SDG coordination centre, planning & coordination department, organised a district level workshop on building capacities for taking forward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC), Peren on September 16.
According to a DIPR report, DC Peren Sentiwapang Aier in his opening remark said SDGs was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
In the 1st technical session, SDG officer, Abilo Humtsoe gave a brief highlight on SDGCC Nagaland wherein she said that SDGs were a collection of 17 global goals, 169 associated targets and 232 indicators designed to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
She also said SDGCC of planning & coordination department, was established with a mandate to act as a centre for knowledge dissemination, SDG monitoring, policy strengthening and as an accelerator of SDG implementation across the state.
Abilo in her PowerPoint presentation also spoke on SDG localisation & integration in Nagaland with focus on Peren district, screening of the Nagaland SDG Vision 2030 video, national level preparedness, state level strategy for achieving SDGs goals, state and district level institutional mechanism, district SDG monitoring framework and NER district SDG index-overall performance of Nagaland and Peren.
Later, an interactive session was led by SDG consultant where identification of locally relevant challenges and root cause for identified challenges and identification of viable solutions to the challenges was held.