Informations




May 10, 2013
Istanbul, TURKEY

The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and The MasterCard Foundation today released a new publication titled Client Protection for Youth Clients. The publication was launched at the second Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Summit in Istanbul. The Summit celebrated the first milestone of the CYFI Movement of working in 100 countries.

May 9, 2013
Tchaourou, Bénin

Mariama Issiaka est la présidente du Groupement des femmes transformatrices de manioc de Tèkparou « Ando Monrou », « ne dormons pas trop » en français dans la commune de Tchaourou au Nord Bénin. Cette jeune femme, la trentaine et mère de cinq enfants a pu gagner son autonomie financière, grâce au Projet d’Appui à la Décentralisation, à la Déconcentration, et au Développement économique local au Bénin (PA3D).

May 8, 2013
Kébémer, Sénégal

Les études à la disposition du PADEL/PNDL qui est financé par l’UNCDF, sur l’économie locale du département de Kébémer permettent de comprendre le fonctionnement et les causes structurelles des inégalités, notamment de genre, dans le système économique.

May 7, 2013
Lao PDR

(KPL ) The World Bank Group, the UN Capital Development Fund and the Bank of Lao PDR are promoting innovative payment systems, including mobile banking, to provide entrepreneurs in rural areas an access to finance, in support of private sector growth and poverty reduction. 

A summit on innovative payment systems and inclusive finance was held in Vientiane Capital on May 7 where its participants representing government bodies, domestic and international financial institutes, and mobile network operators learned from experts and exchange ideas on how to build an inclusive financial system using innovative retail payment mechanisms, such as agent-based models and mobile money. 

May 7, 2013
BAXAARI

The Puntland Ministry of financerecognizes the progress made by the JPLG program since its inception that supports and facilitates social service delivery. The program also improves local government capacity to provide needed services to the community and enhanced infrastructure such as building health center, Schools, Market center, Community center and roads.

The project also improves inter-governmental transfer where central government allocated fund to the local government and contributed to this project, which strengthened transparency and accountability of the local government and the whole process of the project.

April 30, 2013
Brussels, BELGIUM

UNCDF’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Marc Bichler, hosted a workshop to discuss the common needs ACP countries have in the context of  the  post-2015 development framework and how to address inclusive growth as a priority.  
The meeting was opened by Mr. Antonio Vigilante, Director of the UN Office and UNDP Representative in Brussels, who highlighted the continued close cooperation of UNDP and UNCDF throughout the years. 

April 29, 2013
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA

CleanStart organized a five-day training on business plan development for energy microfinance for nine financial institutions from Nepal in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on 24-28 April, 2013. The purpose of the training was to guide institutions that have been successfully short-listed for the CleanStart programme through a step-by-step process of formulating a business plan for energy financing, as well as learn from the successes and challenges of fellow practitioners in India through knowledge sharing sessions and field visits. 

April 18, 2013
New York

The UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) celebrated its flagship event this week: the Evaluation Week and Annual General Meeting which for the first time was held in New York. UNCDF co-hosted the event along with the other NY-based UN agencies.  
UNEG is an inter-agency professional network that brings together the Evaluation Units of the UN system. It currently has 43 members and three observers. Guided by a set of norms and standards for evaluation in the UN system, every year it sets out and completes a Work Programme where UN evaluation staff work to develop new evaluation products and guidance in key areas.

April 4, 2013
Washington, DC

UNCDF’s Head of Policy, Nicola Crosta, addressed an audience of policymakers and researchers on the topic of inequality and the post-2015 framework. In his remarks - building on UNCDF’s recent Inclusive Future’ report - Mr Crosta insisted on the need to address inequality as a critical development challenge for both advanced and developing countries and to integrate inclusion as a key element of the development framework that will succeed the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The talk was organized by the Urban Institute and chaired by Mr. Charles Cadwell, Director, Urban Institute Center on International Development and Governance. Comments on Mr Crosta’s keynote speech were delivered by Mr.

April 3, 2013
Paris, FRANCE

UNCDF’s Executive Secretary Marc Bichler intervened in the opening session of the OECD workshop on Inclusive Growth, after introductory remarks by OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. In his remarks - building on UNCDF’s recent ‘Inclusive Future’ report - Mr. Bichler insisted on the need to address financial inclusion as a key dimension of inequality. He also highlighted the importance of fostering local development finance as a way to unleash the potential of local governments and promote more balanced territorial development.