Through the adoption of this historic framework, the United States joins with countries around the world in pledging to leave no one behind by ending extreme poverty and prioritizing policies and investments that have long-term, transformative impact and are sustainable. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda, which sets out a global development vision and priorities for the next 15 years, captures the hopes and ambitions of people around the globe for meaningful change and progress, including here in the United States. World leaders gathered in New York today to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (“2030 Agenda”). LeadershipĢ015 is a pivotal year for global development.
And I support resilient social protection.President Obama's Commitment to Global Developmentīuilding on Over a Half Century of U.S.
I am advocating for a feminist development policy to strengthen the rights, resources and representation of women. We, therefore, need an ambitious reform of the World Bank aimed at protecting global public goods. I am certain we can do that with the right priorities. These positive interactions bring me back to my starting point.Īlthough, as a global community, we are a long way off from achieving the 17 SDGs, in 2023, we are at a crossroads and need to set a course that will allow us to better hit our targets in the second half. 2023 will set the course for Agenda's second half Within the framework of German development cooperation with partner countries in the Global South, we are also supporting structural reforms aimed at firmly establishing social protection systems - including the funding for them - as part of the institutional landscape. With a group of pathfinder countries, the Accelerator is piloting new approaches with a view to creating decent work and enhancing access to social protection for all. Together with the World Bank, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other partners, Germany is therefore supporting the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions. The German development ministry is therefore promoting the establishment and expansion of social protection systems both with its partner countries and at the multilateral level.Ī child holds a donated teddy bear at a first admission refugee facility of Labour Welfare Services AWO in Berlin's Gatow district, August 2015 Gero Breloer/APįollowing an initiative started by the German government, the G7 has set itself the goal of enabling access to social protection for one billion more people worldwide by 2025.
They also enable disadvantaged people to have better access to education and health and to participate more in political and economic life. Societies with less inequality are not just less prone to crises. Indeed, the poorest people are the ones who suffer the most from the impacts of crises and wars. The goal of the German development policy is to leave no one behind.Īnd this principle has been put to a hard test by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Social protection leaves no one behind - which is why we need global partnerships While 8% is to be channelled into projects that have gender equality as their main objective, the remaining 85% into projects that have it as their secondary objective. In concrete terms, this means that for German development policy, we aim to allocate 93% of new project funds for gender equality by 2025. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Svenja Schulze arrive to present new feminist foreign policy guidelines, March 2023 AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
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