The government Thursday formed two High Level Committees and nine
Thematic Working groups to rollout and implement the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
“The apex body for guiding the pursuit of the SDGs will be the National
Steering Committee chaired by the Prime Minister and chairman of the National
Planning Commission (NPC) which includes Minister for Finance, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and chief secretary as members,” said the NPC in a press
statement.
According to the apex planning body, the second mechanism is the
Implementation Coordination and Monitoring Committee chaired by the
Vice-Chairman of the NPC with the member in-charge of macro-economic issues as
the deputy coordinator.
Secretaries of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
presidents of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and
Confederation of Nepalese Industries will serve as members of the committee.
“The committees are also mandated to include representatives of civil
society and other stakeholders as ‘invited members’. This is the first time
that the leaders of the private sector have been formally included in
high-level official committees responsible for the implementation of globally-agreed
Millennium Development or the Sustainable Development Goals since 2000,” read
the statement.
The Economic Management Division of the NPC Secretariat will act as the
SDG Secretariat, and will be headed by the joint-secretary of the Division.
The two committees will be supported by nine Thematic Working Groups
which will be chaired by NPC members – Dr. Swarnim Wagle, Dr. Chandra Kanta
Paudel (Industrial Development), Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha (Urban Development),
Dr. Geeta Bhakta Joshi (Social Development), Dr. Kripa Sindhu Prasad (Employment Management),
Dr. Prabhu Budhathoki (Agriculture, Climate and Environment), Prof. Hirendra
Man Pradhan (Physical Infrastructure), Dr. Arbind Kumar Mishra (Energy
Development) and Secretary of the NPC Secretariat Chandra Kumar Ghimire (Peace,
Justice and Inclusive Institutions).
These thematic groups will comprise of members from concerned
ministries, private sector, civil society and senior officials of the NPC.
ragi and senior officials of the MoFA.
PM Prachanda is
scheduled to return home from Lhasa
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