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Private sector 'will benefit from implementing SDGs'

May 8, 2019 5:41 PM

The private sector will be the first beneficiary of adopting sustainable development goals (SDGs) stressed Dr Khaled Al Ghazzawi chief executive officer of Ebdaa Bank Bahrain. Al Ghazzawi noted that adopting...

The private sector will be the first beneficiary of adopting sustainable development goals (SDGs), stressed Dr Khaled Al Ghazzawi chief executive officer of Ebdaa Bank – Bahrain.

Al Ghazzawi noted that adopting SDGs will be like returning the favour to the community through creating qualified cadres capable of producing, increasing returns and raising performance levels.

During a regional workshop in Cairo, Egypt, organised by the Arab Network of NGOs in partnership with the Arab Gulf Development Program "Agfund", Dr Al Ghazzawi added that all governments must adopt the sustainable economic and social development goals.

He stressed that SDGs can be achieved with concerted efforts of the world as a whole to help each other.

The ‘Towards a value system supportive of sustainable development’ workshop was attended by around 50 participants from the Arab region and the world.

During the workshop, Dr Al Ghazzawi reviewed the achievements of Bahrain in implementing SDGs, where the National Information Committee monitors the objectives of SDGs and its indicators, and links them to the government's work programmes.

He praised Bahrain's keenness on sustainable development as a basis for the government to develop its policies.

In this context, he referred to HM King Hamad Youth Empowerment award to achieve the SDGs, Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Global Award for Women's Empowerment, and HRH Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Award for Sustainable Development.

Dr Al Ghazzawi also explained that the SDGs are implemented through the government's work programmes in partnership with the private sector and civil society.

The current programme includes six strategic axes that intersect with key areas of SDGs. The comparison showed that 78 per cent of the SDGs are included in the current programme.

Dr Al Ghazzawi revealed that the workshop is the first step to the framework of the research project "Arab Code for Sustainable Development” adopted by Agfund, which aims to prepare an Arab code for sustainable development that includes a system of supporting values, a guide for NGOs for sustainable behaviour, and a set of training programmes and manuals which will build capacities and skills for NGOs to maximise their contribution to the implementation of sustainable development.

The workshop was attended by representatives of a number of NGOs and civil society organisations from the Arab world, including a number of prominent Arab economic figures, including Dr Ziad Bahaa El Din, former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister; Dr Osman Mohamed Osman, former Egyptian Minister of Planning; and Dr Ibrahim Awad, head of the refugee programme at the American University in Cairo. – TradeArabia News Service

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