Welcome to the United Nations
Country
Iraq
Year
2019
Income Group
Upper middle income
Source
VNR
Communication to the public around VNRs
Report
1
Region
Asia
Sub-region
Western Asia
Finding
The methodology followed by Iraq to prepare its VNR is explicitly linked with a nationally developed public set of guiding principles, consistently applied in each stage of the country review process. These principles reflect the Iraqi practical understanding of the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review commitments, referring to issues such as the adoption of international reporting standards to ensure the report quality and identifying those responsible for implementing the SDGs based on national laws and development planning documents.
The principles include elements that secure meaningful engagement of stakeholders in the VNR process, ensuring a voluntary and participatory approach, taking gender and differences among geographic areas into account to expand national ownership, and promoting high-level networking.
As a result, the VNR report preparation includes inputs directly provided by a broad spectrum of the Iraqi people, making gender, geographic area, and vulnerability the three most important inclusion criteria. This exercise was complemented by also inviting external partners to share their VNR preparation expertise
