Egypt
was ranked the top among the Arab countries in an assessment of Arab national
reporting platforms (NRPs) for sustainable development goals (SDGs), a report
was released on Tuesday by the United Nations’ ESCWA.
The ESCWA statistics and information technology cluster has implemented an analysis of available NRPs in the region, which found nine countries with publicly available NRPs for SDGs, representing 41 per cent of NRPs in the Arab region as of January 2020.
“We continue our efforts to progress towards the SDGs and telling our story through People&Projects&Purpose," said Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat. "Egypt’s commitment to drive meaningful progress continues in this decade of action to achieve the SDGs,” she added.
This makes Egypt one of the few countries to conduct the mapping exercise with a cooperation portfolio that amounts to $25 billion, according to Al-Mashat.
The assessment was developed by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in collaboration with UNICEF and the UN resident coordinator, which uses visualizations for a quicker grasp of data as well as proxy local indicators to identify data gaps and reflect the national development priorities.
Through the ministry of international cooperation, there are currently over 300 projects with various development partners across multiple sectors including in education, transportation, water desalination, renewable energy, entrepreneurship, women empowerment, among others that are in line with the United Nations' 17 SDGs, as according to the ministry data.
Source: Ahram Online
