Addis Ababa: UNICEF Country Program Document (CPD 2025-2030) validation meeting jointly organized by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance and UNICEF has been conducted in Addis Ababa.
Next to the opening remarks of Aboubacar Kampo, UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia, Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF Deputy Representative, presented the proposed Country Program to the high level federal and regional government officials and representatives for their subsequent reflections.
State Minister of Finance, Semereta Sewasew mentioned that the Country Program is designed to support the most vulnerable people of Ethiopia through expanding the accesses to health, education, child protection, climate resilient WASH and Social Protection services solidifies Ethiopia’s cooperation with UNICEF on the most prioritized thematic areas.
The Country Program which is expected to be endorsed by the Executive Board in New York in February 2025, embraces mainly the key intervention areas and resource frameworks for the implementation period from
2025 to 2030 in federal and all regional governments with pledges of 808.5 million USD total resources.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency