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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.This
  work contributes to the project &quot\;Beyond GDP: Advancing global and n
 ational initiatives to develop\, compile and integrate beyond-GDP metrics 
 to foster inclusive\, sustainable\, and forward-thinking policy making&quo
 t\; with financial support from the 2030 Agenda Sub-Fund of the United Nat
 ions Peace and Development Trust Fund.https://unctad.org/project/beyond-gd
 p-metrics-for-inclusive-forward-thinking-policy-making\n\nView meeting on 
 unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fin4dev-dialogue-first-plenary-meet
 ing-beyond-gdp-global-alliance
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