Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of turning into a specialized UN agency, the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will host the spring meeting of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) in Madrid, Spain.
The UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) brings together the administrative heads of 29 UN System programs and specialized agencies, including the sector Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to deliver as one on the global, regional, and country levels. It’s the prime instrument for coordination of UN inter-governmental bodies on social, economic, and related matters.
The CEB supports and reinforces the coordinating role of intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations. Most significantly, the CEB facilitates the UN system’s collective response to global challenges, corresponding to climate change and the worldwide financial crisis.
Under the chairmanship of the United Nations Secretary General, the chief heads meet twice a year to think of policy and management issues impacting organizations of the United Nations system.
As the sole UN agency with headquarters in Spain, UNWTO is the official host of the spring meeting of the CEB going down in Madrid. The meeting coincides with the year of the tenth anniversary of the area Tourism Organization becoming a totally-fledged UN agency, and hence the UN lead agency in Spain.