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Reaching the MDGs - Partnering for Development

Reaching the MDGs - Partnering for Development. United Nations Development Programme. Development and Business. Development is multisectoral and multidisciplinary : it must involve multi ple actors

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Reaching the MDGs - Partnering for Development

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  1. Reaching the MDGs - Partnering for Development United Nations Development Programme

  2. Development and Business • Development is multisectoral and multidisciplinary: it must involve multiple actors • Growth, with equity, drives sustainable development:partnerships, private and public sectors and NGOs, provide the vehicle • MDGs intended to help poor people. But good for business too – eg infrastructure and capacity development big opportunity Woman washing dishes in Nepal 1.2 billion of world’s 6.3 billion people live in extreme poverty

  3. As an engine of improved economic growth A means to generate the required domestic resources for investments in human resource development through health, infrastructure and education A potential provider of some of these essential services A direct partner in trade and technoly transfer Vital role of the private sector in reaching MDGs (SIDA)

  4. Private sector and development goals “The fact is poor people are energy consumers and do pay for energy services. In many places they pay more per unit of electricity generated form dry cell batteries, or per volume of heat from traditional fuels, than do people with higher incomes.” From The Shell Report 2002 “Ensuring that (the much greater volumes and quality of energy required to reach the MDGs) are delivered.. will require the full engagement of the private sector and the development of innovative private-public partnerships, incorporating both business and civil society”. From The Shell Report 2002

  5. Invitation to join . . . Business and the MDGs: A Framework for Action!

  6. Engagement Core Business • Job creation and training • Affordable products • Local recruitment • Anti-corruption measures • Eco-efficiency • Responsible security • Good health and safety • Equal opportunities • Responsible marketing • Clear accountability • Strong labour relations • Responsible sourcing • Decent wages • Local tax payment

  7. Engagement Philanthropy • Education • Infrastructure • Health • Environmental programmes that benefit the poor • Reconciliation in the workplace • Enterprise development and micro-credit • Support to improve food security • Support programmes to combat social inequalities

  8. Engagement Advocacy • Anti-corruption • Environmental regulation and standards • Human rights • Democratic government • Corporate accountability • Labour rights • Intellectual property • Trade policy

  9. Engagement Advocacy Philanthropy Core Business

  10. Engagement Leadership Advocacy Philanthropy Alignment Core Business TBL Direct Indirect

  11. Business and MDGs: The matrix At www.undp.dk/business

  12. Trained/healthy Work Force Sound Economy Peace Political Stability Healthy Environment Rule of Law Accountable Government Active Civil Society UNDP and Business: Overlapping interests Fair and Honest Regulatory Institutions Development/CSR

  13. MDG campaign in Sweden

  14. Future “We cannot reach these goals (the MDGs) without support from the private sector.”

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