8th AGFUND-UN Development Forum

Name: 8th AGFUND-UN Development Forum
Start: 2019-10-08T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-10-08T16:45:00+02:00
Location: Palais des Nations

8 October 2019

Palais des Nations

Europe/Zurich timezone

Sarah Bencherif

VIII AGFUND Development Forum

Women around the world make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs or employees, or by doing unpaid care work at home.

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), UNITAR and the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) are organizing the VIII AGFUND Development Forum, including a global Symposium on “Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion” and the Prince Talal International Prize Award Ceremony, to be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8-9 October 2019.

The first day of the Forum will be dedicated to a global Symposium on Promoting the SDGs through Women’s Financial Inclusion. Its objective is to find concrete ways to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by empowering women to make them part of the formal economic system of their countries. The Symposium, organized by UNITAR and AGFUND, will host dialogues with key experts and influential leaders across business, government, civil society, and academia. Sessions will focus on challenges and opportunities for women’s financial inclusion, success stories from the field, innovative digital services, and the role of donors and the private sector, taking into account the integral and multi-actor character of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

⇒ Click here for the agenda of the Symposium

Co-Organized with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf for the 3rd consecutive year, the second day of the Forum will be dedicated to the Prince Talal International Prize Award Ceremony. Established in 1999, the Prize is a strategic instrument for developing countries to successfully reach the SDGs. The 2018 Prize is focussed on SDG 1 on No Poverty. The Prize bursary of $ 1Million will be awarded to four ambitious projects addressing this SDG.

We will be honoured to count on your participation in the Forum with the presence of HRM Queen Sofia and HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

⇒ Click here for the programme of the Award Ceremony

Join us in this global symposium to discuss strategies on investing in women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion, to set direct path towards gender equality, poverty eradication, and inclusive economic growth.

Starts 8 Oct 2019, 09:00

Ends 8 Oct 2019, 16:45

Europe/Zurich

In-Person

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Room XX

Geneva, Switzerland

summary

Agenda_VIII_AGFUND_Development_Forum_Final.pdf

Ceremony_Program_2019.pdf

The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) utilizes the annual AGFUND Development Forum to gather experts in development to discuss the most up- to-date critical issues of development, while maintaining focus on the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.

The Forum also highlights successful models and experiences in drawing innovative solutions to address economic and social problems. Furthermore, the AGFUND forums have been carefully designed to effectively highlight the development issues identified by the United Nations. Since 2013; in order to build close and effective cooperation with partners to help finding appropriate solutions to these issues.

The upcoming symposium of the VIII Forum will be held on Tuesday 8 October 2019 in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

This year’s symposium entitled “Empowering Women through Financial Inclusion”. It includes four sessions as follows:

1. Women’s Financial Inclusion: Reality VS. Aspirations

2. Regional and International Stories in Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion

3. Promoting Women Financial Inclusion through Digi#ances

4. The role of donors and the private sector in achieving Financial Inclusion to women and contributing to the 2030 Agenda.

The second day of the Forum 9 October will be dedicated to the award Ceremony of the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development. Established in 1999, the Prize is a strategic instrument for developing countries to successfully reach the SDGs.

The 2018 Prize, awarded at this Symposium, focusses on SDG 1 on No Poverty. The Prize bursary of US $1Million will be awarded to four ambitious projects addressing this SDG.