The Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, representing the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, in partnership with the Sustainable Development Goals Division and the United Nations Environment Office at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), organized the national training course on “Sustainable Recovery and Resilience towards Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in Morocco” days 20 and 21 October 2022 in Rabat, in continuation of the outputs of the national virtual consultation that was organized during the last month of September in the same regard.
The national training course discussed how to move to a sustainable recovery and green economy for government, public administrations, the private sector and civil society organizations, and work to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and make it effective, comprehensive and consistent as defined in the United Nations sustainable development agenda.
Given the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and successive crises as the world grapples with an unprecedented fast-changing scenario in which least developed countries have little capacity, the importance of strong, integrated policies and policy coherence is more emphatic than ever.
Over the course of two days (20 and 21 October 2022), the participants were able to discuss issues and good practices, as well as strategies for designing and implementing integrated and coherent policy plans that maximize positive impacts across all objectives and pillars of the National Plan 2035.
During the training session also, the focus was mainly on various approaches How to strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders in Morocco to design, adapt and implement integrated and coherent plans and policies and improve the decision-making process among national stakeholders (policy makers, senior planners, civil society, academics and the private sector) involved in planning recovery from COVID-19, climate change, successive crises and rebuilding towards Implementation of the sustainable development goals.
The training also included accelerating ecosystem restoration, climate action and sustainable development through green deals and green recovery, which the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development supports as a way to accelerate responses to nature’s crises and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This is in addition to sharing the experience of Korea and other leading countries in this field.
More than 40 international and national participants, including the Sustainable Development Officer, National Strategies and Capacity Building Branch, Sustainable Development Goals Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the Head of the United Nations Office in Korea (UNOSD) also participated in the training course. ), Director of Monitoring, Studies and Planning at the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development – Sustainable Development Sector in Rabat, and Head of the Studies and Planning Department in the same ministry in charge of the sector, national consultants at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA, In addition to heads of departments and departments, government officials and public sectors in charge of implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals at the level of Morocco, as well as some international NGOs, representatives of civil society, academia and the private sector.
International and national experts also mentioned the progress made by Morocco in the field of energy transition, which was represented in the realization of a group of renewable energy plants that are under exploitation, noting that there are important investment projects in the field of renewable energies that are under implementation or programmed that will enable the implementation of programs , particularly for hydrogen production, seawater desalination, and industrial fabric decarbonization through competitive, low-carbon energy.
They added that the challenge today is to adopt realistic, economically feasible strategic and technological options, adapted to the Moroccan context, and consistent with the recommendations of the new development model.
At the conclusion of the work of the held training course, which aimed to discuss the progress made in the formulation and implementation of sustainable recovery plans in Morocco with stakeholders (public and private sectors and civil society), concrete proposals and recommendations were issued in order to rebuild better and accelerate the implementation of the country’s national plans and move forward In achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
The closing session also resulted in a discussion of ways to support the continuation of cooperation and partnership between the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in Morocco and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in the field of sustainable recovery and green economy.
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