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In the year following the adoption of transformative global goals, development cooperation is attracting heightened attention. The 2030 Agenda looks set to test the ability of a diverse range of actors to work together to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development.
“We cannot fulfil the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda with the old approach to development cooperation. The Agenda demands new ways of working and a change of mind-set from all development cooperation actors,” said Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, who chaired the Briefing on the 2016 Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) Preparatory Process, on Monday 22 February.
Organized by UNDESA, the event took place around the theme “Development Cooperation, lever for integrated SDG implementation” and offered the opportunity for delegates and others to raise and debate various issues.
During this fruitful exchange, representatives of governments, international and inter-parliamentary organizations and civil society discussed ways to use development cooperation to drive integrated and effective approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They looked to the DCF as a distinctive platform for the diversity of actors to share their early experiences and identify the key opportunities and challenges in adjusting development cooperation for implementing the SDGs.
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Source: UNDESA