An Integrated Approach to the Implementation of the SDGs and IPoA

1. ECA An Integrated Approach to the Implementation of the SDGs and IPoA ECA’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Tool Prof. Bartholomew Armah Chief Renewal of planning section Macroeconomic Policy Division 14 July 2017 New York Conference Name

2. ECA Introduction | 2 • African member states have made several continental and global commitments • The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 are but not the only international commitments • Other global commitments include the; Istanbul Programme of Action, The Paris Agreement, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, SAMOA Pathway, the Vienna Programme of Action and the Istanbul Programme of Action • Meanwhile, the MDGs taught us the importance of integrating International agendas in national planning frameworks for effective implementation • But how do you embed so many agendas in national frameworks without losing coherence? An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

3. ECA Ensuring Coherence | • Effective implementation of IAGs requires vertical and horizontal coherence • Vertical coherence: are the goals targets and indicators of each agenda interlinked and mutually reinforcing? (e.g., education is linked to gender which is also linked to industrial development and employment generation) • Identifying vertical interlinkages facilitates policy sequencing and prioritization of the interventions with the greatest multiplier effects on other goals in a national plan • Horizontal coherence: do the multiple agendas speak to each other and to thenational agenda? An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

4. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 4 An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

5. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 5 An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

6. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 6 • In cases where international agendas share commonalities and synergies implementing them separately could result in duplication of effort and in some cases policy incoherence • For instance, the IPoA priority area on governance relates to Goals 11 (Democratic values) and 12 (institutions) of Agenda 2063 and Goal 16 (Governance) of the SDGs • Improving access to energy and infrastructure (SDG 7; Priority A of the IPoA) improves agricultural productivity and food security (Priority B of the IPoA), reduces poverty (SDG 1) and facilitates economic diversification (Priority area D of the IPoA) An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

7. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 7 An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

8. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 8 • Hence, a country can make progress on the three international commitments without necessarily addressing each commitment separately • Mapping the relationships between the key internationally agreed development initiatives is critical to identifying the inter-linkages across them. • Tools that present the key development initiatives and their interlinkages in a single platform are critical for advancing an integrated approach • ECA’s Integrated Planning and reporting toolkit seeks to achieve this objective An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

9. ECA Ensuring Coherence | Coclusions 9 • Promote Integrated M&E systems • Develop common results framework for IPoA, Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 based on mapping • Use one reporting mechanism to assess progress; ensures coherence • Track progress and feedback into policy improvements; ECA’s tool tracks performance • Use regional forums for sustainable development as a platform evaluate progress reports • Policy implementation and sequencing • Prioritize based on interventions that have the greatest knock-on effects An integrated approach to implementation | UNECA.ORG

10. ECA THANK YOU! more info: armahb@un.org UNECA.ORG