With this new UN Series Event, YPFP will shed light on the UNDP, the United Nations Development Programme. UNDP partners with the institutions of the European Union (EU) to promote and advance the development agenda and the international UN standards both in EU policy discussions and in the external action of the European Union. Both UNDP and EU are active partners in the dialogue on the implementation of the 2030 development agenda. Join us to get the great opportunity to find out more about what UNDP does in Brussels to promote the SDGs and to heat its Director explain how such a big agency has evolved over the last few years.
Speaker:
★ Barbara Pesce-Monteiro, UNDP Representation Office in Brussels and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the European Union: Ms. Barbara Pesce-Monteiro was appointed Director of the UN/UNDP Office in Brussels in 2014. Before this appointment, she was the UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba for 4 years. From 1990-2010, she worked with UNDP in Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Angola, and Mexico. In addition, she covered the Sahel with UNCDF. She holds a Master’s degree in Rural Development Planning (UK), and completed her degree in International Political Science at La Sapienza University (IT).