SDGs Framework program
13.08.2020
Kazakhstan and the UN signed an Agreement on Cooperation in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2021-2025. Alikhan Smailov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Norimasa Shimomura, UN Resident Coordinator for Kazakhstan held a document signing ceremony on August 12.
The Framework Cooperation Program will become the main document of joint activities of Kazakhstan and the UN for the next 5 years. It includes work in three areas:
He noted that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 goals are one of the most important areas of bilateral interaction. Mr. Norimasa Shimomura also stressed that over the past few years, the Government of Kazakhstan and the UN team have carried out a large amount of joint work in this direction, including within the framework of the Coordination Council on the SDGs. Productive interaction has been established with local executive bodies and authorities, civil society and the private sector, therefore the UN is expanding its support to Kazakhstan. “This moment is a historic event for the UN Country Team as we enter a new phase of cooperation with the Government and people of Kazakhstan. We consider the new cooperation framework as a mechanism for further progress in the implementation of the 2030 agenda in Kazakhstan by consolidating the resources of strategic partners, including the Government, civil society, academia, the private sector, the media, the international community and the UN” Mr. Shimomura said. The Coordination Council for the Sustainable Development Goals chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established on behalf of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan on August 15, 2018. The coordinating body of the Council is the Ministry of National Economy. The Economic Research Institute JSC is the Council's Secretariat, which provides expert and analytical support.
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