Sinergia, a Venezuelan network of non-governmental organizations, affirmed that the country is failing to advance towards 95 of the 160 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which must be achieved by 2030
In the last 20 years, different international organizations have made about 2,342 recommendations and petitions to the Venezuelan State, 65% of them related to the need for “peace, justice and strong institutions”
Since 2016, Venezuela has not made progress in 95 of the 160 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the countries of the world, in coordination with the United Nations, have promised to achieve by 2030, according to a report presented by Sinergia.
Representatives of the NGO network explained that “140 of the 169 targets were subjected to a review (…) 95 of them show no progress compared to the 2016 baseline.” The findings were presented during a forum held in Caracas with the participation of experts and activists from different national and international non-governmental organizations. However, a press release by the platform did not provide information on which of the 17 SDGs is lagging in Venezuela.
The network of 64 associations made use of more than 400 sources to prepare the report and drew attention to the fact that different international organizations have made about 2,342 recommendations and petitions to the Venezuelan State in the last 20 years, 65% of them related to the need for “peace, justice and strong institutions”, or SDG 16.
A further 7% is linked to health and well-being, 6% to the reduction of inequalities and 4% to gender equality, with no further detail about the nature of the remaining 18%.
The chairperson of Sinergia, Luisa Rodríguez Táriba, explained that this is the seventh report on the situation of the SDGs in Venezuela after the objectives were introduced in 2015, with the purpose of following up on the progress of the 2030 Agenda to “achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.”
There is a “commitment to build opportunities that demonstrate that it is possible, through strong institutions and cooperation, to promote the sustainable development of the country,” Rodríguez explains.
According to the country report of the United Nations in Venezuela, the organization made three “major contributions” to the achievement of the SDGs in Venezuela in 2022: reaching the most vulnerable through different forms of assistance, supporting the socioeconomic recovery of the country after eight years of recession, and contributing to social dialogue and human rights”.
Download the full report in Spanish HERE
Translated by José Rafael Medina
