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LOCATION:Online\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:25th CSTD side event: Working-level meeting on the country level im
 plementation of financing for development initiative – Cluster III/Techn
 ology component
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Cluster III on the area of Finance and technology is a follow u
 p to the High-Level Event in May 2020 on Initiative on Financing for the D
 evelopment in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond (FFDI)\, convened by the Unit
 ed Nations Secretary-General and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica
 .  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was mandat
 ed to coordinate this cluster\, with the Division on Technology and Logist
 ics (DTL) taking responsibility for the technology dimension of the cluste
 r.\n\nIn August 2021\, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General\, Ms. Amina
  J. Mohammed\, shared her note on the next steps of the initiative. The em
 phasis is to be on national-level implementation\, with the aim of generat
 ing tangible results that will support the 27 pilot countries in ending th
 e pandemic\, recovering swiftly\, and investing in a more sustainable\, re
 silient\, and inclusive future.\n\nAgainst this backdrop\, Cluster III has
  identified selected pilot countries where joint activities and events cou
 ld be organized under the umbrella of Cluster III and FFD Initiative\,  n
 amely Jordan\, Samoa\, Senegal\, and Zambia. The side event will bring tog
 ether\, at working level\, Cluster III Partners\, Member States\, and UN C
 ountry Team in the pilot countries\, to implement FFDI activities in more 
 coordinated manners.\n\nObjectives\n\nThe side event will gather Cluster I
 II partners to discuss country level implementation with the UN Country Te
 am from selected pilot countries\, namely Jordan\, Zambia\, Samoa\, and Se
 negal. More specifically\, the objectives of this side event is to:\n\n\nI
 nform UN Country Team on the Cluster III Partners’ activities\, leveragi
 ng each entity’s expertise and know-how in specific areas.\nExplore poss
 ibilities to target a more specific outcomes and mobilizing resources to s
 upport FFDI in technology for the pilot countries.\nFocusing activities on
  selected pilot countries where joint activities and events could be organ
 ized under the umbrella of Cluster III and FFD Initiative\n\n\n \n\nRegis
 ter here\nhttps://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9
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 ent-working-level-meeting-country-level-implementation-financing
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