Minister of Planning: The economic situation of Iraq will be different in its orientations
Minister of Planning: The economic situation of Iraq will be different in its orientations
11/26/2020 14:26
[Baghdad-Where]
Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najm revealed, on Thursday, that Iraq’s economic situation after the Corona pandemic will be different in its orientations.
A statement by the Ministry of Planning stated, “The ministry is working today very seriously, in cooperation with partners at the national and international levels, to chart new paths for the five-year national development plan 2018-2022 and Iraq’s vision for sustainable development 2030, making it a flexible plan responsive to the difficult challenges it is going through, as a result. The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Financial Crisis.
He added that “the Minister of Planning chaired the annual meeting of the National Committee for Sustainable Development for the year 2020, in the presence and participation of representatives of ministries and relevant authorities,” indicating that “the meeting discussed a number of files related to the sustainable development file and the vision of Iraq 2030″.
According to the statement, the Minister of Planning stressed that, after the Covid-19 pandemic, Iraq’s economic situation will be different in its orientations than it was before the pandemic, indicating that “development plans must be implementable and achieve their goals, through the implementation of projects in various fields, in order to achieve Better sustainable services, “pointing out that” this requires high-level participation at the national level by the private sector, civil society and the media, and at the international level in cooperation with international partners from United Nations organizations. ”
He explained that” Iraq will present its second voluntary report to the United Nations. ” During its high-level meeting in 2021, which includes a review of what has been achieved, and an exploration of what can be achieved within the framework of the vision of sustainable development 2030.
He pointed out that “Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, Maher Hammad Johan, reviewed the activities and procedures that have been implemented during the past years, and the next steps, which will be taken into consideration. The development financing gap, and finding appropriate remedies to address this gap, in order to achieve the sustainable development goals, ”noting that“ the Director General of Regional and Local Development at the Ministry of Planning, Muhammad Al-Sayed, gave a presentation on The activities, the specialized teams for sustainable development, and their future plans, and the participants in the meeting expressed many opinions, proposals and observations on the issues on the agenda, including the environmental performance index, and the role of the media in the process of educating and raising awareness for society and introducing the sustainable development goals.
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