Council for Sustainable Development meets in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

26 June 2019

26-06-2019

On June 26, 2019 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus hosted a meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development chaired by the National Coordinator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, Deputy Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Marianna Shchotkina.

The event was attended by representatives of government agencies and organizations, public associations, business community, academia. The meeting was opened by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Andrei Dapkiunas, who represent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Council.

Background Information: The Council for Sustainable Development was established by the President of the Republic of Belarus as a body responsible for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the national level. The Foreign Ministry provides support to the activities of the National Coordinator and the Council for Sustainable Development.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the drafting process of the National Strategy on Sustainable Development until 2035, the development of national statistical indicators for monitoring the progress on the SDGs, the organization of the first forum on sustainable development of the Belarusian region (to be held in Mogilev on June 28), as well as issues of cooperation with external partners, first of all with the UN agencies, in the sphere of sustainable development.

Members of the Council exchanged views on how to implement the recommendations of the first National Forum on Sustainable Development (Minsk, January 24, 2019).

The National Coordinator for the SDGs highlighted the need for closer cooperation of the Council’s members with the Partner Group of Sustainable Development that represents the interests of civil society, and stressed the importance of activities at the local level for ensuring sustainable regional development.

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