(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- The Research Council (TRC) participated in the three-day Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) 2019 at the United Nations House in Beirut, Lebanon recently.
The forum discussed challenges facing Arab countries in achieving sustainable development goals and ways to overcome the challenges. It also sought to help members benefit from the experiences of participating countries, for the preparation of the first Voluntary National Report for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.
Dr Sharifa Hamoud al Harthiya, director of the National Innovation Strategy project at TRC, said, 'The sultanate presented its first Voluntary National Report for Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in July 2019 in the UN headquarters aiming to stress sultanate's strengths.'
TRC participated in the AFSD 2019 within an official national delegation that comprised several official institutions.
SDGs 2030 include 17 national goals, whereby TRC, along with a number of government, academic, private and civil society institutions, are concerned with Goal 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure).
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