Our Work:Drawing from its origins in the United Nations, PPAF emphasizes policy issues and their implementation in practice. PPAF works at the levels of national governments, international organizations and others for the promotion of a business approach to development and poverty reduction.
The UN Global Goals (2015-2030), the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015), the UN Global Compact, the Principles for Responsible Investment, sustainability principles of the International Development Bank and of the Rainforest Alliance, and other policies promoting sustainable development shape PPAF's networking and actions. Read more in our New and Events Section by clicking the button below. |
Background:"There is a growing recognition that many of the world's most pressing problems are too complex for any one sector to face alone. Thus, since the 1990s, the private sector and other stakeholders have increasingly become active partners in helping the Organization achieve its goals, as a complement to government action."
--- Report of the UN Secretary-General, "Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector" (2007) The UN Global Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) promotes action and interaction in all countries and from all sides, including governments, business, non-governmental organizations, academia, community groups, individuals and United Nations entities. Public-private and multi-stakeholder alliances are important to the global efforts to achieve each and all of the Global Goals, for they are all interlinked. |
UN Public-Private Partnerships Conference- May 23, 2017David Stillman spoke on May 23rd at a UN high-level event on Public-Private Partnerships. Please see our News and Events section for the full description.
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UNAI START: "Environ. & Health: Science & Solutions"- June 2016On the occasion of World Environment Day, this half-day conference at UN Headquarters brought together policy makers and scientists for a panel on relations between health and environment.
Speakers addressed topics including children's environmental health, the effects of dust and destruction, metals & the global food supply, and cardio-vascular disease & air pollution. David Stillman gave concluding remarks on PPAF's efforts in Haiti after the earthquake, focused on improving air quality and women’s and children’s health, mitigating deforestation and encouraging small business. UN Academic Impact (UNAI) held the symposium as part of its START series (Skills and Technology Advancing Rapid Transformation), which uses research and science to address world issues, including global health. For more information on UNAI and their support of UN goals, click here. |
IDB forum on Sustainable Cooking in Haiti-Sept. 2015Fritz Gerval Octave, Senior Energy Specialist (IDB-Haiti) invited PPAF to present its current work at a forum on innovations in sustainable cooking in Haiti, held on September 9. David Stillman, Tom Setchel and Al Shelton (D&E Green) made a joint presentation on the work of PPAF & D&E, development of the Recho EcoVit cookstove, and the process of distilling fuel ethanol. The PPAF-D&E Green presentation was very well received by the 40 participants who attended, including the DirectorGeneral of Haiti's Bureau of Mines and Energy. PPAF had previously served as a consultant to the IDB in 2013 on the project "Ethanol Stoves and Fuel in Haiti." |
UNEP Grant for PPAF Work in Haiti- News - May to Aug. 2015The United Nations Environment Programme awarded PPAF a grant in May 2015, to expand the project in Haiti on Ethanol Cookstoves and Fuel. Since 2014 PPAF has worked with D&E Green Enterprises, a prize-winning Haitian company that manufactures and sells "improved" cookstoves that burn less charcoal or than otherwise. The grant enables PPAF and D&E to refine the design of a new ethanol stove, test it with potential customers, and develop a business plan for commercial rollout. PPAF personnel visited Haiti in late May to get this stage of the work underway. Since then, the partners carried out a kitchen use test, developed marketing materials, and administered surveys on stove use. Working with women is an important component in all the phases. Women make up 75% of D&E's 100 stove distributors. PPAF team members will work with D&E in September on the second kitchen test and stove improvements, and begin developing a business plan. |
Putting it Together: Seminar at the UN - March 2014PPAF worked with the UN Department of Public Information to host a lively and well-attended panel discussion on the 13th at the UN. Panelists explored the connections between bio-energy policy, clean cook-stoves and ways to improve making alcohol (ethanol) for cooking.
Jeff Brez, Chief, DPI/NGO Relations and Advocacy, introduced the program, which opened with a Global Alliance for Clean Cook-stoves video narrated by actress Julia Roberts. David Stillman moderated the program. Panelists included: Kathryn R. Leininger (Business Development Manager JMConsulting), Corinne Hart (Program Manager, Gender and Markets Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves), and Thomas Setchel, (Energy Conservation and Distillation Specialist, Sustainable Technology Systems Inc.). (See Events section of website for details.) |
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UN Dept of Public Information Accreditation -December 2009
PPAF was proud to join the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN/DPI) as an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), effective December 2009, because of its program of information on UN-related issues and its work with the UN. PPAF's credentials included conferences held at the UN, collaboration with UN Departments and Agencies, collaboration with Permanent Missions to the UN, videos produced at the UN, a website and blog about the UN and programs, reports & press releases. |
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At the UN: Partners Against Poverty-Bioenergy- May 2009PPAF's Third Annual Partners Against Poverty event featured discussions on investment partnerships for ethanol development and production. A group of 45 professionals and government officials from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, and the U.S. met at the United Nations on May 7, 2009 for a facilitated discussion on ethanol and related bioenergy. Click here for further information under the website heading: Renewable Energy. |
At the UN: Partners Against Poverty- Awareness -July 2008Seventy representatives from the UN, the private sector and civil society met at the UN Headquarters on July 16, 2008 for deliberations on “Partners against Poverty – Awareness, Agreements and Actions”. This second annual meeting touched on a wide range of topics, including: agribusiness; tourism and the environment; women, entrepreneurship, and microfinance; health; and renewable energy.
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