UNDP SDG FINANCE ACADEMY

It was a well-organized, very interesting training conducted by well-versed, experienced professionals.
“As a Deputy Resident Representative for UNDP, it is great to learn about the available opportunities to help find ways for us, governments, and the private sector to work together to increase the financing of the SDGs and help achieve the expected goals and target and have a better world by 2030.

I attended the training organized by RBAS and the SDG Finance Hub in May 2022 to better understand the SDG finance approach, key concepts and tools. The training was well organized conducted by well knowledgeable and experienced professionals and introduced the following offers and opportunities - Public Finance for the SDG - Unlocking private capital for the SDGs - SDG Impact management and finance tracking - Integrated National Finance Frameworks and Country Portfolios The training was well organized, conducted in simplified language, propping participation through exercises, was very interesting and informative. The overview of the four offers the participants who have no finance background enabled a better understanding. I recommend the training to all UNDP Programme staff, Operations staff (finance and procurement), I also recommend the training to counterparts and as many as possible in the private sector including SMEs. It is worth noting that in Kuwait, together with our main partner the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development “GSSCPD”, a training was organized a training through our SDG Hub to (Kuwait Direct Investment and promotion authority (KDIPA) and Kuwait Stock Exchange (BOURSA) and affiliated local and international companies. The feedback we received about the training was very positive and encouraging for further trainings to be conducted in the future. Aligning business operations with SDGs has potential in Kuwait as companies are more aware of their corporate social responsibilities.”

I enjoyed the course and learned a lot from it.
The SDG Finance Academy is a good opportunity to learn about SDG finance in general and UNDP’s flagship initiatives in this area. I enjoyed the course and learned a lot from it. The content was well organized and focused on practical examples. The course will be useful for both beginners and people with advanced knowledge, as it provides some general overview as well as the deep dive into each subject.

I really liked that the presentation of each initiative was supported by the country case-studies.This helped to better understand how our peers in the region have been unrolling new initiatives: what were the challenges they faced, the ways to solve them, new partnerships to be built. For instance, it was interesting to hear how different countries are advancing their work on SDG Financing Strategies, that depending on the country context some COs are focusing more on the private financing, while others are strengthening their interventions related to public finance. I would also highlight group exercises that triggered very vivid discussions, exchanges of ideas, learning development challenges faced by other countries in the region.

 
Over the past 20 years that I have so far spent in the UNDP, I have very rarely attended such a kind of productive workshop. I would like to express my appreciation and congratulate the Sustainable Finance Hub team for organizing such a productive workshop.

I have learned so much in very critical themes which I am working on and others that I have overlooked in recent years.