2nd MPPN Annual Meeting - Germany
Between 7-8 July 2014, 80 senior representatives from over 30 governments and international institutions gathered in Berlin, Germany for a high-level meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network.
Hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the meeting brings together Vice Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers from 25 governments, including Bhutan, Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, Mexico Mozambique, Nigeria, Turkey, South Africa and Vietnam. Senior representatives from international institutions such as OECD, UNDP, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Organization of American States (OAS) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will also be present. There will be over 20 presentations during the meeting, showcasing different experiences in addressing multidimensional poverty and/or designing national and subnational multidimensional measures.
Highlights include:
- Presentations from over 18 governments on their steps toward developing multidimensional measures of poverty;
- Keynote speeches from HE Dr Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Vice-President of the Dominican Republic on the 7th of July; and Juan Manuel Valle Pereña, Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation, Government of Mexico, and HE Dr Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia on the 8th of July;
- A roundtable discussions about multidimensional poverty in the post-2015 development agenda.