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SDGs: Evolution or More of the Same?

SDGs: Evolution or More of the Same?. Results of the consultation process so far. Jack Cornforth. The process. Global Stakeholder Survey Interviews with Key Stakeholders UK Stakeholder Workshop. Survey respondents by region. What principles should characterise SDGs?.

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SDGs: Evolution or More of the Same?

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  1. SDGs: Evolution or More of the Same? Results of the consultation process so far Jack Cornforth

  2. The process • Global Stakeholder Survey • Interviews with Key Stakeholders • UK Stakeholder Workshop

  3. Survey respondents by region

  4. What principles should characterise SDGs?

  5. What principles should characterise SDGs? Other priority principles/issues identified by respondents: • Measurable/monitorable (principle in its own right) • Emphasis at the local level • Rights based approach (including compliance with existing conventions) • Respect indigenous groups and cultural integrity • National implementation strategies/Integrated into government policies • National individuality: allow each country to develop its own pathway to achieving targets • Voluntary Vs Legally binding: broad based consensus but lack of implementation?

  6. What priority themes should SDGs address?

  7. What priority themes should SDGs address? Other priority themes identified by respondents: • Peace, disarmament and military spending • Gender empowerment/equity • sexual and reproductive health and rights • Governance, political integrity and corruption • Sustainable employment (so income andgreen jobs) • Culture • Transport • Population size • Humanitarian disasters (including migration and refugees)

  8. Which cross-cutting issues should be integrated across all areas of SDGs?

  9. Which cross-cutting issues should be integrated across all areas of SDGs? Other cross-cutting issues identified by respondents: • Education, training and capacity building • Human rights • Good governance • Equity rather than equality

  10. Other common issues and recommendations identified by respondents • Importance of youth involvement • Each country should have specific targets and national implementation strategies (national focus) • Importance of democracy in the process • More equitable division of global resources • Challenge of balancing the conceptual (holistic and comprehensive) with the political (concrete policies) • Relationship to the MDGs • International coordination and cooperation around implementation (including financing)

  11. Stakeholders interviewed so far • Paul Quintos- IBON International (Philippines) • Yokeling Chee- Third World Network (Rio+20 co-thematic facilitator for SDGs) • Antonio Hill, Oxfam International • Patricia Lerner, Green Peace International • Kimbowa Richard,Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD) • Sabá Loftus, Focal Point for Objectives, Children and Youth Major Group • Jean Saldhana, Cooperation Internationale pour le Developpement et Solidarite (CIDSE) • Simon Ross, Population Matters • Anabella Rosenberg, International Trade Unions Confederation • Melissa Leach,  Institute of Development Studies/STEPS Centre 

  12. SDG Interviews: principles General agreement that the framework must be: • Ambitious • Focused on implementation (major weakness in others, i.e. A21 & Rio principles) Most principles similar to survey, but particular attention paid to: • Integrating a rights based approach (RBA)(political, social and economic rights, including indigenous, labour, gender etc) • Common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR)But wary of tensions when determining national obligations, especially re emerging economies • Governance, accountability and participationAll central to agreeing the framework and successful implementation phase • EquityBoth within and between countries and between countries • Challenging the current economic (neoliberal) modelEspecially important to those in the South

  13. SDG interviews: themes • Most organisations have not discussed themes in detail • Some emphasise implementation of past agreements (eg: A21, Rio principles, CBD, Jpol) • Organisations who have concrete themes do so because it is their main organisational focus (EgITUC: Green Jobs; Green Peace: Biodiversity; Population Matters: Population regulation • Suggests it is more important to focus on principles at this stage perhaps?

  14. Primary findings about the process • Most NGOs have only just started discussions on SDGs. Feeling that Rio+20 is rushing the agenda. • There is no clarity on how SDGs discussions at Rio+20 are connecting with MDGs and post 2015 framework. • At Rio+20 preparatory meetings in NY, a small group of actors appear to be privately defining the agenda on SDGs. Southern NGOs feel excluded because of the financial constraints to participation. • Concerns around the disconnect between more ‘environmentally’ oriented stakeholders (more familiar with SDGs) and ‘social development’ oriented ones (more familiar with MDGs). • Lack of coordination between government environment and development departments/ministries. • Discussion on SDGs is being rushed as governments are concerned about the lack of concrete outcomes for Rio+20. SDGs believed to help address lack of clarity/consensus around the green economy.

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