Local Government Finance Is Development Finance: Connecting People, Planet and Government
Climate change | Local Finance | Multilevel Governance
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Local government finance is the foundation for development that serves people, protects the planet and empowers government. The Malaga policy agenda aims to nurture a global financial ecosystem that works for cities and local governments. This session will also celebrate the signing ceremony of an agreement between UNCDF and the Municipality of Chefchaouen to finance public lighting renovation in a sustainable way, the first project carried out as part of the International Municipal Investment Fund (IMIF).
- Ms. Christel Alvergne, Regional Coordinator and Senior Technical Advisor, UNCDF
- Ms. Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, UNCDF (video message)
- Mr. Aníbal Gaviria Correa, Governor of Antioquia, Colombia
- Mr. David Jackson, Director of Local Transformative Finance, UNCDF
- Hon. Mrs. Regina Bakitte Nakkazzi Musoke, Mayor of Nansana Municipal Council, Uganda (TBC)
- Ms. Emmanuelle Nasse-Bridier, Executive Director of Urban Resilience Initiative and Fund, Meridiam (TBC)
- Mr. Lars Gronvald, Team Lead for Urban Development, DG INTPA Unit F4, European Commission (TBC)