SDG 17: PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

If we want to make progress on the SDGs, we cannot do it alone. We’re behind at the halfway mark, and we can’t get anywhere fast without partners.

In North Macedonia, UNDP is not only working with the government but is making sure that a wide array of citizens and decision makers are involved in the process of creating the National Development Strategy - a visionary strategic document aims to chart country's development path for the next 20 years. This endeavor involves a broad consultation process, building inter-generational, inter-ethnic, inter-party and gender consensus. Unique in its emphasis on citizens’ active involvement, 3,000 citizens engaged in 40 visionary workshops, more than 50 percent women, 30 percent young people and 20 percent representing vulnerable groups. Over 250 representatives from all the ministries and other relevant public institutions and 200 experts from various fields and the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts were involved in the process and formulation of the document.

Apart from fully aligning North Macedonia's long-term development priorities with the SDGs, the National Development Strategy serves as an engine for public and private capital mobilization, which according to the initial estimations can reach around US$2 billion.

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In July 2021, with UNDP's support, Uzbekistan became the first country in the region and the second in the world to issue a Sovereign SDG Bond worth US$235 million, with a 14 percent coupon rate, for a period of three years. The Bond facilitated the transfer of resources from global investors to public SDG-oriented projects in seven areas: Education (SDG 4), Water Management (SDG 6), Health (SDG 3), Green Transportation (SDG 11), Pollution Control (SDG 11), Management of Natural Resources (SDG 15), and Green Energy (SDG 7).

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