Under Mahdi's directorship, the Secretariat has been keen "on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN in September 2015," and have already "achieved a considerable part of the Sustainable Development Goals" for Post-2015.
A key mission of the KNDP is to create stronger integration between Kuwaits public and private sectors, and in an interview with the Oxford Business Group as part of their Kuwait 2017 report, Mahdi shared that "the government stated very clearly its intentions to transition its role in the economy from an operator to regulator, from wealth distribution to wealth creation, and to entrust the economy to the private sector." Additionally, Mahdi oversees the GSSCPDs engagement in development programming and support of the national development agenda, working with various sectors and segments of the population.
In Mahdi's own words about the implementation of the national plan, the Secretariat looks to build "a solid commercial and financial infrastructure, and this cements us as a financial and commercial hub", through projects like the Knowledge Transfer and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) expo, The knowledge Economy Forum and the Kuwait Public Policy Center (KPPC).