UNSGSA Queen Máxima was delighted to meet with member states today to discuss the formation of the UN Group of Friends for Financial Health. 🇺🇳
Many thanks to the group's co-chairs - the Philippines, Peru, and Kenya - for convening the meeting, and to Singapore for hosting!
UNSGSA Queen Máxima will attend UN #GeneralAssembly high-level week in New York next week.
From 21-24 September, she will meet with public- and private-sector leaders on the margins of #UNGA to discuss progress on #financialhealth.
Read more: https://t.co/vEkKhuDCsD
Queen Máxima concluded her country visit to India by meeting with His Excellency Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the findings of her visit.
The UNSGSA looks forward to continued collaboration with the Government of India to improve #financialhealth.
Delighted to meet Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who is also the UN Secretary General's Special Advocate for Financial Health and a long-standing global voice for financial inclusion.
We discussed how India’s Digital Public Infrastructure led revolution is making financial services more accessible and affordable, while enhancing ‘Ease of Living’ and empowering people at scale.
India remains committed to sharing its experience with partner countries across the world.
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Today in India, the UNSGSA co-hosted two roundtables, one on financial health measurement with Mastercard @CNTR4growth and one on women’s financial health with @CGAP.
She also met with Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to discuss regulation & #financialhealth.
UNSGSA Queen Máxima will be in India this week from June 23-25 for a country visit in her UN capacity. 🇺🇺🇳🇮🇳
She will meet with communities, private sector leaders, government, and partners to discuss improving #financialhealth in India.
Read more➡️ https://t.co/dyGdG7L1IY
On Friday, I met with Her Majesty @UNSGSA Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and @Minister_FIN Eelco Heinen to discuss ongoing cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
We exchanged views on shared @g20org priorities and discussed efforts to advance global financial literacy, especially through private sector initiatives.
I thanked Queen Máxima for her work as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health, and for speaking earlier in the day at the United States’ G20 Fireside Chat on Global Financial Literacy.
Wrapping up three days of fruitful meetings, events and discussions on #financialhealth at the Spring Meetings of @IMFNews and @WorldBankGroup.
The UNSGSA looks forward to continued engagement with partners to support financial health across the world. 🇺🇳
UNSGSA Queen Máxima has arrived at the #SpringMeetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.
She will raise #financialhealth as an urgent priority in conversations with heads of government, development leaders, & private sector partners.
➡️https://t.co/H6Oo2t5wAG #WBGMeetings
Today UNSGSA Queen Máxima met with @UNDP Administrator @alexanderdecroo in New York.
They discussed the role of #financialhealth in strengthening household well-being and supporting private sector–led growth and development.
🗞️Yesterday in The Jakarta Post: 'Building a financially healthy Indonesia.'
UNSGSA Queen Máxima reflects on her recent meetings and engagements in Indonesia and lays out the next steps in the country's #financialhealth journey.
Read the piece ➡️https://t.co/oAmpzJUMwX
UNSGSA Queen Máxima's final day in Indonesia focused on meetings with government.
Over the course of the day, she met with Ministers and senior representatives across Indonesian government.
They discussed the way forward for a coordinated national agenda on #financialhealth.
UNSGSA Queen Máxima & President Prabowo Subianto had a productive discussion about enhancing #financialhealth in Indonesia.
In a meeting with the UNSGSA & members of her Reference Group, President Prabowo affirmed his commitment to making financial health a national priority.
The UNSGSA had a productive roundtable discussion with international development organizations & UN agencies at UN House in Jakarta this morning. 🇺🇳
Colleagues shared insights from their work & identified opportunities for further collaboration on #financialhealth in Indonesia.
Today UNSGSA Queen Máxima was in Central Java meeting with garment workers, entrepreneurs, & young Indonesians to learn about their #financialhealth journeys.
Their stories will inform her conversations with public and private sector leaders throughout her time in Indonesia.
Queen Máxima arrived in Indonesia today, visiting in her capacity as UNSGSA.🇺🇳
She will meet with Indonesians from diverse backgrounds, as well as public & private sector leaders, to learn about #financialhealth challenges & opportunities in Indonesia.
https://t.co/VTLCXHL6PS
Queen Máxima was at the Bank for International Settlements (@BIS_org) today for the FSI-UNSGSA Workshop on 'Achieving Stability, Resilience and Inclusive Growth through Financial Health.'
While in Basel, she also held bilateral meetings with partners on this important topic.
🏦 Bij de ‘Bank for International Settlements’ in Bazel spreekt Koningin Máxima @unsgsa met vertegenwoordigers van centrale banken en toezichthouders over over het belang van financiële gezondheid voor financiële stabiliteit, veerkracht en economische groei.
Op Paleis Huis ten Bosch overlegt de internationale adviesraad (IAB) van het Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) over kansen en risico’s van innovaties in financiële diensten. Koningin Máxima is als @UNSGSA voorzitter van de IAB.
https://t.co/nN1EcLYHYY
Every year during #UNGA, UNSGSA Queen Máxima meets with the @UN Secretary-General to deliver her annual report.
This year she shared the first report of her new mandate on #financialhealth, covering key developments from 2024-2025.
read the report➡️ https://t.co/GsPJyst3Ia
Yesterday the UNSGSA & The @BlackRock Foundation co-hosted a roundtable on workplace financial health, chaired by Commonwealth.
The UNSGSA challenged employers to prioritize employee financial health as a strategic north star, driving wellbeing, productivity, & financial value.