by U Than Zaw, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar

1. SDG Integration in Myanmar:
Evidence and Principle-based Approach
U Than Zaw
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Planning and Finance

2. Prioritizing and Planning the Implementation
1. Prioritizing Country’s Development Policy, Identifying Needs and Gaps, Stakeholders Consultation
on Policy Recommendations to formulate the plan, set the priorities and sequencing
2. Planning Sectoral Planning, Regional Planning to reflect in National Plan
3. Aligning with Regional & Global Adjusting, aligning with the Regional and Global Implementation Plan ( E.g. ASEAN
Stat, UNESCAP, UNSD SDGs Implementation, etc…)
4. Developing Capacity and
strengthening institution
Legal Framework, Strengthening the role of NSO, Statistical Cooperation Mechanism,
Managerial Skills of Leaders of CSO
5. Awareness Raising Understanding by the development stakeholders to achieve participatory and inclusive
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3. Discussions on SDG Themes
Gender
Related SDGs
(on going)
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Environmental Statistics
for SDGs
Child Related SDGs
Private Sector
Development
(on going)

4. Planning Framework in Myanmar
Economic
Policy
Implementation:
Sector
Coordination
Groups
Monitoring
95 Procedures,
Sector Plans,
Region/State Plans
Township Plans

5. Linking SDGs to Economic Policy
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Economic
Policy Goals

6. SDG Integration:
Evidence and Principle-based Approach

7. Challenges in SDG Integration and
Policy Coherence
Overall:
• Within government and among the public, more complete
understanding of the details of the 2030 Agenda is needed.
• High-level champions are needed.
Challenges in Policy Coherence:
• Limited experience in policy making.
• Silos within government and limited analysis about synergies
• Knowledge supply by research institutes is constrained by limited available
research skills, and new institutes tend to prioritize training and
networking over research.

8. Looking forward closer cooperation to
achieve SDGs in 2030!
Thank you for your kind attention!
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