Breaking News: Indonesia issued world's first Sovereign Blue Bond aligned with International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Principles, worth JPY 20.7 billion (USD 150mln) with @UNDPIndonesia support through UN Joint Program! Let's go BLUE! @ASteiner @kanniwignaraja @C_Bahuet
Norimasa Shimomura
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UNDP Resident Representative in Myanmar (RT not an endorsement. Views are my own.)
Joined July 2015
- Imagining the future of development in the age of uncertainties: @UNDP’s way of a full-house dialogue with our partner countries - Ambassadors and Resident Representatives sitting side by side facing forward together. @ASteiner @kanniwignaraja
- What a wonderful way to start my new work at @UNDPIndonesia, joining the dynamic team of colleagues who worked hard over the past years to receive the #GenderEquality Gold Seal for the office! Congrats colleagues! Well done!! @ASteiner @MWahbaUN @kanniwignaraja @C_BahuetUNDP Indonesia has been awarded Gender Equality GOLD Seal for mainstreaming #gender equality into aspects of our work. The 1st country in the #AsiaPacific, we look forward to our continued engagement with the Govt of #Indonesia and partners, @Norimasa_UN
- We r not what we were in 1966. What we r today is not what we will be in 2030. Invest in @UNDP to invest in devlpmntMy speech summing up today's inspiring #UNDP50 Ministerial Meeting; thanks to all! undp.org/content/undp/e… @UNDP
- I #ChooseToChallenge the social norms that confine women’s roles to unpaid domestic work. Raise awareness against bias & act for #GenerationEquality. I nominate @BouadzeL, @SophieKemkhadze & @TomiSoetjipto to post a 📸w your arm raised & share what you challenge. #IWD2021
- .@WHO brought into Kazakhstan 53 tons of medical supplies worth $2.7 million, including personal protective equipment (PPEs), exactly when we needed them. We hope this contributes to the country’s effort to suppress COVID-19. Cc @WHO_Europe @hans_kluge @UN_Piper @IrenaVSollorano
- Indonesia launched #INFF (integrated national financing framework) process under @BappenasRI leadership - an inclusive approach to align private & public, domestic & international finance flows toward SDGs. Indonesia needs $4.7 trillion to achieve SDGs. @UNDPIndonesia
- .@theGCF allocated $103mil to Indonesia thru @UNDPIndonesia in recognition of past reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation & forest degradation. We just disbursed $46mil to Indonesia Environmental Fund. Efforts will continue, to help achieve NDC and NetFOLU2030.
- UN Country Team in Kazakhstan at its annual strategic retreat. Everyone responded to the UN75.online survey. Also had a great joint session of Operations Team and UNCT to work on Business Operations Strategy 2.0 for better efficiency. Cc @HochschildF @UN_Piper
- Announcing the visit of @kanniwignaraja UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director for @UNDPasiapac. Follow me and @UNDPIndonesia to keep informed of the exciting programs for the week ahead! m5.gs/eTVYa0
- Private impact investing is key to achieving SDGs. With @SdgImpact and @BappenasRI, @UNDPIndonesia developed SDGs Investor Map for Indonesia - identifying 18 areas for investment opportunities. This is an important part of #INFF and priority of Indonesia’s #G20 Presidency.
- About 20 @UN Resident Coordinators are now in New York, taking stock of the progresses made with the ongoing reform of the UN development system with @AminaJMohammed and @UN_Piper
- Thank you Mr. President @TokayevKZ for your visit. We were honored, and grateful to this new UN Building generously provided to us by the City of Almaty @BauyrzhanBaibek in cooperation with @MFA_KZVisited the new building of the @UN Offices in Almaty, a potential focal point to facilitate acheiving SDGs. The Office will expand the scope of UN acitivities across Central Asia. It offers new opportunities to address the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
- Leaving Bangkok with a sense of great satisfaction and renewed energy to go much further. Thank you @ASteiner @kanniwignaraja @C_Bahuet for organizing. Stay in touch and see you all again!































