SDG Watch – Tamil Nadu CEO Forum Launch & Workshop 25 th September 2016 Thomas Pallithanam Understanding Post MDG Process Leading to SDGs
SDG Watch – Tamil Nadu
CEO Forum Launch & Workshop
25th September 2016
Thomas Pallithanam
Understanding
Post MDG Process Leading to
SDGs
Millennium Development Goals
Wither MDGs• Hopes of MDGs being attained
• Late 2013 – little hope of any Nation State reaching the entire goals & targets
• And so the choice
• Extend
• Modify
• Overhaul
• Leading to serious critique
Post MDG Development
• The Critique:
• Millennium Powerful in intent
• MDGs -watering Down of Millennium Declaration
• Top-down
• No participation
• No Accountability
• No Rights Perspective
To address these draw-backs
• Wide consultation
• MyWorld Survey: The World I Want
• 16 Statements – Your 6 priorities
• Hearing People’s Voices
• Compilation and HLP Report (Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, David Cameron)
High Level Panel Report
• 30th May to the Secretary General
• Conclusion
• Post-2015 agenda is a universal agenda.
• It needs to be driven by
5 big, transformative shifts:
5 Transformational Shifts
• 1. Leave no one behind.
• 2. Put sustainable development at the core.
• 3. Transform economies for jobs and inclusive
growth.
• 4. Build peace and effective, open and
accountable institutions for all.
• 5. Forge a new global partnership.
Understanding UN dynamics –
Post 2015
• Who
• What
• When
Post 2015 process – Who?
Post 2015 process – Who?
• Governments
- NY missions
• UN Agencies
• Civil Society
• Private Sector
• Thought Leaders/Academics
Post-2015 debates… Economic
growth & African
independence!
But we
need ODA
until then…
Africa
LDCs
Poverty must be the
central objective,
otherwise, what is in
it for us? ODA is
already falling
Europe… and others
We need to clean up
our own backyard,
while fighting extreme
poverty abroadWe need strong voices
and commitments from
LDCs/Africa for this to be
legitimate
The rules
of the
game must
change
MICs
Don’t try
and tell
us what
to do!
BRICS
G77
End extreme poverty and
make development more
equitable and sustainable
for all. Show us the money
first!
Post
what?
Post
what?
Post 2015 process – What?
Major milestones to date:
• Rio +20 Declaration – Jun 2012 • High Level Panel report – May 2013• MDG Special Event outcome – Sept 2013• Open Working Group report – Jul 2014• ICESDF report – Aug 2014• Secretary General’s Synthesis Report – Dec
2014
Post 2015 process – When?
5 Major moments (looking ahead):
Secretary General’s Synthesis Report –Dec 2104
Post 2015 Negotiations – Jan 2105
Financing for Development Negotiations –Jan 20115
Financing for Development Conference - July 2015
Heads of State SDG Summit September 2015
Post 2015 politics 5 Global ‘big bets’ on Post 2015 politics,
that:
i)The deal will be determined by a select number of
states
i)The tough ‘transformative 20%’ will remain unresolved
until the end of the negotiations
i)The political space for ‘focusing’ the agenda is
contested and closing
i)The ‘Leave no one Behind’ principle risks being ‘Left
Behind’ in practice
i) Financing = the framework
•
The beginning of action/2015 in TS &AP
January 15th Global Launch
With TS Dy CMs Sri. Rajaiah (then) & Sri.Mohammad
With AP Speaker Sri.KodelaSivaprasad
With Sri.Chinnarajappa, Dy CM AP
Launch in TS & AP
Post Launch strategy
• Use the existing mobilization moments to take forward action/2015
• The important moments selected-
• International Women’s Day
• Ambedkar Jayanti Day
• May 1st – Workers Right
• Moments of Adivasi Mobilisation
Action/2015 around Women’s Day
Post Cards To PM Campaign
• To create awareness on SDGs
• To bring pressure on the Government to endorse the SDGs
• Target 25,000 post cards per state to PM
• Press releases in as many districts as possible
• State level press release at the conclusion of the campaign
Some glimpses from districts
Financing For Development July 13 to 15th Addis Ababa
Signature Template
Light The
Way
Soundbites … india
‘We have to aim at
higher benchmarks
to sustain our efforts
on infant and
maternal mortality’
‘cannot support ‘hard-
core’ issues of conflict
prevention and post-
conflict peace-building
as it is the
responsibility of the
security council’
‘Every nation should have
a starting point that does
not undermine the
opportunity to reach a
higher plane of economic
growth and social
productivity’
‘agenda should be
foremost about
economic development
and economic
transformation in
developing countries’
UN Summit –July 25th
Vision
“To be the generation that ends
extreme poverty in all its forms –
Tackle Injustice, Inequality and
Insecurity through an ambitious post-
2015 framework with a single set of
universal goals prioritising a
permanent end to extreme poverty and
realisation of people’s rights”
From vision to action.• The Sustainable Development Goals:
• 17 Goals and 169 targets.
• 5 p’s
• People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace, Participation
• Leave No One Behind
• International Indicators in place
• Focus on Youth
• Focus on Peace and Justice
• Focus on Accountability
SSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
• 1. NO POVERTY: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• 2. NO HUNGER: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
• 3. GOOD HEALTH: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
• 4. QUALITY EDUCATION: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• sustainable consumption and production patterns
• land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
• 5. GENDER EQUALITY: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• 6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
• 7. MODERN ENERGY: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
• 8. GOOD JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: Promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
• 5. GENDER EQUALITY: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• 6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
• 7. MODERN ENERGY: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
• 8. GOOD JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: Promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
• 9. INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
• 10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES: Reduce inequalities within and among countries
• 11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES:Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
• 12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
• 13. PROTECT THE PLANET: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
• 14. LIFE BELOW WATER: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
• 15. LIFE ABOVE WATER: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse
• 16. PEACE AND JUSTICE: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
• 17. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Follow up in India• NITI Aayyog - The nodal agency.
• NITI Aayyog - Identified concerned ministries and core central schemes for being nodal and supportive to the 17 goals and targets under the 2030 agenda.
• The State governments along with NITI Aayyog and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation hold key roles in implementation of the SDGs.
• National Indicators and the high level parliamentary mechanism are yet to be in place.
• The State governments are formulating state plans based on the SDGs.
• Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) a think tank for Ministry of External Affairs tasked with:
•
RIS Task
• Hold consultations among lawmakers, policymakers, academia, private sector and the civil society in India on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Ensure maximum awareness and participation at an early date towards drawing up a roadmap for the implementation of relevant targets in India.
• Collaborate with key international think tanks and organizations in India on specific issues related to the SDGs to strengthen knowledge partnerships.
Challenge
• Deepen ones understanding of: SDGs, Targets, Indicators
• Create Awareness at the grass root level
• Monitor Implementation
• Determine the Gaps
• Lobby
• Advocacy
• Hold Government Accountable
Thank you