UNDP Africa Finance Sector Hub collaborated with UNDESA, UNITAR, UNECA in organizing the INFF regional training event from August 24 to 26. The event attracted 685 participants from 62 countries across the globe. This included participants from governments, development cooperation agencies, private sector, universities/think tanks, CSO and UN entities.
High-level country representatives from Gabon, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Cabo Verde shared their experience and good practices on the implementation of INFF in their own countries at both national and local levels.
Mrs Nabila Aguele, Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning of Nigeria, provided an overview of Nigeria’s experience in developing an INFF, covering the progress made in setting up governance mechanisms and developing the financing strategy, recommendations from the development finance assessment (DFA) and lessons learned so far.
