The Government of Peru on Tuesday morning presented its voluntary national review covering progress made in the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"Peru has made efforts towards comprehensive, sustainable development taking the 2030 Agenda as benchmark," he affirmed.
Strategic planning
The government official underlined Peru's decision to incorporate the
UN SDGs into its 2021 strategic plan's policies and planning system.
"This is the approach we are following when updating policies and plans —both at national and sub-national levels— but we want to illustrate it in a sort of concerted country vision to articulate society and State," Abugattas explained.
Social dialogue
The Ceplan representative referred to the government's dialogue process to build such vision with all Peruvian institutions and society.
"We expect to reach 2020 with a concerted vision, a State vision, and to adjust our institutional character to sustainable development," he projected.
Geographical complexity
On a different note, the Ceplan head addressed Peru's geographical complexity —coastline, highlands and rainforest— which makes the country prone to climate phenomena like
Coastal El Niño.
"Peru is a mega-diverse country; it harbors 84 out of the world's 117 life zones, as well as 150 basins," he pointed out.
The
Amazon rainforest, for instance, makes up 56% of Peru's territory. It is home to 14% of the population and nearly all of the country's freshwater.
The Andes —on the other hand— include three mountain ranges that house 30% of the population, whereas the 2,500-km coastline shelters 52 valleys and 52% of the population, but merely 2% of available freshwater.
"Such geographical complexity —of basins, ecosystems— also implies the need to deepen the knowledge level," Abugattas observed.
By presenting this first volunteer national review, the Peruvian State —through Ceplan— reaffirms its commitment to comprehensive, sustainable and nature-friendly development focusing on the well-being of the population.