“At a time where basic needs are becoming increasingly harder to provide for more than half of the world’s population, we can no longer avoid acknowledging the parallel faith-based development universe which reaches so many and provides so much.”
UNFPA, together with UNAIDS and UNSSC will offer a pilot Strategic Learning Exchange/Training for UN staff on 'Faith and Development'. It will be based on peer to peer and information sharing from actual experiences of partnership and/or outreach to faith-based communities, i.e. using experiences and lessons learned from different convening agencies.
The Strategic Learning Exchange, will involve UN staff from the co-sponsors, as well as WHO, WB, UNDP, and UNCIEF. Long-standing international development partners of the various UN bodies, such as the Young Women's Christian Association, World Vision and Islamic Relief, will also participate to enrich the mutual reflection on the challenges, strengths, and requirements of engagement between the United Nations and the faith-based development contexts.
The objectives of the learning exchange are to address the following questions:
- What is the faith and development Nexus and why are we impacted? budhist
- How do faith and development interact?
- What do we need to better our partnerships with faith-based communities to enhance our development work?
Cross-Cutting Issues will include: human rights and gender equality
For more information, please check the following weblink to a Learning Management System set up by UNSSC:
