Interview Series UN-PAGE: Keeping up with the United Nations – Gita Sabharwal
Collaboration within the UN System can speed up green economic transformation by leveraging collective knowledge and experience. The United Nations development system (UNDS) reform enhance system cohesion, builds regional strategies, improves decision-making and strengthens the capacity of UN Country Teams.
Over the past years, PAGE has established close collaboration with UN Resident Coordinator Offices and UN Country Teams to provide economic expertise and policy advice on green economy principles, enhancing global understanding, and leverage the UN System for green economic transformation. The interview series “Keeping up with the United Nations” raises awareness on these fruitful collaborations at the country level and global level.
In this interview, we talk with Gita Sabharwal who was appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia on 22 April 2024. Under the UN Country Team, she leads 26 agencies, funds and programmes to accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with the government, private sector and civil society. Previously she served as UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand and before that as Peacebuilding and Development Advisor at the United Nations in Sri Lanka.
Before joining the UN, Ms. Sabharwal was The Asia Foundation’s Deputy Country Representative for Maldives and Sri Lanka and held positions as the Poverty and Policy Advisor for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) in India and Viet Nam.
Ms. Sabharwal brings development experience in supporting climate transition, sustainable peace, governance and social policy, while leveraging digital technology and data to accelerate progress towards the SDGs.
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