Consultations On Sustainable Development Plan Moves Forward
The Government of the Virgin Islands is engaging stakeholders in a series of public consultations on a National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) for the British Virgin Islands.
Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie officially launched the public consultations on March 12 in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Premier Fahie stated that the Government is establishing a National Sustainable Development Plan to ensure that it fulfills its commitment to citizens and to engage at the regional and international levels more effectively.
Premier Fahie said, “The alignment of national development priorities with the Sustainable Development Goals is an indication of our national ownership of the global agenda and will help to meet international monitoring and evaluation standards, as well as allow us to be accountable to the people of
Government authorities, United Nations officials and representatives of civil society urged for providing urgent support to Caribbean countries so they can advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a context of acute financial weakness due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of natural disasters, among other factors, during a session of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
The panel entitled Building forward better in the Caribbean post-COVID-19: Critical issues to keep the 2030 Agenda in sight featured opening remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Christian Guillermet-Fernández, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica.
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO BALANCING DEVELOPMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT SAYS ARBITRARY PROTESTS CAN DERAIL DEVELOPMENT gov.gd - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gov.gd Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The BVI Beacon
Government ministers hit the road
Virgin Islands culture and art were central during a week of community meetings hosted by government ministers throughout the territory, but leaders also addressed issues including the development of Road …
Deputy Speaker of the House Neville Smith speaks during a Tuesday evening meeting in Sea Cows Bay. He was among several government members to provide updates in a series of similar sessions. (Photo: ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED)
Virgin Islands culture and art were central during a week of community meetings hosted by government ministers throughout the territory, but leaders also addressed issues including the development of Road Townâs downtown area and the pandemicâs affect on everything from road work to the planned creation of new industries.
HONOURABLE ANDREW A. FAHIE
XII MINISTERIAL FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 2020
13
His Excellency David Choquehuanca Caspedes, Vice President of Bolivia
Ms. Martha Delgado, Undersecretariat for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Mexico
Her Excellency Janaina Tewaney Mencomo, Minister of Government, Panama
Ms. Isabel Maldonado, Minister of the Technical Secretariat, Tona Plan Uda Vida, Ecuador
Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentleman, good morning.
I would like to begin by thanking my dear friends, Luis Felipe and ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena, and the Government of Colombia, for convening this timely Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has certainly helped us to focus our minds on finding solutions to the continuing public health emergency and economic crisis caused by COVID-19. I commend UNDP and ECLAC for the critical support they have provided to the region since the onset of the global pande