DOT Desk: The government had evolved a tracker in order to monitor and analyse the statistical data and information related to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals and ensuring balanced allocation of its limited resources. The Access to Information programme under the Prime Minister’s Office had developed this tracker which will also be used for measuring and monitoring the progress towards implementation of SDGs, reports The New Age BD. In 2015, under the guidance of the United Nations, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Country director of UNDP Sudipto Mukherjee, director general of the bureau Krishna Gayen and director of a2i project Mostafizur Rahman spoke among others.
The a2i head of results management Ramiz Uddin and deputy director of the bureau M Alamgir Hossain presented the key-note paper on the SDG tracker.
Speaking on the occasion, Md Abul Kalam Azad said one of the major catalysts towards attaining the SDGs is taking data and information-based decision as well as allocation of priority-based resources.
‘An effective, information-based integrated SDGs monitoring structure can play a major role towards attaining the SDGs,’ he added.
He underscored the need for making the SDGs tracker more effective, more visualized scheme, user friendly for all as well as demand-based.
‘Besides, there is also a need for updating data maintaining qualitative standard,’ The Principal Coordinator on SDG Affairs also directed the officials concerned to discharge their duties keeping pace with the level of development and advancement of the country.
Azad said that if the 10 special initiatives of the prime minister could be implemented properly, then it would be possible to attain many more things related to the development goals.
Statistics and informatics division secretary Saurendra Nath Chakrabhartty said that the SDG tracker was a time-befitting step towards building a Digital Bangladesh.
He said that the BBS and the statistics and informatics division would continue to work with a2i to monitor implementation of the development goals through the tracker.
UNDP country director Sudipto Mukherjee said that the UNDP had been extending technological support to a2i for successfully facilitating the SDGs tracker.
He also opined that the SDGs thematic area should have to be analysed to use the tracker as a progress tracking and reporting platform.
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