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Methodology and procedure for conducting the review
The process of preparing The Bahamas’ national review was handled by the Office of the Prime Minister’s
(OPM) Economic Development and Planning Unit (EDPU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The EDPU, as
the focal point of contact for the National Development Plan (NDP), is responsible for ensuring and monitoring
SDG implementation at the national, local, and Ministerial levels, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in
charge of ongoing international monitoring of SDG-related initiatives. Officers from different government
Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, as well as civil society organizations, academia, and the corporate
sector, have contributed to this partnership. The official formation of a Sustainable Development Goals
Technical Committee would bolster institutional structures.
Two essential collaborations contributed in the creation of this paper. The first is with the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), which has supported the compilation of an SDG country report in
collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as the preparation of a statistical compendium of Tier 1
SDG Indicators, an advocacy plan for an SDG program of action, and a thematic report on mechanisms to
ensure that no one is left behind, through a grant to the University of The Bahamas. The University of The
Bahamas provided assistance in the creation of this paper.
The second collaboration is with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (UN ECLAC), which will provide technical assistance through a grant from the German Government
and the German Society for International Cooperation to conduct a needs assessment for strengthening ongoing
SDG statistical reporting and to assist with the development of institutional arrangements for the ongoing SDG
monitoring process.
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