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Means of implementation for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) acceleration: action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and other key enablers
Objective
To outline the key means of implementation required to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Overview
In its 2026 VNR, Algeria included a chapter on means of implementation that serves as an operational framework for implementing its development priorities and accelerating progress towards the SDGs by 2030. The chapter is anchored in the seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, with each pillar discussing current implementation mechanisms and progress achieved, existing difficulties or gaps, and the actions needed to strengthen implementation.
The chapter places particular emphasis on strengthening the financial framework, including results-based programme budgeting and the medium-term budgetary framework, consolidating and modernizing the national statistical system, and adopting innovative tools, such as gender-responsive budgeting, public-private partnerships and climate finance. It also puts the spotlight on international development cooperation as an important lever of implementation, presenting the bilateral and multilateral partnerships of Algeria, concessional financing, South-South cooperation and African integration efforts.
One interesting feature of the chapter is a comparison table between the 2019 VNR and the 2026 VNR. The table highlights changes in the country’s SDG governance, monitoring and budgeting systems, while also showcasing selected sectoral achievements. It provides a concise overview of institutional progress, reporting improvements and key development outcomes since the first VNR.
Challenges
Reducing dependence on oil and gas revenues for SDG financing:
• Reliance on oil and gas revenues to finance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development creates budgetary vulnerability. To overcome this challenge, efforts will focus on promoting economic diversification, mobilizing non-oil resources, implementing more systemic SDG budget tagging and strengthening financial incentives (tax breaks, guarantees and insurance products).
Fluctuating aid flows and insufficient alignment with national priorities:
• According to the mid-term evaluation of the United Nations Cooperation Framework with Algeria for the period 2023–2027, funding from the United Nations System for the implementation of the Cooperation Framework declined, leading to fluctuations in aid flows that do not always align with national priorities. These challenges can be overcome by better coordination with international partners to align aid with national priorities, increase the mobilization of resources for strategic projects and deepen South-South cooperation.
Structural challenges in international trade:
• The strategic ambition of Algeria to diversify its economy, mainly through boosting non-hydrocarbon exports and empowering start-ups to export their digital services, faces some difficulties, including complex custom procedures, non-tariff barriers and a lack of international competitiveness.
Administrative constraints:
• When it comes to governance reforms, some difficulties remain in streamlining bureaucratic procedures. To overcome these challenges, special emphasis is placed on continuously strengthening institutional capacities, improving coordination, enhancing the fight against corruption and accelerating the digitalization of public services.
Limited private sector participation in development financing:
• To overcome this challenge, efforts should focus on mobilizing private capital, expanding access to credit guarantees and developing more attractive public-private partnership frameworks.
Climate-finance and data-monitoring limitations:
• To overcome these challenges, efforts should focus on mobilizing international climate finance to support the country’s emissions-reduction commitments, improving statistical disaggregation and geocoding, and strengthening administrative registers.