Africa's development is constrained by several interrelated factors that prevent the continent from reaching its full potential. The main challenges relate to limited economic diversification and production capacity, demographic pressures and the resulting social demands, and the effects of climate change. In addition, the continent is vulnerable to the impact of poor governance, recurrent political instability, and geopolitical tensions.

The course aims to strengthen participants' capacities on the integrated approach to development policy planning.

Specifically, the course will enable participants to:

• Gain knowledge of the fundamentals of development planning to address contemporary challenges and seize opportunities;
• Understand the behavioral approach to improving development planning;
• Understand the strategic priorities of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 for sustainable development;
• Understand the role of governance and institutions in development planning;
• Build planning frameworks;

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, includes 17 Goals, 169 targets, and 231 indicators, and is anchored in human rights. The SDGs represent a shift from

the earlier Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015) by being more universal, transformative, inclusive, and comprehensive.

However, the pace of progress is falling short. According to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025, fewer than one in five (about 16.7 %) of SDG targets are currently on track globally. In 2025, an estimated 808 million people, roughly 9.9 % of the world population, are living in extreme poverty under the updated threshold of USD 3.00/day (2021 PPP). As far as gender equality is concerned, there is still a lot of work to be done; by 2030 approximately 351 million women and girls will still be living in extreme poverty (UNSD, 2025). Despite gains in education completion rates, 272 million children and youth remain out of school, and learning outcomes are worsening in many places. Conflicts and wars inflict a devastating toll on SDGs as the number of forcibly displaced and stateless people could reach 139.3 million across 136 countries and territories by end-2025 (UNHCR projections).

Date : 1st – 28 April 2019 Duration : 4 weeks Language : English Location : Web Based E-Learning Programme Area : Development, Green Economy, Economic Development, Economic Policy Fees : No Fee Platform : https://elearning.unidep.org Application Deadline : 25th March 2019

Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of the following:

• The key concepts of inclusive green economy paradigm within macroeconomic frameworks;
• The overview and contemporary history of Africa’s macroeconomic policies
• The implications of macroeconomic frameworks for development outcomes in Africa
• Monetary policy and inclusive green economy
• Fiscal policy and inclusive green economy
• Challenges and opportunities in implementing macroeconomic policy reforms for inclusive green economy
• Good practices and success factors in the implementation of macroeconomic policy reforms

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“The ‘New’ National Development Planning and Integrating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 : Challenges and Opportunities”

The multilateral climate change processes have evolved over time from the non-binding commitment under UN Convention to the legally binding commitments for developed countries under the Kyoto Protocol and to the Paris Agreement (PA) that build upon the convention and brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries. The PA also address the issues of loss and damage.

Following the completion of the PA’s rulebook, the process is now focusing on the implementation of mitigation and adaptation with enhanced support to assist developing countries to achieve their commitments. The PA added the loss and damage into its workstream. This online training will deal with negotiation of work programmes under the following areas; just transition; adaptation mainly dealing with adaptation finance and capacity; operationalization of the loss and damage fund and its assessment; negotiating carbon markets; climate finance in the context of financing adaptation, assess to existing funds, methods of tracking, project development, monitoring and evaluation, gender and youth.