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SDGs implementation: lessons from around the world
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Implementing the SDGs: Finland
Annika Lindblom, Secretary GeneralNational Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentFinland
#SDGs
Finland’s approach to implement the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Annika LindblomSecretary General
National Commission on Sustainable Development, Finland
8.2.2017 526.06.2014
Kestävän kehityksenindikaattorit
Sustainable development is not development somewhere out there (MDGs) -
SDGs require all countries to ensure that their policies are on sustainability track nationally and internationally
Prime Minister’s Office:Agenda2030 Coordination
Secretariat
”PMO-hub”
Finnish Development
Policy CommitteeChair:
Member of the Parliament
National Commission on
Sustainable Development
Chair: Prime Minister
Sustainable Development Coordination Network:
all Government Ministries
Prime Minister’s Office &
Ministry of the Environment
National Follow-up and Review Network
Chair: Prime Minister’s Office
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Sustainable Development Expert Panel
Hosted by Finnish Innovation Fund
SITRA
Society’s Commitment
to Sustainable Development
(2016)
National 2030 Agenda architecture
8 February 2017Annika Lindblom, FNCSD
Government Report on
Development Policy(2016)
Government Implementation
Plan for the 2030 Agenda
(2017)
• Establishes a long-term implementation, follow-up, review and reporting framework for Finland
• Selects few politically relevant and nationally critical thematic focus areas for urgent implementation
• Defines long term policy principles for transformation, policy coherence and participation
• Focuses on domestic action but has strong international dimension
• Steers the work of the Ministries but allows for dynamic, integrated and multi-stakeholder implementation
Government approved the Plan on 2 February 2017
Government will give the report to the Parliament on the basis of the Implementation Plan in February 2017
Government Implementation Plan for 2030 Agenda
I Valtioneuvoston kanslia I vnk.fi8
Government Implementation Plan for 2030 Agenda
FOCUS AREAS
POLICY PRINCIPLES
Carbon neutral and resource-wise Finland
Equal, equitable and skilful Finland
Policy coherence and
global partnership
Ownership and
Participation
Long-term and
transformative
FOLLOW-UP AND REVIEW
Sustainable
economy
I Valtioneuvoston kanslia I vnk.fi
The priority areas of Finnish development cooperation2016-2020:
1. Rights of women and girls
2. Reinforcing developing countries’ economies to generate more jobs, improve livelihoods and enhance wellbeing
3. Democratic and well-functioning societies, including taxation capacity
4. Food security, access to water and energy, and the sustainable use of natural resources
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Kestävän kehityksen yhteiskuntasitoumusSociety’s Commitment to Sustainable Development “Finland We Want 2050”
Finnish societal innovation to promote sustainable development and implement the 2030 Agenda
Provides long-term sustainable development policy framework (a vision, principles and objectives) for the public administration, civil society and other stakeholders up until 2050
Provides an implementation tool for companies, organizations, schools, municipalities, citizens – anyone – to participate in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda with concrete action
Owned by the multi-stakeholder National Commission on Sustainable Development
SOCIETY’S COMMITMENT IS A NEW OPERATIONAL
WAY TO THINK STRATEGICALLY
Objectives of the Society’s Commitment:
1. Equal prospects for well-being
2. A participatory society for all
3. Work in a sustainable way
4. Sustainable society and local communities
5. A carbon-neutral society
6. A resource-wiseeconomy
7. Lifestyles respectful of the carrying capacity of nature
8. Decision-making respectful of nature
Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda:
Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
EVERY ACTION COUNTS!
2.12.2014Sauli Rouhinen 12
The public sector
Concrete action s
NGOs
Companies
Clusters
NOW 20502020 2030 2040
Vision: A prosperous Finland within the limits of
the carrying capacity of nature.
At the moment over 420
operational commitments
Lessons learned from Finland
• Invest in long-term work – changes don’t come overnight
• Process is as important as the product
• Functional governance for sustainable development is a prerequisite for results and success
• Ensure high-level leadership but don’t politicize sustainable development
• Ensure solid coordination and process management but create ownership within the line ministries
• Partner in an open dialogue with the civil society and other stakeholders; they play watchdogs and lobbyists but also top experts in their fields
• Avoid two-track approach by ensuring policy coherence between domestic and international action
• Invest in communication, visualization and concretization
• Don’t insist on but inspire others!
22 March 2016Annika Lindblom, FNCSD
Thank you for your attention!
annika.lindblom@ym.fi
www.kestavakehitys.fi/en
@sitoumus2050
@lindblom_annika
22 March 2016Annika Lindblom, FNCSD
Dr Felipe Castro, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public PolicyNational Planning DepartmentColombia
Implementing the SDGs: Colombia
#SDGs
National Planning Departmentwww.dnp.gov.co
July, 2016dnp.gov.co
Simón Gaviria MuñozGeneral Director, NPD
@simongaviria
SimonGaviriaM
High Level Inter-institutional Commission
Felipe Castro PachónDirector of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies
National Planning Department
February, 2017
High-level Inter-institutional SDG Commission
@Felipe_Castro
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
SDGs INTERLINKAGES
Two types of connections:
17 SDGs 169 Targets
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
Out-degree: targets affecting another target
10.2 by 2030 empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
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16.6 develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all
levels.32
In-degree: targets being affected by other targets
13.2 integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning.
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9.1 develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure,
including regional and trans- border infrastructure, to support economic
development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and
equitable access for all.
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National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
SDGs CONTAIN AND EXPAND THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA OF THEMDGsSDGs propose a more ambitious and comprehensive agenda for development
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
49 targets of 13 SDGS address issues contained in the MDGs.
4 SDGs transcend the scope of the MDGs.
MDGs (8 goals, 21 targets)
SDGs (17 goals, 169 targets)
PEOPLE PLANET PARTNERSHIPS JUSTICE PROSPERITY
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
SDGs AS AN INTEGRATING TOOLActive national agendas determine actions related to at least 146 SDG targets (86%)
92: NDP 2014-2018
87: OECD
86: Green Growth Strategy
SDG TARGETS
SDGs
NDP
OECD
GREEN GROWTH
PEACE68: Peace
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
POSITIVE IMPACTS OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
Social EnvironmentalEconomic
Based on a comprehensive review of armed conflicts around the globe, a year in peace represents an additional growth of Colombia’s GDP between 1.1 and 1.9
%.
For each year in peace, Colombia saves 7,1 billion in environmental costs caused by the armed
conflict.The three main causes of environmental degradation due to armed conflict are:
Implementation in areas most affected by the conflict, presence of illicit economies, high levels of poverty and low institutional
capacity.
Incidence of Armed Conflict IndexÍndice de incidencia del conflicto
2002
Muy alto (197)
Alto (164)
Medio (171)
Medio bajo (310)
Bajo (279)
Very high (197)
High (164)
Medium (171)
Medium low (310)
Low (279)
5.7
1.7
-3.3
5.7 4.4
4.55.6
1.2-2.5
6.0
4.4
4.6
3.2
2.9
0.3
5.6
4.0
5.2
1,9
1,6
1,1
Countries with peace processes similar to Colombia
Countries with a peace process
Countries with termination of armed conflict
Illicit crops
Blowing of
pipelines
Mercury for gold
extraction
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
THE SDGs AS A TOOL FOR PEACEBUILDING
SDGPeace Agreement
Agricultural development
Political participation
End of conflict
Illicit drugs
Victims
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
MEMBERS(Open to participation of other institutions
of the national government)
• National Planning Department (DNP)
• Office of the President of theRepublic
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE)
• Ministry of Finance (MHCP)
• Ministry of Environment (MADS)
• Ministry of Social Prosperity (PS)
• National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE)
• Permanent guest: Presidential Agency for International Cooperation (APC)
High Level Inter-Institutional Commission
7 members (Cabinet level)
Technical Secretariat
NPD - DSEPP
Technical Committee
7 members + 1 (Managerial level)
Cross–Sectoral Working Groups
Indicators (DANE)Subnational (DNP)Resource mobilization (MHCP, PS, APC)Comunications (DNP)International Agendas (MRE)
Key Partners
Civil Society
Private Sector
Academia
Media
International Organizations
/agencies
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
88 targetsRequire active role or commitment
from the Private Sector
34 targetsGlobal level as main scenario
for action and implementation
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO MEASURE GLOBAL INDICATORS
240 Global Indicators231 IAEG + 9 Sendai:
Frequencies: 12,4% of indicators have frequencies above 1 year.
Challenges
Disaggregation available for 55% of the 53 global indicators whose definitions include it.
Information is available: 54%
Partial information, need of improvements: 30%
No data or methodology: 16%
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 45
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 1 2 3 45 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10
A B A B C A B C D A B C A B C A B
A B A B A B C A B C A B C A B C
A B A B C A B C A B
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
2016 2030
2014-2018 2018-2022 2022-2026 2026-2030
LONG-TERM POLICY FRAMEWORK
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
Four Policy Guidelines built from lessons learned during MDGs implementation:
• Monitoring and Reporting framework
• Statistics strengthening plan
• Territorializing strategies
• Participation of non-governmental stakeholders
National Voluntary Review – The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingJuly 2016
WHAT DO SDGs REPRESENT FOR COLOMBIA?
SDGs are the core for the 2030 sustainable development agenda
The SDGs as a Tool for PeacebuildingFebruary, 2017
• Opportunity to catalyze transformations on theinternational and national levels in order to generate amore enabling environment for development.
• Long term agenda that transcends government cycles.
• Integrated agenda, interrelated and indivisible.
• Opportunity to build peace through sustainabledevelopment in conflict areas and close development gapsbetween regions.
National Planning Departmentwww.dnp.gov.costcomisionODS@dnp.gov.
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Implementing the SDGs: Uganda
Humphery Rwabugahya in place of Paul OkitoiPresentation by Paul OkitoiHead of Economic and Strategic Planning at the National Planning AuthorityUganda
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Implementing the SDGs: Uganda’s story
Successes, Challenges, and Roles of stakeholders
Paul Okitoi
National Planning Authority, Uganda.
Presentation Outline
1. Uganda's political commitment
2. Legal and regulatory frameworks
3. Planning frameworks
4. Implementation and coordination arrangements
5. Challenges and gaps
6. Lessons learned
Uganda's Political commitment
Uganda has strong political commitment the SDG agenda:
participated in the adoption of the 2030 Agenda.
volunteered to review its readiness to implementation of
2030 Agenda.
Signed off and rallied support for NDPII which integrated
SDGs.
Held Cabinet briefing on 2030 Agenda (2015).
First country to hold high level dialogue on financing for
sustainable development (2015) after Addis Ababa Action
Agenda.
Uganda has a parliamentary forum for SDGs
Legal, Regulatory and planning frameworks
The existing legal and policy frameworks are quite
adequate to support the realization of environmental,
social and economic dimensions of SD.
Uganda’s medium term national planning framework
coincided with the SDGs Agenda.
Gov’t of Uganda formally integrated SDGs at strategic
direction, intervention and partially at measurement
levels - SDGs informed NDPII.
At national level, the NDPII integrated SDGs and as a
result 76% of SDGs were aligned to the NDPII (UNDAF,
2015).
Integration of SDGs
NDPII is in line with Agenda 2030 at an alignment rate of
76%.(Source: UNDAF 2016-2020)
85.7 8590
78
87.5
44.4
80
20
80
37.5
58
67
80
100 100
77
70
100 100 100 100 100
66.6
90100 100
25
75 75
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
NDPII UNDAF
Implementation arrangements
SDGs are being implemented within the existing frameworks
of Government.
Changes in policy frameworks are being effected to
stimulate investment towards delivery of SDGs e.g.
reduction on taxes for solar products.
Partnerships are being strengthened with Private Sector,
CSOs, Development Partners.
Government has approved a coordination arrangement to
guide implementation.
The Coordination Framework
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Challenges and GapsCapacity gaps required to deliver the agenda i.e.
integration, alignment in planning and budgetingprocess.
Implementation challenges related to core projectsi.e. Project preparation, execution.
Absence of baseline data for some indicators. Out ofthe 230 indicators, data is available for 80 (35%) dueto mismatch between national and global level data;differences in concepts, definitions, methodology, datasources and weak coordination within the statisticalsystem.
Lack of an integrated M&E system for trackingprogress
Preliminary lessons
An enabling environment and strong leadership at all
levels is critical.
Policy, planning and legal instruments are a means
rather than an end in achieving SDGs.
Recognition of vital roles played by non-state actors to
compliment Gov’t efforts and act as development actors
in their own right is critical esp. in;
Raising awareness,
Resource mobilization,
Monitoring and flagging areas for improvement.
Private sector role is key.
Thank you
Implementing the SDGs: Germany
Dr Jörg Mayer-RiesHead of Division for General Aspects of Environmental and Sustainability PolicyFederal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
#SDGs
Implementing the UN-Agenda 2030 and the SDGs:
Status and Perspectives in Germany
Dr. Jörg Mayer-Ries
Head of Division „Fundamental Aspects of Environmental Policy“German Federal Ministry for the Environment
Currently: Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) at Potsdam/Germany
London, February 8, 2017
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United Nations -Agenda 2030 for Sust. Dev.September 2015
German Federal Cabinet –German Sustainability StrategyNew Edition January 2017
• German Sustainability Strategy as „essential frame“ for implementing UN-Agenda 2030
• First edition SD-Strategy 2002, revised every 4 years
• The overarching strategy of the German government; responsible is Chancellors Office and Cabinet
• Encompassing all national and international policy fields of the German government
Background of Implementation
• Agenda 2030 is the global future contract of societies, nations and individuums and the vision of enhanced life quality for all –not only one more UN declaration
• Political commitment to care about people (not power), the planet (not egocentric happiness), peace (not xenophobia), prosperity (not profit /myopic growth), partnership (not nationalism)
• Sustainability policy commits itself to be - democratic (participative, peaceful conflict resolution), - inclusive (whole of government and society approach), - consistent (systemic, effective and efficient) and - evidence-based (transparency, accountability)
Framing of the Implementation
• Vision: Addressing the „five ps“ of Agenda 2030 as framing of Germany‘s future sustainability policy
• Accountability: Structuring political goals, measures and monitoring along the 17 SDG‘s and linking them systematically with future actions
• Systemic approach: Addressing national, international and intertwined processes: sustainability efforts in, by and with Germany
• Inclusiveness: Encompassing whole of government & society: all sectors & levels, stakeholder & policy actors
Structural Aspects of Implementation
• Human dignity and planetary carrying capacity as basic conditions for any future development
• Around 60 policy goals and targets in all relevant fields of societal, economic and ecological wealth, oriented towards 2030 and measurable by robust statistical methods
• Strengthening management and monitoring, vertical and horizontal policy coherency and the participation of society, science and international partners in formulating and implementing SD policy
Content Aspects of Implementation
Management and Monitoring
• 60 quantitative indicators for 17 SD Goals across all policy fields
• continuous set with annual datamostly since 1990
• long-term objectives (2020/30/50)
• published bi-annually
• independent analysis and reporting by the Federal Statistical Office
• most demanded publication of the Federal Statistical Office
Management and Monitoring
Target will be achieved or nearly achieved
Development in the right direction, but gap
between 5 and 20 % will remain
Development in the right direction, but gap
of more than 20 % will remain
Development in the wrong direction
Example of Target and IndicatorSDG 2 – No Hunger Nitrogen surplus in kilogram per hectare of land used for agriculture (calculated from nitrogen input (from fertilisers, atmospheric deposition, biological
nitrogen fixation, seed and plant materials, feedstuff from domestic production and from imports) minus nitrogen output (through crop and animal market products leaving the agricultural sector).
distance totarget
target2030
Example of New Target and IndicatorSDG 12 - Sustainable Consumption: Market share of products with publicly certified environmental labels
target2030
Further Implementation Measures
• Strengthening SD coordination in every ministry & between ministries & within parliament
• Fostering stakeholder participation concerning steering, designing and monitoring SD policy
• Starting an internationally linked science platform on national implementation of Agenda 2030 (IASS Potsdam)
• Ministries reshaping their policy programmes (e.g. Integrated Environmental Programme 2030Ministry for the Environment …) & public procurement
• Private companies starting systematic implementation
Thanks for Your Attention!
Contact:
Dr. Joerg Mayer-Ries, Federal Environmental Ministry
currently (2017) at IASS Potsdam
joerg.mayer-ries@iass-potsdam.dewww.iass-potsdam.de
SDGs implementation: lessons from around the world
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