SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #82

Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above 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