January 19, 2023

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) invites all relevant stakeholders to the 2023 Partnership Forum with the theme: “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels.” Registration is open until January 23, and those without a UN grounds pass can pick up a special pass.

Click here for the UN Ecosoc Registration Information

We are hosting an in-person side event: January 31, 2023 – 8:15am to 9:30am, Conference Room 5.

Speakers

Matthew Cruse, Senior Director – Accountability, Impact, and Measurement, Relief International

Louise Umutoni-Bower, Policy Director, Spark Microgrants

Nelly Mecklenburg, (Moderator), Program Manager and Advisor, Community and Social Development, Institute for State Effectiveness

Pablo Sanchez, Senior Data Scientist, The Hunger Project

Zipporah Wambua, Director for Participatory Development, Makueni County, Kenya

Our event will look at how local ecosystems responded to the COVID19 crisis, the lessons from the pandemic that we need to take forward (especially around “Less is More”) and how Shifting the Power is the only pathway towards meeting the SDGs. This session will be a dynamic conversation, initiated by our speakers and then opened to the whole room, among practitioners from civil society and local government on how to accelerate the process of shifting a greater share of resources and decision making power to local communities.