The UN Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals was created for one purpose: to harness the power of digital financing for the good of the planet and its citizens.
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Call for Contributions
The Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals wants to hear from experts, thought leaders, and citizens from around the world. Input will be shared with the Secretary-General and other world leaders, and will shape a concrete, actionable agenda for closing the $2.5 trillion annual gap in financing the SDGs.
THE ROAD AHEAD: New document provides roadmap for the coming year's work
The digitalization of the world’s financial systems changes how we can finance efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. But the positive effects of the digitalization of finance must scale up, rapidly, if the SDGs are to be achieved by 2030. And the potential downsides must be understood and mitigated. The Task Force’s new Framework Document provides the basic building blocks that will underpin our work for the next year. It sets forth our priority areas for focus, and highlights the analytical approach we’ll use to understand the risks and the opportunities.
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The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda has a powerful vision, but we must ensure financing is sufficient. That means making creative use of digital technologies that are revolutionizing the financial markets. This Task Force will point the way forward.
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Last week the Task Force issued our Call for Contributions. It seeks input from technical experts, opinion leaders, and citizens from all over the world about our core mandate: how to harness the power of the digital technologies that are
What other broad-based things can digital financing do? We can use big data to empower more activity for small and medium enterprises. Watch Task Force member Natalie Jabangwe’s remarks from the Inaugural Meeting
Task Force member Natalie Jabangwe is the CEO of EcoCash, the second-largest mobile financial services company in Africa. Currently the youngest tech-company CEO on the continent, the British-born and -educated Natalie was working a prestigious job in London when in
Following the recent announcement from the European Union of its intent to establish an international platform to consolidate global work on sustainable finance, the European Commission on Thursday convened a global conference on the topic, inviting expert speakers from around
Last week (11 March) the German Financial Supervisory Authority approved the first Security Token Offering, or STO, by BitBond, a peer-to-peer lending platform. It is based on the Stellar blockchain and offers a fixed 4% return. STOs are fully regulated
This week the Secretariat released the approved Framework Document which provides the basic building blocks that will underpin the work of the Task Force. Developed in collaboration between co-chairs Achim Steiner and Maria Ramos, their sherpas Simon Zadek and Tim
Funding for the Task Force is provided by the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, with the generous support of the Governments of Germany and Italy.