The public and private sector
must work together for Sierra Leone to fully recover from the post-Ebola
economy that we are currently living in and begin to focus on implementing the
Agenda 2030. John Sisay is currently in New York City to attend the United
Nations Private Sector Forum during the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly
(UNGA) and will meet with high level executives to see how Sierra Leone’s
private sector can better work together with UN, and Government as they plan to
implement the United Nations Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals.
John Sisay is the leading business person from Sierra Leone to be in attendance and the only Sierra Leonean Business Representative out of 350 Chief Executives, Heads of State and Government, leaders of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes, and leaders from civil society, business associations, foundations and investor groups that will be at the United Nations Private Sector Forum on the 19th of September 2016.
The UN Private Sector Forum is hosted by the
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and focuses on the role of business in
sustainable development to prevent global instability. It also serves as a high
level UN Summit that is designed to identify and showcase business
contributions that are working towards peace and development, ways that countries
can peacefully develop by investing in the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG’s) and explore opportunities for collaboration between the UN and Private
Sector.
This year’s theme focuses on “Business and the 2030 Agenda: Securing the Way Forward”. It is a call to action for private and public sectors to come together and begin thinking on how they will work towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The forum will include remarks by selected governments and business leaders, interactive discussions and announcement of new commitments by private and public sectors.
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