The Road to the SDGs

T H E R O A D T O T H E S D G s | P R O G R E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T S Highlights of the P5P Accomplishments In 2017, I launched the President's Five-Year Programme (P5P) (2017-2021) entitled "The Road to the SDGs in a Fast-Changing World" The programme detailed the initiatives we intended to deliver on over the following five years, as well as the new IsDB business model The programme was released as a book in IsDB's three languages: Arabic, English and French Today, five years after launching the P5P, I am pleased to share the accomplishments achieved As mentioned in this book, the accomplishments reflect a story of institutional transformation towards a prosperous present and a bright future for IsDB and its member countries (MCs) IsDB has revived itself so as to be, as its founders wanted it, pioneering, proactive and agile in meeting the needs of its MCs and in its interaction with the global development agenda The transformation was not an easy process; it was fraught with challenges and difficulties that had to be addressed to avoid the truly painful probability of failing to read the present and foresee the future Moreover, replicating traditional approaches reflects lack of adaptability to rapid changes in economic conditions The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have reasserted the postulate we presented five years ago; that we need to think differently and work differently to achieve different results Our pursuit of change and transformation is a story of aspiration, determination and will, that was nurtured by the Board of Governors, Board of Executive Directors and MCs, especially our host country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia To them all we owe our deepest praise and appreciation I must also thank my colleagues at IsDB for their substantial contributions towards operationalising and furthering the initiatives from conception to implementation Together, we devised more than 100 initiatives Investing in the future By Dr Bandar Hamza Hajjar President, IsDB [ 1 ]