The 193 UN Member States
on 25 September 2015 formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development – a set of 17 bold new Global Goals which the UN Secretary General,
Ban Ki Moon has hailed as universal, integrated and transformative Vision for a
better World.
“The new agenda
is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere. It is an agenda for people,
to end poverty in all its forms – an agenda for the planet, our common home,”
declared Mr. Ban as he opened the UN
Sustainable Development Summit, UNSDS 2015 which
kicked off on Friday 25 September 2015 and wraps up Sunday 27 September 2015.
It will be recalled that
in 2014 Mr. Ban embarked upon a Final Push to achieve MDG by 2015 and Post 2015
Development Agenda that mobilized Global Collective Action to get more
Countries achieve more MDG Targets as well as produce its replacement – the Sustainable
Development Goals, SDGs, the new Global Goals that have been adopted.
It will be recalled
further that as part of this Final Push a Data Revolution Report was released 6
November 2014; Synthesis Report was released 4 December 2015; Addis Ababa
Action Agenda was adopted in July 2015 and now the SDG was adopted 25 September
2015.
The UN deserves
commendation for Giant Strides made that got our World thus far. However, the
Data Revolution Report, Synthesis Report, AAAA and SDG How questions have not
been answered and this explains why the UNSDS 2015 has 6 Interactive Dialogue
Sessions all focus on helping to find answer to Data Revolution, Synthesis
Report, AAAA and SDG How questions. Can UNSDS deliver on this responsibility? Or
is UNSDS kick starting process of getting fair answer to SDG How questions?
The implication of holding
UNSDS after adoption of SDG, 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. Unless this conversion is achieved, it will be an
uphill task for World Leaders to deliver on their promise identified above by
Mr. Ban.
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.
The only way World Leaders
can deliver on their promise during the adoption of SDG is to improve
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
These 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.
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.
Resources include:
Influence, Science, Technology, Innovation, Fund, Manpower, Spiritual, Land and
Water.
For World Leaders to
deliver on their promise they need to focus on Diplomacy, Development, Defense,
Security, Politics, Business, Philanthropy, Religion, Communication and
Advocacy within One Worldwide Approach / Methodology; One Worldwide Evaluation;
One Worldwide Competences; One Worldwide Programming etc guarded and guided
by:-
1. High Level Leadership
Personal and Official Commitment
2. Common Stakeholder
Language and Definitions
3. OH2A2T2LRP – Ownership,
Harmony, Alignment, Accountability, Transparency, Transformation, Leadership,
Learning, Results and Participation
4. Eliminating Duplication and
Fragmentation
5. Inclusion and Regeneration
6. Clarify Roles – Duties,
Responsibilities and Rights
7. Agree Sanctions and
Enforcement Mechanism
8. Agree Reward and
Celebration Mechanism
9. Maintain Clear Focus on
Development Results and Development Impact
10.
Measure, Monitor and Evaluate Progress towards achieving
Goals and Targets
11.
Mobilize required Resources (see definition above) and use
prudently and productively.
12.
Build required Capacity (see definition) and ensure match
between Capacity and Scope of Work.
Whereas the MDG focused on
Developing Countries, the SDG is focused on both Developing and Developed
Countries, that is, all 193 Member States. The High Performing Countries have
much to do if they are to achieve all SDG Goals and Targets by 2030. The Laggard
Countries have much more to do, first to cover lost ground achieving MDG and
then accelerate to achieve SDG Goals and Targets by 2030. This underlines
urgent need to select the One Worldwide Approach / Methodology for Implementing
and Evaluation SDG in each of the 193 Member States driving domestication of
SDG that is aligned with National Development Plan in each Country.
Should 193 Member States, UN
Family Organization including World Bank Group and IMF and their Partners
jointly agree to convert SDG to Vision and Words with Action within the next 3 months;
for adoption of revised AAAA and SDG during Paris Climate Change Summit in
December 2015, there are bright prospects of success achieving SDG Goals and
Targets in all 193 Member States by 2030.
If World Leaders are to deliver on
their promise, SDG Stakeholders from Village to Global level need practical
help and support from External Consultants. Few Professionals have the
willingness and the ability – competences required to provide such support. Of these
none has the ability – resources. Those who have the willingness and the
ability – competences need to be identified, invited and empowered with ability
– resources to provide SDG Stakeholders from Village to Global levels with the
needed practical help and support required to achieve increasing convergence
between SDG Vision and Words with Action Intention and Reality in each Community
in each Local Government in each of the 193 Member States.
The momentum built by Final Push
to achieve MDG by 2015 and Post 2015 Development Agenda need to be stepped up
to be next level and not diminished. We need a Global Push to achieve SDG
Vision and Words with Action Agenda by 2030 that is a Global Movement taking
the Final Push to the Next level. We need a Roadmap to Paris that delivers SDG
Vision and Words with Action. We need a Global Movement that ensures all 193
Member States achieve SDG Goals and Targets by 2030. We need World Leaders to
deliver on their Promise.
Will World Leaders fail over 2
Billion World Poor...?
If you require
some clarification or additional information, please send email to:-
Lanre Rotimi
Director General
International Society for Poverty Elimination, ISPE /
Economic Alliance Group
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