Slovak Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals

On 13th September, 2010 the Slovak NGDOs Platform organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovak agency for international development aid a public event titled the "Contribution of Slovakia to the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals and the reduction of world poverty“. The aim of the meeting was to evaluate the commitment of Slovakia to give the highest attention to the sustainable growth and battle against poverty, which was signed at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. The NGDO Platform also presented a study about the fulfillment of MDGs during 2004-2009 at the event to the highest representatives of the Slovak Republic who took part in the UN summit about MDGs on 20th – 22nd September, 2010 in New York.

Speaking at a plenary session of the UN summit, President Ivan Gasparovic stated that the "Slovak Republic is aware of the shared responsibility of developed countries for global development. Despite a tight budget of the Slovak Official Development Assistance (ODA), Slovakia allocates funds to help developing and transition countries each year and intends to continue this policy. Our development assistance is not very significant in terms of volume, but the activities and results in partner countries are perceived very positively. This is mainly due to our efficient performance based on the knowledge of local conditions and in accordance with the needs of partner countries”.

The study can be downloaded at the web page of the platform in Slovak language (pdf), a short summary in English language (pdf) is also available.

Information provided by Lenka Nemcová, Platforma MVRO