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Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳

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Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳

@alexanderdecroo

@UNDP Administrator & @UN Under-Secretary-General 🇺🇳 | Former Prime Minister of Belgium 🇧🇪 | Former Minister of Finance and Development

New York, USA

Born November 3

Joined May 2009

Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
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What starts with one knitting machine can become a business. What starts with one woman can support many more. When women have the means to move forward - entire communities move with them. A truly inspiring visit to Khadija's tailoring business, Nakh wa Sozan, in Afghanistan.
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Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 10
Great to meet with H.E. Paul Matete Nena, Permanent Representative of Lesotho. Reaffirmed @UNDP’s commitment to supporting Lesotho’s development priorities. From governance reforms to digital transformation, climate resilience and youth employment.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 10
A partnership that lasts decades can shape real transformation. @UNDP’s work with Bulgaria has supported its journey from transition to EU accession - and now to a development partner in its own right. A pleasure to meet H.E. @GuerKaradjova to discuss deepening our cooperation.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 10
Good exchange with H.E. Dr. Aboubakar Nacanabo, Minister of Finance & Economy of Burkina Faso. We discussed strengthening our partnership to support the RELANCE Plan, building resilience and development financing - while preserving investments in people and long-term stability.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 8
This is not the moment for the international community to look away from Afghanistan. The cost of disengagement will be far greater than the cost of sustained support. @BarhamSalih and I spoke to @AP following our joint mission.
UN officials urge Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent it sliding into instability
From apnews.com
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 7
UNHCR is saving lives. @UNDP is giving people a future. We need to do both. My joint message with @BarhamSalih, High Commissioner of @Refugees, in Afghanistan. Protection and development must work together from the very start. That is how communities move beyond crisis.
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Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 6
At TAK Dry Fruit in Mazar-e-Sharif, I saw how @UNDP’s ecosystem approach creates jobs across the economy. Here, support to farmers, local infrastructure & private enterprise is helping this business grow and employ over 300 women. This is what investment in recovery looks like.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 6
Glad to be here with you, @BarhamSalih. In Afghanistan - safe return, protection, livelihoods, basic services and resilience are all part of the same story. That is why @Refugees and @UNDP are here together: connected challenges need a connected response.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 6
Resilient Sutan is showing what moving beyond crisis looks like in practice. Safer shelter. Restored water. Reliable energy. Flood protection. Support for livelihoods. This is how @UNDP is helping communities rebuild stronger and regain stability.
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Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 5
I'm not Rashid Khan quite yet, but apparently, I held my own! Loved having the chance to play cricket with local young people in Nangarhar. Across countries and cultures, joy is universal.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 5
Here in Afghanistan, climate resilience is not abstract. With @UNDP support, this flood protection and irrigation work in Sutan - where women crafted the wire mesh and men made the bricks - is helping reduce disaster risk, protect farmland and create income.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 5
In Sutan, community leaders told me they feared last year's earthquake would erase their village. But with support to rebuild their homes, restore basic services and revive livelihoods. Sutan is still standing. I was deeply moved by their gratitude to @UNDP and our partners.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳
@alexanderdecroo
Jul 5
Good evening from Afghanistan. Here, crises rarely arrive one at a time. 3 in 4 people cannot meet their basic needs. Emergency aid saves lives. Development gives people their futures back. I am here to see first-hand how @UNDP can help communities move beyond crisis.
Alexander De Croo 🇺🇳 reposted
EU Budget
@EU_Budget
Jul 2
"Development is a core pillar of Europe's security architecture. The European Union and the United Nations support countries around the world to strengthen governance, attract new investment and create new jobs." - @alexanderdecroo, at the Annual EU Budget Conference 2026
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