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| Mia Seppo |
The United Nation (UN) office in Malawi says prioritization of short term goals in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is vital for the country amid resource scarcity.
Following the adoption of the SDG’s by the UN General Assembly in September this year, Malawi is expected to start a National Planning Process of implementation of the SDG’s.
Speaking in an interview, the UN Resident Coordinator, Mia Seppo said “There is need to prioritise short term goals because there are limited resources and there are so many priorities in Malawi.”
“What Malawi needs to do in its National Planning Process is to prioritise. To think through the short terms; what are the most important goal’s and medium and long terms, what is the level of ambition.” She suggested
Seppo also hints that since SDG’s includes unfinished business of Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s), therefore, four unaccomplished goals in the MDG’s are obviously very good short term starting points for Malawi.
“So to really have an impact there has to be prioritization because otherwise you are going to continue to have what you have in some areas which is a very high level of fragmentation with a lot of small, small, small interventions that doesn’t really add-up and linkup to something that could have a greater impact.” said Seppo
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| Alice Harding Shackelford (left) |
“The Development Cooperation Strategy which was adopted more than a year ago really brings also an effort around development partners to work in a more coordinated manner which is also very important and all other ongoing processes are going to help also moving to the prioritization process” she added
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