RT null T1 Country Report - Bangladesh: Capacity Building Activities under the European Commission funded project on Enhancing capacity for measuring progress towards the Environmental Dimension of the SDGs, 2020-2023 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 capacity building K1 Sustainable Development Goals K1 sustainable development indicator K1 food waste K1 Bangladesh YR 2024 FD 2024-03 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45475 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45475 NO The project Enhancing Capacity for Measuring Progress towards the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), funded by the European Commission, was instituted to strengthen national capacity for monitoring and reporting on the environmental dimension of the SDGs, including SDG indicators 8.4.1/12.2.1 on material footprint, 8.4.2/12.2.2 on domestic material consumption, 12.3.1b on food waste, 12.4.2 on hazardous waste generated and treated, 12.5.1 on national recycling rate and 17.14.1 on policy coherence.National activities were implemented in different formats in beneficiary countries in Africa and Asia. The aims of the national activities were to deepen government officials’ understanding of the adopted methodologies for SDG indicators, to equip them with the necessary statistical capacity to report on these indicators and as these indicators require data from multiple national stakeholders, engage all stakeholders together for future collaborations.As part of the project, an out-of-country training on food waste indicator (SDG indicator 12.3.1b) was implemented in Paris, France from 28 to 29 November 2023. Due to the request from Bangladesh to build their national capacities in food waste data collection, the representative from Bangladesh, funded by the Environment Fund, was invited to participate in the planned training with representatives from other countries. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 24, 2026