UNITED NATIONS: Stressing on the need for localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda, India has said that there is no “one size fits all” approach but countries can certainly share experience and learn from each other.
Speaking at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on ‘How can localisation of SDGs contribute to Leaving no one behind?’, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador TS Tirumurti said that due to the localisation efforts, the path to implement the 2030 Agenda will be relatively smooth even in the face of the Covid pandemic.
“For the 2030 Agenda to succeed in big countries like India with a population of 1.3 billion, SDG localisation is an imperative,” he said on Thursday.
Tirumurti said that breaking down goals and implementation to sub-national and local levels is the only way to succeed in achieving SDG targets. Localisation also allows developing local solutions to local challenges by empowering provincial and local levels of government.
“There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach for localisation, but we can certainly share experience and learn from each other,” he said.
Tirumurti said that the global pandemic is threatening to disrupt the “Decade of Action”.
“It goes without saying that we need to work together collectively to ensure that all countries, especially vulnerable ones, stay their course on the 2030 SDG Agenda,” he said.