GFDD to Host Publication Launch at the United Nations on Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development

GFDD in partnership with the NGO Committee for Social Development and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, will hold a publication launch and panel discussion during the 55th session of the Commission for Social Development entitled “Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development”.

The event is being held as part of the official launch of the GFDD/Funglode publication entitled “Impact Investing in the Dominican Republic” by Jenna Giandoni, GFDD
Fellow and dual candidate for a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science Environmental Management & Sustainability at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) in Chicago, Illinois.

The panel discussion will feature a wide variety of high-level speakers, including a UN Member State delegate, UNDP Representative and private sector representative, with the aim of several case studies on impact investment from the perspective of different stakeholders.

When: February 19, 2017
Where: Conference Room B, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY, 10017
Time: 1:15PM – 2:30PM
RSVP indispensable for those guests without UN Passes. RSVP to marc@globalfoundationdd.org

About the Civil Society Policy Forum:
The fifty-fifth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) will take place at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 to 10 February 2017. The priority theme for the 2017-2018 review and policy cycle would be “Strategies for the eradication of poverty to achieve sustainable development for all”.

About the NGO Committee on Financing for Development
The NGO Committee on Financing for Development at the United Nations advocates for a worldwide economy that is environmentally and socially sustainable, ethical, and people-centered. Guided by
the 2002 Monterrey Consensus, we urge policymakers to support development strategies that end global poverty and advance human rights.

About the NGO Committee on Social Development
The NGO Committee on Social Development is dedicated to raising awareness of and contributing to discussions on social development issues taken up by the United Nations (UN) System and in particular by the UN Commission for Social Development. The Committee also advocates on social
development issues in other forums such as the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and at the General Assembly. Committee members keep one another informed and deliver group statements to the UN voicing ideas and positions on key social development issues. In addition, the Committee is focused contributing to the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit on Social Development.

About CoNGO
Both the NGO Committees on Social Development and Financing for Development are substantive committees of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO).

CONGO’s vision is to be the primary support and platform for a civil society represented by a global community of informed, empowered and committed NGOs that fully participate with the UN in decision-making and programs leading to a
better world, a world of economic and social justice.

Related Links:
Fifty-fifth session of the Commission for Social Development
http://www.ngosonffd.org/
https://ngosocdev.org/