Parliamentary Groups for SDGs
The office of the Clerk of the National Assembly had recognized the potential and important role that the Parliament of Tanzania could play towards the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals early on in 2016. In March 2016 the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly supported the participation of three Members of Parliament to an all African Parliamentary Conference on Sustainable Development in Abuja, Nigeria.
On 4th June 2016, the United Nations Office in Tanzania in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Planning, and the Parliament of Tanzania organized an awareness raising seminar on SDGs for the members of parliament in Dodoma, and it was presided by Hon. Tulia Ackson, the Deputy Speaker.
As of June 2016, the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly had already submitted a proposal for the establishment of a parliamentary caucus for the Sustainable Development Goals and other international protocols and conventions that Tanzania has entered.
At the moment, development issues including sustainable development are dealt with within the existing ten (10) sector specific parliament committees, two (2) cross-cutting committees, and three (3) parliamentary watchdog committees