Stakeholders stressed for the need to invest more to meet the target by 2030.
At a joint programme organised by National Planning Commission (NPC), NGO Federation, CSO Forum on SDGs and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – today marking the third anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – speakers in Kathmandu said while Nepal is on the frontlines in the process of localising the SDGs, substantive investment is needed to make sure Nepal meets all the SDG targets.
All countries across the globe, including Nepal adopted the SDGs on September on 25, 2015 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, presenting a universal framework for development to be achieved in 15 years, from 2015 to 2030.
"All the development programmes of the government are now SDG-coded, which helps us track the progress made against each of the 17 Development Goals and targets,” said joint secretary at the NPC Dr Narayan Poudel, taking stock of the progress made toward localising the SDGs. "Localising the SDGs at the local level," he said, adding that it is a challenge as Nepal is currently undergoing a complex process of federalization.
Nepal was among the first countries in the world to publish SDG status report taking stock of the progress made in the past 15 years and setting national targets and indicators for the next 15 years.
UN Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand, on the occasion, said that the 17 SDGs are all interconnected and they cannot be separated. "The SDGs is a very ambitious agenda," she said, adding that more than a development agenda, they are a moral obligation, on all the governments, including Nepal.
The federalisation is an additional opportunity to entrench the values of the SDGs at all levels in programming and decision making within the spirit of leaving no one behind, said the UN Chief.
At a joint programme organised by National Planning Commission (NPC), NGO Federation, CSO Forum on SDGs and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – today marking the third anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – speakers in Kathmandu said while Nepal is on the frontlines in the process of localising the SDGs, substantive investment is needed to make sure Nepal meets all the SDG targets.
All countries across the globe, including Nepal adopted the SDGs on September on 25, 2015 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, presenting a universal framework for development to be achieved in 15 years, from 2015 to 2030.
"All the development programmes of the government are now SDG-coded, which helps us track the progress made against each of the 17 Development Goals and targets,” said joint secretary at the NPC Dr Narayan Poudel, taking stock of the progress made toward localising the SDGs. "Localising the SDGs at the local level," he said, adding that it is a challenge as Nepal is currently undergoing a complex process of federalization.
Nepal was among the first countries in the world to publish SDG status report taking stock of the progress made in the past 15 years and setting national targets and indicators for the next 15 years.
UN Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand, on the occasion, said that the 17 SDGs are all interconnected and they cannot be separated. "The SDGs is a very ambitious agenda," she said, adding that more than a development agenda, they are a moral obligation, on all the governments, including Nepal.
The federalisation is an additional opportunity to entrench the values of the SDGs at all levels in programming and decision making within the spirit of leaving no one behind, said the UN Chief.
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