The Africa we want: February 2019

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected – often the key to success on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another.https://www.undp.org/content/.../sustainable-development-goals.ht

THE GLOBAL GOALS IN AFRICA.

Besides the 2030 Agenda, African countries have committed to implement the African Union Agenda 2063, which is both a vision and a plan to build a more prosperous Africa in 50 years. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development acknowledges the importance of the AU Agenda 2063 and considers it an integral part of it.

Africa has made significant progress on the Millennium Development Goals, including enrolling more children in primary school, particularly girls, increasing the representation of women in national parliaments, and reducing child and maternal deaths and the proportion of people infected with HIV.Building on this progress, several countries are already taking steps to translate the ambitions articulated in the 2030 Agenda into tangible outcomes for their people; they are beginning with integrating the SDGs into their national visions and plans.

Ø In Angola, Ethiopia and South Africa, working with the UN Country Teams, UNDP has provided support to raise awareness about the SDGs among government officers, members of Parliaments, civil society and private sector actors.

Ø Uganda was one of the first countries to develop its 2015/16–2019/20 national development plan in line with the SDGs. The Government estimates that 76 per cent of the SDGs targets are reflected in the plan and adapted to the national context. The UN Country Team has supported the government to integrate the SDGs also into sub-national development plans, in line with the national plan.

Ø The governments of Sierra Leone, Uganda, Madagascar and Togo volunteered to conduct national reviews of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda. They received support from UNDP for preparing their respective reports, which were presented at the UN High-level Political Forum, held on 11–20 July 2016 in New York. The Forum is the United Nations global platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs; it provides policy guidance to countries for the implementation of the goals.

Ø In Liberia, UNDP supported the government to develop a Roadmap for the domestication of the 2030 Agenda and the African Union Agenda 2063 into the country’s next national development plan. The Roadmap outlines the key steps to translate the SDGs and Agenda 2063 into plans, policies and programmes; taking into consideration the fact that Liberia is a Fragile State, it applies the New Deal Principles.

Ø In Cabo Verde, UNDP supported the government to convene an international conference on the SDGs in June 2015, which contributed to the global discussions on the specific needs of the Small Island Developing States in the context of the new universal agenda on sustainable development. In the context of the UN Country Team (UNCT), UNDP also supported the government to develop a Roadmap to place the SDGs at the center of its national development planning processes.

In Mauritania, in the context of the UNCT, UNDP supported the Ministry for the Economy and Finances to convene partners for example from NGOs, the private sector, other ministries and government agencies to discuss the implementation of the SDGs in Mauritania. UNDP also supported a national workshop to provide the tools and the methodology for mainstreaming the SDGs into Mauritania’s new strategy(www.zw.undp.org/content/.../sustainable-development-goals.html

The Africa we want

Wednesday 27 February 2019

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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