Second consultative workshop on the sustainable development goals alignment process

Second consultative workshop on the sustainable development goals alignment process

On 29/11/2016 at the hotel Continental took place the Second consultative workshop on the sustainable development goals alignment process. After the first consultative workshop with representatives of state institutions, this event was organized as a second step in the harmonization of national strategies and policies with the sustainable development goals This process is led by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, in close cooperation with the Office of the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations.

Currently it is the all-inclusive final stage of the analysis that should show where the biggest gap is and where compliance with the sustainable development goal is most needed.

The workshop aims to enable representatives of civil society, academia and the private sector to discuss preliminary findings and to agree on priorities in dealing with development challenges in the period until 2030.

Our Research and Management Coordinator Sonja Risteska actively participated in the workshop on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change which included the following sustainable development goals (SDG):

SDG 7: To provide access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modernized energy for all;

SDG 9: Building sustainable infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and encouraging innovation;

SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production;

SDG 13: Take immediate action to combat climate change and its impact.

In this session we managed to impose the question on the definition of energy poverty, under the first SDG: ending poverty, as a specific kind of problem that requires urgent resolution.

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