Support of the UN Country Team to the 2030 Agenda in ARGENTINA
The Government of Argentina has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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By the signature of this agreement we Check Negotiations Implementation are committed to develop dierent & agreement UNCT support in mainstreaming, policies for improving quality of life acceleration & policy support and sustainable development. Adoption of SDGs Rosana Bertone Indicators Governor of Tierra del Fuego. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Argentina:
Monitoring, reporting and accountability During 2016, both advocacy and technical assistance Assistance provided to strengthen existing data and were provided by the UNCT for mainstreaming and metadata reporting systems for information exchanges, adapting the 2030 Agenda. The UNCT participated in including reporting on key indicators and providing more than 25 dissemination events of the 2030 Agenda, opportunities for both horizontal and vertical coordination. targeting private sector, academics, public ocials, legislators, youth, cities, and civil society organizations. Applying multi-stakeholder approaches This included: visiting the provinces, conducting regional Guidance provided to the Government on how to conduct workshops and participating in city forums; working with multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with the process of academic institutions; and interreligious dialogues. The engagement. UNCT presentation in Parliament culminated into the recent signature of commitment with the 2030 Agenda by Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs members of Parliament. Reviewed existing strategies and plans at the national, sub-national and local levels to identify SDG gaps and Technical assistance was provided towards statistical development of recommendations how to overcome analysis both at national and sub-national level for the these gaps. monitoring of the SDGs such as: (i) good practices research data management in other countries; (ii) baseline Financing and budgeting for the future studies in social programmes and decent work for SDG Took stock of the array of financing mechanism for the monitoring; (iii) sub-national gaps for the implementation 2030 Agenda by considering all sources of financing of SDGs; (iv) human rights, gender and migration as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. approaches mainstreamed in the 2030 Agenda and (v) Strategic Plan for the implementation and monitoring of The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: the 2030 Agenda.
Measuring development: The United Nations Strategic Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development defines how the UN will jointly achieve sustainable development results in partnership with the Government of Argentina The UNCT has gathered extensive and further stakeholders. statistical preliminary series on the 17 Goals and their targets as well as qualitative information, which has been shared with the national authorities, U nd niv including the Statistical Institute. e a er iv ble to b sa s a t as l a Additionally, the UNCT assisted the lu in en ic c c ta m s c In s p e e u lo r s government in strengthening existing e v s s v ic e e data and metadata reporting systems d including reporting on key indicators
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The Government of Barbados and the OECS has requested support to the UN Sub-regional Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability A key lesson from Barbados’ MDGs assessment is the need for a strengthened, Check Negotiations Implementation & agreement inclusive and accessible system of data UNST support in mainstreaming, and statistics to support the national acceleration & policy support monitoring of the SDGs. Adoption of SDGs Freundel Stuart, Indicators Prime Minister of Barbados. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNST Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Barbados:
The Barbados and the OECS sub-regional oce Raising public awareness supported the Government of Grenada to begin Workshops to sensitize government ocials and mainstreaming the SDGs into their national agenda. stakeholders on the 2030 Agenda.
A three-day workshop held in September 2016 raised Monitoring, reporting and accountability awareness of more than 60 high level policy makers, Refine the Caribbean indicator set through parliamentarians and social partners on the SDGs and disaggregating data by sex, age and other salient helped the country examine how the SDGs might be socio-economic characteristics. incorporated into its new National Sustainable Development Plan 2030. The Oce also engaged two Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs representatives of the Government of Suriname to share Reviewing existing strategies and plans at the national, their experience of localizing SDGs with key partners in sub-national and local levels and identifying areas for Grenada. Additionally, it was discussed the transition from change. the MDGs to the SDGs, shared technical expertise on how to integrate SDGs into national planning and how Financing and budgeting for the future the UN can support the country in this eort. Taking stock of the array of financing mechanisms for the 2030 Agenda. Partnership and coordination: The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Barbados and St. Lucia are in the process of establishing an inter-ministerial committee The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development to follow-up on the implementation of the Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve 2030 Agenda. The UN has oered to development results in partnership with the Government of Barbados support to this institutional mechanism in and the OECS. The framework aims to ensure that no one is left behind Barbados and a mission is planned to St. in national development eorts and is clearly aligned with the SDGs Lucia to explore how to best support the and the SAMOA mechanism. Pathway.
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The Government of Belize has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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It is really to enhance and reinforce the Check Negotiations & Implementation sustainable development goals of the agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, United Nations to help us to realize our acceleration & policy support potential under the UN plan. Adoption of SDGs H.E. Wilfred Elrington, Indicators Minister of Foreign Aairs Belize 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Belize:
The UNCT through a joint work plan by UNDP and Monitoring, reporting and accountability UNDESA since 2014 has been supporting the Support on data collection such as the assistance mainstreaming of the Sustainable Development Goals for the national census or Multiple Indicator Cluster (SDG) into national development planning processes. Surveys. A key outcome of this is the elaboration of the Belize Applying multi-stakeholder approaches Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy. The monitoring and evaluation framework, to be finalized Guidance to Governments on how to conduct soon, for this national plan has prioritized SDG indicators multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with the process and the countries readiness to support its reporting. of engagement. Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs In support of greater visibility, a video was produced to Identify SDG gaps and develop recommendations to inform the populace and localize the SDGs in Belize. the government how to overcome these gaps. There was strong UN leadership and participation in collaboration with government and non-government representatives. Also, communication and visibility items Vertical policy coherence were produced and made available at all UNCT related Facilitation of multi-stakeholder consultative bodies events throughout 2016. and forums to create partnership and coordination.
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A National Steering Committee and a The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development National Caucus of CEOs of relevant Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve Ministries were established in Belize to development results in partnership with the Government of Belize follow up on the 2030 Agenda. The and further stakeholders. The framework aims to ensure that no one UNCT is closely co-operating with the is left behind in national development eorts and is clearly aligned government through the Multi-country with the SDGs and the Sustainable Development Framework SAMOA Pathway. that is aligned with the 2030 Agenda and jointly steered by the UNCT and the national government. nd e, a bl ean A ita b H u rib C e Measuring development: q a ar a E C ib l , s b th e u e y v o a i r n s e UN supports Belize’s process to u l p strengthen data collection and c s n o management systems in specific I r P
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and transformation of its National A d n Statistical Institute. R S a e u s s e i t v n li a i e i s a n n e e t a h b C b o b le C ri ar a , a ib nd afe C be A S st an Ju http://www.2030caribbean.org @UN_Caribbean www.facebook.com/ONUChile /unitednationscaribbean Support of the UN Country Team to the 2030 Agenda in BOLIVIA
The Government of Bolivia has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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It is important to work on the Check Negotiations & Implementation alignment of SDG with the national agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, development plan to identify the acceleration & policy support strategic lines of action of our programs and projects. Adoption of SDGs Indicators Judy Torrez Ossio, GruS Gender Subgroup Coordinator 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Bolivia:
During 2016 the UN Bolivia prepared a document that Monitoring, reporting and accountability shows the alignment between the Bolivian National Development Plan (PDES, in Spanish) and the Sustainable Technical support to the government in the Development Goals (SDG), which has been used as a base development of indicators for their national in the dialog with the Bolivian government. In December development plans in alignment with the SDGs. 2016, the UN in Bolivia and the Ministry of Planning for Development have signed a joint commitment for the Assessing risks and fostering adaptability design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Risk analysis together with the government new Complementarity Framework for Living Well in Bolivia during the UNDAF process. 2018-2022 (UNDAF) based on the PDES and the SDGs. Applying multi-stakeholder approaches Supporting the creation and implementation of Global Compact Bolivia and Youth Network for the SDGs. Measuring development: Vertical policy coherence Monitoring and review at the local level as The UN Country Team in a means for localizing nationally-tailored SDGs. Bolivia is delivering technical support to the government in developing indicators to align The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs the national development plans with the SDGs. It is also planned to co-operate with The United Nations Development Cooperation Framework defines Community Systems how the UN will jointly achieve development results in partnership Foundation (CSF) to support with the Government of Bolivia and further stakeholders. data collection for sustainable development in Bolivia.
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The UN Country Team works in partnership with the Government of Brazil in two of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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The 2030 Agenda is the greatest United Check Negotiations & Implementation Nations endeavor in favor of development. agreements We must take ambitious measures under the UNCT support in mainstreaming, acceleration & policy support principle of common but dierentiated responsibilities. Adoption of SDGs Michel Temer, Indicators Brazil’s President 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Brazil:
Monitoring, reporting and accountability Innovative partnerships to spread the SDGs Ensured data disaggregating by sex, age and other salient socio-economic characteristics as a means for ‘leaving no The UN Country Team established a new partnership with one behind'. the initiative “Caravana Siga Bem” – an itinerant project that comprises two convoys of trucks organized by Grupo Applying multi-stakeholder approaches Cobram, sponsored by Petrobrás and Mercedes Benz, to Contributed to a multi-stakeholder dialogue around the provide public services to truck drivers and the 2030 Agenda in the elaboration of a UN SDPF. community around gasoline stations. The message was 17 SDGs and their importance to everybody’s lives. All trucks Financing and budgeting for the future received adhesives of the SDGs and both convoys started Supported awareness raising with new elected mayors their travel in August 2016 and will travel throughout more (those who took oce in 2017) to promote the than 100 cities in 22 dierent states of the country for alignment of the local multiannual plan (which nine months. From August to October, around 2,200 highlights the priorities for a period of four years, people had access to a play that was produced on the identify possible budget allocations) with the SDGs. thematic areas, and around 2,600 children participated in educational and recreation activities. The initiative takes Vertical policy coherence place every month, covered by a nationwide TV program Coordinated assessments to explore the benefits and customized for truck drivers. UNIC Rio edited a video impacts of key national policies and programs at produced by a local TV and used it to reinforce the sub-national and local levels. campaign over 5 months to promote the SDGs across the country. The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Measuring development: The United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UN SDPF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results The UN Brazil Advisory Group on the in partnership with the government of Brazil and further stakeholders. 2030 Agenda was established in As the overarching framework for the common work of the United December 2014 to facilitate Nations in the country, it is fully aligned with the 2030 Agenda and cooperation between the Brazilian Sustainable Development Goals. federal government and several UN entities on the issues of the new agenda. The Advisory Group issued in 2015 its publication ‘Following-up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Initial inputs from the United Nations System in Brazil on the identification of national indicators related to the Sustainable Development Goals’. Currently, UN in Brazil is consolidating a national platform to inform Brazilian stakeholders on issues related to the SDGs in Portuguese, including the Global Indicator Framework.
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The Government of Chile has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Nation-wide awareness of the 2030 Agenda & the SDGs Raising public awareness In 2016, the UN system in Chile focused its eorts on the UNCT have participated as exhibitor and diusion of the 2030 Agenda. The Interagencial co-organizer in seminars and events between Communication Groups (GIC) developed a Joint Government and civil society. Communication Strategy to ensure that the UN system speaks with one voice towards the dierent stakeholders Applying multi-stakeholder approaches (public and private sector, civil society, among others). Also, Workshops to provide space for dialogue and to the UNCT created the Joint Work Team for SDGs, to provide technical and qualitative support to the progress of the identify priorities and roles for the various activities established in the communication strategy. The stakeholders. strategy came to life through the production of various Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs audiovisual and photographic material, organization of Inclusion of marginalized stakeholders into the seminars, exhibitions and potent commemoration events of review process of the 2030 Agenda (e.g. UN International days. The 2030 Agenda was socialized in indigenous, elderly, disabled, extremely poor). Chileans schools, universities and academic institutions. Additionally, the Chilean Government, with the political and Horizontal policy coherence technical assistance of the UNS in Chile, established a permanent governmental institutional structure to address the Facilitation of coordinated institutional mechanisms 2030 Agenda: the National Council, comprising Ministers of to create formal partnerships across sectoral line Foreign Aairs, Social Development, Environment, and ministries and agencies. Economy, Promotion and Tourism; and the Government Network represented by the 23 State Ministries to ensure a The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: mainstreaming approach for the implementation.
Partnership and coordination: The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in The UN System in Chile participates in all partnership with the Government of Chile and further stakeholders. governmental mechanisms created for the implementation of 2030 Agenda, including the Ministries Council (represented by the RC) and Government Network, working collaboratively through the UN Joint Work ic nom Team for the SDGs, providing technical co h e t wit support, and through the Interagencial nd en lity a m ua l p eq Communications Group, assisting the ia lo r c e te elaboration of a communications strategy to o v a S e e disseminate the 2030 Agenda and the d r p D g r p o e o SDGs. c m
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COLOMBIA Supporting Measuring Development Monitoring, reporting and accountability The National Statistics Department and the UN system in UNCT assistance provided to develop 30 of 50 Colombia are implementing several joint projects such as indicators that are currently not covered by the technical working groups, international working groups (on National Statistics Department. SDGs, Big Data, Gender etc.) and information exchange agreements. Under the leadership of UNFPA, 15 agencies Applying multi-stakeholder approaches established a joint workplan with the National Statistics Working with national councils or forums on SDG Department to identify and remedy gaps in SDG monitoring Review and Implementation. and mobilized technical expertise to develop or strengthen 55 indicators. Vertical policy coherence The co-operation comprises capacity building, Facilitation of multi-stakeholder consultative bodies for instance through a capacity workshop planned for March and forums to create partnership and coordination. 2017 to improve data collection capacities in the region Andina by bringing together 120 experts from the UN, Horizontal policy coherence government, academia, private and NGO sector. Moreover, the UNCT provided support to ensuring that targets at the Facilitation of coordinated institutional mechanisms national, regional and local levels were sensitive to human to create formal partnerships across sectoral line rights, helped improve baselines, and provided technical ministries and agencies. The Government of Colombia has requested support to the UN Country Team in two of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Policy assistance to local development planning processes. As a Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with result, 63 new local development plans reflect the SDGs. the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs:
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The Government of Costa Rica has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support) - the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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... Signing a pact for the Sustainable Check Negotiations & Implementation Development Goals is a long-term agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, agreement for the orientation of acceleration & policy support national development. Adoption of SDGs Olga Marta Sánchez, Minister of National Planning Indicators and Economic Policy of Costa Rica 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Costa Rica:
The UNCT worked with the Government to enable Costa Rica to become the first country in the World to sign a National Applying multi-stakeholder approaches Pact for the SDGs where Government, civil society, religious Establishment of Platform for Civil Society organizations, private sector and citizens pledged to promote Organizations to facilitate the follow up and and comply with the SDG as well as monitor and report monitoring of the SDGs. around their implementation. Furthermore, a Technical Secretariat for SDGs was established by Presidential Decree, Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs which consolidates its mandate and governance structure Using the MAPS methodology to establish an integrated based on a multi-stakeholder approach. The UN System, together with the Technical Secretariat of the SDG strategy to land the SDGs in national plans. SDGs led by MIDEPLAN, set up three platforms for "discussion" of the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development , Vertical policy coherence one with Civil Society Organizations, one with Faith Based Strategic partnership with the National Union of Organizations, and a working group with a private sector. The Local Governments to incorporate the 2030 Agenda UN actively supported the Government in the process of in the preparation of their new action plan. establishing the National Pact. The UNCT jointly provided technical advice to develop spaces for discussion on the Horizontal Policy Coherence examples SDGs between various key actors, to identify commitments, roles and actions of each actor, and oered support to build Integrated policy analysis to ensure that proposed sectoral work platforms and multi-actor structure coordination policies, programmes and targets are supportive of mechanisms. nationally tailored SDGs. Partnership and coordination: The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs:
The United Nations established a strategic The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) alliance with the Government to jointly lead defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in the process of establishing the National Pact partnership with the Government of Costa Rica and further for the SDGs and is currently an honor stakeholders. witness of the Pact along with the O ce of the Ombudsman. Likewise, the UN system oers technical support to the SDG Secre- tariat. to ess D Measuring development: cc em a s o nd itie gov c a un er ra ty rt na ti li o n c a p c The United Nations has closely supported u p e q o the commission designated by the SDG E
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In line with national priorities, the UN Country Team has provided support to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, according to the MAPS approach.
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The adoption of the 2030 Agenda was a Check Negotiations & Implementation landmark in the history of humanity… agreements Turning into a reality what we stated in UNCT support in mainstreaming, acceleration & policy support paper, without letting anyone behind, will be the main challenge. Adoption of SDGs Indicators María Esther Reus González, Minister of Justice. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the Impact: UNCT to support the 2030 Agenda in Cuba: Engaging the youth to raise awareness of the 2030 Agenda Raising public awareness A television spot about the 2030 Agenda and a mural painting Built on the opportunities provided by about the SDGs were the results of an initiative organized by the government and UN-sponsored high level United Nations in Cuba together with students of the Institute for meetings and forums to position the 2030 Industrial Design, the Faculty of Communication of the University of Agenda in the context of national priorities Havana, and the Faculty of Art and Audiovisual Media of the with a broad spectrum of national and local University of the Arts. The TV spot was broadcasted on Cuban partners. Television and was published on social media (YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter), while the mural itself is decorating one of the walls at Monitoring, reporting and accountability the United Nations House in Cuba. The initiative contributed to Maintained dialogue with the National awareness about the SDGs among the students; an experience that O ce of Statistics on SDGs indicators, motivated them to keep working on the production of challenges, opportunities and possible communication materials regarding the SDGs in the future. The partnership with UN agencies. broadcasting of the TV spot on national television brought people closer to the topics at the center of the 2030 Agenda.
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The Government of Dominican Republic has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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The initial headline is align to implement. It is Check Negotiations & Implementation a necessary step for the goals to be agreements achieved, and for the 2030 Agenda to be UNCT support in mainstreaming, acceleration & policy support reflected in the quality of life of the people. Adoption of SDGs Temistoclés Montás, Former Minister of the Ministry of Indicators Economy, Planning and Development. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Dominican Republic:
Raising public awareness The UN Country Team and the Ministry of Economy, carried out a rapid integrated assessment to start mainstreaming the Public awareness campaigns and provision of an 2030 Agenda and provide an overview of the alignment accessible library with advocacy material on the 2030 between the National Development Strategy and the SDGs. Agenda. An agreement was reached between the Vice-Presidency, Monitoring, reporting and accountability WFP and FAO to develop a roadmap for the implementation Assistance to strengthen existing data and metadata of SDG 2. Also, the UN Country Team supported Innovapp reporting systems for information exchanges and 2016, a project led by the Vice-Presidency of the Dominican reporting on key indicators. Republic and the Community Technological Centers. 100 young people developed more than 20 applications to Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs accelerate sustainable development with relation to specific SDGs. In addition, the UN Country Team has started Assessment of the alignment between SDGs and publishing a 2030 Agenda section in the Acento DR digital existing strategies at the national, sub-national and media, which is called “Voices of Sustainable Development”. local levels through a Rapid Integrated Assessment and development of recommendations to the government how to close gaps in alignment. Partnership and coordination: Financing and budgeting for the future In February 2016, the Government of the The UN Country Team facilitates the national Dominican Republic issued a Presidential government´s process of SDG budgeting eorts Decree to enact a High-Level Inter-institutional through technical support. Sustainable Development Commission with the mandate to oversee and implement the The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: 2030 Agenda. The UN is an observer to the Commission. As part of the UN support to the The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) High-Level Inter-institutional Sustainable defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in Development Commission, the UN Country partnership with the Government of the Dominican Republic and Team has started a Rapid Integrated Assessment to determine the country’s level of further stakeholders. preparedness to implement the 2030 Agenda. The results will inform the Commission’s work and guide high-level recommendations. y curit se l od enta fo nm Measuring development: , ro ility ty vi ab r n in e e v ta S o d s u o P n g c a s The findings of the Rapid Integrated e i n a l d Assessment are the basis for a dialogue s e e
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The Government of Ecuador has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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The 2030 Agenda focuses on the Check Negotiations & Implementation human being, on its rights and agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, expresses the intention of the States acceleration & policy support to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions. Adoption of SDGs Indicators Ricardo Patiño, Chancellor of Ecuador 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Ecuador:
A comprehensive communication strategy to mainstream the Monitoring, reporting and accountability 2030 Agenda in Ecuador Support the development of a national plan to The UN Country Team in Ecuador implemented several strengthen the statistical national capacity to awareness raising activities. Apart from numerous interviews measure and monitor the SDGs. and articles on TV, radios, newspapers, magazines and social media, the famous Ecuadorian singer Juan Fernando Velasco Assessing risks and fostering adaptability lent his voice as UNDP´s National Ambassador for the Application of scenario planning and stress testing in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Also, various the development planning and policy-making process. communication material was developed and distributed such as flyers, bracelets, stickers, among others. The UN Country Team has also worked on positioning the SDGs in the Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs presidential candidates’ work plans. Moreover, technical Review existing strategies and plans at the national, assistance was provided to the private sector to mainstream sub-national and local levels to identify SDG gaps. SDGs in their strategies and operations.
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The Government of El Salvador has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability We are convinced that the SDGs will become an agenda of the society, will become Check Negotiations & Implementation agreements a vision and a program shared between UNCT support in mainstreaming, government, citizenship, social organizations, acceleration & policy support church, businessmen, universities and other pillars of society. Adoption of SDGs Indicators Sánchez Cerén, President of El Salvador 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in El Salvador:
National readiness for the implementation of the new 2030 Raising public awareness Agenda and the SDGs Workshops to sensitize government ocials and stakeholders on the 2030 Agenda, public campaigns During 2016, the United Nations System in El Salvador, and publications. focused its support on the country in its preparation for the implementation of the new development agenda. First by Monitoring, reporting and accountability training around 500 government ocials from 71 institutions Indicator development for each SDG and assistance on the origins of the agenda, its formulation process and its to strengthen existing data and metadata reporting characteristics and those of the goals that comprise it. systems. Second by supporting and accompanying the formulation of the first intersectoral framework for monitoring the Financing and budgeting for the future implementation, throughout 34 meetings and 17 workshops, Prioritization of financial resources form the each one of them co-chaired by the Government and UN national budget in order to warrant the agencies based on the technical expertise. These actions accomplished of the SDGs. helped to identify the strengths and opportunities, as well as the gaps and challenges to achieve the 17 SDGs, on the Assessing risks and fostering adaptability national capacities to measure the progress and articulate the Supported and conducted a series of initiatives dierent sectors and initiatives around. The new agenda is oriented to help inform and engage the private regarded with the great potential of being a common ground sector and the civil society organization in the and a common purpose for the country, where the nation can implementation of the new agenda come together.
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A Memorandum of Understanding was The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) signed between the UN Country Team and defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in government on technical support until 2030. partnership with the Government of El Salvador and further An institutional coordination mechanism to stakeholders. follow-up on the 2030 Agenda will soon be created by presidential decree. The UN system will provide secretariat functions to this coordination mechanism. Incl usi ices m ve rv ean jo Measuring development: se s b l of s ia l a c iv n o in d The UN system is contributing in several S g
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The Government of Guatemala has requested support to the UN Country Team in two of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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People are the key principle that guides Check Negotiations & Implementation Guatemala's vision towards development, agreements in which the United Nations system UNCT support in mainstreaming, acceleration & policy support has been a great partner. Adoption of SDGs Miguel Ángel Moir, Secretary of the Secretariat of Indicators Planning for the Presidency –SEGEPLAN. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Guatemala:
CONADUR, the National Council on Urban and Rural Raising public awareness Development, which is coordinated by the President of Workshops to sensitize government ocials and Guatemala, oversees the formulation of urban and rural stakeholders on the 2030 Agenda, public awareness development planning, and a wide variety of actors campaigns and provision of an accessible library with participate in it (government institutions, women’s advocacy material on the 2030 Agenda. organizations, peasants’ organizations, universities, workers, indigenous peoples, and small entrepreneurs). A Monitoring, reporting and accountability Commission was established within CONADUR to align the Assistance with the design, implementation and SDGs and the National Development Plan, as well as to ocial launch of the XI National Census. implement a unique monitoring system. The UN Country Team has been a strategic partner to the Government of Assessing risks and fostering adaptability Guatemala and has provided technical and financial support Application of scenario planning and stress testing in to accompany the design and implementation of the the development planning and policy-making process. roadmap. The UNCT has supported the government-led participatory workshops to disseminate the 2030 Agenda, Financing and budgeting for the future and to prioritize goals and indicators. Capacity building in the field of outcome-based and Partnership and coordination: participatory budgeting to support the results-based framework and participatory nature of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. CONADUR is the constitutionally created national mechanism which has the mandate The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: to oversee the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The UN participates in CONADUR’s regular meetings to jointly monitor the The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) advances in the implementation of the 2030 defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in Agenda. The UN System and SEGEPLAN partnership with the Government of Guatemala and further have elaborated a joint road map for the stakeholders. implementation of the SDGs at national and local levels.
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The Government of Guyana has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability The Government is committed to delivering Check results together with the UN for all the people Negotiations & Implementation agreements of Guyana. The pursuit of Green Economy and UNCT support in mainstreaming, the SDGs will require the participation acceleration & policy support of all stakeholders. Adoption of SDGs Moses Nagamootoo, Indicators Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Guyana:
The UNCT is conducting dierent joint projects on the SDG Monitoring, reporting and accountability implementation. The design of a Green State Development Assistance provided to strengthen existing data Strategy, led by UNEP, has seen inputs from all resident and metadata reporting systems for information agencies. At the policy level, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNESCO exchanges, including reporting on key indicators worked together to support the completion of the national and providing opportunities for both horizontal Youth Policy of Guyana; UNDP and FAO worked on a joint and vertical coordination. project for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in the Applying multi-stakeholder approaches agriculture sector. The UN also supported a Situation Analysis on Adolescent Pregnancy in several administrative Support provided to the Government on how to regions and conducted an awareness sessions via a film conduct multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with festival on displacement impact of natural disasters. The UN the process of engagement. also worked with the Government and Civil Society Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs Organizations to hold a national dialogue on HIV, law, and Reviewed existing strategies and plans at the human rights. national, sub-national and local levels to identify Partnership and coordination: SDG gaps and development of recommendations how to overcome these gaps. The Ministry of the Presidency and the Ministry Financing and budgeting for the future of Finance are leading and coordinating eorts Took stock of the array of financing mechanism on the national development plan “Green State for the 2030 Agenda by considering all sources of Development Strategy” and SDG mainstreaming. The Resident Coordinator and the UN Country financing as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Team are also working with the Ministry of Agenda. Finance to introduce the “MAPS” approach as The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: part of the Multi-country Sustainable Develop- ment Framework (MSDF) so that the UN delivers The United Nations Multi-country Sustainable Development as one to the Government of Guyana. Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in partnership with the Government of Guyana and further Measuring development: stakeholders.
Under the MSDF for 2017-2021, the UN Country nd Team is at the initial stage of consultation with e, a bl ean A the Government on indicator development/data ita b H u rib C e q a ar a collection: through the formulation of the E C ib l , s b th SDG-aligned Green State Development Strategy; e u e y v o a i r n the alignment of the MSDF Country s e u l p Implementation Plan to national indicators and c s n o data monitoring systems; and through I r P sub-national pilots of SDG acceleration and accompanying indicator/data system support. UN A d n R S agencies are also working with line ministries a e u s s e and Bureau of Statistics in sectoral surveys such i t v li a i n e i s a as MICS (UNICEF - 2016) and Agricultural Census n n e e t a h (FAO - to start in 2017). C b o b a le C ib r a , ar ib nd afe C be A S st an Ju www.2030caribbean.org @UN_Caribbean www.facebook.com/ONUChile /unitednationscaribbean Support of the UN Country Team to the 2030 Agenda in HAITI
The Government of Haiti has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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The SDGs are a clear language that Check Negotiations & Implementation agreements explains to our planet that weneed a UNCT support in mainstreaming, behavioral change — starting from acceleration & policy support each one of us. Adoption of SDGs Indicators Mocenat Clifton, volunteer for TECHO and RPV 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Haiti:
Communicating as One with the youth for the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs Raising public awareness Leverage government and UN-sponsored meetings Since 2015, the UN in Haiti has been implementing a joint and forums to sensitize stakeholders on the 2030 communication strategy aiming to enhance awareness and Agenda. interactive discussions on the SDGs. More than 12,000 Haitians, mainly youth, participated in more than 300 advocacy activities, in collaboration with national authorities Monitoring, reporting and accountability and partners, which included cinema projections, debates, The UNCT is planning a joint initiative to support youth and volunteer forums, among others. Advocacy collection and monitoring of data and statistics products were created, to be used by dierent partners: a around the SDGs. video and two comics; based on a famous Haitian character that will be systematically distributed to schools for Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs educational purposes. A pilot training program is ongoing for Advocating for the SDGs to be taken into account in young advocates; and, for the first time, 40 Haitian youth the Public Triennial Investment Plans. organizations (including persons living with handicap), participated in 2 consultations to identify their priorities with the SDGs. UN Haiti conducted 3 preparatory trainings for the Applying multi-stakeholder approaches first UN Talks pilot, a storytelling event to share experiences 8 consultations throughout the country to involve and humanize the role of UN Sta, partners and beneficiaries dierent stakeholder groups in the UNDAF process. in the SDGs implementation. Partnership and coordination: The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs:
Multi-stakeholder consultative bodies and The United Nations Sustainable Development Framework defines fora to create partnership and coordination. Throughout the process of developing the how the UN will jointly achieve development results in partnership UNDAF, a steering committee between the with the Government of Haiti and further stakeholders. UNCT and the Ministry of Planning was created to ensure national ownership of the process and alignment with the national priorities, taking into account the 2030 Agenda. nt ece Q , d ua ds rty s li o ve s oc ty o po n er ia Measuring development: ih , tio vi l l s c ce e b u s iv o d L j re The UN conducted a Common Country Assessment (CCA) to establish a first
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The Government of Honduras has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Embedding the principle of “leaving no one behind” and Raising public awareness further SDGs into national social policies. The UNCT has provided technical assistance in the Workshops and events, with the Government, to elaboration process of the recently approved. Policy for present the Agenda to multi-sectorial stakeholders. Better Life and Inclusion, which is an umbrella for over 70 social programs being implemented in the country. This policy Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs set is based on the principle of inclusion (leaving no one Review of alignment between the SDGs and existing behind) and it incorporates several key elements of the 2030 strategies and plans at the national, sub-national Agenda, such as the concept of sustainable development, and local levels. extreme poverty and inequality reduction, vulnerable groups focus, gender equality and citizen participation. Honduras Vertical policy coherence was selected as one of 7 pilot countries at the global level, Validation of local initiatives linked to the SDGs along with Belize, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Togo, Uganda and and development of a toolkit proposal for SDG 2030 Agenda at Vietnam, to mainstream the National and localization, through funding a research project. Regional, coordinated by the UN Department of Economic and Social Aairs (DESA). The UNCT and DESA are assisting Horizontal policy coherence: the government in developing a strategy to strengthen Integrated policy analysis to ensure that proposed multidimensional collaboration between the 8 sectoral policies, programmes and targets are supportive cabinets, bridge existing gaps between national and territorial of nationally tailored SDGs. planning processes and to strengthen the capacities of monitoring (national and regional indicators / SDG). The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Partnership and coordination:
A high level and a technical commission to The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) prioritize and follow up on the 2030 Agenda defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in are in the process of being established. The partnership with the Government of Honduras and further UN will provide support to both the high stakeholders. level and the technical commission in order to facilitate prioritization and monitoring of the SDG advancements. t, men lop Measuring development: e and ev n, d io l at lth The first version of the Multidimensional ia c ea D c u h e o d m Poverty Index (MPI) was ocially launched in e S o c August. With this initiative, Honduras joins g r a o c v the 108 countries already embarked on MPI y e
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The Government of Jamaica has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability The UN MSDF reflects the new international Check development thrust of the 2030 Agenda Negotiations & Implementation agreements for Sustainable Development and especially UNCT support in mainstreaming, for us, will contribute to the fulfillment acceleration & policy support of the SAMOA Pathway. Adoption of SDGs Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith Indicators Minister of Foreign Aairs & Foreign Trade. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Jamaica:
In 2016, the Government of Jamaica requested the Raising public awareness support of the UN System to integrate the SDGs into its Public awareness campaigns and accessible library national development planning and implementation with advocacy material on the 2030 Agenda. processes. In response, the UN Country Team launched a MAPS mission, and, in consultation with stakeholders and partners in government, Civil Society Organizations, Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs donor and academia, it elaborated a road map for Application of Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA) accelerating the SDGs. The roadmap was submitted to revealing that SDG targets were reflected to 91% in the Government, who indicated that it will be endorsed by Jamaica's planning documents and sectoral plans. the Cabinet as a signal of high level political commitment. Once endorsed, the UN will be able to establish specific levels of additional support to be provided to the Vertical policy coherence: Government as requested. Multi-stakeholder consultative bodies and forums to create partnership and coordination.
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The Government of Jamaica is clear in The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development its commitment to implementing the Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve 2030 Agenda. To this end, it has development results in partnership with the Government of Jamaica established strong institutional and further stakeholders. The framework aims to ensure that no one arrangements which include a wide is left behind in national development e¡orts and is clearly aligned range of stakeholders with inclusive with the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway. participation. UN Agencies are members of the Thematic Working Groups which address the relevant sectors in Jamaica's National Development Plan – ‘Vision 2030 nd Jamaica’. It is also expected that UN e, a bl ean A Agencies will be members of the ita b H u rib C e q a ar a National 2030 Agenda Working Group E C ib l , s b th (once approved by Cabinet). e u e y v o a i r n s e u l p Measuring development: c s
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The Government of Mexico has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) - the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability Governments should encourage increasingly inclusive and participatory Check Negotiations & Implementation societies, where all citizens enjoy the agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, benefits of development. For the future, acceleration & policy support we have a roadmap defined precisely by the Sustainable Development Goals. Adoption of SDGs Indicators Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in México:
In 2016, Mexico embarked on the process of bringing the Monitoring, reporting and accountability SDGs to the national level, of adapting national strategies and plans to the Agenda. In contribution to this process, that Assistance to strengthen existing data and metadata required breaking new ground and adopting a new mind set, reporting systems for information exchanges, the UNCT advocated on the 2030 Agenda among a wide including reporting on key indicators. range of stakeholders from the public and the private sector. Besides the participation in multiple forums, the advocacy Applying multi-stakeholder approaches strategy facilitated spaces for dialogue among academy, civil Working with national councils or forums on SDG society, private sector and local authorities. review and implementation.
Nowadays, the UN Country Team is working with the Horizontal policy coherence Presidential Oce in the definition of a national communications strategy to create national ownership Technical assistance to Mexico´s Ministry of Finance towards the SDGs. to identify programs that can be aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets. Furthermore, Mexico’s senate created a workgroup to backup and monitor the Agenda implementation. And the Mexican Vertical policy coherence Agency for International Development Cooperation Support to Mexico´s Government to organize open (AMEXCID) launched an alliance for sustainability among the dialogues and forums on how to better implement private sector and the Government. the Agenda 2030.
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The United Nations System in Mexico The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) participates in the Technical Specialized defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in Committee to Monitor the Progress on the partnership with the Government of Mexico and further stakeholders. Sustainable Development Goals (CTSODS for its acronym in Spanish). The System also supported the organization of many forums and dialogue events with national stakeholders to identify challenges, Produ uity ctiv eq com e d opportunities, best practices and y, pet e lit ial itiv ve a oc de e lo mechanisms of implementation of the u s ce ne p q d on nt s m E n si w s a lu o e 2030 Agenda in Mexico. In 2016 Mexico c r a n n k n t i d ,
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The Government of Panama has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) - the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability The Sustainable Development Goals Check are the vision of the world that we Negotiations & Implementation agreements want and that we can have if we UNCT support in mainstreaming, acceleration & policy support work together. Adoption of SDGs Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, Indicators Vice President and Minister of Foreign Aairs of Panama 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Panama:
The results of several initiatives in Panama were shared Raising public awareness widely to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The UN Country Team accompanying the The MDG Acceleration Framework on Maternal Health (MDG government in the design of the communication 5) in the Ngäbe Buglé Region identified actions, bottlenecks strategy of the SDGs. and solutions within the framework of national capacities for reducing maternal deaths in the region. A Rapid Integrated Monitoring, reporting and accountability Assessment reviewed national development plans as well as Capacity Building for National Institute of Statistics existing sectoral strategies in order to determine the and Government to identify remaining gaps related relevance of the SDGs in the country context, both at the to the SDGs and all potential sources of data. national and subnational levels. It also provided a summary of the level of alignment between the plans/ strategies (at the Assessing risks and fostering adaptability national and subnational levels) for the implementation of the Fostering inclusive, learn-by-doing policy-making SDGs and identified interconnections between the goals and processes or monitoring of policy eects. sectoral areas of coordination. Financing and budgeting for the future Partnership and coordination: Establishment of the SIGOB platform for the government to associate investment projects with the SDGs they contribute to and track project The UN system is providing resources for performance in order to better align investments financing technical consultancy for the in the 2030 Agenda. elaboration of the National Development Plan "Panama 2030". It is also accompanying the Inter-Institutional The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Commission and Civil Society on the SDGs, the Social Cabinet (GabSoc), the National The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Concertation for Development and the defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in Social Development Ministry (MIDES). partnership with the Government of Panama and further stakeholders.
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The UN system has advanced in the design G of a work plan with the National Institute of for o s ve Statistics (INEC). The support will focus on: (i) e al r ci ci n li o a a designing an information platform to provide o s p n n a d c p d n r n io ti s e a common basis for the collection and d a c , s o e i d t y lu p c integrated management of information; (ii) t a i i a i c a l a r t n l i l g a i o capacity building for the design and analysis o u e g n t q of indicators; and (iii) strengthening the u n
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The Government of Paraguay has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) - the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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More than ever we must do everything Check Negotiations & Implementation possible to achieve full compliance with the agreements UNCT support in mainstreaming, 2030 Agenda, which establishes the SDG, acceleration & policy support and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Adoption of SDGs Eladio Loizaga, Indicators Minister of Foreign Aairs, Paraguay 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Paraguay:
The Government established an interinstitutional Raising public awareness coordination commission, headed by the MoFA, to Workshops or trainings to sensitize government ocials implement, follow up and monitor the fulfillment of the and stakeholders on the 2030 Agenda. country’s SDG commitments, to which the UNCT provides any requested technical assistance to ensure the Applying multi-stakeholder approaches implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Paraguay. The Initial multi-stakeholder engagement for increasing UNCT oered to support the Government with the public awareness of The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. UNDP-SIGOB tool, a platform that tracks SDG-related actions carried out by SDG stakeholders. In addition, Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs given the successful implementation of the System for Monitoring Human Rights Recommendations (SIMORE), Making initial recommendations to the leadership of the UNCT is providing support to SIMORE plus, a tool that the national government for addressing SDG gaps in will link Human Rights recommendations to the existing strategies and plans. achievement of the SDGs. Vertical policy coherence In the framework of the 2030 Agenda, the UNCT has Multi-stakeholder consultative bodies and forums to strengthened current partnerships and has formed new create partnership and coordination. ones with public institutions, civil society organizations and private sector. The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Partnership and coordination: The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in The UNCT supports the coordination of partnership with the government of Paraguay and further stakeholders. institutional mechanisms to create formal As the overarching framework for the common work of the United partnerships across sectoral line Nations in the country, it is fully aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the ministries and agencies. Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Government of Peru has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability During the next five years, we will Check combat poverty and lack of opportunities Negotiations & Implementation agreements by focusing the public policies in Peru to UNCT support in mainstreaming, the achievement of the Sustainable acceleration & policy support Development Goals set forth by the UN. Adoption of SDGs Mr. Fernando Zavala, Indicators President of the Council of Ministries (PCM) of Peru 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Peru:
Support of the National Institute for Statistics to measure the Raising public awareness 2030 Agenda Public campaigns and publications aiming to raise During 2016-2017, a consultancy was hired with funds from awareness of the 2030 Agenda. the UN in Peru to work with the National Institute for Statistics in proposing a work plan for the elaboration of the national Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs SDG baseline. This consultancy, which was supervised by the Recommendations made to the leadership of the Interagency Monitoring & Evaluation Group of the UN, national government for addressing SDG gaps conducted an analysis regarding the SDG indicators that were being produced by sectors of government, as well as the in existing strategies and plans. periodicity and sustainability of their production, and then proposed recommendations in order to collect data of Financing and budgeting for the future interest. The consultancy also presented recommendations Public expenditure reviews or budget mainstreaming for indicator development and data collection at the for integrating specific issues into fiscal budgets. sub-national level. These inputs were taken into consideration for the online platform for follow-up of the SDG Horizontal policy coherence implementation, recently launched by the National Institute Facilitation of institutional mechanisms to create for Statistics: http://ods.inei.gob.pe/ods/inicio.html. formal partnerships across sectoral line ministries and agencies.
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The national government has decided to The United Nations Development Cooperation Framework defines use pre-existing institutional arrangements for the implementation and follow-up of the how the UN will jointly achieve development results in partnership 2030 Agenda. The implementation will be with the Government of Peru and further stakeholders. led by the Presidency of the Council of Ministries, and operationalized by the National Center for Strategic Planning as well as the National Institute for Statistics. The UN system in Peru provides support in ive Bas ct ic s the elaboration of the first National Volun- du t er ro cen vi tary Review of the country that will be p e so ce , , d cia s s nt l o presented in July 2017, and a proposal is d e k p f o r ro q o m o t u being drafted in order to provide assistance h y w e li o c a l l e t i p io t in the elaboration of a national SDG base- v i n y m L a e line report for this year. The UN Country n
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The Government of Suriname has requested support to the UN Country Team in one of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Assessing risks and fostering adaptability Check SDG for you, SDG for me, Negotiations & Implementation agreements SDG for us all for a UNCT support in mainstreaming, better tomorrow. acceleration & policy support
Adoption of SDGs SDG Slogan originally in Sranan Tongo Indicators (a local dialect in Suriname) 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Suriname:
Academic discourse on opportunities and challenges for Monitoring, reporting and accountability Small States in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Assistance to strengthen existing data and metadata reporting systems. The UN Country Team in Suriname contributed to various academic discourses with regards to the 2030Agenda. Assessing risks and fostering adaptability Fostering inclusive, learn-by-doing policy-making For example, the United Nations Development Program processes or monitoring of policy eects. (UNDP) Country Oce Suriname in collaboration with the Institute of International Relations of the Anton de Kom University (IIR / Adekus) organized in November 2016 a Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs two-day regional academic seminar entitled “Academic Identify SDG gaps and development of discourse on opportunities and challenges for Small States in recommendations to the government how Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)" The to overcome these gaps. academic world and the world of policy makers had been given the opportunity to discuss the matter with a view to Financing and budgeting for the future creating more awareness around the SDGs and the role that Capacity building in the field of outcome-based academia and research could play. During this seminar, and participatory budgeting to support the scholars from Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Guyana, Brazil and results-based framework. Suriname presented papers which dealt with the SDGs in relation to small states. There were papers presented on the implementation of localizing the SDGs in Suriname, Climate The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: change and the SDGs, safety and the SDGs, the Cuban perspective/experience on the SDGs and resilience building, and South-South cooperation and the SDGs. The seminar was The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development preceded by the launch of the Caribbean Human Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve Development Report by the United Nations. As part of the development results in partnership with the Government launch, a panel with speakers of the Parliament, University of Suriname and further chair, a Director of the General Bureau of Statistics, a stakeholders. Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and a representative of a Civil Society Organization discussed the content of the report. This seminar was broadcasted via nd livestream for the first time to the Caribbean and other e, a bl ean A countries in the world. ita b H u rib C e q a ar a E C ib l , s b th e u e y v o a i r n s e u l p c s
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The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C, Adoption of SDGs President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Indicators 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Trinidad & Tobago:
Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs Capacity building for the 2030 Agenda Reviewing existing strategies and plans at the national, sub-national and local levels and identifying areas for The UNCT has supported the Government in the change. alignment of the country’s Vision 2030 with the SDGs, by providing technical support through capacity building Applying multi-stakeholder approaches workshops as well as reviewing of the draft 2016 – 2030 Guidance to Government on how to conduct National Strategic Plan for Trinidad and Tobago. Through multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with the process the alignment of national objectives and the 2030 of engagement. Agenda, national and UN resources are bundled to create the maximum impact on development in Trinidad and Vertical policy coherence Tobago. Monitoring and review of local level policies for localizing nationally-tailored SDGs. Partnership and coordination: Financing and budgeting for the future The United Nations Country Team in Capacity building in the field of outcome-based and Trinidad and Tobago is actively participatory budgeting as well as public expenditure supporting the coordination of the reviews and budget mainstreaming. national response to the 2030 Agenda by closely working with the Ministry of The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: Planning and Sustainable Development. Various UNCT members The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development are developing detailed analyses on Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve the country’s socio-economic situation, development results in partnership with the Government of Trinidad which are being integrated in to the and Tobago. The framework aims to ensure that no one is left behind Ministry’s work through its Technical in national development eorts, is clearly aligned with the SDGs and Cooperation Unit. the SAMOA Pathway. Measuring development:
The UN Country Team in Trinidad and nd e, a Tobago provides technical support to bl ean A ita b H u rib C e the Government on the data q a ar a E C ib l , s b th challenges of the SDGs and on e u e y v o a developing the monitoring and i r n s e u l p evaluation tools to measure its c s
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The Government of Uruguay has requested support to the UN Country Team in the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Uruguay is committed to the SDGs, Check Negotiations & Implementation agreements coherent with the inclusive growth UNCT support in mainstreaming, path we are following. acceleration & policy support
Adoption of SDGs Álvaro García, Indicators Director of the Oce for Planning and Budgeting (OPP) 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Uruguay:
Engaging artists to raise awareness of the 2030 Agenda Together with the National Secretariat of Sports. Applying multi-stakeholder approaches Guidance to Governments on how to conduct The UN system in Uruguay developed an online spot to raise multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with the process national awareness about specific Sustainable Development of engagement. Goals.
Several athletes from the Uruguayan delegation to the 2016 Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs Rio Olympic Games lent their talents and their voice to the Making recommendations to the Government on campaign. The spot was widely broadcast on social media how to overcome SDG gaps in national plans. and received nearly 4000 views on YouTube (as of February 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWk_Fdrj694&t=1s] Vertical policy coherence Partnership and coordination: Monitoring and review at the local level as a means for localizing nationally-tailored SDGs.
Uruguay established a three-institution mechanism to implement the 2030 Financing and budgeting for the future Agenda: the Oce of Planning and Advocacy to promote public spending in SDG Budgeting (OPP), the National Statistics priorities and greater focus on vulnerable Institute (INE) and Uruguayan Agency for populations. International Cooperation (AUCI). The UN System is supporting this mechanism in The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: follow up, monitoring and reporting. Additionally, institutional support deliv- ered comprises assistance of UN Agency, The United Nations Development Strategic Cooperation Framework Funds and Programs to enable Uruguay- defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in an institutions to adapt national statistical partnership with the Government of Uruguay and further capacities to the Global Indicators stakeholders. Framework as well as ongoing political dialogue with national counterparts to focus eorts on key SDG priorities in the country. Measuring development: S oc e d ia l an l The UN Country Team is supporting b t i a n n in n Uruguay with the development of in e io e c a t q lu u t m a s indicators related to specific SDGs, s p v a i u o o l o l i t n S n related projects cover for instance SDG 6 e y n v i a
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The Government of Venezuela has requested support to the UN Country Team in two of the three main pillars of the MAPS (Mainstreaming and Policy Support) – the joint approach adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to support national governments with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Support requested per MAPS pillar: Support provided by the UN Country Team:
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Adoption of SDGs Nicolás Maduro, Indicators President of Venezuela. 2015 2017 2030 Examples of activities implemented by the UNCT Impact: to support the 2030 Agenda in Venezuela:
Inclusive communication of the 2030 Agenda to leave Raising public awareness no-one behind Public campaigns and publications aiming to raise awareness of the 2030 Agenda. The UN Country Team in Venezuela developed a brochure on the Sustainable Development Goals containing information explaining the new thematic focus Applying multi-stakeholder approaches of sustainable development in the 2030 Agenda and the Guidance to the Government on how to conduct necessity of a joint eort by the public, private and civil multi-stakeholder dialogue to assist with the process of society sector. The brochure is entitled “10 simples pasos engagement for the SDGs. por los ODS” and consciously aims to use simple language and narrative instead of technical terms to avoid Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs exclusion of any kind. To further maximize inclusion, an Assessment of the alignment between SDGs and audiovisual video was produced. Besides, a new existing strategies at the national, sub-national and partnership and capacity building initiative was launched, local levels through a Rapid Integrated Assessment which is based on the successful previous campaign and development of recommendations to the “Caravana de los ODM” that managed to educate more government how to close gaps in alignment. than 800 candidates of the Parliamentary Elections in 2010 in 6 cities of the country about the Millennium Vertical policy coherence Development Goals. The new campaign, entitled Monitoring and review of the SDGs at the local level as “Caravana de los ODS” aims to sensitize the private, a means for localizing nationally-tailored SDGs. public, civil society and academic sector about the necessity to form alliances for shared priorities in the field of sustainable development and become multipliers of The UNDAF strategic priorities and the SDGs: key messages. Measuring development: The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) defines how the UN will jointly achieve development results in partnership with the Government of Venezuela and further The UN Country Team in Venezuela stakeholders. actively supports the National Institution of Statistics in dierent forms: (I) Support for indicator
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