UNDP holds a webinar to discuss state budgeting with reference to SDGs

May 31, 2023

UNDP holds a webinar to discuss state budgeting with reference to SDGs

UNDP Turkmenistan

Ashgabat, 31 May 2023: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan within the project “Partnering for SDG acceleration. Phase II" implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and the regional platform on Sustainable Development Goals in Central Asia, funded by the European Union (EU) held an online webinar "Formation of indicators of the State budget with reference to the SDGs."

The webinar was aimed at bringing together all stakeholders to share Central Asian experience and knowledge on innovative approaches to the process of developing the State budget indicators with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals.

“Governments' commitment to achieving the SDGs should not only be presented as goals in high-level policy documents, but it is also important that the SDGs are integrated into countries' budgetary frameworks,” – said Mr. Suren Poghosyan, UNDP Regional SDG Finance Advisor.

The webinar was attended by the representatives of national institutions of Central Asian countries and the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan involved in the state budgeting.