September 30 was the first day of the Training Session on
Harmonization of the Financing System for the Sustainable Development
Goals in Kazakhsta.organized by Kazakhstan together with UNDP, UNICEF,
ESCAP and ADB.
The Session was attended by representatives
of internationa.organizations, the Ministry of National Economy, the
Ministry of Finance and employees of the Economic Research Institute
(ERI).
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with
the support of the UN, is developing an assessment of COVID-19 impact on
the total available Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
In order to provide further support to Kazakhstan, the UN is launching a Joint Program.
The
Joint Program focuses on implementing the priority reforms needed to
implement an Integrated National Finance Structure. The Program aims to
strengthen the capacity of government authorities by creating a
favorable legal, political and regulatory environment for targeted
economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis.
The Session is aimed
at strengthening the capacity of the Economic Research Institute. This
is the first technical session for ERI and the key external partners.
On
the first day of the Session, the special attention was paid to ERI
activities - both with the international and national context of SDGs
financing, as well as on SDGs financing methodology.
1st day speakers
Mr. Gregory De Paepe (UNDP) reported on the updated finance assessment methodology.
Mr. DanielJeong-DaeLee (ESCAP) presented ESCAP guidelines in determining SDGs cost estimate.
Ms. PamelaDale (UNICEF) explained the work of UNICEF in analyzing the child budget in Kazakhstan.
