The area’s progress on implementation of the Sustainable Growth Targets , and the efficacy of the United Nations partnership within the English and Dutchspeaking Caribbean, got here beneath the microscope this week, as regional Governments joined with the United Nations System to evaluate their joint response to regional growth priorities beneath the present UN Multi-Nation Sustainable Growth Cooperation Framework (MSDCF).
The chance got here throughout the Annual Coordination Assembly and assembly of the MSDCF Joint Steering Committee, which is a part of the governance mechanism for its implementation, held on the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lords Fortress Resort in Barbados, on March 6 – 7.
The Annual Coordination Assembly, which was additionally hybrid, attracted participation from high-level Authorities representatives from 15 nations, CARICOM and the OECS, and included Resident Coordinators from six jurisdictions – Guyana, Jamaica, Belize, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados and the Jap Caribbean.
In his welcome remarks, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and Jap Caribbean, Didier Trebucq, thanked Authorities companions for his or her participation within the assembly convened to facilitate assessment of their efforts in 2023, the second yr of implementation of the regional Cooperation Framework.
“Forward of the 4th SIDS Convention , in the present day is particular, a vital second to take inventory of the progress achieved in yr two of the MSDCF, focus on methods for SDG acceleration and seize the chance of what the UN has to supply,” he said, whereas noting that regardless of the continuing challenges of the previous years and the a number of and compound crises going through the area , “our partnership with authorities remained sturdy and we have been in a position to assist our nations to attain quite a lot of transformational outcomes .”
Trebucq cited achievements within the areas of advancing the meals safety agenda, fostering sustainable livelihoods, scaling digital transformation, and enhancing catastrophe threat discount, amongst others beneath the MSDCF.
Minister within the Prime Minister’s Workplace, Barbados, Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, who cochaired the MSDCF Joint Steering Committee together with the Resident Coordinator, additionally reiterated the necessity to additional strengthen and leverage partnerships in the direction of the worldwide targets. She challenged nonetheless that the “success of the regional framework must be judged by the extent that it brings individuals and communities alongside, each by way of advantages and possession”.
“As governments, as companions, we should instil an ethos that the SDGs will not be about us because the Authorities solely …it is a shared duty. There will likely be penalties for all of us if we’re not in a position to ship on the SDGs for our individuals,” she underlined.
Tonni Brodber, UN Ladies Consultant and company co-chair of the MSDCF Joint Steering Committee additionally addressed the discussion board noting “ A key comparative benefit of the UN is our mixed technical information and know-how throughout the priorities recognized within the Sustainable Growth Targets.”
The 2-day discussion board noticed discussions on meals techniques, knowledge and digitalisation, resilience to local weather change equality and shared prosperity and financial resilience, amongst different priorities, throughout the context of how the UN can assist nations throughout the area to speed up progress in the direction of the Sustainable Growth Targets, with settlement on methods for strengthening this mechanism.
Interventions from member states addressed whether or not the Cooperation Framework delivered efficient and environment friendly programming consistent with nationwide priorities, in addition to gaps and alternatives for SDG acceleration. UN management mentioned progress, gaps, and alternatives for SDG acceleration by means of the UN’s six prioritized transitions: (1) meals techniques; (2) power entry and affordability; (3) digital connectivity; (4) training; (5) jobs and social safety; and (6) local weather change, biodiversity loss and air pollution.
The Multi Nation Sustainable Growth Cooperation Framework (MSDCF) is a very powerful instrument for planning and implementation of the UN growth actions in the direction of the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda within the Caribbean. The UN and the governments within the area are committing to contribute to important structural adjustments within the economies and governance techniques of taking part nations in the direction of: Financial resilience and shared prosperity; Equality and well-being; Resilience to local weather change and shocks, and sustainable pure useful resource administration; and peace, security, justice, and the rule of regulation.
The Joint Steering Committee includes ministerial representatives of the 22 nation signatories to the Cooperation Framework, in addition to representatives from 23 UN Companies, Funds and Programmes that implement growth tasks within the area.
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