SDGs Community of Practice

The IsDB has been working closely with its 57 Member Countries to support them in achieving the SDGs. IsDB’s commitment to these goals is further strengthened by their general consistency with Islamic principles, particularly in the context of alleviating poverty, restoring the dignity of people and taking care of the planet while maintaining prosperity for all living beings.

In order to mainstream the SDGs and enhance synergy across the institutionon on the implementation of the SDGs, the Bank has set up an SDGs Community of Practice (SDGs COP) in 2017.

The SDGs COP works along three work streams which includes:

 

  1. Raising Awareness among IsDB staff on SDGs,
  2. Ensuring Alignment of the Bank’s work with the SDGs
  3. Enhancing Advocacy about the Bank’s work on the SDGs. Furthermore, the COP provides professionals of the IsDB with the opportunity to express their professional views freely through appropriate platforms as well as expand their horizons with respect to development issues by connecting them to experts from across the globe. 

The SDGs COP of the Bank formulated two main platforms through which it has supported the “Awareness”, “Alignment” and “Advocacy” workstreams on the SDGs. These platforms include the SDGs Digest and the SDGs Open Dialogues. The SDGs Digest is a quarterly newsletter which provides a platform for professionals in the Bank as well as professionals from development partners to share their project related experiences, expertise and lessons learned, research-based activities related to the SDGs, as well as insights on issues related to the achievement of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. 

So far, our SDGs Digests have been issued with more than 120 authors from across the IsDB Group as well as development partners contributing articles covering a wide range of topics on all the SDGs that are a priority for the IsDB and its entities. In particular, articles have touched on development areas such as climate change, youth and women development, poverty alleviation, agriculture and food security, health, education and financing for the SDGs, among others. 

View all our SDG Digests

SDG's Open Dialogue

Another important platform is the SDGs Open Dialogue, which is organized as a seminar with eminent personalities as guest speakers.

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International Events

In addition, the COP, through the Envoy of the President on SDGs, has represented the Bank in various international events, promoting the role of the Bank as a key player in achieving the SDGs. 

Some of these are listed below:

  1. United Nations Economic and Social Comission (ECOSOC) Forum for Financing for Development, May 2017
  2. Seminar entitled “From Financing to Empowerment: Islamic Finance as an Enabler in Eradicating Poverty” held on the sidelines of the UN High-level Political Forum, July 2017
  3. Seminar entitled “New Trade Initiative in the OIC Region: Towards Achieving the SDGs” on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum, September 2017
  4. Forum on the SDGs Mainstreaming and Means of Implementation – A Retrospective and Prospective View organized by the UN Office for Sustainable Development, November 2017
  5. Seminar on “Forging Smart Partnerships with Multi-Stakeholders for the SDGs: Experiences from Member Countries” on the sidelines of the IsDB’s Annual Meeting, April 2018
  6. Seminar on “Islamic Finance and the SDGs” on the sidelines of the Finance for Development Forum, April 2018
  7. High-level Seminar on “The Experiences of Arab Countries in Preparing the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) on the sidelines of the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, April 2018
  8. High-level Roundtable on “Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development: Regional Experiences to Promote Youth Employment and Address Inequality”, July 2018
  9. Rountable Discussion on “Innovations in Financing the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific”, July 2018
  10. SDGs In Action at the World Government Summit, February, 2019
  11. “Fostering Sustainable Agriculture Value Chains in IsDB Member Countries” on the sidelines of the IsDB Annual Meeting, April 2019
  12. World Bank Spring Meetings, April 2019
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