The 6th meeting of D-10 Forum will be held today (Thursday) in Islamabad in which all major development partners, ambassadors, the Government of Pakistan, provincial governments and other key institutions will participate.
Economic Affairs Division Secretary Nargis Sethi will chair the meeting.
The forum affords unique opportunity to the government of Pakistan, the provincial governments and the development partners for reviewing and coordinating development agenda.
As the new government has an ambitious development plan, the forum meeting at such time assumes a very important position. The meeting will discuss and take key decisions regarding the progress on Millennium Development Goals Acceleration Framework.
The Planning Commission will present the government’s development priorities and strategies to achieve the same. National Disaster Management Authority will present its overall preparedness performance and its current National Contingency plan for monsoon.
D-10 is a major forum in which ten major development partners of Pakistan meet and coordinate the development agenda for the country.
The UN resident coordinator, the EU acting ambassador, the country representatives of the UNDP, UNICEF, the ADB, the World Bank, DFID, USAID, JAICA and representatives from Embassies of US, China and France are expected to attend the meeting.
