taking action👇
Thanks to support from our core donors,
@UNDP
is able to give the world’s vulnerable countries support as they battle poverty and inequality, work towards sustainable development, and build resilience to crises and shocks: More👉
#PartnersAtCore
NEW & first multi partner trust fund to protect coral reefs was officially launched today with a coalition of partners. The Global Fund for Coral Reefs seeks to raise & invest US$500 million in conservation over the next 10 yrs
#UN75
#SDG14
#SaveOurOcean
Welcoming an impressive group of 150 young people from 90 countries, from different backgrounds & each a climate champion in their own right, gathered in NYC for 'Youth4Climate:
#PoweringAction
'
#UNGA
side event co-led by Govt of Italy &
@UNDP
More👉
Many Small Island Developing States face high levels of debt, linked in part to the cost of reconstruction following natural disasters.Moderating panel Thematic Debt:Accelerating Blue Economy in SIDS
@UN
Ocean Conference in Lisbon w/
@CreditSuisse
@EIB
@DeutscheBank
#SaveOurOcean
.
@UNDP
will join environmental leaders at
#GEFassembly2023
Our 4 key priorities will be:
✔️Strategic engagements w/ key donors, partners
✔️Advocacy of
@UNDP
support to countries
✔️Events showcasing thought leadership, impact & results
✔️High impact digital & interactive exhibit
SDG Summit is a vital opportunity to move from rhetoric to action. Fundamental shifts in commitment, solidarity, financing & action will put us back on track to end poverty.
Follow
@UNDP
's engagements @
#UNGA
👉
SDG Action Weekend👉
Climate change & biodiversity loss are inextricably linked. 50 of🌎’s leading experts came together to publish
@IPBES
-
@IPCC_CH
report on how we can respond to this double crises.
Tune into media launch on June 10 at 3pm CET👉🏼
#BiodiversityClimateScience
On behalf of
@UNDP
& as the co-chair agency of the
@Local2030
Coalition, I delivered remarks at the opening of this special
#HLPF
event today, calling for actionable solutions & partnerships to accelerate
#SDGs
achievement through localization.
👉
Hate speech fundamentally undermines human dignity.
@UNDP
's new policy brief provides meaningful & practical guidance for parliamentarians & other actors, on steps to reduce & counter hate speech while fostering peace, constructive dialogue & trust.
Read👉