Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xu Bu (L), Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee (C), deputy secretary general of ASEAN for socio-cultural community, and Xu Haoliang, UN assistant secretary-general and UNDP director for the Asia-Pacific, pose during the launching of the "ASEAN-China-UNDP Report on Financing the SDGs in ASEAN: Strengthening Integrated National Financing Frameworks to Deliver the 2030 Agenda," in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 17. 2017. China, ASEAN and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) jointly launched a collaborative report on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) financing in ASEAN on Friday, outlining ways to finance projects to deliver the UN's SDGs program in the region. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)
JAKARTA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- China, ASEAN and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) jointly launched a collaborative report on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) financing in ASEAN on Friday, outlining ways to finance projects to deliver the UN's SDGs program in the region.
Entitled "ASEAN-China-UNDP Report on Financing the SDGs in ASEAN: Strengthening Integrated National Financing Frameworks to Deliver the 2030 Agenda," the report focuses on streamlining development financing and strengthening domestic resource mobilization in 10 ASEAN countries to finance national development.
The report also highlights China's financing in ASEAN, which is expected to strengthen.
"This report gives comprehensive analysis on the status of SDGs financing in 10 ASEAN countries, the challenges they face and viable solutions that merit further considerations," Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xu Bu said at the launching event held at the ASEAN Secretariat.
