National Secretariat of Planning and UN Ecuador socialize methodology for prioritization of policies linked to the Sustainable Development Goals

This is one of the steps for the implementation of an Integrated National Financing Framework in Ecuador, a country-driven approach to strengthen public and private financing for sustainable development. After these joint interinstitutional work sessions, the objective is to prioritize the policies that have the greatest multiplier effect on sustainable development.

Daniel Lemus, subsecretary of national planning, pointed out that, aside from the fact that the alignment exercise of the Development National Plan is an important step, which was previously carried out with UNDP in the framework of the joint program, it is necessary to work on a prioritization tool that allows focusing the national government's efforts on more effective public policies.

"The design and application of the methodology becomes a very useful tool to strategically guide the efforts and resources of public management," he said.

By her side, Adriana Lucio Paredes, Governance and Inclusive Development Officer at UNDP Ecuador invited to take advantage of this instrument available to Ecuadorian government institutions in order to support all phases of public policy since "it will make it possible to identify and prioritize those policies that will allow Ecuador to advance rapidly in the fulfillment of the SDGs."