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LOCATION:New York\, United States of America
SUMMARY:Fin4Dev Dialogue: First plenary meeting of the Beyond GDP Global Al
 liance
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Launched at FfD4 as an initiative under the Seville Platform fo
 r Action (SPA)\, the Beyond GDP Global Alliance is a coalition of countrie
 s and partners committed to embedding multidimensional development metrics
  into international cooperation.This Alliance will connect to existing UN 
 high-level expert group’s Beyond GDP efforts to foster convergence\, fac
 ilitate learning\, and\, especially\, to create pathways for countries and
  institutions to advance the uptake of more comprehensive metrics of susta
 inable development into policy and financing strategies.The first plenary 
 meeting of the Beyond GDP Global Alliance marks the formal start of its op
 erational phase.The meeting will bring together members and interested cou
 ntries and stakeholders to discuss the Alliance’s objectives\, which inc
 lude promoting the use of Beyond GDP metrics in development finance\, inte
 rnational co-operation and national policymaking\, and fostering a shared 
 understanding of how these measures can complement traditional economic in
 dicators.The meeting will outline the Alliance’s proposed governance app
 roach and intended areas of work during its first year\, highlighting how 
 countries and partners can collectively support the wider uptake of multid
 imensional measures of progress. It will also provide an opportunity to ex
 plore how the Alliance can contribute to advancing the recommendations of 
 the UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP (HLEG)\, helping translate it
 s proposals into practical tools\, capacity development and policy applica
 tions.A draft roadmap of activities for Year 1 (April 2026 – April 2027)
 \, developed based on a proposed Action Plan and consultations with Allian
 ce members\, will also be presented for discussion during the meeting.&lt\
 ;p&gt\;Launched at FfD4 as an initiative under the Seville Platform for Ac
 tion (SPA)\, the &lt\;strong&gt\;Beyond GDP Global Alliance&lt\;/strong&gt
 \; is a coalition of countries and partners committed to embedding multidi
 mensional development metrics into international cooperation.&lt\;/p&gt\;&
 lt\;p&gt\;This Alliance will connect to existing UN high-level expert grou
 p’s Beyond GDP efforts to foster convergence\, facilitate learning\, and
 \, especially\, to create pathways for countries and institutions to advan
 ce the uptake of more comprehensive metrics of sustainable development int
 o policy and financing strategies.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;T
 he first plenary meeting of the Beyond GDP Global Alliance&lt\;/strong&gt\
 ; marks the formal start of its operational phase.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;T
 he meeting will bring together members and interested countries and stakeh
 olders to discuss the Alliance’s objectives\, which include promoting th
 e use of Beyond GDP metrics in development finance\, international co-oper
 ation and national policymaking\, and fostering a shared understanding of 
 how these measures can complement traditional economic indicators.&lt\;/p&
 gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The meeting will outline the Alliance’s proposed governan
 ce approach and intended areas of work during its first year\, highlightin
 g how countries and partners can collectively support the wider uptake of 
 multidimensional measures of progress. It will also provide an opportunity
  to explore how the Alliance can contribute to advancing the recommendatio
 ns of the UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP (HLEG)\, helping transl
 ate its proposals into practical tools\, capacity development and policy a
 pplications.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;A draft roadmap of activities for Year 
 1 (April 2026 – April 2027)\, developed based on a proposed Action Plan 
 and consultations with Alliance members\, will also be presented for discu
 ssion during the meeting.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps
 ://unctad.org/meeting/fin4dev-dialogue-first-plenary-meeting-beyond-gdp-gl
 obal-alliance
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