8 November 2019
On 5-7 November 2019, at the invitation of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Marianna Shchetkina, National Coordinator for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), visited the Kingdom of Sweden.
On 6 November 2019, M. Shchetkina took part in the conference on sustainable development organized by SIDA on the occasion of the Decade of the Eastern Partnership. In her speech the National Coordinator outlined the current directions of work in the country to achieve the SDGs and stressed the readiness of Belarus for closer cooperation on sustainable development issues with the States of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries. In particular, a proposal was made to involve the Eastern Partnership countries in the initiative of the European Sustainable Development Week.
Within the framework of the visit M. Shchetkina took part in the meeting with the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlen, organized for the delegations of the Eastern Partnership countries.
The cooperation between Belarus and Sweden in the field of development, including cooperation through international technical assistance projects, was discussed during the meetings of the National Coordinator with the Minister for International Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Sweden, Peter Eriksson, and the Director General of SIDA, Carin Jamtin.
At the meeting with Maira Mora, Director General of the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the possibilities of expanding cooperation between Belarus and this organization in the field of SDGs implementation were considered. An agreement was reached on the inclusion of a representative of Belarus in the CBSS working group on sustainable development, as well as on the development of possibilities for joint monitoring of the SDGs achievement process in the region.
Background: The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an international organization established in 1992 and headquartered in Stockholm. It consists of 11 countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Iceland) and the EU. Since 2009, Belarus has had observer status with the organization.
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