Friday, October 30, 2015

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 9

ISPE       EAG
INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION                   ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP

Achieving AAAA, SDG and COP21 Outcome Document Vision and Words with Action Agenda by 2030 in 193 Member States – Part 6




His Excellency Mr. Andrej Logar, Chairperson of the 70th General Assembly Second Committee and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, convened the first informal consultations with NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC on the agenda and work of the Second Committee on 22 October 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters. A summary of the proceedings will be made available to Member States in advance of the draft GA resolutions to be tabled later this month to be negotiated in November & December. 

This innovative step in the Second Committee represents a unique opportunity for civil society to share its distinctive perspective and concrete inputs to Member States’ deliberations on the Committee’s agenda and work in order to better respond to the challenges of implementing the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

The consultations included six speakers, selected to address either of the following questions:
1.      How can the Second Committee ensure that its work is in line with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?
2.      How should the agenda of the Second Committee look like in the coming years?

A Call was made to interested persons to provide brief and concrete written contributions, which will be posted on CSONet. We prepared Part 1 in response to the Call and in time for consideration at the 9 October meeting preparatory to this consultation and we started by expanding the Questions:-

Expanded Questions addressed in Part 1
1.      How can the Methods of Work of the GA Second Committee be effectively Aligned and Harmonized with the objectives of AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, together with the Agendas of ECOSOC and all remaining GA Committees – 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 to eliminate overlap and duplication?
2.      How should the Agendas of ECOSOC and GA Committees 1 – 6 look like in the coming years 2016 – 2030?

We prepared Part 2 for consideration at the Wednesday meeting of 14 October 2015, based on additional information available to us. We prepared Part 3 and Part 4 for consideration at the Wednesday meeting of 21 October 2015. In Part 4 we underlined the need for all 5 questions raised by His Excellency, Mr Logjar at the 9 October 2015 meeting to be fully addressed at the 22 October 2015 Consultation. That is:-
High Priority Aims and Objectives of Key Task of GA Second Committee on Continuously Improving its Working Methods and Rationalization of its Agenda:-
1.      Revitalization of the work of the GA which calls for proposals for biennialization, triennializaton, clustering and elimination of items on the Agenda of the GA.
2.       Revitalization of the work of the GA Second Committee which calls for proposals on the rationalisation of the General Debate and Introduction of Agenda Item Debates.
3.      Contribute to the fulfilment of GA mandates, particularly that contained in resolution 68/1, which provided that the ECOSOC and the GA especially its Second and Third Committees, should consider and take steps towards the rationalization of their Agendas by eliminating duplication and overlap, and promoting complimentarity in the consideration and negotiation of similar or related issues.
4.      Address the provisions of resolution 69/321, as the main outcome of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the GA where each Main Committee is requested to discuss its working methods at the beginning and end of every session.
5.      Ensure that the future work of the GA Second Committee is fully aligned with the Integrated Vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the AAAA

Key Questions that need to be answered in Design and Delivery of above Key Task:-
1.      As currently constituted, can the Agenda of this Committee effectively support the promotion and integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development?
2.      Could sustainable development become an overarching framework for the Agenda of the Committee? What are the options for rearranging the Agenda as a whole to reflect this approach?
3.      What implications, if any, would this approach have for the outcomes and resolutions adopted by the Committee?
4.      Do the items in our Agenda adequately cover the main aspects of the 2030 Agenda?
5.      What are the gaps to be filled, bearing in mind also the work and Agenda of the Third Committee? How should the Second Committee fulfil its main mandates vis-a-vis other main Bodies and Platforms, such as the Third Committee, ECOSOC and HLPF?

It will be recalled that we stated in Part 4 “Given the guidelines set by the GA Second Committee Chair, the two questions the Second Committee set for itself, deletes many aspects of the five questions set by Mr Logar. The expanded questions we have set out above address more issues but still leave out some aspects of the five questions. This underlines urgent need for the 21 October Meeting to revert to the Original Objectives and Five Questions”.

We prepared Part 5 for consideration at the Wednesday 28 October 2015 meeting. This Part 6 is prepared for consideration at the 2 – 3 November 2015 ECOSOC Retreat 2 as well as the Wednesday 4 November 2015 meeting.

Our hope is that the these Papers, particularly Part 5 and Part 6 - adopted as Discussion Papers, could help enrich the work of ECOSOC Retreat 2, GA Second Committee and other Village to Global Stakeholders towards achieving increasing convergence between revised AAAA, revised SDG and COP21 Outcome Document Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each Local Government in each of the 193 Member States that is Interlinked, Interconnected and Interdependent with work towards achieving increasing convergence between Agenda 21, UNSDS 2015 Outcome Document, Synthesis Report, Data Revolution Report, World Development Report of the World Bank Group - WDR 2004 (Public Sector Management, PSM), WDR 2008 (Agriculture), WBG New PSM (2011), WDR 2014 (Risk Management), WDR 2015 (Attitudinal and Behavioural Change), FAO Conference on Hunger and Poverty Program of Action 1995 etc Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each Local Government in each of the 193 Member States.

Outcome 23 October 2015 Consultation

The UN General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial) held a dialogue in New York with the Executive Secretaries of the five UN Regional Commissions to discuss their role in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UN Member States and the Commission representatives discussed regional challenges and HOW they can be addressed through regional efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda.

Comment

It will be recalled that UNDESA described the 22 October 2015 Consultation as an “innovative step” and had prepared a “Discussion Paper” ahead of the Consultation based on the Second Committee’s 9 October meeting preparatory to the Consultation. Did UNDESA prepare a “Discussion Paper” ahead of the 23 October 2015 Consultation based on the 9 October and 22 October 2015 meetings outcome? If yes, How “All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious” was the “Discussion Paper” prepared by UNDESA for the 23 October 2015 Consultation? If no, why was this, the case?

Why was it the case that suggestion to revert to the “Original Objectives and 5 questions” was avoided or evaded in both 22 October and 23 October 2015 Consultations? Have many issues that should have been addressed at the two Consultations not been left untouched and remain reoccurring decimals? Are both 22 October and 23 October 2015 Consultations respective Outcome not essentially answer to What and Why questions? Have How questions – the reason for each of the Consultations not been left unanswered? Should answer to AAAA and SDG How questions still be an issue now that World Leaders endorsed SDG on 25 September 2015? Is seeking answer to How questions not at least One year behind and should meaningful effort not be made by all concerned stakeholders to cover lost ground and in record time?

If World Leaders do not know why Synthesis Report December 2014 and Data Revolution Report November 2014 How questions have not been answered to date, they will not know how to answer AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions.

If World Leaders, UNDESA, EOSG, UNGA, ECOSOC, HLPF, 193 Member States are serious about adopting Business Unusual, should the ECOSOC Dialogue on Longer Term Positioning of the UN Development System Retreat 2 scheduled for 2 – 3 November 2015 not be a Starting Point for Demonstrating and being seen to Demonstrate the good ideas and pertinent suggestions set out in this Paper and earlier Papers 1 – 5?

If the Wednesday Group meeting of 28 October 2015 did not make recommendations for enriching the ECOSOC Retreat 2 based on Part 5 as Discussion Paper, is this Wednesday Group not resisting Change when it should be Championing Change?

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), spoke about excess of supply and lack of demand at the global level, saying emerging economies are unable to absorb that supply. Challenges faced by the LAC region, she said, include: low productivity; gaps in infrastructure; asymmetries in access to technology; the reduced price of all raw materials; and stable but still-fragile democracies. She stressed the need for: diversifying production; creating more jobs; multilateral cooperation on tax matters; a global agreement supportive of developing countries; and South-South and triangular cooperation, especially since the LAC region has many middle-income countries (MICs) that now lack access to concessional funding.

Comment

What is the supply that cannot be matched by demand? Our Study finding is that Governments on both Developed and Developing Countries sides and International Institutions need to Create Demand for Planning (Research, Planning, Data); Implementation (Policy, Program, Project Interventions 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One); Evaluation (Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment); Accountability (Transparency, Accountability, Citizens and Stakeholders Participation); Learning (Learning and Results) as basis for Creating Supply for Planning (Research, Planning, Data); Implementation (Policy, Program, Project Interventions 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One); Evaluation (Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment); Accountability (Transparency, Accountability, Citizens and Stakeholders Participation); Learning (Learning and Results) if the Global Goals are to be achieved in each of the 193 Member States and by the 2030 Target date.  

Can all fundamental issues raised by Ms Barcena be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Ms Barcena’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), said the UNECE's achievements have made it a go-to-source for improving global public goods and services, with more than 100 countries beyond the UNECE region benefiting from its work, including through adhering to road conventions and road safety standards. He noted that UNECE is working on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Goal 14 on oceans being the only SDG it does not directly address, but said UNECE addresses these issues through its work on trans-boundary water management.

Comment

We congratulate UNECE for successes achieved. However, it will be Denial, Deception or Delusion for UNECE to claim that US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Russia and other European Countries for whom it has primary responsibility does not need the SDG in their respective Countries. Has UNECE any good reason for ignoring SDG 14 when Countries in its Region are surrounded by two Oceans – Pacific and Atlantic? Can Europe Migration, Finance, Terrorism, Security and other Crises be effectively tackled without full implementation with effective monitoring and evaluation of all 17 SDGs in each UNECE Country?

Can all fundamental issues raised by Mr. Bach be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Mr. Bach’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), said ESCAP is focused on the SDGs that are trans-boundary in nature and require a regional approach. Its focus for the Goals includes: policy coordination; strengthening national statistical systems; regional integration; reporting on regional SDG performance; and promoting the balance and integration of the three pillars of sustainable development. She also highlighted ESCAP's work on connectivity planning to support the Goals through infrastructure development, job creation, and energy expansion. On follow-up and review, Akhtar said that only 25-50% of the proposed SDG indicators can be produced in countries in the region, even by those with the most developed statistical systems, Republic of Korea and Japan. She said the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) will provide inputs to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), and announced that the third APFSD will launch the road map for SDG implementation in Asia-Pacific, and that ESCAP will produce an annual Asia-Pacific report on SDG progress.

Comment

Is there any of the SDG that is not trans-boundary in nature and require integrated sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global approach? Can Policy Coordination be effectively addressed without simultaneously addressing Policy Coherence, Policy Collaboration and Policy Cooperation: from Village to Global levels? If only 25-50% of the proposed SDG Indicators can be produced by Countries in the Region, even by those with the most developed statistical systems – South Korea and Japan, does this not underline the magnitude and complexity of Data Revolution Challenge the Region needs to grapple with and overcome if the Global Goals are to be achieved in the Region by the 2030 Target Date? Is there any Region that does not face Data Revolution Challenge?

Can all fundamental issues raised by Ms Akhtar be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Ms Akhtar’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

Abdallah Al Dardari, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), said regional conflicts have a powerful impact on development, making baselines recede dramatically, due to instability, aggression, occupation, and forced migration. He stressed that narrow national development projects cannot respond to the current challenges, which require regional integration and youth involvement. Al Dardari noted that the Arab region's vision for 2030 is an integrated region where all individuals lead dignified lives in diverse and flourishing societies, and that ESCWA has developed a long-term vision for achieving the SDGs. It aims to serve as the voice of the region by creating regional platforms for deliberation and consensus-building that feed into global fora, as well as a think tank for the region, undertaking innovative research and supporting quality data collection and analysis for evidence-based policy making.

Comment

Given level of Conflicts, Terrorism and other Crises in the Region, can mere intention achieve the Region’s Vision for 2030 – an Integrated Region where all individuals lead dignified lives in diverse and flourishing societies? Glad to know ESCWA has developed a long term vision for achieving the SDG in each Country in the Region. Can ESCWA share HOW it will fully implement with effective monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of each Action Agenda Item in each of the 17 SDGs and in a way that achieve the Region’s Vision as well as the Global Goals Vision by the 2030 Target date?

Can all fundamental issues raised by Mr. Al Dardari be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Mr. Al Dardari’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

Ingrid Cyimana, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), discussed StatCom-Africa, which she said provides a platform to facilitate the national harmonization and comparability of statistics and increase inclusion of all data communities. She said UNECA is supporting the capacity strengthening of national statistical systems to produce reliable statistics and the regional SDGs follow-up and review architecture. She said the regional accountability framework should encourage citizen participation, be inclusive, build on existing frameworks and provide strong ownership.

Comment

Given level of Conflicts, Terrorism, Hunger, Poverty and other Crises in the Region, why is it the case that the focus of this Region’s contribution is essentially Statistics? Should UNECA not be more serious in demonstrating HOW it will fully implement with effective monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of all 17 SDG in each of the 54 Member Countries and in a way that achieve the Region’s Vision as well as the Global Goals Vision by the 2030 Target date in each Community in each Local Government in each of the 54 Countries?

Can all fundamental issues raised by Ms Cyimana be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Ms Cyimana’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

In the discussion that followed, the Russian Federation addressed the follow-up and review for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, saying that the SDGs are highly interrelated and splitting them into clusters by number (Goals 1-4, Goals 5-9) would not yield an accurate overview. He proposed sectoral reviews instead, to allow addressing all the SDGs every year. He opposed any "pressure" on States to implement certain targets as the reviews are voluntary.

Comment

Can all fundamental issues raised by Russia be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has Russia’s contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focus upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

It is pertinent to note that Russia’s contribution coincide with our submission that the SDGs are highly interconnected, interdependent and interlinked thus splitting them into clusters will not yield accurate overview. Also it is not helpful to address Planning and Implementation Challenges without simultaneously addressing Monitoring and Evaluation Challenges and vice versa.

It is a puzzle that Russia haven expressed above view goes further to express contrary view that “Follow Up and Review / Monitoring and Evaluation of the SDG should be Voluntary. If the SDGs are highly interconnected, interdependent and interlinked at sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global levels then what one Country does and or fails to do that could have adverse impact on other Countries need to be avoided through Global Collective Action for Political and Cultural; Economic and Financial; Social and Environmental; Peace and Security; Religious and Moral Order. This underlines need for Mechanism to “Pressure” any of the 193 Member States that is lagging behind minimum certain levels in each of the 10 New Orders at specific timelines between 2016 and 2030 to take required remedial action and come up to speed as soon as possible.

Other Member States expressed strong support for the work of the Regional Commissions and noted their important role in the follow-up and review architecture, and in capacity building at the regional level.

Comment

Can all fundamental issues raised by other Member States be effectively addressed without clear answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21 etc How questions? In what way has other Member States’ contribution addressed either the 2 How questions that UNDESA insisted Consultation focusing upon or the much larger focus on Original Objective and 5 questions set by Mr Logar? Can these fundamental issues raised by Mr Logar be wished away or expected to happen on its own? Can these answers be found without World Leaders effectively addressing all points raised in this Part 6 and earlier Parts 1 – 5?

Outcome IEAG-SDG Thailand Meeting 26 – 28 October 2015

In an open letter to Co Chairs IAEG – SDG Indicators, CSOs highlighted important issues of Human Rights in all its Ramifications; Measuring Every Part of the Agenda; Collecting Disaggregated Data; Data for Governments and other Duty Bearers Accountability; Easy to Measure, Costly to Measure, Number of Indicators should not be Indicator Choice Criteria; Indicator Choice Criteria should support Indivisibility and Interdependence of all 17 SDG; Universality to enable comparison of progress within and between Countries, Regions and Globally; Focus on People in ways that effectively deliver meaningful Changes in the lives of ordinary People in each Community in each Local Government in each of the 193 Member States.

However, Report on proceedings at the IEAG-SDG Conference in Thailand suggested that these fundamental issues that ought to have been settled remain contentious. We are concerned that discussion on Goal 16 Indicators was left to the last day and badly stage managed in ways that hurt Global Interest. Had the 22 October and 23 October 2015 meetings endorsed the position in the CSOs’ open letter, would the IEAG-SDG Conference be seeking to reverse issues that had been settled? Will the ECOSOC Retreat 2 correct this error?

It is pertinent to note that outcome of IEAG – SDG Conference Thailand underline urgent need to unbundle Goal 16 to New Goal 16 with specific focus on Governance and 4 New Goals on Conflict, Corruption, Religion and Data.

Acid Test of Credibility

The implication of holding UNSDS 2015 after adoption of SDG on 25 September 2015, is that what World Leaders have adopted is SDG that is Vision and Words without Action and what UNSDS 2015 seek to achieve is ways and means of converting current AAAA and SDG into new AAAA and SDG that is Vision and Words with Action.

The outcome of UNSDS 2015, is that in failing to answer SDG How questions, the SDG remain Vision and Words without Action. If the conversion of the SDG to Vision and Words with Action is not achieved without delay, it will be an uphill task for World Leaders to deliver on their promise to achieve SDG by 2030. Failure to deliver on this promise, the ultimate consequences for stakeholders in our fragile Planet could be catastrophic.

The acid test of credibility of SDG is how it delivers:-
1.      Better Domestic and International Trade in each of 193 Member States.
2.      Better Financing – Equity, Loan and Grant for all particularly the Poor
3.      Better War on Corruption and Terrorism and
4.      Better Environmental Sustainability.
                                           
New Thinking, New Ideas, New Ways of Doing Things etc

The only way World Leaders can deliver on their promise during the adoption of SDG is to improve Cohesion, Coordination, Collaboration, Cooperation, Solidarity and Accountability in the design and delivery of mutual support mechanism that help each of the 193 Member States to pass this acid test of credibility of the SDGs.

To achieve this, the 193 Member States jointly and severally must demonstrate and be seen to demonstrate:-
1.      Willingness to accept new ideas, new thinking, new ways of doing things
2.      Willingness to establish new coordination, new collaboration, new cooperation, new solidarity, new accountability and new partnership
3.      Readiness to accept past flaws, past failures, past drawbacks, past shortcomings and past hindrances
4.      Readiness to build bridge between lessons learning and lessons forgetting, create learning organization and create learning society
5.      Readiness to create Demand for Planning – Research, Planning, Data as basis for creating Supply for Planning – Research, Planning, Data
6.      Readiness to create Demand for Implementation as basis for creating supply for Implementation
7.      Readiness to create Demand for Evaluation – Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment as basis for creating Supply for Evaluation – Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment
8.      Readiness to create Demand for Accountability – Transparency, Accountability, Citizen / Stakeholder Participation as basis for creating Supply for Accountability – Transparency, Accountability, Citizen / Stakeholder Participation
9.      Readiness to create Demand for Learning – Learning and Result as basis for creating Supply for Learning – Learning and Result
10. Readiness to accept One Nationwide / Region wide / Worldwide 3PCM – Policy, Program, Project Cycle Management Approach and Methodology to Sustainable Benefits focused National and International Development Cooperation Policy, Program, Project Intervention, 3PI and 3PI Training as One in each Action Agenda Item in each of the 17 SDGs applicable to specific context – Village to Global in each of the 193 Member States

AAAA and SDG Village to Global Capacity Building

The above fundamental issues of Willingness and Readiness need to be complemented by fundamental issues of Ability – Capacity Building; Ability – Resources and Invitation – Mandate within National and Global Platform. Resources include: Influence, Science, Technology, Innovation, Fund, Manpower, Spiritual, Land and Water. There are more than enough Resources to achieve all 17 SDGs in each of the 193 Member States if World Leaders can get Capacity Building Right in each of the 193 Member States.

Capacity Building should be on three levels:-
1.      Individual – Hard Competences: Learning and Skills and Soft Competences: Character, Courage and Mindset
2.      Institution / Government – Processes, Procedures, Systems, Operations that empower Individuals to operationalize in practice Competences they acquire through formal and informal education and training to help achieve increasing convergence between Institution / Government Vision, Mission and Mandate Intention and Reality.
3.      Society – Political and Cultural; Economic and Financial; Social and Environmental; Peace and Security; Religious and Moral Space that empower Individuals and Institutions to Thrive in the work towards achieving Institution / Government Vision, Mission, Mandate Intention and Reality with or without chaos.

STRENGTHEN NATIONAL LEVEL CAPACITY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 2030 SD AGENDA.

We are Greatly Concerned that UNDESA has mandated an Organization - Gestos with Strength IN HIV AIDS Advocacy to help Train NGOs' in 9 Pilot Countries Strengthen National level Capacity on Implementation of 2030 SD Agenda. The Big Questions are How have these 9 Pilot Countries been selected? If it will take months to carry out the training in just 9 Countries how many years will it take to scale up the Training to remaining 184 Countries? Can such unduly prolonged time frame help achieve SDG in each Community in each Local Government in each of 193 Member States by the 2030 Target date? Is Competency in HIV AIDS Competency equivalent to Competency in all remaining areas of Heath Dimension of SDGs' as well as Competency in all remaining Dimensions of all 17 SDG? 

If these Competences are LACKING in the Preferred Consultant, what type of Strengthening National Level Capacity on Implementation as well as Evaluation of each Action Agenda Item in each of the 17 SDG is being DELIVERED by the Preferred Consultant? Is it not CLEAR that the Preferred Consultant can only Perform in its area of proven Competence - HIV AIDS Advocacy and will CERTAINLY Fail in all other Dimensions of Advocacy in all remaining Action Agenda Items in all 17 SDG? Is good HIV AIDS Advocacy the same thing as Good HIV AIDS Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PI and 3PI Training as One Designed and Delivered to Reduce and Ultimately Eradicate HIV AIDS? Again if this is not the case, has UNDESA or whichever UN Agency is responsible for Commissioning Preferred Consultant selected the most Competent Consultant that has demonstrable track record of delivering Value for Money and Fitness for Purpose within the entire Scope of the Assignment?

Should above observations not be discussed at the Wednesday 28 October 2015 meeting, 2 – 3 November 2015 ECOSOC Retreat 2 and appropriate Remedial Recommendations made to concerned UN Agencies and Authorities? Is it helpful for concerned UN Agencies and Authorities to be searching for AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 etc Sustainable Solutions that have already been presented to them and to be Ignoring Professionals with Competences and Demonstrable Track Record to Deliver on specific assignments while selecting Preferred Consultants who clearly do not have the Competences - Hard Competences Learning and Skills and Soft Competences - Character, Courage and Mindset to Deliver on the Scope of the Assignment they have been saddled with?

Working Together To Benefit Together


To help ensure World Leaders deliver on promise to achieve SDGs’ by 2030, we suggest relevant UN and Non UN authorities undertake critical review of this and earlier Papers, Policy Briefings and Articles. Should its assessment confirm that indeed the Papers, Policy Briefings and articles have many good ideas and pertinent suggestions, which adopted by UNGA, HLPF, ECOSOC, UN Security Council, 193 Member States Governments and Partners – Village to Global can help achieve increasing convergence between AAAA and SDG Vision and Words with Action Intention and Reality in each Community in each Local Government in each of 193 Member States, we suggest these UN and Non UN authorities consider taking the following specific action steps:-
1.      Endorse the Papers, Policy Briefings and Articles and request UNDESA or UNNGLS to circulate the endorsed Papers, Policy Briefings and articles to all World Leaders, 193 Member States and other AAAA and SDG Stakeholders.
2.      Underline need for Integrated Sustainable Solutions – Political Solutions, Cultural Solutions, Economic Solutions, Financial Solutions, Social Solutions, Environment Solutions, Peace Solutions, Security Solutions, Religious Solutions and Moral Solutions; to Design and Delivery of each Action Agenda Item in AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document etc applicable to specific Village to Global location context.
3.      Urge all World Leaders, 193 member States and other AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document etc Stakeholders to recognize that Political Solutions is Master Key to unlocking remaining 9 Integrated Sustainable Solutions.
4.      Urge UNGA, HLPF, ECOSOC, UN Security Council to  each pass resolution calling on each of the 193 Member States to adopt recommendations in the Papers, Policy Briefings and Articles and go further to establish immediately National Integrated Economic Reform Program, NIEReP for the implementation and evaluation of domesticated AAAA, SDG and COP21 Outcome Document etc Vision and Words with Action, aligned with National Development Plan through National Reform Bureau working with Reform Implementation Unit in each Ministry, Department and Agency in each of the 193 Member States, whose activities are coordinated by Steering Committee on Reform and National Council on Reform within complimentary Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global Master Multi Stakeholder Partnership Platforms.

If SDG, AAAA, COP21 Outcome Document etc Vision Ambitions are to be achieved and on schedule date, Village to Global Stakeholders need to Work Together to Benefit Together.

MOVING FORWARD

Do World Leaders, UNDESA, EOSG, UNGA, ECOSOC, HLPF and Partners recognize that correct answer to all AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21, FAO Conference on Hunger and Poverty Action Plan etc How questions lie in the DOING? That without immediately:-
1.      Appointing Reform Adviser and Global Coordinating Consultant on AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, etc Policy Coherence, Coordination, Collaboration and Cooperation for Sustainable Development, P4CSD to UNGA, ECOSOC and HLPF and Partners
2.      Selecting One Worldwide Approach
3.      Establishing Mater Multi Stakeholder Platform, MSP and MSPs for each Action Agenda item Village to Global, VtG
4.      Establishing Multidisciplinary Professionals Community of Practice on Poverty Elimination and Environmental Sustainability as VtG Platform for all relevant existing and new Disciplines
5.      Addressing issues of Trust, Silos, Honesty, Thinking, Solidarity, Attitude, Behavior, Communication etc VtG
6.      Connecting each Community in each Local Government in each of the 193 Member States to UN Headquarters New York
7.      Establishing VtG Mechanism for Correct Diagnosis, Prescription, Surgery and Recovery Management
8.      Establishing VtG Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One
9.      Establishing VtG Mechanism for Ownership, Harmony, Alignment, Accountability, Transparency, Transformation, Leadership, Learning, Results and Participation (Citizens and Stakeholders), OH2A2T2LRP
10. Establishing VtG Mechanism for Policy Coherence, Coordination, Collaboration and Cooperation for Sustainable Development, P4CSD
11. Establishing VtG Mechanism for Master Collaborative Research Support Program, CRSP for each Action Agenda Item

It will be uphill task achieving increasing convergence between AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21, FAO Conference on Hunger and Poverty etc Vision Intention and Reality. If these Visions are not achieved by 2030 Target date, the ultimate consequences for our Fragile Planet could be catastrophic.

About ISPE / EAG

Lanre and colleagues have for over twenty years made great sacrifices, demonstrated uncommon zeal and exceptional patriotism in continuing constructive engagement of relevant sub-national, national and international stakeholders, to jointly focus on comprehensive systemic solutions to our real and complex national political, economic, social, security, cultural and religious problems on the ground.

In this period we have been working spiritedly towards helping to make Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Hunger and Poverty history and in record time. In this period also, our Lanre Rotimi (Nigerian) and Dr. Hellmut Eggers (German) have created 3PCM, Policy, Program, Project Cycle Management Approach to Benefits focused National and International Development Cooperation – the most advance such Approach in our World today. 3PCM has been tried and tested, the Biggest Test so far in NIPOST 2000 – 2001.

3PCM uses Living Strategy or Communication Strategy and so it is Dynamic and continuing to improve daily. Glorious Heights reached by NIPOST at the time has NEVER been equalled even when NIPOST later received Technical Support from Netherlands / Dutch Postal Administration. We have built considerable expertise, experience and exposure in Nigeria, UK and EC that bring Whole of Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Thinking to bear in finding practical solutions to all identified complex systemic problems in Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World, fully implementing the solutions and effectively monitoring and evaluating this implementation in ways that achieve increasing convergence between National and Global Development Cooperation Goals and Targets Intention and Reality and on scheduled dates.

International Society for Poverty Elimination, ISPE, Volunteer Organization, is a Member of Economic Alliance Group, EAG. EAG has the following additional Members:-
1.      AR & Associates Limited, Strategy and Development Cooperation Consulting Firm – Research, Planning, Statistics, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment, Learning, Results, Advocacy.
2.      EAG - CLEAR, Centre for Learning in Evaluation and Results, Evaluation Organization
3.      EAG - CDPM, Centre for Development Policy Management, Research Organization
4.      EAG – FTS / FFS, Farmers Training School / Farmer Field School, Food and Agriculture Organization
5.      EAG – ETS / EFS, Enterprise Training School / Enterprise Field School, Entrepreneurship Development Organization
6.      EAG – PSA / PSE – Public Service Academy / Public Service Exchange, Public Administration Organization

EAG is neutral in promoting and protecting Sub-national, National and International Development Cooperation. EAG work towards supporting Developed Countries Governments; Developing Countries Governments; International Institutions / International Foundations / Donors; Organized Communities – Neighbourhood to Global; Media – National and International to JOINTLY Build National and Global Collective ACTION for achieving Increasing Convergence between National and Global Development Cooperation Goals and Targets Intention and Reality and on schedule dates.

The core business of the Group is the provision of Services for Strategic Management of Complex National or International or both National and International Development Change Processes under Blended Volunteer Services and Commercial Services Arrangement.
AR has been in business since 1993 but registered in Nigeria in 1995. ISPE has been in business operating as Economic Alliance International (EAI) since 2002 but registered in Nigeria in 2007. EAG – CLEAR; EAG – CDPM; EAG – FTS; EAG – ETS; EAG – PSA are for now domiciled in AR.

EAG has in the past 20 years spent over US$2 Million (N300 Million) to Develop the 3PCM Approach as well as its National and Global Development Cooperation Practical Solutions under Blended Volunteer Services and Commercial Services Arrangement within which we provided the Nigeria Federal Government alone Consultancy Services worth over UK Pounds 10 Million (N2.5 Billion) Free of Charge. This is Evidence that we do not have purely Commercial Interest but are Motivated by Service to Humanity as the Best Work of Life, hence two of our Slogans – Let Us Work Together to Benefit Together and …Building a Brighter Future as we Configure our World.


Conclusion

In this Paper and five earlier Papers we have raised serious issues of serious business that deserve the serious attention of World Leaders, 193 Member States, UN Family Organization and Partners from Village to Global levels. Each day delay in addressing these fundamental issues is one day too long.

Our view is that the Wednesday Group meetings has been established to articulate Sustainable Solutions Recommendations for adoption / adaptation be relevant UN Entities / Authorities, other UN Family Organization Entities / Authorities, 193 Member States Entities / Authorities and their Village to Global Partners. If this view is correct why does it appear that the Wednesday Group itself is Anti Change – seeking SDG Implementation and Evaluation Model it is interested in rather that SDG Implementation and Evaluation Model that is in Global Interest? If this view is wrong, can the Wednesday Group make public effort it is making to ensure that all good ideas and pertinent suggestions harvested from Global Consultations are implemented with effective monitoring and evaluation of this implementation by concerned Duty Bearers within and outside the UN Family Organization?

Either way, it is our hope that ECOSOC Retreat 2 will give this and related Papers due consideration and take appropriate decisions moving AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21, FAO Conference on Hunger and Poverty Action Plan, select WDRs and other Action Agenda forward in the Common Interest and Common Humanity of all Citizens in each of the 193 Member States, especially the over 4 Billion Poor including elders, men, women, youth and children in US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, other developed Countries, China, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, other Developing Countries.

It is a puzzle that World Leaders, EOSG, UNDESA, UNGA, ECOSOC, HLPF and partners appear to be sincere in the search for sound and sustainable solutions to AAAA, SDG, COP21 Outcome Document, Agenda 21, FAO Conference on Hunger and Poverty Action Plan etc How questions but consistently reject the most Comprehensive – All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious answer to these How questions, available anywhere in our World today. Can World Leaders, EOSG, UNDESA, UNGA, ECOSOC, HLPF and Partners recognize correct answer to these How questions when presented to them?

The ultimate consequences of failure to achieve 2030 Agenda Targets in each of the 193 Member States could be catastrophic. This is avoidable should World Leaders take positive Action on ideas and suggestions set out in Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3, Paper 4, Paper 5, Paper 6 and supporting documents – available upon request.

We are willing to offer a more detailed information / clarification as directed by GA Second Committee and or other relevant UN Authority.


Contact:
Director General
International Society for Poverty Elimination / Economic Alliance Group
5, Moses Orimolade Avenue,
Ijapo Estate, Akure,  Ondo State,
Nigeria.
M: +234-8162469805

Email: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk                                                    29 October 2015.