Ghana inaugurates Technical Committee for SDGs and Agenda 2063 implementation

Ghana inaugurates Technical Committee for the implementation of SDGs and Agenda 2063

A technical committee for the execution of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 in Ghana has been inaugurated.

Then committee which is aimed at facilitating the localization and implementation of the SDGs and Agenda 2063 was launched by the Minister for Planning, Professor George Gyan-Baffour during a ceremony on 22 August 2017.

It is also expected to aid the application, observation and reporting of the SDGs, Agenda 2063 and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (COP 21) by safeguarding the position, adaptation and acceptance of all relevant international commitments.

Speaking during the launch, the Professor Gyan-Baffour said opening the SDGs Implementation Coordination Committee (SDGs-ICC) in 2016 was the first move in the localization process adding that the SDGs-ICC has been responsible for preparing the roadmap for localizing the SDGs.

“The President is soon to inaugurate the High Level Inter-Ministerial Committee to complete the process. Indeed in most of the SDGs events and discussions organized especially at the UN, Ghana is usually selected to either represent Africa or share perspectives on those critical matters relating to SDGs implementation. In the UN High-Level Political meeting held in July 2017 in New York, key issues of SDGs implementation presented by Ghana served as the major discussion point and were eventually adopted for action”, he said.

The Minister mentioned that, the achievement places a responsibility on the Nation to totally assimilate the SDGs in the national development agenda and in turn create a platform for the adoption of best practices.

“Many countries will be looking to see how Ghana will implement the SDGs, how the SDGs are translated into the national plan and how all sectors have assumed their role in SDGs implementation. We must not slacken our pace of development,” he explained.