Charlotte Petri Gornitzka discussed two elements of the continuing and deepening partnership between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and USAID: Power Africa and the Global Resilience Partnership. She participated on the panels "Increasing Access to Power in Sub-Saharan Africa" and "Building Resilience, Breaking the Cycle: The Global Resilience Partnership" to highlight the importance of energy to ending extreme poverty and of preparing for and managing shocks to prevent people from falling back into poverty.

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We acknowledge that we need to develop new models. We need new models for using data and information to increase our ability to forecast, manage and adapt to climate risks. We need to engage a range of actors to pioneer resilience building products, to leverage investments, and build local capacity.

Biography

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka has been Director-General of Sida since 2011. DG Gornitzka works on behalf of the Swedish Government to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions. Prior to joining Sida, Ms. Petri Gornitzka was Secretary-General of the International Save the Children Alliance and before that from 2003-2008 the Secretary-General and CEO of Save the Children Sweden. She has also had a successful career as the Under-Secretary-General of the Swedish Red Cross as well as its Director of Communications.