OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
The OPEC Fund and the Sustainable Development Goals
The OPEC Fund’s Strategic Framework 2030 guides the organization’s operations to sectors and projects that support the SDGs. Building on our strengths and near 45-year experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, we finance sustainable development in sectors including agriculture, energy, transport & storage, water & sanitation, education and health. The following case studies are examples from our 2020 operations and demonstrate how we support our partner countries on the journey toward the SDGs. A full list of all signed operations during 2020 is provided on pages 48-50.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a univer- sal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Devel- opment, which set out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals. Today, progress is being made in many places, but, over- all, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required. 2020 needs to usher in a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals by 2030.
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