UNDP Outlines Steps For Azerbaijan To Achieve Sdgs By 2030
Date
5/22/2023 5:12:26 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. UNDP (United National
Development Program) has prepared specific steps for Azerbaijan to
implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) until 2030,
Acting Resident Representative of UNDP in Azerbaijan Nuno Queirós
said at the closing ceremony of the 'Sustainable Development Goals
and Finance Academy for Youth' project, trend reports.
According to Queirós, UNDP has established cooperation with the
private sector within the framework of joint projects with the
government of Azerbaijan.
"It's gratifying that we are cooperating with the government,
the private sector, and with students from leading universities in
Azerbaijan. I'm sure that the formation of new personnel will
contribute to the achievement of Azerbaijan's sustainable
development goals until 2030," he noted.
Queirós also stressed that UNDP will continue cooperation in the
field of training specialists.
"We'll continue cooperation with the government, universities,
and other structures, including the private sector, in the field of
achieving the SDGs of Azerbaijan until 2030," he added.
The UN and its partners in Azerbaijan are working towards
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 17
interconnected and ambitious Goals which address the major
development challenges faced by people in Azerbaijan and around the
world. As a result of this partnership, Azerbaijan has prioritized
17 SDGs, 88 targets, and 119 indicators covering economic, social,
and environmental aspects of sustainable development.
Over the last eight years, Azerbaijan has demonstrated its firm
commitment to achieving the 2030 Agenda.
Azerbaijan has been one of the first countries to undertake a
MAPS mission (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support for
the 2030 Agenda) which outlined concrete policy and programming
steps that could be taken to accelerate the goals nationally, the
experience which was presented at the 2018 Baku Forum on
Sustainable Development. This regional event also marked the
adoption of the Baku Principles which established provisions for
the integration of SDGs and acceleration of their implementation.
With UN support, the National Information Portal on SDGs was
launched, which introduces an interactive dashboard, collects
consolidated data, and tracks and monitors progress towards the
SDGs in real-time.
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