Kingdom of Bahrain Portal for Sustainable Development Goals

Goal Seventeen: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. These inclusive partnerships built upon principles and values, a shared vision, and shared goals that place people and the planet at the centre, are needed at the global, regional, national and local level.

Overview of some indicators

Volume of remittances (USD) as a proportion of total GDP

7.85581%

Proportion of individuals using the Internet

99.7%

Existence mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

✓

Indicators

Target 17.1: Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
- Indicator 17.1.1: Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 17.1.2: Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes (Excel, 0.10MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.2:Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries.
- Indicator 17.2.1: Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)
Target 17.3: Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
- Indicator 17.3.1: Foreign direct investments (FDI), official development assistance and South-South Cooperation as a proportion of total domestic budget (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 17.3.2: Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP (Excel, 0.10MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.4: Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
- Indicator 17.4.1: Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services
Target 17.5: Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
- Indicator 17.5.1: Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
Target 17.6: Enhance North-South, South- South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism.
- Indicator 17.6.1: Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.7: Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
- Indicator 17.7.1: Total amount of approved funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
Target 17.8: Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
- Indicator 17.8.1: Proportion of individuals using the Internet (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.9: Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South- South and triangular cooperation
- Indicator 17.9.1: Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.10: Promote a universal, rules- based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
- Indicator 17.10.1: Worldwide weighted tariff-average (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.11: Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries' share of global exports by 2020
- Indicator 17.11.1: Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
Target 17.12: Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
- Indicator 17.12.1: Average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 17.13: Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
- Indicator 17.13.1: Macroeconomic Dashboard
Target 17.14: Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
- Indicator 17.14.1: Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development
Target 17.15: Respect each country's policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
- Indicator 17.15.1: Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation
Target 17.16: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
- Indicator 17.16.1: Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the sustainable development goals
Target 17.17: Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
- Indicator 17.17.1: Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private and civil society partnerships
Target 17.18: By 2020, enhance capacity- building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
Target 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
- Indicator 17.19.1: Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
- Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)

Policies & initiatives support the goal

Collaboration during COVID-19

The Kingdom of Bahrain demonstrated extraordinary efforts in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, with partnerships and collaborations playing a pivotal role, both in establishing communication channels between government ministries to address healthcare needs, and actively engaging in international partnerships, for example, dispatching doctors to support other healthcare systems and exchanging strategies with the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany.

Development and Humanitarian Assistance

Bahrain plays a role in providing humanitarian assistance globally, with the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) and the Bahrain Red Crescent Society being major organizations involved. For example, the RHF has been active in providing aid across the world, including assisting Syrian refugees in Jordan and responding to floods in Pakistan.

Partnerships with UN Agencies

The Government has established impactful partnerships with various UN entities such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) for specific projects. Furthermore, the UN Strategic and Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) provides a comprehensive, long-term framework for achieving sustainable development in the Kingdom, through partnership with the UN agencies operating on the ground, in four key priority areas: Environment, energy, and food; quality and comprehensive social services; Economic diversification, public administration, and resilience; and Bahrain among nations.

IISS Regional Security Summit

The Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy for Diplomatic Studies was established in August 2019, to train the Kingdom’s diplomats. The Academy aims to become a regionally and internationally renowned Academy of diplomatic training and research by creating various programs that equip individuals with the knowledge and tools required in the field of diplomacy.