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Encontro debate sobre Investimento Social Privado e os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:48:00

Como o investimento social privado pode se relacionar com a agenda dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), adotada e lançada pela Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) este ano? Esse foi o tema do encontro promovido pelo GIFE, IDIS (Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social e WINGS (Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support) no dia 13 de novembro, no Instituto Alana, em São Paulo. A atividade contou a participação de representantes da Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors e Foundation Center.…

Recursos Privados para la Transformación Social: filantropía e inversión social privada en América Latina hoy: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:33:15

El pasado lunes 26 de octubre se lanzó el Estudio "Recursos Privados para la Transformación Social: filantropía e inversión social privada en América Latina hoy: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México”…

Putting the Global Goals into Action in Indonesia

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:19:39

Children need education. Families want income. Villages seek protection against natural disasters. The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals — otherwise known as the Global Goals — aim to address such poverty-related conditions through clear objectives, including ending extreme poverty in all forms throughout the globe.…

Kenya Raises the Flag for Goal 9 of the SDGs

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:01:58

UNDP partnered with the Nairobi County Government, civil society organizations and the private sector to raise a flag in support of the Sustainable Development Goal 9, at the historic Uhuru Park. The event is part of a global campaign to raise 17 flags, representing the 17 global goals, in an effort to raise awareness and popularize the SDGs which will be endorsed by world leaders during the UN General Assembly in New York from 25th to 27th September 2015.…

Webinar: SDG Philanthropy Platform – Engaging Philanthropy in Global Development

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:51:15

Join us for a conversation on the SDG Philanthropy Platform, aimed at helping philanthropy engage in the global development agenda. Learn about SDGfunders.org, a hub for philanthropic financial and program data, and the importance of data in achieving the SDGs. Date: 21 October Time: 1 PM UTC (11 AM Sao Paulo; 9 AM New York; 2 PM London; 3 PM Johannesburg; 4 PM Istanbul)…

Platform Helps Kenya Build Vital Infrastructure

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:11:54

In November 2014, a new kind of partnership was launched in Kenya: the SDG Philanthropy Platform (then known as the Post-2015 Partnership Platform for Philanthropy). Some individuals present at the launch event called it “uplifting and historic,” words not often used for philanthropy sector gatherings. To my knowledge, it was the first time civil society, philanthropy, members of the public sector, and officials from multiple United Nations agencies came together around a common agenda.…

Philanthropy Engaged: Implementing and Achieving the Post-2015 Agenda

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:40:31

On the eve of the historic UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the United Nations Development Program, and Foundation Center are hosting the convening Philanthropy Engaged: Implementing and Achieving the Post-2015 Agenda as a part of our SDG Philanthropy Platform.…

Philanthropy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:46:40

With the Millennium Development Goals expiring in 2015, a United Nations-led process has been underway for many months to craft their replacement, the 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Third International Conference on Financing for Development held recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the latest in a series of global development policy events where the goals, priorities and architecture for development and poverty reduction are being set for the next fifteen years and beyond.…

Stronger Partnerships with Foundations to Take Sustainable Development Further

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:18:18

“If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together.” This old African proverb underpins UNDP’s engagement with philanthropic foundations for the implementation of the new sustainable development agenda. …

Data Sharing to Achieve the Post – 2015 Development Agenda

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:38:52

Last week I was referenced on our favourite development social media tool, Twitter. The quote was put into the Twittersphere by UNDP Indonesia during a panel I spoke on about data at the launch of the Post-2015 Partnership Platform for Philanthropy workshop in Jakarta. This quote summed up exactly what I have been trying to say and to express through this work, and I guess it looks like I finally said it to a room of 150 philanthropists. In the panel I “called for philanthropists to share data to help all parties work toward achieving the post-2015 development agenda”. I didn't just call for this I genuinely believe data is a catalyst for change and achievement.…