Partnership for Action on Green Economy
2023 Annual Report
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PAGE in 2023
After a decade of successful collaboration, PAGE has supported over 100 policy reforms to advance green and circular economy and has collaborated with 300 ministries and national institutions in 22 countries, which benefitted from capacity development and knowledge exchange. In 2023, PAGE created a platform for strategists and thinkers to discuss new frontiers for economic transformation, collaborated with UNRCOs to deliver targeted economic transformation training, and fostered South-South collaboration at the 5th Global Academy on the Green Economy. As pledges to the partnership exceed USD 100 million, PAGE unveiled an updated strategy to address emerging global challenges prioritizing global services and enhanced support to countries committed to shifting finance and investment for green economic transformation.
Highlights
The case of Senegal is illustrative: after eight years of PAGE’s presence, we have developed several initiatives in favour of the green economy. We now need to consolidate these achievements […]
For South Africa, […] PAGE has facilitated and built capacity on green economy, contributed immensely to the existing knowledge base on green economy […] and aimed at identifying new and emerging industry opportunities.
Uniting Economic Expertise
South-South Cooperation
Global Action
Programmes such as PAGE are necessary because they allow medium and long-term actions that help build institutions and capacities in the countries around sustainable development.
PAGE has provided several inputs for countries like Indonesia to push its green agenda and just economic transformation.
Greening National Policies
Green jobs and Circular Economy
Greening Sectors
Capacity-building and Public Awareness
PAGE by Numbers in 2023
PAGE works with partner countries to create lasting change embedded in national policies and institutions. Integrated and holistic support enables countries to reduce poverty, increase jobs and social equity, and strengthen livelihoods and environmental stewardship while sustaining economic growth.
8Funding Partners
67Countries requesting PAGE support
225Assessments
92Policies adopted so far out of 125 supported policies
338National institutions and Ministries partnering
US$108.75mTotal contributions to PAGE
71Initiatives providing co-financing
12Action partners
45,415People trained
24Knowledge products
55Global events
97Countries represented at PAGE events
24Training packages
PAGE & SDGs
PAGE works with partner countries to transform their economies in line with the SDGs, working across sectors and seeking to integrate policies and strategies that will enable them to achieve multiple targets through an Inclusive Green Economy approach.
UN Partner Agencies
- UN Environment ProgrammeUN Environment Programme
- International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour Organization
- UN Development ProgrammeUN Development Programme
- UN Industrial Development OrganizationUN Industrial Development Organization
- UN Institute for Training and ResearchUN Institute for Training and Research