New Jersey UN OCHA Meeting

My time in New Jersey alone provided considerable value, but I was also able to ‘top and tail’ my attendance at the Municipalities Conference with engagements in my role as Minister for International Development and chair of Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA).

Jersey can be an example to other small and sub-sovereign jurisdictions in providing aid while also contributing to important global conversations around financial inclusion. This was highlighted in meetings with long-standing JOA partners, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and CGAP – an organisation that works to support those living in poverty through inclusive finance. These discussions, with Joyce Msuya (the Assistant Under-Secretary General of UN OCHA) and Sophie Sirtaine (CGAP’s chief executive officer), were extremely useful and with new leadership in the form of Tom Fletcher and Joyce at UN OCHA, it has opened up work further work initiatives and information sharing for the future.