Kathmandu, Aug. 11
The
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed its concerns about
the preparations of the 16th periodical plan of Nepal and said that
it is ready to support the process if the Government of Nepal deems it
necessary.
In
a meeting with Vice-President of the National Planning Commission (NPC) Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha held at the Singha Durbar
on Friday, Resident Representative of the UNDP in Nepal, Ayshanie
Medagangoda-Labé, has shown her interest to support in the formulation process
of the 16th plan (Fiscal Year 2024/25 – FY 2029/30).
Dr.
Shrestha expressed his hopes for future cooperation as the two organisations
enjoyed in the past years.
Stating
that the 16th plan will be different from the previous one, he
informed about the modality of the new plan as well as its perspective and
strategic goals. Joint Secretary of the Commission Prakash Dahal, Programme
Director Dr. Narayan Paudel and other officials were also present in the
meeting.
The
foundation paper prepared by the commission has identified 12 transformative
areas.
There
are the areas of structural transformation including strengthening of the macro-economic
foundations, increasing production and productivity, creating decent and
inclusive employment opportunities, building human capital and quality manpower
planning, quality and accessible health system, quality infrastructure and
systematic urbanisation, social empowerment, inclusion and social security.
It
also includes control of unwanted and informal transactions, allocation
efficiency and capital expenditure capacity enhancement, environmental
protection, biological diversity and disaster management, sustainable
development and promotion of good governance and effective public service
delivery.
The
meeting also took stock of the preparation of the Sustainable Development
Conference to be held in New York in September this year, Nepal's participation
as a pathfinder country for Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection,
environmental finance mobilisation, food system and other issues of partnership
and cooperation between the Commission and UNDP.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 12 August 2023.
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