The Media Coordination Group for the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals was established to provide broad public information on the need and mechanisms for achieving sustainable development indicators at the local and national levels. This will be done with the help of state print and electronic republican and regional media, as well as accounts in messengers and social networks.
Contact persons of the group:
The role of the Secretariat of the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Council for Sustainable Development in Belarus is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of May 25, 2017 No. 181.
The Public Council for the Formation and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Strategies was established in 2017 as an advisory and advisory body at the Scientific Research Economic Institute of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus to involve scientific and educational circles, international organizations, the business community and other structures of civil society in the development of the strategy sustainable development and monitoring of its implementation, development of goals and priorities of socio-economic development for the long term.
The Public Council worked on the creation of recommendations for the concept of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development until 2035, participated in the evaluation of the Analytical Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy in 2016-2017.
The Public Council included heads of institutes of the Ministry of Economy, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, experts of the BSEU, BGPU, RIPO, representatives of the UN and other international organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, research centers, public associations and business unions.
Regulations on the Public Council for the Formation and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Strategies
The Partnership Group for Sustainable Development operates within the framework of the architecture for managing the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (hereinafter referred to as the SDGs) in the Republic of Belarus and has the status of an open-ended group.
The Partner group for sustainable development is formed from representatives of commercial and commercial and non-profit civil civil society organizations, including public organizations registered in the prescribed manner in the Republic of Belarus, as well as from international organizations that share the principles and provisions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and are actively involved in the implementation and popularization of the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus.
Sustainable Development Partnership Group Coordinators:
To organize work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the regions, as well as promote their balanced development, Regional Sustainable Development Groups were created.
Regional groups are headed by members of the Council for Sustainable Development – Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Committee. These groups, along with employees of local executive and administrative bodies, included representatives of business and public associations.
The Working Group of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by the Republic of Belarus (Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group) was established by the National Assembly House of Representatives Presidium and the National Assembly Council of the Republic decisions in March 2020.
The Head of the Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group is Liskovich Viktor Andreevich, member of the National Assembly Council of the Republic.
Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development is Savinykh Andrei, Chairperson of the Standing Commission for International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
The Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development includes:
The first Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group was established on December 11, 2017 at the session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
In December 2017, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, open parliamentary hearings “The partnership of the branches of government as a necessary condition of achieving the SDGs” was held in Belarus. As a result of these hearings recommendations were adopted and sent to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus for implementation.
On October 21, 2023, the republican action «Adnavim lasy razam!», aimed at restoring the forest fund, will be held in all regions of Belarus. In 2023 alone, as a result of bad weather, more than 3 thousand hectares of forest resources were damaged, which must be restored within three years.
During the day, volunteers will help forestry workers in restoring windfall and windfall areas – to do this, you need to contact the local forestry agency, which will provide the necessary planting material and equipment. Anyone can take part in the action.
Forest restoration makes an important contribution to the Republic of Belarus achieving Sustainable Development Goals 13, 15 and other SDGs
Targets:
Finance
17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection.
17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries.
17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources.
17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress.
17.5 Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries.
Technology
17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism.
17.7 Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed.
17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology.
Capacity building
17.9 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation.
Trade
17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda.
17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020.
17.12 Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access.
Systemic issues
Policy and institutional coherence
17.13 Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence.
17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development.
17.15 Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development.
Multi-stakeholder partnerships
17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.
Data, monitoring and accountability
17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.
17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries.
16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.
16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
16.4 By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime.
16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.
16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.
16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
16.8 Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance.
16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.
16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.
16.A Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
16.B Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development.
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