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Sustainable Development Planning:

Sustainable Development Planning:. An Asia-Pacific Imperative. Cielito F. Habito Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Visiting Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute Tokyo, Japan. Why plan ?. Markets fail – as recent events dramatically attest

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Sustainable Development Planning:

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  1. Sustainable Development Planning: An Asia-Pacific Imperative Cielito F. Habito Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Visiting Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute Tokyo, Japan

  2. Why plan? • Markets fail – as recent events dramatically attest • The future is full of unknowns and uncertainties • Development does not happen by itself

  3. Why plan for Sustainable Development? • We have a responsibility to collective humanity • We have a responsibility to future generations

  4. Sustainable Development is Holistic Development Economic Social Agenda 21 Environ- mental Political Cultural Spiritual

  5. Why plan for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific? • We are now in the Asia-Pacific century • Asia-Pacific accounts for 60% of humanity • Two out of every three people living in extreme poverty come from Asia-Pacific

  6. Where we are… • Countries lack a sustainable development framework to guide development plans & initiatives • Governments work and are organized sectorally; undermines holistic & integrated approach • Excessive top-down planning and implementation; lacks responsive-ness, ownership and support

  7. Where we are… • Lack of multi-stakeholder participation in development planning & implementation • Weak institutional capacity in both government and non-government sectors • Lack of monitoring & evaluation mechanism • General resource constraints

  8. Where we need to be(As affirmed in WSSD 2002) • National strategies for SD are formulated, accepted and being implemented • Participatory in formulation & implementation • Holistic & integrated in approach • Widely owned, understood, appre-ciated & supported by people

  9. Sustainable Development: A 3-Way Partnership • Private Se ctor • determines • sustainability • of production • influences • sustainability • of consumption • Civil Society • advocacy • community • service • people • participation Government • structures of authority • policies • rules of behavior

  10. How can Asia-Pacific get there? • Instill a “culture of planning” (vs. determinism; free market philosophy) • Improve knowledge base on which to do SD planning (sharing & dissemination) • Commit efforts and resources

  11. Where are we now (and why)? Situation Analysis Where do we want to go? Defining the Vision, Mission Planning Cycle for Sustainable Development: Elements

  12. How can we best get there? Defining strategies, plans, programs, policies & projects How do we know we are getting there? Devising a M&E framework and mechanism Planning Cycle for Sustainable Development: Elements

  13. Suspicion/distrust among government, PS & civil society counterparts Difficulties in consensus-building Lack of dedicated budgetary resources Limited knowledge and capacities Need for re-education & re-orientation to new economic paradigm & sustainable development philosophy Challenges & Roadblocks

  14. Practical Questions That Need to Be Addressed • How to overcome various “roadblocks”? • What existing strategies/plans may form the basis for the SD strategy/ plan? • Which entity must take the lead? (e.g. Planning Ministry?) • Who shall directly participate in the planning process?

  15. Practical Questions That Need to Be Addressed • Which organizations will represent civil society and business in the multi-stakeholder processes and bodies? • What legal mandates are needed to set processes in motion? • How would all these be financed?

  16. Sustainable development is not something governments or public institutions do for the people; it is something that people achieve for themselves, ideally through a working partnership among civil society, private sector and government.

  17. Thank you!

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