World Public Sector Report 2018Highlights

Discussion around the World Public Sector Report 2018

26 April 2018, 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Conference room 1

WPSR 2018

How can governments, public institutions and public

administration foster integrated approaches to the

implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs?

Integration

Collaboration

(cooperation)

Coordination

(joined-up government)

Integrated

policy-making

Level of

integration

Source: Meijers and Stead, 2004

Different Sectors / Line Ministries

Global

Regional

National

Sub-national

Local

Governance level

Policy issues

Whole-of-Society

StakeholdersHorizontal integration

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3 dimensions of integration in the report

WPSR 2018: Structure

Chapter 1

The case for integration

Chapter 2

Horizontal integration

Chapter 3

Vertical integration

Chapter 4

Engagement

Chapter 6

Integrated approaches to

health

Chapter 5

Integrated approaches to

migrations

Chapter 7

Integration in post-conflict

situations

Dimensions of

integration

Thematic

examples

National institutional arrangements to coordinate and lead SDG implementationExisting arrangements Newly created arrangements

Bhutan, Estonia,

Germany, Venezuela (4)

Belgium, Denmark,

Portugal, Turkey (4)

Hungary, Moldova, Slovak

Republic, Trinidad and

Tobago, Vanuatu (5)

Belize, Cambodia, Cyprus,

Dominican Republic, Ethiopia,

France, Mauritius, Netherlands,

Norway, Papua New Guinea,

Qatar, Rep. of Korea, Saint Lucia,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sweden,

Tajikistan, UK, Uganda, Vietnam

(20)

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,

Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia,

Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Japan,

Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan,

Philippines (17)

Botswana, Chile,

China, Egypt, Ghana,

Samoa, Slovenia (7)

Benin,

Sri Lanka (2)

Jamaica (1)

Type 1Inter-ministerial entity with

Head of State or Government

leadership

Type 2Inter-ministerial entity

with ministry leadership

Type 3Head of State or

Government Office

Type 4Specific ministry

National plans and

policies with

implications for local

governments

National SDG

mechanisms that

integrate local

governments

coordination

Coordinated SDG

plans and policies

Local SDG plans and

policies with potential for

integration into national

frameworks

National

level

Sub-national

level

Relationships across levels of governments

Coordination

Chapter 3 - Approaches and tools for vertical integration

• Alignment or integration of SDGs in sub-national plans & strategies

• Analytical tools to identify priorities and prepare for implementation at

local level

• National coordination/decision making structures include LG or are multi-

level

• Multi-level budgetary processes

• Localizing indicators

• Vertically integrated monitoring and evaluation structures

• Participation of local authorities in voluntary national reviews at the UN

• Vertically integrated oversight and auditing

Engagement: identifying the “right” stakeholders?

National sustainable development councils

Government Report on

the 2030 Agenda

implementation

”National

Implementation Plan”

Whole of society approach in Finland

Revised Society’s Commitment to sustainable development,

8 national goals for 2050, SDG’s integrated

Sustainable

development & CSR

plans of individual

companies &

organisations

Implementation

Society’s Commitment

tool, commitments

made by public sector,

companies, civil society

& individuals

Rule of Law

16.

1

16.

2

5.15.2

16.

3

Security

End discrimination

against women

End abuse,

trafficking,

exploitation

of children

End violence,

trafficking,

exploitation

of women

End violence and

death

16.

108.7

16.

b16.

9

16.

7

Human Rights

Non-

discriminatory

laws

End forced

labour, modern

slavery, etc.

Legal

identity

for all

Participatory

Governance

10.

2

Social, Economic,

Political

Inclusion

Protect

freedoms

10.

7

10.

c17.

18

Data Remittances

Safe, orderly, responsible

migration

Economic

10.

3

1.1

1.3

11.

510.

4Reduce disaster-cased

deaths, loss to GDPEquality,

social protection

Social

protection

Eradicate extreme

poverty

2.1

End hunger

Reduce inequalities

End discrimination

1.4

13.1

Resilience, adaptive

capacity

EnvironmentServices

Access to

basic services3.8

Universal Health

Coverage

4.74.5

Equal Access

to Education

Access to water,

energy, housing

3.7

Reproductive health

9.c

Access to

Internet

6.1, 7.1

11.1

4.b

Scholarships

Inclusive

Education

8.5

Migrant

workers’

rights

Decent work

for all

8.6

3.c

Health

workforce

Employment

Work for

youth

8.8

Migration-sustainable development linkages

Innovations in public services and public administration addressing

health-SDG linkages

Integration in post-conflict contexts

� Primacy of politics and the critical importance

of inclusion

� SDGs more difficult to achieve…

� .. But also tools for peace

� Using the SDGs to align strategies and actions

could help prioritize and allocate resources

� Critical importance of budget processes

� Rebuilding public administration

� Which levels of government to support?

Potential tension

� Importance of engaging minorities, women,

youth

Rebuild basic functions of the StateRule of law and justice system

Protecting human rights and freedoms

Executive decision-making and coordination

Public revenue and expenditure management (incl. aid)

Government employment and public administration

Security functions

Local governance

Secure quick gainsRestore physical and human security

Alleviate extreme poverty and hunger

Restore access to basic services

Restart the economy

Reintegrate former combatants

InclusionSustainable development

(all SDGs)

Address social inequality, poverty

Address discrimination of certain groups

Expand the economy and fiscal space

Preserve the environment

Optimize management of natural

resources

Address root causes

of conflict

Conclusions (1)

• The three dimensions used in the report provide a robust framework for analyzing integration at the national level• All play a role• Can be used to analyze other SDG areas• Regional, global networks of local governments appear as a “4th dimension”, important

• Integration difficult to measure

• Benefits and costs of integration

• High level of idiosyncrasy in national institutional contexts, change over time

• “best practices” in terms of institutional settings are at best elusive

• More research needed on effectiveness of institutional arrangements, role of context variables

• Need for learning processes at national level, balance learning and planning

Conclusions (2)

• More integration is not always synonymous with better outcomes for people• E.g. migration and refugees and cross-agency/ cross-level enforcement, exchange of data • E.g. tensions between national and local levels (chapters 5, 7): some extent, irreducible

(different sources of legitimacy, accountability mechanisms)• Trade-off coherence / innovation

• Beyond institutional arrangements and formal structures: Crucial role of some tools and instruments• SDG linkages, strategies that take them into account• Budget processes• Monitoring and evaluation systems• Role of parliaments, supreme audit institutions• Information, data

• Crucial importance of the political dimension• Often overlooked / oversimplified in the sustainable development discourse