The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) organised a side event on “Digital financial technologies for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific” with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India on 24 April 2024 (14:45 to 16:00 hours, Bangkok time, GMT+7) at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok. The event was organized as a side event of the 80th session of ESCAP under the theme “Leveraging digital innovation for the accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development” scheduled from 22 to 26 April 2024 in Bangkok.
The side event provided a platform to share national perspectives and experiences on the existing use of innovative digital public finance set-up. The event helped to enhance understanding of technological dimensions of digital inclusion; exchange learning and good lessons on the developments, challenges and opportunities for digital financial innovations and technologies and for regional cooperation for technology transfer and innovations.