This week, the Government and the United Nations System in Haiti convened the 2017-2021 Sustainable Development Framework (CSD) progress review meeting, which guides Haiti's partnership with the United Nations in support of the country's national development priorities. This initiative is part of Haiti's strategic goal of becoming an emerging country by 2030 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) signed by 193 countries.

Under the leadership of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation (MPCE), this review aimed to ensure a continued UN dialogue with national authorities, by showing progress and ensuring alignment with the national priorities of Haiti's Strategic Development Plan (PSDH).

Also involved in this dialogue process were national authorities, specialists from different ministries and representatives of civil society and the private sector, paying particular attention to the voices of young people and the most vulnerable groups.

Recall that the 2017-2021 sustainable development framework signed on June 30, 2017 by the Government and the United Nations country team in Haiti was made operational through the 2017-2018 joint work plans set up for each of the five priorities pillars : poverty reduction and employment, basic social services, gender equality and protection, resilience, and governance.

This UN partnership with Haiti, one of the founding nations of the United Nations, recognizes the leadership and responsibility of Haitian institutions and people as key actors in their development.

In her speech, Marie Gréta Roy Clément (Minister of Health), representing the Minister of Planning, said that this first review of the CDD is also a guarantee for a better coherence of the interventions of the United Nations agencies through the CDD and joint work plans "The development of joint work plans, the integration of MPCE focal points and sectoral focal points into the results groups of UN agencies are important tools and mechanisms for successful implementation. of the 2017-2021 CDD," concludes Minister Clément.

For his part, Mamadou Diallo, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator and UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, emphasized that the UN family in Haiti (including 19 agencies, funds and programs and Minujusth) remains alongside Haiti in a context that offers an opportunity for Haiti to move towards development "The progress made by Haiti in terms of stability, as well as the current transition to the passage of a presence of the United Nations other than peacekeeping operation, offer a window of opportunity to advance towards the goal of Haiti, to reach at the horizon 2030 a status of emerging country. The United Nations has many reasons to be grateful to Haiti as a founding member and signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and we remain committed to Haiti to support its development priorities."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24107-haiti-un-annual-review-of-the-status-of-development-assistance.html

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