The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Ms. Mia Seppo made a courtesy visit to Ms. Sultana Afroz, Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Private Partnership Authority, Prime Minister’s Office on 22nd December 2020.

Ms. Mia Seppo reiterated United Nation’s commitment to supporting the development aspirations of the Bangladeshi people and discussed the importance of public private partnerships in advancing the 2030 Agenda. Referring to the cost of financing the SDGs, she highlighted the role and potential of public-private partnerships in bridging these financing gaps. In particular she referred to the potential of PPPs to contribute to clean, green recovery, to building back better from the COVID19 crisis, mitigating the effects of climate change, gender and youth development and discovering partnerships which have substantial impact on development.

Ms. Sultana Afroz discussed about current PPP Authority initiatives in PPP project implementation and capacity building. She emphasized importance of small sized social and economic infrastructure project to meet the SDG target and particularly focused on projects in food and agriculture sector. She highlighted on selected projects that are in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as dialysis centers, hospitals, urban water supply and waste water treatment, which are already in the PPP pipeline.

Office of the UNRC and PPP Authority showed their commitment in forming strong partnership for overcoming the SDGs related PPP implementation challenges.