From the 28th until the 30th of October, the Directors of the CIFAL Centers of the CIFAL Global Network met in Geneva to discuss the expansion of the CIFAL Global Network and the role of the private sector, local governments and civil society organisations in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

As newest member of the CIFAL Network, General Manager Peter Wollaert represented CIFAL Flanders for the first time. It was also the first CIFAL Global Network meeting for Nikhil Seth as Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). On the 8th of June Mr. Seth was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon, succeeding Sally Fegan-Wyles who had been the Executive Director of UNITAR since 2012.

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