The Secretary-General is in Lisbon, Portugal, today.

On Monday he will deliver the keynote address at the Tidewater conference, which for decades has been a forum for strategic discussions among ministers and heads of major bilateral and multilateral aid agencies.  This year's session is focused on shaping a development architecture fit for the 2030 Agenda. On the sidelines of the event, he is also scheduled to meet with the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Angel Gurria, and the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti.

The Secretary-General will also meet today with the Foreign Minister of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva.

The Secretary-General will be back in New York on Tuesday evening.