Since the World NGO Day 2014 is approaching I am delighted to take this opportunity and share with you that we have launched a newly dedicated World NGO Day 2014 Forum website: http://yourngoday.com

Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Minister for International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland is confirmed to open the event, and the newly elected Secretary General of the Secretariat to the Nordic Council, Ms. Britt Bohlin and other UN agencies executives like the Executive Director of UNOPS, Mr. Jan Mattsson and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Eric Falt are also confirmed to speak and attend the event - while Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Mr. Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development at the European Commission will be addressing our delegates via video, in recognition of the importance of the NGO sector and all the individuals behind them worldwide.