CHALLENGES IN MAINSTREAMING THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND THE ROLE OF WHO
CHALLENGES IN MAINSTREAMING THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND THE ROLE OF WHO

Summary/Abstract: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has embarked decisively in mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into the National Sustainable Development Planning in December 2015, with an objective to develop a SDGs Action Plan 2016‒2030, based on needs’ and potentials’ assessment and target setting relevant to the country’s context. UN has been involved into the overall action, from the early stage and has been making strong efforts to support country’s governance structures in developing contemporary government policy for sustainable development. WHO has been requested by the Ministry of Health to coordinate the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) technical support to the action related to SDG 3 and other health related SDGs. The Ministry of Health has endorsed a decision that has established a core technical working group SDG 3+ (CTWG SDG 3+) and has requested, by this decision, to coordinate its work closely with WHO (Country Office). Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into the National Sustainable Development Planning of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a complex endeavor which the Government has developed a very ambitious schedule for, and the WHO has been given a prominent role of a coordinator, convener and a global technical expert to support the process and outcome documents development, as well as their implementation, once being endorsed. This paper aims to present a snapshot of the process of mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into the National Sustainable Development Planning of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the role of WHO in this process related to SDG 3 and other health related goals and the challenges that the country will face.

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