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# الإنشاء Submitted to المستخدم اللغة IP address Title of commitment Name of submitting Member State or Government Please indicate whether your commitment is intended to address SDG Progress at a national, regional or global level Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above Does the commitment include a new national benchmark for reducing poverty and inequality by 2027? If yes, please indicate the benchmark below: Please explain how national planning and institutional frameworks will be strengthened to support progress of the commitment: Which of the following, if any do your strengthened institutional frameworks seek to address? If you have any further information to share please upload the information here, or provide a link to applicable site or document below Additional Information Please provide the full name, title and email address of contact person: Please provide the official email address of your country’s Permanent Mission in New York, for verification purposes. Annual Updates عمليات
91 Wed, 09/04/2024 - 04:16 مجهول إنجليزية 182.236.112.241 NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO SDG TRANSFORMATION Viet Nam National Priority areas for transformation and investment
i) Continue to innovate the growth model and promote private investment
Continue to strongly and effectively innovate the growth model, restructure the economy, promote industrialization and modernization on a strong foundation of science, technology, innovation and high-quality human resources. Build a modern and strong national industry, including key foundational industries and leading high-tech industries.
Develop and strengthen private sector to become an important driving force for economic development. Encourage the formation and development of large enterprises with strong potential, regional and international competitiveness. Implement policies and mobilize resources to support enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, improving their competitiveness, integration in the global market, identification of new business and market trends. Expand the share of domestic inputs in manufacturing and production, and at the same time strengthen the link between FDI and domestic enterprises.
Transforming the growth model towards greening economic sectors and applying circular economy principles through efficiently utilizing natural resource and energy.
ii) "Leave no one behind", strengthen social protection, sustainable employment, health system development, education and cultural development, and comprehensive human development; promote the transformation of the food system towards greater transparency, responsibility and sustainability
Place people in the center of the development process; mobilize the participation of stakeholders in the implementation of the SDGs and place greater focus on disadvantaged groups to eradicate poverty and narrow inequality through the active implementation of 03 National Target Programs. These include: sustainable poverty reduction, new rural development, and socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and formulation of a national target program on cultural development.
Promote the implementation of social security policies, especially for vulnerable and poor groups. Synchronously and comprehensively implement solutions for youth development, gender equality and advancement of women; fully protect children's rights; protect, care for and promote the role of the elderly. By 2030 aim to achieve: Reduction in the mortality rate of children under 5 years old to be below 15‰, that of children under 1 to be below 10‰, achieving 100% health insurance coverage for the elderly (with coverage for medical examinations, health treatment, at-home care, care within family, community and centralized facilities).
Improve and innovate on management mechanisms, build a fair, quality, effective and internationally integrated health system. Implement universal health care coverage, provision of public health services, in particularly basic health services. Implement universal health insurance coverage, with the goal to achieve health insurance coverage of 95% of the population by 2030.
Accelerate the implementation of fundamental and comprehensive renovation and improve the quality of education and training, focusing on modernizing and changing the mode of education and training, especially higher education and vocational education, towards openness, flexibility, interconnection, modernity, international integration, to meet the requirements of labor market development, create sustainable jobs and promote lifelong learning opportunities to meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and international integration. Ensure universal provision of preschool education and primary education, especially in hardship areas, ethnic minority areas, border, island areas and other special groups. By 2030, Viet Nam's education will reach an advanced level in the region .
Transform comprehensively in the areas of cultural and human development. Build healthy cultural environment, improve institutional provisions and mechanisms to support cultural activities at all levels. Develop cultural and artistic activities towards improving the capacity for aesthetic and cultural enjoyment of the people, especially the youths and disadvantaged groups. By 2030, aim to provide at least 75% of people in remote, border, island, ethnic minority and mountainous areas with access to cultural activities .
Implement the National Action Plan to transform the food system in Viet Nam from production, processing, distribution, consumption towards greater transparency, accountability and sustainability by 2030; ensure food security and nutrition for the nation, contribute to exports and environmental protection, and respond to climate change.
iii) Achieve access to energy for all and strongly promote the transition to renewable energy
Formulate a new program on electricity supply in rural, mountainous and island areas to cover non-electrified households and renovate the existing rural power grid. Supply electricity via the national grid in combination with renewable energy sources to rural, mountainous and island areas; aiming for near universal access to electricity by 2025 for rural households .
Promote renewable energy sources for power generation, aiming to have renewable energy sources make up about 30.9-39.2% of total power generation by 2030, working towards the target of 47% share coming from renewable sources, with commitments under the Political Declaration, which established the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), met for Viet Nam by international partners.
Adopt a people-centric approach to the energy transition to ensure it is equitable, inclusive, and sustainable - leaving no one behind. Minimize disruption impact of the energy transition on people, especially vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children, women, low-skilled and low-income people.
iv) Enhance the protection of biodiversity and natural resources, reduce environmental pollution, promote climate action and prevent natural disaster risks
Expand the protected areas of natural ecosystems, restore and ensure their integrity and connectivity. Ensure biodiversity in sustainable conservation and use. By 2030, aim to increase protected areas to 9% of the country’s total landmass; ensure national forest coverage to remain stable from 42% to 43%; and at least 20% of the degraded natural ecosystem area to be restored .
Control, prevent and reduce environmental pollution, especially ocean plastic pollution. By 2030, 100% of hazardous wastes and domestic solid wastes in coastal cities be collected and treated in accordance with environmental standards; 100% of economic zones, industrial parks and coastal urban areas be planned and built in the direction of sustainability, ecology, smart, adaptation to climate change, sea level rise, with centralized wastewater treatment systems meeting environmental norms, standards and regulations and marine environmental capacity, recovery capacity and resilience of marine and island ecosystems .
Implement urgent solutions to reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience to the impacts of climate change; prioritizing safety and livelihoods for people in risk-prone areas by natural disasters.
v) Promoting digital transformation
Science, technology and innovation are the foundation for implementing national digital transformation. Promote national digital transformation to develop a digital government, digital economy, digital society, together with establishing Vietnamese digital technology enterprises with the capacity to go global. Expand investment in technical infrastructure, digital skills development and cybersecurity. Enhance the use and harness the benefits of digitalization in the provision of social services such as health, education, and support vulnerable groups in acquiring equal access to digital opportunities. By 2030, aim for Viet Nam to be in the group of 50 leading countries in e-Government Development Index (EGDI), in the group of 30 leading countries in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) and universalization of fiber optic broadband Internet services.		 Roadmap to reduce poverty and inequality by 2030:
Viet Nam ensures that the transition benefits all and is reflected in the national targets of reducing poverty and inequality. Accordingly, striving to achieve the following by 2030 :
- Maintain the annual reduction of multidimensional poverty rate by 1-1.5%.
- Increase per capita income in rural areas to by more than 2.5 - 3 times the rate in 2020.
- The income growth rate of the lowest 40% of the population to be equal to the per capita household income growth rate.		 Activities to be implemented to enhance the achievement of the SDGs
(i) Strengthen the role of the National Council for Sustainable Development in advising the Government and the Prime Minister in implementation of the SDGs in line with new trends and contexts, creating breakthroughs in the implementation of the SDGs in Viet Nam.
(ii) Update and adjust the National Action Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs, in line with National Commitment to SDG Transformation.
(iii) Promote the effective implementation of the SDGs through strategies, planning, plans and policies at the national, sectoral and local levels. Strengthen the participation of stakeholders, promote public administration reform to further facilitate the participation of stakeholders in the policy decision-making process. Strengthen the capacity of localities in implementing, monitoring and evaluating the SDGs.
(iv) Mobilize additional financial resources, including domestic and foreign, public and private resources to invest in the SDGs. Strengthen international cooperation to mobilize resources for the implementation of the SDGs, especially access to international green finance and effective implementation of the Political Declaration on Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Promote the Viet Nam-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs.
(v) Continue to update and accelerate the implementation of Viet Nam's Sustainable Development Statistical Indicators to improve the availability of data for SDGs monitoring, especially disaggregated data for disadvantaged groups, the environment, and climate change; mobilize technical assistance from development partners and the UN in collecting and improving SDGs data; aiming to have data for monitoring and evaluation for at least 90% of Viet Nam's SDG targets by 2027.		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga
Title: Senior Official, Department of Science, Education, Natural Resource and Environment, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam
Email address: thanhnganguyen@mpi.gov.vn		 infor@vietnam-un.org
90 Wed, 09/04/2024 - 03:58 مجهول إنجليزية 182.236.112.241 NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO SDG TRANSFORMATION Viet Nam National Priority areas for transformation and investment
i) Continue to innovate the growth model and promote private investment
Continue to strongly and effectively innovate the growth model, restructure the economy, promote industrialization and modernization on a strong foundation of science, technology, innovation and high-quality human resources. Build a modern and strong national industry, including key foundational industries and leading high-tech industries.
Develop and strengthen private sector to become an important driving force for economic development. Encourage the formation and development of large enterprises with strong potential, regional and international competitiveness. Implement policies and mobilize resources to support enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, improving their competitiveness, integration in the global market, identification of new business and market trends. Expand the share of domestic inputs in manufacturing and production, and at the same time strengthen the link between FDI and domestic enterprises.
Transforming the growth model towards greening economic sectors and applying circular economy principles through efficiently utilizing natural resource and energy.
ii) "Leave no one behind", strengthen social protection, sustainable employment, health system development, education and cultural development, and comprehensive human development; promote the transformation of the food system towards greater transparency, responsibility and sustainability
Place people in the center of the development process; mobilize the participation of stakeholders in the implementation of the SDGs and place greater focus on disadvantaged groups to eradicate poverty and narrow inequality through the active implementation of 03 National Target Programs. These include: sustainable poverty reduction, new rural development, and socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and formulation of a national target program on cultural development.
Promote the implementation of social security policies, especially for vulnerable and poor groups. Synchronously and comprehensively implement solutions for youth development, gender equality and advancement of women; fully protect children's rights; protect, care for and promote the role of the elderly. By 2030 aim to achieve: Reduction in the mortality rate of children under 5 years old to be below 15‰, that of children under 1 to be below 10‰, achieving 100% health insurance coverage for the elderly (with coverage for medical examinations, health treatment, at-home care, care within family, community and centralized facilities).
Improve and innovate on management mechanisms, build a fair, quality, effective and internationally integrated health system. Implement universal health care coverage, provision of public health services, in particularly basic health services. Implement universal health insurance coverage, with the goal to achieve health insurance coverage of 95% of the population by 2030.
Accelerate the implementation of fundamental and comprehensive renovation and improve the quality of education and training, focusing on modernizing and changing the mode of education and training, especially higher education and vocational education, towards openness, flexibility, interconnection, modernity, international integration, to meet the requirements of labor market development, create sustainable jobs and promote lifelong learning opportunities to meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and international integration. Ensure universal provision of preschool education and primary education, especially in hardship areas, ethnic minority areas, border, island areas and other special groups. By 2030, Viet Nam's education will reach an advanced level in the region .
Transform comprehensively in the areas of cultural and human development. Build healthy cultural environment, improve institutional provisions and mechanisms to support cultural activities at all levels. Develop cultural and artistic activities towards improving the capacity for aesthetic and cultural enjoyment of the people, especially the youths and disadvantaged groups. By 2030, aim to provide at least 75% of people in remote, border, island, ethnic minority and mountainous areas with access to cultural activities .
Implement the National Action Plan to transform the food system in Viet Nam from production, processing, distribution, consumption towards greater transparency, accountability and sustainability by 2030; ensure food security and nutrition for the nation, contribute to exports and environmental protection, and respond to climate change.
iii) Achieve access to energy for all and strongly promote the transition to renewable energy
Formulate a new program on electricity supply in rural, mountainous and island areas to cover non-electrified households and renovate the existing rural power grid. Supply electricity via the national grid in combination with renewable energy sources to rural, mountainous and island areas; aiming for near universal access to electricity by 2025 for rural households .
Promote renewable energy sources for power generation, aiming to have renewable energy sources make up about 30.9-39.2% of total power generation by 2030, working towards the target of 47% share coming from renewable sources, with commitments under the Political Declaration, which established the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), met for Viet Nam by international partners.
Adopt a people-centric approach to the energy transition to ensure it is equitable, inclusive, and sustainable - leaving no one behind. Minimize disruption impact of the energy transition on people, especially vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children, women, low-skilled and low-income people.
iv) Enhance the protection of biodiversity and natural resources, reduce environmental pollution, promote climate action and prevent natural disaster risks
Expand the protected areas of natural ecosystems, restore and ensure their integrity and connectivity. Ensure biodiversity in sustainable conservation and use. By 2030, aim to increase protected areas to 9% of the country’s total landmass; ensure national forest coverage to remain stable from 42% to 43%; and at least 20% of the degraded natural ecosystem area to be restored .
Control, prevent and reduce environmental pollution, especially ocean plastic pollution. By 2030, 100% of hazardous wastes and domestic solid wastes in coastal cities be collected and treated in accordance with environmental standards; 100% of economic zones, industrial parks and coastal urban areas be planned and built in the direction of sustainability, ecology, smart, adaptation to climate change, sea level rise, with centralized wastewater treatment systems meeting environmental norms, standards and regulations and marine environmental capacity, recovery capacity and resilience of marine and island ecosystems .
Implement urgent solutions to reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience to the impacts of climate change; prioritizing safety and livelihoods for people in risk-prone areas by natural disasters.
v) Promoting digital transformation
Science, technology and innovation are the foundation for implementing national digital transformation. Promote national digital transformation to develop a digital government, digital economy, digital society, together with establishing Vietnamese digital technology enterprises with the capacity to go global. Expand investment in technical infrastructure, digital skills development and cybersecurity. Enhance the use and harness the benefits of digitalization in the provision of social services such as health, education, and support vulnerable groups in acquiring equal access to digital opportunities. By 2030, aim for Viet Nam to be in the group of 50 leading countries in e-Government Development Index (EGDI), in the group of 30 leading countries in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) and universalization of fiber optic broadband Internet services.		 Roadmap to reduce poverty and inequality by 2030:
Viet Nam ensures that the transition benefits all and is reflected in the national targets of reducing poverty and inequality. Accordingly, striving to achieve the following by 2030 :
- Maintain the annual reduction of multidimensional poverty rate by 1-1.5%.
- Increase per capita income in rural areas to by more than 2.5 - 3 times the rate in 2020.
- The income growth rate of the lowest 40% of the population to be equal to the per capita household income growth rate.		 Activities to be implemented to enhance the achievement of the SDGs
(i) Strengthen the role of the National Council for Sustainable Development in advising the Government and the Prime Minister in implementation of the SDGs in line with new trends and contexts, creating breakthroughs in the implementation of the SDGs in Viet Nam.
(ii) Update and adjust the National Action Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs, in line with National Commitment to SDG Transformation.
(iii) Promote the effective implementation of the SDGs through strategies, planning, plans and policies at the national, sectoral and local levels. Strengthen the participation of stakeholders, promote public administration reform to further facilitate the participation of stakeholders in the policy decision-making process. Strengthen the capacity of localities in implementing, monitoring and evaluating the SDGs.
(iv) Mobilize additional financial resources, including domestic and foreign, public and private resources to invest in the SDGs. Strengthen international cooperation to mobilize resources for the implementation of the SDGs, especially access to international green finance and effective implementation of the Political Declaration on Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Promote the Viet Nam-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs.
(v) Continue to update and accelerate the implementation of Viet Nam's Sustainable Development Statistical Indicators to improve the availability of data for SDGs monitoring, especially disaggregated data for disadvantaged groups, the environment, and climate change; mobilize technical assistance from development partners and the UN in collecting and improving SDGs data; aiming to have data for monitoring and evaluation for at least 90% of Viet Nam's SDG targets by 2027.		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga
Title: Senior Official, Department of Science, Education, Natural Resource and Environment, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam
Email address: thanhnganguyen@mpi.gov.vn		 infor@vietnam-un.org
89 Thu, 06/20/2024 - 01:11 مجهول إنجليزية 73.156.22.245 Jose Luis López Santa maria Federal register en member of estates EU Global Has you all know we are humans correct some times we are litle slow bud apologize for the inconvenience I’m trying to go faster en all or commitments to catch whit the most we can for this year I’m Jose Luis Lopez Santamaria Well that’s is the main important the I will trying to do . Well from all my research that I been doing plus my experience I do know that I see a lot land empty my gold is do more plantations end open more farms end now a soon I finish a project I will start doing the plantation so that helps to do more increase on the resource to be able to cover a lot more city’s ,towns end countries. Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs I see that is no file correct I Ben so busy that I dint have time to report bud everything will change I will do give you my world Jose Luis López Santa maria , foreign,federal register ,metadata ,im the same person if you ask me way to many names that’s my question bud I’m working to fix this issue I will suggest that if any buddy presents doing or saying that I did give permicion to ally any government pocition please ned to notifier me I’m doing a lot changes en tha organizations to have more stronger en safe. joseluis23447@icloud.com
88 Thu, 12/07/2023 - 10:58 مجهول إنجليزية 100.12.21.20 Areas for Progress within National Commitments of the Republic of Belarus for Sustainable Development Belarus National The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are implemented in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Belarus until 2035, which was approved in 2021, and are also correlated with state programmes of socio-economic development. The key objectives of the National Strategy are focused on achieving high living standards, quality economic growth on a new digital technological base, forming a fully-fledged competitive environment, creating comfortable conditions for life and personal development, and preserving natural systems for present and future generations. This document has been agreed with the National Coordinator for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The priorities of the long-term development of the Republic of Belarus are defined as follows:
o sustainable development of the family institution and qualitative growth of human potential;
o productive employment and decent incomes of the population;
o digital transformation of the economy and widespread dissemination of innovations;
o creation of a developed business environment and sustainable infrastructure;
o ensuring environmental safety, and transitioning to rational models of production and consumption (circular economy).
In order to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs, Belarus commits to:
o As a party to the Paris Agreement, Belarus has committed itself to reducing its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent of 1990 levels by 2030, alongside projected economic growth (contribution to achieving SDG 13).
o To ensure access to affordable and clean energy, Belarus will achieve a 60 per cent reduction in the share of gas in heat and electricity by 2025 through the commissioning of a Belarusian nuclear power plant. This will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 7 million tons annually (contribution to achieving SDGs 7 and 13).
o Belarus plans to build 87 ultra-fast charging stations by 2030, in addition to 628 operating electric charging stations. These will increase the share of renewable energy sources in the fuel and energy balance of Belarus and improve the sustainability of urban infrastructure (contribution to achieving SDGs 7 and 9).
o Belarus plans to raise the rate of recycling the main types of secondary material resources from municipal solid waste to 64 per cent by 2025 (79 per cent by 2030 and 90 per cent by 2035). The Republic of Belarus is gradually introducing a system for the separate collection and sorting of solid domestic waste, which will eventually ensure that zero disposal of municipal solid waste is achieved (contribution to achieving SDGs 11 and 12).
o Belarus plans in the short term to harness additional financial and non-financial mechanisms that provide scientific support for processes to achieve the Goals in the areas of digitalization, the green economy, biodiversity and health (contribution to achieving SDGs 3, 9, 13 and 15).
 Extreme poverty has been eradicated in Belarus. There are virtually no citizens in the country whose income level is less than $1.90 per day.
Belarus is among the top five countries in the world with the lowest levels of property inequality. The Gini coefficient is 2.68. In Belarus, special attention is paid to implementing measures to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities.
 The achievement of Sustainable Development Goals is closely linked to the implementation of the Programme of Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus for 2021-2025 as well as of 25 major state programmes, including in the areas of demographic security, social security, education, sustainable use of natural resources, energy-saving, and innovative development.
Assessment of the current status and progress on the SDGs in the country is performed through the National SDG Reporting Platform created in 2018. It is a single hub for collecting, summarizing, and distributing up-to-date information about the current situation concerning the implementation of the SDGs in the country and is available to national and international users. The national list of SDG achievement indicators includes 267 indicators. The COVID- 19 pandemic had no impact on the data collection process.
Belarus will continue to strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of its public policies in relation to SDGs through science-based approach.
 Mrs. Alena Kavaleuskaya, counsellor, Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations, usaun@mfa.gov.by usaun@mfa.gov.by
87 Wed, 11/22/2023 - 03:18 مجهول إنجليزية 41.210.141.127 National Commitments for SDG Acceleration and Transformation Uganda National Commitment #1: Accelerating Leave No One Behind Agenda through the inclusive Parish
Development Model Implementation
Commitment #2: Accelerate inclusive actions for Trade financing and Climate-Smart
investments
Commitment #3: Accelerate inclusive actions to leverage the advantages of Science, Technology
and Innovation
Commitment #4: Accelerating inclusive economic and social development through climate
change adaptation and mitigation
Commitment #5: Accelerate Efforts to harness the full potential of data to improve the lives of
all Ugandans
Commitment #6: Accelerate strengthening SDG coordination and service delivery mechanisms
 Yes, 18.5% by 2025 and 0.37 (Gini coefficient) by 2025 Uganda's SDG implementation is guided by the national SDG Coordination framework an SDG roadmap. Adopted in 2016 and revised in 2020, the SDG Coordination framework brings together both state and non state actors as core stakeholders in SDG implementation. The framework highlights the critical role of the five technical working groups including Data, Planning and Mainstreaming, Resource mobilization, communication and Coordination, monitoring and reporting for SDGs.

The Coordination framework brings together the private sector through the SDG private sector platform to support implementation of SDGs, the CSOs through the CSO core reference group among others. The SDG roadmap is designed to provide and define implementation mechanisms for the coordination framework and is aligned to the third National Development Plan (NDPIII)		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Strengthening regulatory frameworks to align private sector governance models, operating principles and disclosure requirements with sustainable development objectives, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Pascal Byarugaba, Program Management and Evaluation Specialist, bpascal7711@gmail.com admin@ugandaunny.com
86 Mon, 11/06/2023 - 04:48 مجهول إنجليزية 188.236.212.21 Aligning the Development Plans of Kuwait with the 2030 Agenda. Kuwait National • Investing in women and girls:
Numerous policies, regulations, and laws have been enacted in Kuwait to ensure that women receive the necessary attention and support to fulfill their individual, social, and familial roles, while also safeguarding their social, economic, and political rights. At the legislative level, nearly 13 laws and decrees have been put in place to provide support for women across various sectors, including education (1956/1), civil and labor laws (2010/6), the rights of individuals with disabilities (2010/8), and others. Kuwait has also affirmed its commitment to gender equality by ratifying several international conventions, including CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) and the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

• Making the digital transformation work for everyone:
The Government Work Programme in Kuwait is prioritizing the swift implementation of development projects to accelerate progress towards achieving both Agenda 2030 and Vision 2035. A key early focus has been on digital transformation and the adoption of electronic government services.Within the Ministry of Justice, several projects are currently underway or in planning to facilitate this shift towards electronic services. These projects include the adoption of electronic government support for the justice sector, substantial progress in the electronic imaging system for documents and files, ongoing development of the marriage and divorce electronic system, and the establishment of a single window project for real estate registration management.

The General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD) is working on developing an index to measure imbalances in program implementation, aiming to enhance resilience to economic shocks, partly based on a study by the Central Bank of Kuwait on economic recovery indicators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the digital domain, Kuwait is actively developing broadcasting and digital archiving platforms, along with expanding its optical fiber network. Regarding the power supply industry, efforts have been made to increase the production capacity of Electric Power and Water Distillation stations, particularly in the south regions. Mechanized control systems for monitoring gas emissions have also been installed, and industrial enterprises are legally required to conduct environmental impact assessments to mitigate environmental impacts, including gaseous pollutant emissions.

• Investing in peace:
Kuwait is deeply committed to promoting international dialogue as a means to address global challenges. Its core objectives include expanding international cooperation for peace, supporting nations, and actively working towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Kuwait also has ambitious targets for environmental conservation, emissions reduction by 2030, and a transition to renewable energy in alignment with the Paris Agreement.
On the global and regional stage, Kuwait plays a significant role in advancing peace, security, and addressing common interests among nations. The country has achieved notable progress in various aspects of SDG16 and holds a strong global peace ranking, standing 39th worldwide and second in the MENA region on the Global Peace Index.

Kuwait places a strong emphasis on constitutional, legislative, and policy measures to ensure public access to information and uphold principles of transparency. It has also established the National Bureau for Human Rights to safeguard human rights, and it actively opposes racism and religious hatred through its Constitution and domestic laws.
In the cultural sphere, Kuwait's National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature has developed a strategic plan for 2023-2028, aimed at promoting youth engagement, cultural diversity, intergenerational communication, safety for writers and journalists, cultural revitalization, and investment in cultural diplomacy.
Additionally, Kuwait's Public Authority for Sports (PAS) has crafted a sustainability-focused strategy for 2022-2028, and the State Audit Bureau works diligently to ensure financial integrity and proper rule and regulation implementation. It has also partnered with various entities and signed an MoU with the Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha).

• Accelerating access to energy for all and the shift to renewables:
- Kuwait is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, following its announcement during the COP27 Summit in Egypt in 2022. This commitment is based on a national circular economy strategy. The banking sector is set to play a pivotal role by financing development projects aligned with Kuwait 2035's focus on economic diversification, including support for renewable energy, alternative sources, and clean technology initiatives. Recognizing the need for an updated energy strategy, the government is investing in enhanced energy efficiency through a three-pronged approach. This includes implementing national energy efficiency plans, raising awareness about cleaner energy adoption, and reducing subsidies. Additionally, Kuwait plans to establish a center dedicated to carbon footprint reduction and recycling. They are also exploring the production of blue hydrogen from natural gas and petroleum to advance toward sustainable energy. In 2016, Kuwait enacted a law increasing tariffs for electricity and water consumption, promoting responsible usage. Kuwait aims to boost the share of renewables in its electricity generation mix from 1 percent to 15 percent by 2030, leveraging its abundant solar and wind resources. Five projects are in progress to achieve this goal. The first phase of the "Shaqaya Complex for Renewable Energy" was completed in 2018, with a capacity of 70 megawatts, and the second phase, with a capacity of 4000 megawatts, is expected to conclude by 2025 in partnership with the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy and KISR. Four more projects are in various stages of preparation, with completion anticipated between 2024 and 2030, albeit with some delays due to pandemic-related challenges. Top of Form
- Target 9.4 is progressing positively and is anticipated to be met by 2030. This optimism is based on the consistent decline in CO2 emissions per unit of value-added manufacturing since 2016. The most recent data, updated in 2019, showed a reduction of 0.43 percentage points.

• Aligning trade policies with the SDGs
By aligning its trade policies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Kuwait is making a commitment to prioritize several key areas for transition and investment which is part of its seven pillars. Vision 2035 (New Kuwait) aims to transform Kuwait into a financial and commercial hub for the region by the year 2035. There are seven pillars across Vision 2035 which is integrated with the 17 sustainable development goals.
These commitments and priority areas focus on ensuring sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection. Here are the key priority transitions and areas for investment that Kuwait will have by aligning trade policies with the SDGs:

1. Economic Diversification: Kuwait will commit to diversifying its economy which is the focus of its second pillars to foster a thriving and diversified economy to diminish the nation's reliance on income generated from oil exports. The transition involves investment in non-oil sectors such as renewable energy, and information technology, this aligns with SDGs related to economic growth (SDG 8) and industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG 9).
2. Inclusive Economic Growth: Kuwait's commitment to inclusive economic growth will require investments in education, healthcare, and vocational training to ensure that the benefits of economic development are accessible to all. Which is also linked to pillar six: Human Capital which is to reform the educational system to equip young individuals more effectively to be competitive and valuable contributors to the labor market. These efforts align with SDGs related to quality education (SDG 4), gender equality (SDG 5), reducing inequality (SDG 10), decent work and economic growth (SDG 8).
o Quality Education: Kuwait will invest in providing quality education, from primary to higher education, to equip its citizens with the skills and knowledge needed for a rapidly changing world.
o Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Kuwait will prioritize gender equality in the workplace, supporting women's participation and empowerment.
3. Healthcare and Well-being: Investment in healthcare infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and medical technology is essential for improving the overall well-being and health of the population. Which is also aligned to pillar five (Healthcare): to enhance the quality of services and cultivate domestic capabilities in the public healthcare system at a reasonable cost. This aligns with SDGs related to good health and well-being (SDG 3).
4. Infrastructure Development: Investment in infrastructure, including transportation, logistics, and communication networks, is vital for trade facilitation. This aligns with pillar three (Infrastructure): "Enhancing and modernizing the country's infrastructure to improve the overall well-being of its citizens." Upgrading and expanding infrastructure aligns with SDGs related to industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG 9) and sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11).
o Digital Transformation and Innovation: The commitment to embracing digitalization and fostering innovation will require investments in technology infrastructure, research and development, and skills development. This aligns with SDGs related to industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG 9) and decent work and economic growth (SDG 8). Which is also linked to Pillar three (infrastructure) and Pillar six (Human Capital).
5. Environmental Sustainability: Kuwait will invest in sustainable practices, including clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and environmentally responsible technologies. This aligns with pillar four (Living environment) These efforts are aligned with SDGs related to clean energy (SDG 7), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), climate action (SDG 13), and life on land (SDG 15).
o Sustainable Agriculture: Kuwait will prioritize sustainable agriculture practices to ensure food security and reduce food waste, contributing to SDGs related to zero hunger (SDG 2) and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12).
6. Trade Partnerships for Sustainability: Kuwait's commitment to responsible trade policies involves engaging in partnerships and trade agreements that support sustainable development, labor standards, and environmental protection. This aligns with SDGs related to partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12).
In addition, Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) remains committed to promoting sustainability by aligning with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) principles for sustainable development. They also endorse the UNCTAD Global Action Menu for Investment Facilitation, which emphasizes social, economic, environmental, and governance aspects of sustainability. KDIPA's first strategy significantly contributed to four of Vision 2035's seven main pillars, particularly focusing on fostering a sustainable and diverse economy through sixteen of its twenty-nine projects.
7. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Kuwait will encourage businesses to adopt CSR practices and integrate sustainability into their operations. This aligns with SDGs related to responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) and partnerships for the goals (SDG 17).
In addition, Boursa Kuwait's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business practices is evident through the development of its Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting guide. This guide is designed to empower Kuwaiti listed companies in disclosing their ESG practices and corporate sustainability efforts. It aligns with Kuwait's sustainable development goals, as outlined in Kuwait Vision and the "New Kuwait 2035" National Development Plan, including the ambitious target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Boursa Kuwait's initiative further corresponds with international sustainability frameworks, such as the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative (SSE) and the World Federation of Exchanges' recommendations. By offering flexibility and acknowledging the uniqueness of each company's business model, Boursa Kuwait supports the customization of ESG practices. This dedication to transparency and sustainability showcases Kuwait's commitment to meeting the evolving needs of stakeholders, including investors, customers, suppliers, and regulators in the realm of CSR and ESG reporting.
By committing to these transitions and areas for investment, Kuwait aims to promote economic growth, social development, environmental sustainability, and responsible trade practices that are in line with the SDGs. These investments will help Kuwait contribute to achieving the global goals while securing a prosperous and sustainable future for its citizens.

• Securing food, water and sanitation systems:
- Food security:
Kuwait Vision 2035’s and it’s Seven Pillars, Incorporating All Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. The Creative human capital pillar is linked to SDG 2 End hunger, achieve food security to promote sustainable agriculture which makes it a priority of Kuwait.
Kuwait has made a dedicated effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on ensuring food security. Exceptional measures were implemented to guarantee food availability by aligning with market dynamics, consumer preferences, and by actively engaging the private sector. The Ministerial Coronavirus Emergency Committee streamlined entry visas for activities related to food security, including work permits, commercial visit visas, and other essential sectors like agriculture, food production, and retail. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry conducted a study on managing and overseeing strategic food storage areas to bolster food security. Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) explored the feasibility of establishing a state enterprise to manage these storage areas. The Government Performance Follow-Up Authority produced a report concerning the allocation of resources for these strategic food storage locations. In response to the United Nations Secretary General's call, Kuwait organized two stages of the National Food Systems Dialogue between March and May 2021. This dialogue brought together stakeholders from the public, private, and non-governmental sectors, emphasizing the need for a national food system roadmap. This roadmap aims to enhance the nutritional well-being of school-aged children and address food loss and waste.

Water and sanitation systems:
Recent data from Kuwait's Central Statistical Bureau demonstrates that from 2016 to 2022, the entire population has consistently had access to safe and high-quality drinking water services (target 6.1). The same positive trend applies to target 6.2, which focuses on the proportion of the population using well-managed sanitation services, including proper hand-washing facilities with soap and water, up to 2022.
Despite the government's unwavering commitment to providing clean and affordable water sustainably to all residents, Kuwait faces challenges related to declining groundwater levels, with a renewal rate of less than 70mm/year. The increasing demand for water, driven by population growth and an expanding user base, has added to these challenges. To address this, the government has taken measures to source groundwater from neighboring regions and has initiated seawater desalination projects.
To meet the rising demand, Kuwait is executing a two-phase "water desalination project" as follows:
• The first phase involves the establishment and operation of the Doha seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant, with provisions to improve the alkalinity of the produced water. As of now, 90% of Phase I has been successfully completed.
• The second phase aims to produce potable water for all consumers in Kuwait, with a focus on generating approximately 60 million imperial gallons of fresh water per day. This expansion aims to ensure an adequate water supply to meet the growing demands of both industrial and urban sectors. The completion of both phases is expected by the end of 2024.








 Kuwait has a rich history of prioritizing welfare and social protection, deeply ingrained in its 1960 Constitution, which emphasizes the well-being of all its citizens. The social welfare system has long been dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and addressing the needs of various segments of society, with a particular emphasis on those who require support. This approach is rooted in principles of social justice and cohesion.

Government efforts have been directed towards multiple areas, including childhood and youth, the elderly, women, families, individuals with special needs, and those with disabilities. The goal is not only to improve the overall well-being of the population but also to empower them to become productive and fulfilled members of society, both socially and economically.

It's noteworthy that the Ministry of Social Affairs has implemented a universal insurance system for individuals, emphasizing social development and care, which is a top priority for the Ministry. This system is electronically linked with state agencies responsible for poverty alleviation.

In terms of SDG 1.a (total official development assistance grants focused on poverty reduction as a percentage of the recipient country's gross national income), Kuwait has launched various humanitarian and philanthropic initiatives to support impoverished nations. This commitment to humanitarian action has earned Kuwait the title of "The Country of Humanitarian Action."

 Kuwait leads in offering free education, advanced healthcare, ensuring food security, and supporting social safety nets, gender equality, and women's empowerment. The country places a strong emphasis on addressing energy, water, environmental concerns, urban development, and infrastructure. Major national projects are developed in collaboration with the private sector, following principles of governance and transparency. Even in the face of global economic challenges, political and military consequences, financial crises, and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuwait maintains its unwavering commitment to providing international assistance to vulnerable and least developed nations.

Kuwait places a strong emphasis on its development plans, making them a top priority, with the integration of the 2030 Agenda into these plans since 2015. The development plan comprises 9 programs and 7 fundamental pillars, and the 17 sustainable development goals have been integrated with these 7 pillars.
In addition, the permanent national steering committee for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals was formed in 2017, headed by the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, and its membership consists of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The most important objectives of the committee are to follow up and implement the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development goals of the State of Kuwait and to prepare and issue national reports on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
For further details, you can refer to the New Kuwait website (https://www.newkuwait.gov.kw/home.aspx)



 Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems • Khaled A. Mahdi: The Secretary-General of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD)

• E-Mail: khaled.mahdi@gs-scpd.gov.kw

kuwait@kuwaitmissionun.org
85 Mon, 10/30/2023 - 11:49 مجهول إنجليزية 185.203.237.163 NATIONAL COMMITMENTS OF UZBEKISTAN TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY 2030 UZBEKISTAN National 1. Economic reforms.

- Doubling the GDP to USD160 bln and achieving upper-middle income country status (SDG -8);
- Increasing labour productivity by 2 times by 2030 (SDG8)
- Increase energy efficiency by 2 times by 2030 (SDG7)
- Attracting investments worth USD250 bln over the next 7 years, including USD110 bln of foreign investments and USD 30-40 bln under public -private partnerships (PPP) projects (SDG – 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17);
- Enhancing urbanization by developing master-plans focusing
on green transition (SDG – 6, 7, 11);
- Constructing of 1 million apartments and 100 New Uzbekistan estates residential districts for enhancing the access to affordable housing (SDG- 1, 6, 7, 11, 13).

2. Human capital (Leaving no one behind)

- Developing the necessary infrastructure for the full coverage of preschool education and increasing the coverage of higher education to 50% (SDG - 4, 5);
- Providing 100% preschools with clean drinking water and modern sanitary infrastructure (SDG – 4, 6);
- Twofold reduction of maternal and under-five mortality rates (SDG – 3, 5);
- Expanding the maternity places in perinatal care facilities by 35% (SDG – 3, 5, 8);
- Reducing the tuberculosis disease rate by 2 times from the current
34 (per 100,000 population) (SDG – 3);
- Reduction of early mortality from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and respiratory diseases by 2.5 times (SDG - 3);
- Increasing the share of financing healthcare system by 2 times (SDG - 3, 5);
- Halving the poverty rate till 2026 with sustained progress till 2030 (SDG – 1, 2, 3, 4);
- Reducing youth unemployment from current 14% to 11% through consistent continuation of youth policy (SDG – 1, 8, 10);

3. Gender equality

- Continuing the policy of ensuring gender equality and increasing
the share of women in management positions by 30% as well as the higher-education degree by 50% (SDG – 3, 8, 5 16);

4. Green transition

- Creating a system of measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of all greenhouse gas emissions related to climate change with ongoing monitoring and determining the ways to reduce their emissions (SDG 7, 9, 13);
- Bringing the country's forestation rate to 30% (SDG - 13, 15);
- Implementing the first international trade of reduced greenhouse gases (SDG – 7, 9, 13);
- Covering 2,3 million hectares of the Aral Sea region area with forests (SDG – 8, 13, 15);
- Increasing the collection and disposal of solid waste by 100% as well as improving the recycling rates to 65 % (SDG – 13, 12).
- Raising the efficiency of water resources utilization by 25%
 These commitments indicate to reduce the poverty rate by 2 times till 2026 which has been stated in the national development strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan "Uzbekistan - 2030" Uzbekistan has newly adopted its national development strategy "Uzbekistan 2030" which is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals. Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Name: Mr. Amirkhon Muydinov;


Position: Head of monitoring the implementation of national sustainable development goals division of the Ministry of economy and finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan;


email:Amirxon.Muydinov@imv.uz.		 uzbekistan.un@gmail.com
84 Tue, 10/24/2023 - 13:30 مجهول 中文 174.240.64.41 JLLS Jose Luis Lopez Santamaria Global First we’re is emergency Yes if I get properly help that means work together that makes difference. First that every one we need to work end get more help has is need my data has all the details.bud this is a not only for national is universal. Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Strengthening regulatory frameworks to align private sector governance models, operating principles and disclosure requirements with sustainable development objectives, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics We will my data end I has time came whit all participants. JLLS , Jose Luis Lopez Santamaria . jllsconstruction.gt@gmail.com jllsconstruction.gt@gmail.com
83 Wed, 10/18/2023 - 10:01 مجهول إنجليزية 197.215.23.232 Sierra Leone's Big 5 Game Changers for Accelerating SDG Implementation Sierra Leone National 1. Feed Salone: Essentially aimed at boosting agricultural productivity to ensure food security, and inclusive economic growth.

2. Human Capital Development: Focusing on nurturing inclusive skills and healthy population for the 21st century demands through scaled-up investment in human capital development;

3. Youth Employment Scheme as a Catalyst for Democracy, Economic Productivity and National Security: Aimed at creating 500,000 jobs for youths in the next five years;

4. Enhancing Public Service Architecture for Empowering Democracy and National Development: Aimed at ensuring effective service delivery, efficiency and professionalism in the public service architecture; and

5. Technology and Infrastructure: Focused on increasing investment in infrastructure, technology and digitalisation.
 Yes (e.g., 35.3% for 2027 for national income poverty, and 8.6% for inequality in terms of the " Share of income of the bottom 20% income earners in total household income"), please see attachment for more details.
 In line with the need to greatly increase efforts to drive SDG transformation, the following arrangements will be adapted and improved by the Government in the remaining years of the SDG implementation:
a. SDG-aligned Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) and budgeting: The ongoing multiple crises have made it difficult for the country to mobilize the resources to finance basic service delivery and have derailed development, threatening progress towards the SDGs. Sierra Leone's government has prioritised domestic revenue mobilisation through key policy reforms, including measures to strengthen the country’s tax administration and revenue collection. Despite some progress, challenges remain and need to be addressed as financing the SDGs will continue to be at the centre of Government’s agenda for the remaining 7 years, emphasising on national domestic resource mobilisation.
In this regard, the Government will pursue the implementation of INFF-related initiative and strengthen the institutional mechanism by enhancing the national INFF oversight committee to effectively and coherently steer strategic decisions, oversee implementation and maximise the flow of resources towards sustainable financing of development programmes.
The MoPED had worked with the UN RCO and UNDP to implement an INFF-related project, Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilisation for the Implementation of the SDGs in Sierra Leone. This project, financed through the UN Joint SDG Fund window, supported the promotion of financial literacy and digitalisation, the operations of the National Revenue Authority, the expanding of the social security coverage of the informal sector by the National Social Security and Insurance Trust, and boosting capacity of local councils in the monitoring of revenue flows and expenditure management. However, this has just been a small aspect in the range of financing options contained in the country’s INFF. Therefore, more project resources will be required to implement these options as new ones will be explored.
Recently, GoSL in collaboration with the UNDP concluded the following studies and assessments within the country’s INFF: a) a study on barriers and enablers of women participation in the domestic resource mobilisation in Sierra Leone; b) a study on diaspora investment potential in Sierra Leone; and c) an SDG Investor Mapping to identify and propagate market incentives and signals for private investment. Once these studies are launched, it will be critical to develop and implement projects to scale-up financing for the SDGs in the country.
Given the projected fiscal and financial constraints faced by Sierra Leone, possible financing options for the investments derived from the identified SDG interlinkages are: tax and revenue reform, debt for SDGs, climate finance, blended and public-private finance, SDG aligned business environment and investment, accessing financial markets and insurance, remittances, philanthropy and faith-based financing. Looking ahead to the future and in response to emerging challenges that are impacting the sustainable development gains, the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners will need to continue their fruitful cooperation and joint efforts to bring innovative financial mechanisms to scale to enhance sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development, focusing in particular on women, youth and rural communities at risk. The Government will continue to explore optimal financing instruments to leverage and channel private and Diaspora investments into national and local SDG aligned priorities.
b. Aligning the SDG Acceleration Roadmap to the New National Development Plan 2024-2028 that is underway: The acceleration roadmap to inform the successor of the current national development plan to ensure further that national commitments to SDGs are reflected and operationalised in national and sectoral development plans.
c. Strengthening the coordinating role of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development: The capacity of MoPED will be strengthened in respect of its role in coordinating the implementation of the SDGs in the country. In the last 7 to 8 years, the planning ministry has coordinated follow-up efforts in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including the voluntary national reviews that Sierra Leone has done three times.
d. Development cooperation: Strengthening development cooperation and coordination mechanisms in Sierra Leone to foster development effectiveness and accelerate progress towards the implementation and monitoring of the SDGs.
e. Capacity to develop bankable projects: There is need for a sustainable project preparation fund (PPF) to finance the development of viable projects within the public sector that are financially and economically sound. Technical and financial capacity in this area is currently acutely limited, thereby narrowing the absorptive capacity to utilise earmarked resources for national development programme. A well-managed and implemented PPF will be developed.can help.
f. Sectoral coordination: Strengthen sectoral coordination to minimise duplication of activities.
g. Strengthening local capacities: Accelerating the implementation of SDGs requires strengthening the capacity of local authorities to finance and advance SDGs, including enhancing capacity in revenue and expenditure forecasting, revenue collection strategies and reporting for fiduciary staff of local councils, enhancing the national statistical system and harnessing SDG-related monitoring and evaluation system at national and sub-national levels to track progress in implementing the agenda across the country .
h. Policy effectiveness: Increasing the effectiveness of policy and regulatory frameworks and provision of adequate business development services for the implementing ministries/entities. More attention should be given to policy/programme prioritisation and sequencing.
i. Monitoring and evaluation: The government and the UN will continue its efforts towards the establishment of a National Digital SDG Monitoring and Evaluation Platform anchored in the national statistical office, Statistics-Sierra Leone. There is need to revamp the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and strengthening national statistical systems for the SDGs within this proposed.

(See attachment for detailss.)		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Strengthening regulatory frameworks to align private sector governance models, operating principles and disclosure requirements with sustainable development objectives, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Dr. Sheka Bangura, Director of Planning, Policy and Research, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Sierra Leone sierraleone@pmun.net
82 Wed, 10/11/2023 - 06:06 مجهول إنجليزية 84.242.49.150 State of Palestine's commitments to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 State of Palestine National I. Achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth, with a focus on strengthening the economy’s production basis, capability of innovation, and creation of decent employment:
 Improve the business environment to promote private investments and boost public-private partnerships.
 Enhance physical infrastructure for investment, especially in industry, agriculture, tourism, and IT clusters.
 Provide easy access to financing and financial services, particularly for MSMEs, clean energy, and circular economy.
 Promote technical and vocational education and training (TVET) to create a new supply in alignment with the labour market demand.
 Support and strengthen competitiveness of local products, including support to improve effective production and shift to sustainable production practices in the agriculture, industry and tourism sectors.
II. Strengthen resilience and improve perseverance of citizens in the face of crises (with a focus on vulnerable groups)
 Providing all means to protect Palestinian land, people, and holy shrines against encroachments by the Israeli occupying authorities and settlers.
 Promoting food security and sustainable livelihoods in areas under the threat of Israeli policies and practices.
 Developing and boosting capacity of the social protection system to respond to emergencies and crises, particularly among vulnerable groups.
 Providing basic public services in areas threatened by Israeli policies and actions, especially health, education, and infrastructure.
III. Improve the quality of and access to basic public services
• Take measures to improve education outputs.
• Provide comprehensive health coverage for all citizens.
• Develop a social protection system that is capable of responding to emergencies and crises, including by enforcing a social security law.
• Digitise and streamline public institutions’ services and operating procedures, and provide online access to public services
IIII. Reform and more effective public institutions
 Upgrade, develop, and promote a transparent decision-making process at public institutions.
 Develop standards for and increase the efficiency of service provision at public institutions.
 Reform and develop the local government sector, boosting its ability to respond to citizens’ needs.
 Enhance the government’s financial sustainability, ensuring sustainable public service delivery.
 Ensure more effective and efficient human resources development in public service

 yes, the State of Palestine is committed to reduce poverty rates from the current 50 percent in 2022 (i.e. 24 percent) to 12 percent in 2030 Ensure that planning and budgeting processes are responsive to SDG targets
In the context of the 2024-2029 strategic planning cycle, the PMO-led SDG National Team is in the process of integrating national priorities of SDG targets into national development strategies. In the context, the team was informed by a consultation process with stakeholders, which identified prioritisation and proposed solutions and interventions to promote progress towards SDG achievement by 2030. These solutions and interventions will then be incorporated into institutional strategies as a prelude to reflecting them in the public budget.
Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Strengthening national statistical systems Mahmoud Ataya
National coordinator for SDGs
Office of the prime minister
State of Palestine
+ 970599777022
mataya@pmo.pna.ps 		nasser.sahar@gmail.com
81 Wed, 10/11/2023 - 02:37 مجهول إنجليزية 41.210.159.190 National Commitments for SDG Acceleration and Transformation Uganda National i. Commitment #1:Building resilience and Leaving No One Behind through the Parish Development Model.
ii. Commitment #2: Accelerate actions for SDG Financing, Trade and Investments.
iii. Commitment #3: Accelerate actions to leverage the advantages of Science, Technology, and Innovations.
iv. Commitment #4: Accelerating economic and social development through climate change adaptation and mitigation.
v. Commitment #5: Accelerate Efforts to harness the full potential of data to improve the lives of all Ugandans.
vi. Commitment #6: Accelerate Strengthening of SDG Coordination and service delivery mechanisms
 No The Government will continue to engage both the political and technical arms of Government as well as all non-state actors on the delivery of SDGs. Integration and alignment of national development framework with the 2030 Agenda will be core in the delivery of development and economic interventions.
The Government will further resource implementation and functionalization of the of the national SDG Coordination to ensure coherent implementation of SDGs across all the twenty national development plan programs across ministries departments and agencies and local Governments		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs, Strengthening regulatory frameworks to align private sector governance models, operating principles and disclosure requirements with sustainable development objectives, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets, Increasing domestic financing for data and statistics Mr. Pascal Byarugaba, Program Management and Evaluation Specialist

pascal.byarugaba@opm.go.ug 		admin@ugandaunny.com
80 Mon, 10/09/2023 - 16:13 مجهول إنجليزية 154.160.22.51 Ghana's Commitment to Achieve SDGs Ghana National ZERO HUNGER (Securing Food, Water and Sanitation)
Ghana recognizes that the well-being of adolescents is critical to achieving SDGs and acknowledges the importance of adopting a whole of government approach to work together in a coordinated and collaborative manner to address the multiple factors that impact adolescents.
The Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) is an initiative under the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) Pillar 3 which seeks to enhance food security and reduce hunger in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on hunger, poverty, and malnutrition.
The main objective of the initiative is to; Increase school enrolment, attendance, and retention reduce short-term hunger and malnutrition among primary and secondary school children and boost domestic food production. Some of the achievements include Feeding 1.69M children, 37.4 % of National coverage, and the Government's approval to expand the program to 3 million school children by July 2016 which is currently under implementation.

2, QUALITY EDUCATION.
The Free Senior High School (Free SHS) education policy in Ghana is a government initiative introduced in September 2017. The policy's core themes of access, equity, and equality fulfill the United Nations modified Sustainable Development Goals, where member countries amalgamate those themes in their educational systems to ensure adequate learning experiences for students. Respective politicians and social workers have been allocated the duty to ensure the policy's efficiency, productivity, and further development. These leaders span varying governmental departments including Ghana's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Ghana Education Service and Ghana's Ministry of Education. A review of Ghana's former high school policies and operations led to the essential creation of Free SHS. Ghana's Ministry of Education observed the lack of efficiency in key areas, access to education, quality of education, and education management. The fifth Education Strategic Plan targeted for 2010 to 2020, outlines the government's key educational objectives. These objectives influenced by Ghana's 2008 Education Act, are implemented in the policy to regulate these legislative solutions. Free SHS maximized literacy levels and increased economic and social development. It has released parental demands on educational finances to shift to focusing on building their family's resilience and social welfare. The initial negative social response transformed into overwhelming support, especially for its ability to deter adolescents from social vices to make impactful contributions to their local communities.

3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Ghana has made significant strides in improving adolescent reproductive health. The country has implemented several policies and programs aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, increasing access to family planning services, and promoting sexual and reproductive health education among adolescents.
The Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health Policy (ARHP) was launched in 2016 to address the reproductive health needs of adolescents. The policy aims to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education, increase access to family planning services, and reduce teenage pregnancies.
In addition, the Ghana Health Service has implemented several programs aimed at improving adolescent reproductive health. These programs include the Adolescent Health Program, which provides sexual and reproductive health education to adolescents, and the Youth Friendly Health Services Program, which provides adolescents with access to confidential and youth-friendly health services.
Overall, Ghana’s commitment to adolescent reproductive health is commendable. The country has made significant progress in reducing teenage pregnancies and increasing access to family planning services. However, there is still more work to be done to ensure that all adolescents have access to quality sexual and reproductive health services.





 Ghana’s government has set a target to reduce poverty and inequality by 50% by 2027. This is part of the country’s long-term development plan, which aims to transform Ghana into a middle-income country by 2030. The government has identified several strategies to achieve this goal, including increasing access to education and healthcare, promoting economic growth, and improving infrastructure. To reduce poverty and inequality in Ghana by 2027, the government has developed a number of policies and strategies. The government has identified the need to strengthen national planning and institutional frameworks to achieve this goal. The government has also identified the need to improve the quality of education, health care, and social services in order to reduce poverty and inequality.
According to the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy II (GPRS II), the government aims to reduce poverty by half by 2027. The strategy focuses on improving economic growth, increasing agricultural productivity, improving access to education and health care, and promoting gender equality.
The government has also developed a number of programs aimed at reducing poverty and inequality. These include the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program, which provides cash transfers to poor households, and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which provides health insurance to Ghanaians.
To strengthen national planning and institutional frameworks, the government has established the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). The NDPC is responsible for developing long-term development plans for Ghana. The commission is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these plans.
In conclusion, Ghana’s government has developed a number of policies and strategies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality by 2027. These include improving economic growth, increasing agricultural productivity, improving access to education and health care, promoting gender equality, providing cash transfers to poor households through the LEAP program, providing health insurance through the NHIS program, and establishing NDPC for developing long-term development plans for Ghana.		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions Harriet Setsoafia
Youth Advocacy Leadership Project Lead (Ghana)
Harriet.Setsoafia@plan-international.org
 info@ghanaembassydc.org
79 Sun, 10/08/2023 - 23:22 مجهول إنجليزية 122.0.3.124 SDG Summit 2023: Thailand National Commitments Thailand National 1. Sustainable development that leaves no one behind, and inequality reduction
Objective:
Promote human development and the protection of all groups, particularly vulnerable groups, based on the principle of reaching the furthest behind first. Such principle shall be applied both in normal and emergency circumstances through participatory decision- and policy-making processes, and based on inclusive multi-stakeholder approach in order to reduce inequality and to promote social equality.
Examples of measures
- The Multidimensional Poverty Index of the targeted groups requiring assistance to be reduced by no less than 5 per cent by 2027.
- The proportion of the vulnerable population in the three development stages for vulnerable groups within the data management system for targeted human development to increase to 50 per cent for the “survived” stage, 30 per cent for the “sufficient” stage and 20 per cent for the “sustainable” stage by 2027.
- All households regarded as having the tendency to become intergenerationally poor households in 2022 to be alleviated from such status by 2027.
- The number of the elderly facing multi-dimensional poverty to decrease by 100 per cent by 2027.
- The proportion of the elderly in poverty to decrease to 4 per cent or less by 2027.
- The proportion of the population aged 15 to 24 who are neither receiving education, employment nor training to be not higher than 5 per cent by 2027.
- The Child Development Index to increase to 88 per cent by 2027.
- The proportion of female start-up entrepreneurs to increase to at least 30 per cent by 2027.
- Thailand’s academic grading/credit system to be improved so that everyone can have their educational qualifications certified and can assess education; and higher education institutions to develop academic curriculum to ensure that learners gain knowledge and skills development that corresponds to the labour market needs by 2025.
- Adjusted net enrollment rate of children from intergenerationally poor households to be no less than 100 per cent for lower secondary level and no less than 70 per cent for higher secondary level or equivalent by 2027.
- The number of children from intergenerationally poor households who become skilled workers or complete higher education or equivalent to increase by no less than 50 per cent by 2027.

2. Promoting human rights, good health and well-being
Objectives:
- Advance policies/strategies that promote human rights of all persons in Thailand in tandem with sustainable development, especially the right to health in order to respond to the challenges posed by Thailand becoming a complete aged society.
- Promote technical cooperation and capacity-building of countries in the area of human rights (in tandem with sustainable development) bilaterally, regionally and globally by seeking a variety of partnerships to exchange best practices in areas of mutual interest, and drive forward changes and development at the local level.
- Promote the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health by placing an emphasis on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme on the basis of equality, through whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches so that everyone can access affordable healthcare and services.
Examples of measures
- The average score on access to justice of the population to be no less than 3.50 points by 2027.
- At least 99 per cent of pre-school children to be screened for special needs so that they can be diagnosed, cared for and developed.
- The number of incidents of violence against women to decrease by 10 per cent per annum by 2027.
- The number of women at decision-making level and the proportion of seats held by women in cabinet, parliament, ministries, departments, regional governments (governors, deputy governors and district chiefs), local governments and executives of SET100 companies to increase annually in all categories by 2027.
- The proportion of dependent elderly who have access to long-term healthcare under the Universal Health Coverage scheme to increase to no less than 70 per cent by 2027.
- Enhance the effectiveness of the system to facilitate access to civil registration services for stateless persons, as well as enhancing partnership among all sectors of the society to raise awareness on the roles, duties, rights, and processes regarding birth and civil registration of stateless persons.
- The proportion of household healthcare expenditure to national healthcare expenditure to be no higher than 12 per cent by 2027.
- The number of households experiencing catastrophic health expenditure which declined from 7.07 per cent in 1990 to 2.10 per cent in 2021 to continue to decrease.
- Health impoverishment rate to be no more than 0.25% of the total households by 2027.

3. Environmental dimension and climate action
Objectives:
- Promote and support partnerships among all sectors on climate action by driving forward cooperation at all levels on climate change mitigation and adaptation in tandem with the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, including transition towards sustainable production and consumption and sustainable food systems and agriculture development while preserving the balance between natural resources and the environment and future transitions, especially green jobs, towards becoming a bio-circular economy and low carbon society.
- Promote local community awareness of climate change and incresase communities’ capacity to respond to future disasters.
Examples of measures
- Thailand’s global ranking in terms of sustainability and quality of environment to be no lower than 40 by 2027.
- Domestic consumption and production to become more sustainable
i.e. no less than 55 points by 2027.
- Achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero Green House Gas emissions by 2065
- The number of electric vehicles to account for 26 per cent of all vehicles in Thailand by 2027.
- The proportion of renewable energy in the final energy consumption to increase by no less than 24 per cent by 2027.
- Modern energy to be reliable and accessible at an affordable price for all by 2030 through the development of power grids, bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas.
- The proportion of renewable energy in the global energy mix to increase by 2030 by supporting investments in projects on electricity production from renewable resources.
- Efficacy rate of global energy consumption to increase threefold by 2030, by enhancing all sources of energy’s effectiveness towards lower energy intensity and CO2 emissions.
- Organic agriculture areas to increase to two million rai (790,737 acres) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)-certified agriculture areas to increase to 2.5 million rai (988,421 acres) by 2027.
- Forest areas to increase to 33 per cent of Thailand’s total areas for natural forests and 12 per cent for forest plantations for economic values by 2027.
- National waste recycling to increase to no less than 40 per cent of all recyclable waste by 2027.
- 80 per cent of community garbage to be properly managed, by increasing household waste sorting by 36 per cent.
- Learners in both formal and non-formal education are aware of and are able to adapt to sustainable production and consumption practices.		 Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Aligning domestic budgets and financing with the SDGs Ms. Natchaya Suwannasri, Second Secretary, Social Development Affairs Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
Email: natchaya.s@mfa.go.th		 thaimission.ny@gmail.com
78 Fri, 10/06/2023 - 16:35 مجهول إنجليزية 71.200.211.206 Report Jose Luis Lopez Santamaria Global Well end first I want to apologize for my desition so I’m given orders to stop working no one is a capable to performing no work at all whit my documentation for now everything is going to stop respectfully I just want to let you know including copirights end traidemarks world wide commerce lisence end certificates.the reason way is because I Ben writing for results end I still don’t have seen nothing so I really preciate for the union all there help bud looks is not e off no one understand language so I did my one decision is because I’m the wey I’m se every buddy want me to sign fill out paperwork, bud guess what for 26 years I never hade been touch not off my savings my Owen savings end now what I need money now to heat pay bills bud now looks that I can not do only that rest right I always saying let’s be = bud I think that doesn’t work no one wants to give me no information about accounts nothing what you all think tha I’m are. You know I’m a human I need to eat pay bills live end a house not on the woods bud that’s is probably you don’t care correct so i maid my Owen decision because for that four time keep taken advantage of me not anny more my god is so big that he knows what to do.I been ask for my credentials no wan tells me something I’m looking for info on my accounts no one knows nothing so far that’s is came across of my hade so I’m that clown for that world wide so from this minute who ever perform anny work touch my data or anny of my equipment they are infringing that law this my # 239-994-4931 I don have no words this only stop people from profiting my life for that Owen porpuse jllsconstruction.gt@gmail.com
77 Tue, 10/03/2023 - 14:59 مجهول إنجليزية 72.225.162.232 National Commitment of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan National See attachment N/a turkmenistan.un@mfa.gov.tm
76 Fri, 09/22/2023 - 18:51 مجهول إنجليزية 178.238.15.25 Belize's Renewed Commitment to Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Belize National • Implementing the National Energy Policy, the National Land Use Policy, develop a comprehensive Industrial Strategy that integrates green and blue industrial policies, and increase investments in climate resilient infrastructure by 2026;

• Fostering a low carbon resilient development pathway and strengthen climate change adaptation and mitigation, achieve protection of 30% of marine space by 2026, including protection of 20% of the coral reef, implement our National Blue Economy Policy, we further commit to reducing land degradation through our Land Restoration Strategy, mitigate biodiversity loss via the Revised National Biodiversity Strategy, implement Integrated Water Resource Management approaches and foster agroforestry systems;

• By 2024, implement a National Risk Management Plan supplemented by disaster-specific strategies for hurricanes, floods and droughts.

• By 2025, finalize a Special Education Policy, implement Early Childhood Development Investment, expand adult remedial initiatives, skills training and upskilling;

• Approve, by 2024, a costed Social Protection Strategy, including the Social Protection Floor and accompanying institutional mechanisms;

• Implementing the National Agriculture and Food Policy and our Food System Pathway, including a School Feeding program;

• Implementing by 2025 our National Digital Agenda to modernize governance

• Adopting a revised National Strategy for Advancing Statistical Development by 2024 to enhance evidence -based decision-making.

 Belize commits to reducing poverty by 50% by 2030 in alignment with the fundamental principle of Leaving No One Behind. The Government of Belize will continue implementation of its Plan Belize Medium Term Development Strategy and to accelerate achievement of all SDGs will legally establish and resource an empowered Sustainable Development Department to coordinate the implementation of the SDGs across government. Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets Dr. Kenrick Williams, Chief Executive Offiver, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, ceo@environment.gov.bz
 cfuller@belizemission.com
75 Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:46 مجهول إنجليزية 147.161.224.179 Funding Support for improving tax systems in developing countries United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Global New UK funding of £17 million to improve tax systems in developing countries will be provided to HMRC’s Capacity Building Unit, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, ODI (formerly the Overseas Development Institute), the OECD, and the Intergovernmental Forum for Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), who will support with the implementation of existing international tax standards and tax reforms. Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs Grace Wood, UKMISSION Sustainable Development Finance grace.wood@fcdo.gov.uk grace.wood@fcdo.gov.uk
74 Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:54 مجهول إنجليزية 147.161.224.179 Caribbean Water Utilities Insurance Collective (CWUIC) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Regional The UK will provide the Caribbean Water Utilities Insurance Collective (CWUIC) with a $25 million investment to establish an affordable disaster risk insurance scheme to repair services and restore access to safe drinking water after hurricanes and floods in the Caribbean, protecting key infrastructure and helping to prevent the spread of diseases. Grace Wood, Sustainable Development, UKMISSION
grace.wood@fcdo.gov.uk		 grace.wood@fcdo.gov.uk
73 Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:35 مجهول إنجليزية 194.247.204.15 PRIORITY TRANSITIONS AND AREAS FOR PROGRESS Serbia National Leave no one behind
- The Republic of Serbia adapted the "Leave no one behind" principle to its legal framework and provided clear guidelines for the creation of public policies in accordance with that principle, will continue its full implementation in future legal acts and strategic documents.
- The Republic of Serbia has halved the value of Global Multidimensional Poverty Index in the last 9 years from 0.2 to 0.1.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue with the implementation of reforms aimed at improving the availability and access of poor categories of the population to services in the field of education, health and living standard.

Education in the function of transformative actions towards the achievement of sustainable development goals
- The Government of the Republic of Serbia is committed to the promotion of education as a pillar and accelerator of sustainable development and the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda. The strategic commitment and vision of the development of education is to ensure, through the creation of an inclusive and fair educational system, quality education for the population, especially every child and young person in the Republic of Serbia.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue to intensively develop digital education, both for especially through the promotion of digital competencies of teachers and students, as well as the pedagogical application of digital technologies in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
- The Republic of Serbia will strive to improve the level of student achievement in terms of numerical and language literacy, physical development, social-emotional development and learning at the level of primary education.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue to invest in the capacities of teaching staff and students, as well as in creating conditions for lifelong learning by developing a system of recognition of prior learning, transparency and comparability of the qualifications system, encouraging dialogue and developing social partnerships, as well as by establishing Regional Training Centers.
- The Republic of Serbia is committed to:
■ Increasing the inclusion of children from vulnerable groups, primarily children of Roma nationality, at all levels of education, and reducing the dropout rate of Roma boys, and above all girls, in order to reach the target value of 100% in primary and 80% in secondary education in 20301.
■ Increasing the number of children with development issues and disabilities in regular schools and preschool institutions, with an adequate support system, and increasing the inclusion of children from residential institutions in the education system2.
■ Promoting the capacities of employees at all levels of education and training and securing staff who, at the level of educational institutions, lend professional and additional support to employees, families and children from vulnerable groups3.

• The Republic of Serbia will make efforts to increase the quality of teaching and learning, fairness and accessibility of pre-university education and strengthening the pedagogical function of educational institutions, through improving the quality of initial education, improving the quality of the system for continuous professional training of school and preschool teachers and professional associates, raising the competencies of teaching staff ( including ICT competences) along with the modernization of teaching methods, as well as through the improvement of infrastructure (teaching rooms, information systems, computer and laboratory/special classroom equipment, server equipment).
• Learning outcomes are closely related to socio-economic status and geographic location, therefore efforts until 2030 will be focused on long-term financial and non-financial support for the process of inclusive education at all levels and thus contribute to the development of good quality education accessible to everyone from all backgrounds.
• Providing systemic support to students throughout their education is a national priority, with an emphasis on students who come from vulnerable social groups or grow up in difficult circumstances. The emphasis will be on developing empathy towards inclusive education, increasing teachers' knowledge of anti-discrimination and promoting inclusive education in society and schools.

- The Republic of Serbia is committed to inclusive education and facilitating access to educational institutions (schools/faculties) by removing architectural, communication and all other barriers for students with disabilities.

Gender equality
• The Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on Gender Equality in 2021, which is harmonized with the acquis of the EU, as well as the Gender Equality Strategy for the period from 2021 to 2030, which is harmonized with all international obligations and conventions to which the Republic of Serbia is a party.
• The Law on Gender Equality stipulates the obligation to establish local mechanisms for gender equality in order to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the principles and policies of gender equality at the local level.

Sustainable food systems in the function of transformative actions for sustainable development
- The Republic of Serbia is committed to the implementation of the National Roadmap for Food System Transformation.
- To ensure a sustainable food system, the Republic of Serbia will focus on encouraging inclusion in the international food safety agenda, supporting small agricultural producers in their association and development of short food supply chains and local markets, sharing experiences in the use of innovative digital technologies in agriculture and implementing actions for adapting to climate change, reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment and sustainable management of natural resources to reduce food loss and waste.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue increasing Allocations for research and development in agriculture in order to bring the Republic of Serbia closer to the level of the EU-27 (2.9 euros per capita compared to 7.3 euros, respectively).

Green transition in the function of transformative actions for sustainable development
- The Republic of Serbia is committed to increasing energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the total final energy consumption through the implementation of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan, which is expected to be adopted by the end of 2023.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue to strengthen resistance to climate change by strengthening capacities at the local level for risk assessment and development of risk reduction plans, as well as by adopting the national Program for Adaptation to Changed Climate Conditions by the end of 2023.
- By signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement, the Republic of Serbia undertook the obligation to align its national legislation with the acquis of the EU, including European legislation in the field of climate change, which will significantly contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Law on Climate Change re-established the National Climate Change Committee as an advisory body of the Government.
- Implementation of the adaptation measures proposed in the Third National Report under the UNFCCC and the Framework for Adaptation Planning will contribute to achieving the full potential for climate change mitigation in the agriculture, forestry and water sector.

Energy
- In accordance with the current Energy Development Strategy, the Republic of Serbia is committed to increasing energy efficiency in all sectors of consumption and increasing energy production from RES in order to reduce import dependence and increase energy security.

Science, technology, innovation, digitalization and data in the function of transformative actions towards achieving the goals of sustainable development
- The Republic of Serbia is committed to the development and application of new knowledge and digitalization in order to establish a resilient infrastructure, use environmentally sound technologies, support innovative entrepreneurship and encourage innovation.
- In the coming period, the Republic of Serbia will focus on the development of medium and high-tech industries, which will enable sustainable economic growth and contribute to green growth, since these activities are generally less energy and emission intensive.
- The Republic of Serbia is committed to achieving long-term strategic goals, priorities and directions of scientific and technological development.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue work on connecting science and ICT in at least four areas: medicine, agriculture and food production, industry and the environment, and in the coming period will build and equip the multidisciplinary BI04 Campus for research and development of life sciences within four themes: biomedicine, biotechnology, bioinformatics and biodiversity. The full functionality of the BI04 Campus will contribute to the growth of the share of research and development expenditures in GDP to at least 1.5% by 2030.
- The Republic of Serbia will invest around 800 million euros in the organization of EXPO 2027, which will open room for innovation, development and testing of creative solutions, promotion of knowledge exchange and capacity building for joint planning of policies and investments. The infrastructure for these needs will be built on the principles of green and energy-efficient construction and contribute to the improvement of economic activities not only in Serbia but also in the region.

Institutional framework in the function of transformative actions towards achieving the goals of sustainable development
- The Republic of Serbia is continuously working on improving institutional coordination and mainstreaming the goals of sustainable development into public policies and will continue to strengthen institutional capacities for the implementation of Agenda 2030 and reporting to the UN.
- At the same time, the Republic of Serbia will continue to develop a transparent system for monitoring the implementation of its public policies in relation to the goals of sustainable development using modern information and communication technologies.

Development and humanitarian aid

• Although a developing country, the Republic of Serbia is committed to encouraging and fostering international cooperation in the field of technology development, innovation and digitization. The Republic of Serbia is recognized as an example of good practice in the field of North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation.



 Leave no one behind
- The Republic of Serbia will increase the UHC service coverage index from 72 to at least 80 by 2030.
- The Republic of Serbia will increase the coverage of children from vulnerable groups, primarily children of Roma nationality at all levels of education, and above all girls, and reach full coverage in primary education and 80% in secondary education by 2030.

Gender equality
• The Republic of Serbia will be committed to reducing the gender gap by 2030 in the economy, science and education:
Our goal is for the gender equality index in the field of work (participation, segregation and quality of work) to achieve a value of 71.4.
* Our goal is for the gender equality index in the domain of money (financial resources and economic situation) to achieve a value of 81.6.
* Our goal is to reduce the wage gap between men and women to 5%.
* Our goal is for the gender equality index in the domain of knowledge (educational achievement and participation, segregation) to achieve a value of 60.
* We aim for the gender equality index in the domain of power to achieve a value of 40.
* Our goal is for the gender equality index in the health domain (health status, conduct, access to health care) to achieve a value of 87.7.
* By amending the Law οn budget system, the Republic of Serbia has been applying gender-responsive budgeting of its public policies since 2015. The Republic of Serbia will continue to strengthen capacities and make efforts so that all budget users at all levels of government fully switch to gender-responsive budgeting.
- The Republic of Serbia will reach the gender equality index value of 80 by 2030 in accordance with the Gender Equality Strategy.
- By 2030, the Republic of Serbia will reach the gender equality index in the field of work (participation, segregation and quality of work) in the value of 71.4, the wage gap between men and women will decrease to 5% and reach the value of the gender equality index in the domain of knowledge (educational achievement and participation, segregation) of 60.

Universal health coverage
- The Republic of Serbia will increase the index of universal health care coverage (UHC) from 72 to at least 80 by 2030.

Sustainable food systems in the function of transformative actions for sustainable development
• The food system of the Republic of Serbia plays a fundamental role in the economy, social and cultural development of the country. The framework for the development of the agricultural and food system is defined by the Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy, which sets the following goals: production growth and producer income stability; growth of competitiveness while adapting to the requirements of the domestic and foreign markets and technical-technological enhancement of the agricultural sector; sustainable resource management and environmental protection and improvement of the quality of life in rural areas and poverty reduction. The Republic of Serbia is committed to implementing the National Roadmap for Food System Transformation, which was presented at the UN Food System Summit in New York in 2021.
o The agriculture and food industry sectors account for 15% of total employment and 7% of total gross value added.
o The gross value added (GVA) generated by the food industry increased by 4.1% in the last ten years and now accounts for 2.4% of Serbia's GVA, while employment increased by 0.7% to 4.3% of total employment (comparable averages in the EU are: 3% for employment and 2.1% for GVA).
o The share of agriculture in total state expenditures is 2.0% in 2021.
o The sector is competitive on the regional and global markets.
o The Republic of Serbia achieved a surplus in trade in agricultural products of EUR 1.3 billion in 2019, with an increase in the export of agricultural products of 13.3% year-on-year.
■ Further development will be made possible by building infrastructural capacities, innovations and promoting partnerships in agribusiness in order to increase production characterized by higher added value, and thus increase incomes.
o The agriculture and food sector in the Republic of Serbia is attractive for foreign direct investments and with a 14% participation in the total FDI of Serbia, it is in second place, right after the automotive sector (25.5%).
■ The Republic of Serbia advocates for the active inclusion of business in the international food safety agenda, as well as in ensuring a sustainable food system.
■ The Republic of Serbia recognizes and actively participates in all forms of international cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine and phytosanitary control through the promotion of an effective, balanced and operational response to cross-border epizootics and plant diseases.

o More than half of agricultural sector companies in the Republic of Serbia are of an innovative nature, with a growing trend in their number in the last 7 years. The Republic of Serbia will continue increasing Allocations for research and development in agriculture in order to bring the Republic of Serbia closer to the level of the EU-27 (2.9 euros per capita compared to 7.3 euros, respectively).
o Improvement of the competitiveness and efficiency of the food production system and acceleration of economic growth in the following period will be achieved by:
■ deepening and exchanging experiences in the use of innovative and digital technologies in agriculture in order to ensure a technological step forward.
■ encouraging the association of small agricultural producers as well as the development of short food supply chains and local food markets in order to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of agriculture.
■ increasing the number of products with a "protected designation of origin", organic products from the Republic of Serbia and traditional local agricultural products and by promoting them on the domestic and export markets, while applying high environmental protection and quality standards.

o The Republic of Serbia encourages a more balanced development of urban and rural areas.
■ Farmers are increasingly using smart agricultural technologies, along with government incentives in order to deal with the costs of equipment acquisition which remain high.
■ Continuous forms of local dialogues are established for the planning and coordination of actions in the development of balanced and inclusive food systems in the Republic of Serbia.
■ Efforts will be focused on specialization in growing crops in regions with the most favorable conditions.

o The Republic of Serbia recognizes the challenges and strengthens the resilience of its agriculture to droughts and floods associated with climate change. Irrigation systems, hail protection systems, storage facilities and collection centers with refrigeration equipment for storing fruits and vegetables are being built.
■ Strengthening of climate-resistant Serbian agriculture requires financing for the further climate adaptation activities; sustainable management of resources and environmental protection, use of environmentally friendly technologies that contribute to mitigating climate change and reducing the impact of agriculture on natural ecosystems.
■ The Republic of Serbia will contribute to the further food loss and waste reduction.

o The Republic of Serbia recognizes the importance of consolidation of fragmented agricultural holdings to increase the volume of and for technologically more developed agricultural production.

o As a candidate country for EU membership, the Republic of Serbia has the opportunity to use IPARD funds. One of the components of the IPARD program also contributes to sustainable development by enabling the diversification of economic activities, including ecotourism and eco-services. The funds provided through this component are used for the procurement of new equipment, machinery, construction, extension, reconstruction and repair of facilities.

- The Republic of Serbia will be committed to the implementation of the National Roadmap for Food System Transformation.
- To ensure a sustainable food system, the Republic of Serbia will focus on encouraging inclusion in the international food safety agenda, supporting small agricultural producers in their association and development of short food supply chains and local markets, sharing experiences in the use of innovative digital technologies in agriculture and implementing actions for adapting to climate change, reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment and sustainable management of natural resources to reduce food loss and waste.

Green transition
- The Republic of Serbia will contribute to global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing its ambitions and by 2030 will reduce its gas emissions by 13.2% compared to the level of 2010, i.e. by 33.3% compared to 1990, in accordance with the submitted updated Intended Nationally Determined Contribution for the period 2021-2030 within the framework of the Paris Agreement.
- The Republic of Serbia will continue to strengthen its resilience to climate change by strengthening the capacity at the local level for risk assessment and the development of risk reduction plans, as well as by adopting the National Program of Adaptation to Changed Climate Conditions by the end of 2023.

Energy
- The Republic of Serbia will be committed to increasing energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the total final energy consumption through the implementation of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan, which is expected to be adopted by the end of 2023.

Science, technology, innovation, digitalization and data
- Total investments in research and development amounted to 0.99% of GDP in 2021 and by the end of 2030, the Republic of Serbia will increase the share to 1.5% of GDP and continue with investments in order to match the world investment level of 1.93% of GDP as soon as possible.

- The Republic of Serbia, as the initiator of the United Nations resolution "International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2024-2033", will remain committed to launching initiatives for the full implementation of that resolution.

- The Republic of Serbia adopted and started implementing the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence.
Education
o The Gender Equality Index in the domain of knowledge (educational achievement and participation, segregation) was 57.3% in 2021. In order to enable the achievement of the target value of the index of gender equality in the domain of knowledge of 60%4, the period ahead will see special attention being paid to:
■ issues of gender equality in the education system - from access to quality programs to the development of programs that will promote the principles of gender equality,
■ establishing systemic support for encouraging women's participation in social and technological innovations and increasing the benefits of innovative activities5,
■ gender mainstreaming in public policymaking and legislation in the area of preschool, primary and secondary education and training, strengthening the capacities of all relevant actors and institutions and raising the level of awareness of the importance of achieving gender equality.
 -In accordance with the Law on the Planning System of the Republic of Serbia, the preparatory process of drafting the Development Plan of the Republic of Serbia will begin in the coming period as the umbrella and most strategically important document of development planning, which is to be adopted by the National Assembly for a period of 10 years. The special attention will be paid to a balanced regional development, as well as to development planning in accordance with the 2030 Agenda.
-In the context of drafting the Development Plan, the strengthening of horizontal and vertical coordination of all actors will continue, including the strengthening of cooperation mechanisms through public debates, consultative processes and social dialogues on the most important issues in the field of sustainable development.

- At the same time, the Republic of Serbia will continue to develop a transparent system for monitoring the implementation of its public policies in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals by using modern information and communication technologies.


Making SDG achievement a more central focus in national planning and oversight mechanisms, Strengthening the capacities of local and subnational governments to advance the SDGs , Rejuvenating and strengthening public sector institutions , Boosting transparency and access to information, Strengthening national statistical systems, Securing country-level data for the SDG targets Ms. Vesna Filipović Nikolić
Minister Counselor
vesna.filipovic-nikolic@mfa.rs
info@serbiamissionun.org
72 Fri, 09/22/2023 - 08:53 مجهول إنجليزية 91.198.204.122 Denmark’s commitment to UN target of 0.7% of GNI in Official Development Assistance Denmark Global For more than 40 years, Denmark has met UN target of delivering 0.7% of GNI in Official Development Assistance. Denmark commits to prioritising living up to the UN target in the future. Julie Juel Andersen
Policy Advisor, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations
jujuan@um.dk		 nycmis@um.dk