Preparing for the second Voluntary National Review by Turkmenistan

The participants at the expert level representing the line ministries discussed the joint activities to conduct the VNR and develop the VNR National Report, including: the questions of creating the Joint Inter-ministerial Working Group, selecting the SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 for covering in the VNR in addition to the SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13 which are in focus of the next High-Level Political Forum,  and preparing its statistical annex.

“We have learned about the findings of the mid-term review of the implementation of the SDGs and it can be noted the statistical system of Turkmenistan collects statistics for government purposes. Today’s active exchange and consensus with the Ministries on the SDGs highlighted in the second VNR is reassuring, and the UN system will be further supporting the country in implementing the 2030 Agenda aiming to leave no one behind”, noted Mr. Vladimir Valetka, the Economist of the UN Resident Coordinator’s office.

The members of the SDG Working group also discussed the activities for the creation of the National Action Plan for the development of nationalized SDG indicators for which Turkmenistan does not submit reporting to global databases. This Plan should outline specific activities for each national indicator, as well as indicate the responsible national departments and UN agencies, timeframes and indicative budget required for each indicator. It can be implemented within 1-3 years depending on the complexity of the indicator methodology.

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The Government of Turkmenistan presented its first VNR in 2019, you can find more information here.