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ISPE       EAG
INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION                   ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP

Briefing # 12: Canada 150th Anniversary: Celebrating Successes; Recognizing Failures and Learning Lessons for Better Canada 300th Anniversary
                                                                                                                       10 July 2017

Introduction

On 1 July 2017 Canada, the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kick-started events to celebrate its 150th Anniversary with an inspirational Statement that celebrated the past successes, acknowledged past failures and looked forward to Canada Future in 150 years time.

It is true that Canada has much to celebrate and much to regret. However, the real challenge is to effectively build bridge between lessons learning and forgetting to assure significant improvements on past successes; significant reduction or avoidance of past mistakes and the delivery of a better Canada by 1 July 2167. This demands New Canada National Development Vision and New Canada International Development Vision.

This Paper suggests priorities and direction that Canadian Governments and Citizens could consider adopting, if they are to achieve increasing convergence between Canada 300th Anniversary Vision Intention and Reality by target date.

Rethinking National and International Development Cooperation

The real and complex National Development and International Development problems on the ground facing Canada today, underline need for Canada to take a leading role in Rethinking National and International Development from Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global levels.  

The 2030 Transformation Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP 21, Agenda 21, that is essentially collapsed into the indivisible 17 Goals of the SDG and applicable to all North and South Countries in our World today, is an All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Agenda presenting a Global Framework that could help Canada Governments, Parliaments and Citizens and their Partners across our World to jointly undertake the required Rethinkings alongside all concerned National and International Stakeholder Groups.

UNSG Report on Repositioning the UN Development System to deliver on the 2030 Agenda – Ensuring Better Future for All

In compliance with Paragraph 19 of QCPR 2016, the UN Secretary General on 30 June 2017 released the above Report. This Report essentially calls for above Rethinkings and provide stringer evidence supporting validity of many of our Organization’s Study Findings including - that there is disconnect between Communities in North and South Countries UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities Headquarters; that many UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities –Policy, Program, Project Interventions are discussed and implemented at Headquarters and Regional Offices, discussed without implementation at Country Offices and not discussed and not implemented at Sub-national Offices and Beneficiary Community levels; that many UN Member States are looking up to the UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities for support in aligning and harmonizing 2030 Transformation Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 and Agenda 21 to their respective Country Development Plans and Community Development Plans but these UN System Entities themselves need help before they can be in a position to help UN Member States Entities; that UNDESA has been saddled with responsibility to Re-engineer itself to enable UNDESA deliver on its responsibility in the 2030 Transformation Agenda but UNDESA cannot on its own Re-engineer itself as UNDESA needs help if it is to design and deliver UNDESA Re-engineering Program / UNDESA Productivity and Quality Improvement Program that can succeed on sustainable basis. This also holds true for all remaining UN System: UNO, WBG and IMF Entities; that it is not helpful to use UNO interchangeable with UN System. UNO is an Organization that itself is a Member of a Much Bigger Organization the UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF; that without knowing why UNO DaO (Delivery as One) that is over 10 years had flaws and failures, relevant authorities on UN Member States and UN System sides will not know how to design and deliver UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF DaO that will be successful on sustainable basis and that meaningfully addressing these and related points greatly depends on finding clear and correct answers to 2030 Transformation Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 How questions, noting that 2030 Transformation Agenda What questions are over-answered producing Study Reports, Consultation Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents that are Vision and Words without Action while 2030 Transformation Agenda How questions that are avoided or evaded in the past and up till now, are needed to produce Study Reports, Consultation Reports, Conferences and meetings Outcome Documents that are Vision and Words with ACTION.

The Report identifies Accountability as a Major Issue. However, as long as concerned National Leaders and Global Leaders on UN Member States: Governments, Parliaments, Judiciary; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF; CSOs/NGOs; Academic Institutions/ Traditional Institutions/ Religious Organizations; Private Sector: Micro, Small, Medium, Large, Multinational Enterprises; Media: Radio, TV, Print, Online sides supported by Internal Consultants and External Consultants with minimum certain levels of Hard Competences: Learning and Skills and Soft Competencies: Character, Courage and Mindset do not know why Paris Declaration, PD (2005) and Bussan Declaration (2011) had flaws and failures; they will not know how to design and deliver 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, OP21, Agenda 21 Accountability Framework that will succeed on sustainable basis in all 306/193 UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities and Partners sides. The Report needs to do more if all Information, Research and Knowledge Gaps are to be correctly identified and correctly filled in each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional Location context.

Canada Future
Canada cannot on its own solve all its National and International Development problems on the ground. No One Individual, Institution or Government has all the answers to all the National and International Development problems on the ground facing any specific North Country or South Country in our World today. As what happens in the weakest and poorest countries affect what happens in the strongest and richest countries and vice versa, a need arises now more than ever for Stronger National and Global Platforms for effectively Mobilizing National and Global Collective ACTION for sustainable solutions to real and complex National and International Development problems on the ground in each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-national and Regional Context. Let us take the following specific examples:-

Urgent Need for Alternative to Brexit in UK and EU
The UK and EU need to be very careful if they are to avoid Brexit as Force for Evil catalyzing Mutually Assured Destruction, not only in the UK and EU but also in Canada and rest of the World. Ireland now knows that cost of remaining in EU when UK leaves is too high, so against its will, Ireland is opting for Irexit, despite its very unpleasant consequences. To avoid this, a former Ireland Prime Minister, Mr John Burton is advocating for Alternative to Brexit that Work in the common interest and common future of UK, Ireland, EU and rest of the World.

Our Organization is also advocating for Alternative to Brexit that achieve even more than that proposed by Mr Burton, that is Alternative to Brexit that is Force for Good Driving Reconfiguring UK, Reconfiguring EU and Reconfiguring World for Stronger UK, Stronger EU and Stronger World build upon all National and Global Stakeholders in UK Economy and EU Economy jointly identifying root cause or primary cause problems on the ground underlying Brexit on both UK and EU sides and jointly Designing and Delivering correct diagnosis, correct prescription, correct surgery and correct recovery management that is integral part of organization, orientation and discipline of UK Citizens, EU Citizens and World Citizens to be the Moving Force Driving Transformation of Society in UK, EU and World to achieve Stronger UK, Stronger EU and Stronger World, using One Worldwide Approach or Universal Approach with clear Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database, that is Not One Cap Fit All.

We call on authorities in USA, Canada, Ireland, other Powerful North Countries; Nigeria, China, Brazil and other Powerful South Countries and the UN Secretary General, UN Security Council and other UN Organization Agencies to recognize that should they continue to look on and allow domestic politics in UK and EU Member Countries catalyze Hard Brexit or No Brexit that is each Force for Evil, the ultimate consequences for Governments and Citizens in UK, EU, USA and World would be catastrophic

Urgent Need for Alternative to Biexit etc among Igbos and among other Ethnic Nationalities in Nigeria

The Ethnic Nationalities in Nigeria need to be very careful, if they are to avoid Biexit (Biafra Exit) in South East Nigeria; Militancy in South South Nigeria; Boko Haram in North East Nigeria; Fulani Herdsmen Menace in majority of States in Nigeria catalyzing Mutually Assured Destruction in all Six Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria. Allowed to occur, this may lead to early break up of Nigeria with ultimate catastrophic consequences not only for Nigeria but also for Africa, UK, Europe, USA and other Continents in our World. The World simply cannot afford the cost of Nigeria Break Up hence the need for effective action and on time.

Our Organization is also advocating for Alternative to Biexit that is Force for Good Driving Reconfiguring Nigeria, Reconfiguring Africa, Reconfiguring UK, Reconfiguring EU and Reconfiguring World for Stronger Nigeria, Stronger Africa, Stronger UK, Stronger EU and Stronger World build upon all National and Global Stakeholders in Nigeria Economy, Africa Economy, UK Economy, EU Economy, other National and Regional Economies across our World jointly identifying root cause or primary cause problems on the ground underlying Biexit etc on each Nigeria Ethnic Nationalities sides that is interlinked, interconnected and interdependent with similar effort within Brexit on both UK and EU sides and jointly Designing and Delivering correct diagnosis, correct prescription, correct surgery and correct recovery management that is integral part of organization, orientation and discipline of Nigeria Citizens, Africa Citizens, UK Citizens, EU Citizens, USA Citizens, Canada Citizens and Citizens in other Continents Worldwide to be the Moving Force Driving Transformation of Society in Nigeria, Africa, UK, EU, USA, other Continents to achieve Stronger Nigeria, Stronger Africa, Stronger UK, Stronger EU, Stronger USA, Stronger Canada and Stronger World.

We call on authorities in USA, Canada, Ireland, other Powerful North Countries; Nigeria, China, Brazil and other Powerful South Countries and the UN Secretary General, UN Security Council and other UN Organization Agencies to recognize that should they continue to look on and allow domestic politics in each of the Ethnic Nationalities in the 6 Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria catalyze Hard Biexit etc or No Biexit etc that is each Force for Evil, the ultimate consequences for Governments and Citizens in Nigeria, Africa, UK, EU, USA and World would be catastrophic.

Urgent Need to Address Canada’s National and International Problems

The Indigenous Peoples, Settlers and New Comers in Canada need to be very careful if they are to build a Better Canada in the next 150 years. There are issues of colonization, injustice, corruption, water, climate change, terrorism and related matters that need to be more meaningfully addressed if Better Canada 300th Anniversary is to be celebrated. It will be recalled that on 1 December 2011 stakeholders came together to Plan for Charlottown 150th Anniversary in 2014 and the need to align and harmonize this with Plan for Canada 150th Anniversary 2017. It is pertinent to note that had many of the serious issues of serious business demanding serious attention of Canada Governments, Parliaments and Citizens been addressed in the past 3 years there would have been much better Canada 150th Anniversary Celebration today.

Urgent Need to Address World Sustainable Development Problems

The Governments, Parliaments and Citizens in both North and South Countries in our World today need to be very careful, if our Fragile Planet is to avoid peril and if sustainable solutions are to be found to real and complex Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social, Environmental, Peace, Security, Religious, Moral, Legal and Technical problems on the ground at Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global levels on North Countries,, South Countries, UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF and Partners sides.

MSP as Force for Good and Lobbying as Force for Good

The above points underlines the urgent need for Multi Stakeholder Platform / Partnership, MSP as Force for Good and Lobbying as Force for Good Capacity Building including Training and Retraining as well as Networking and Knowledge Sharing for all Negotiators in each Stakeholder Blocks – UN Member States: Governments, Parliaments, Judiciary; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities and other Stakeholders Constituencies that empower them to more effectively grapple with real and complex challenges on the ground of identifying root cause or primary cause problems responsible for failures of Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Data, Digitization, Democracy (regardless of the System of Government – Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Welfarism etc) in each Community in each UN Member State and come up with Sustainable Solutions appropriate to the Theme of the specific UN Conference or Meeting.


The UN Member States Heads of Government should be concerned that many Community to Global Stakeholders in each of the Stakeholder Blocks Constituencies in this 3rd quarter 2017 Year 2 of Implementation of SDG are of the view that securing Means of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda is Mirage or Wishful Thinking, given realities on the ground from Community to Global levels. Some of these Concerned Stakeholders are increasingly raising their Voices to Speak Out regarding the fact that these fundamental issues remain unspoken and unrecognized at HPLFs and that without making arrangement to discuss, negotiate and reach agreement on these fundamental issues achieving 2030 Agenda Vision Ambitions will be uphill task. The Heads of Government in Powerful North Countries - Canada, USA, UK, Germany, France, Russia etc and Powerful South Countries – Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa etc need to consider leading the way in this regard.


Public Will and Political Will – PoW-PbW


Dealing effectively with Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social, Environmental, Peace, Security, Religion, Moral, Legal, Technical Problems at each specific Community to Global level requires Collective Action and Coordinated Commitment. This underlines urgent need to Reform the UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF to be Institutions Fit for the 21st Century.

It is pertinent to note that Persons most affected by Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social, Environmental, Peace, Security, Religion, Moral, Legal and Technical problems typically constitute weak or powerless constituencies that lack real representation in the Halls of Power.


Consequently, coalitions of stakeholders must make firm commitments if conditions are to improve for the disenfranchised. Helping these immobilized and resource-deprived groups often entails short-run tradeoffs and sacrifices for others in a society, even when social interdependence dictates that sustainable long-run solutions are ‘win-win’ for most or all. Without strong mutual accountability mechanisms, stepping back from the social and policy changes necessary to address these complex issues is simply too easy and too tempting and this explains why these fundamental issues have remained unaddressed and for so long.


Long-term, effective change in complex issue areas typically happens only if the government and key public stakeholders are pushing in the same direction. Political action to address cultural, economic, financial, social, environmental, peace, security, religion, moral, legal and technical problems and their deleterious outcomes is not enough to effect large-scale change if opposed or undermined by the public. Efforts originating with the government often coincide with laws that demand change, but not all citizens feel compelled to obey. Similarly, social change efforts driven by nongovernmental entities will flounder if government opposes or refuses to reinforce the change. To achieve success in the fight against adverse outcomes of political, cultural, economic, financial, social, environmental, peace, security, religion, moral, legal and technical problems, the government and large segments of the public must be willing to recognize the root cause or primary cause problem, understand the root cause or primary cause problem in a similar way, and agree on sustainable solutions.

There is a need to meaningfully address both Political Will and Public Will (PoW-PbW) if adequate Political Action Driving Social Change at minimum certain levels required to find, fully implement with effective monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of sustainable solutions to political, cultural, economic, financial social, environment, peace, security, religion, moral, legal, technical root cause or primary cause problems on the ground from Community to Global levels in each UN Member State are to be found. The PoW-PbW calls for systematic assessment of both political will and public will and maps directly to specific tools/ instruments within One Worldwide Approach – 3PCM.
·        Political will exists when “a sufficient set of decision makers with a common understanding of a particular problem on the formal agenda is committed to supporting a commonly perceived, potentially effective policy solution.” The Central Actors in Political Will are Elected Politicians, Appointed Politicians, Senior Civil Servants and Senior Public Servants.
·        Public will exists when “a social system has a shared recognition of a particular problem and resolves to address the situation in a particular way through sustained collective action at each level Community to Global. The Central Actors in Public Will are Traditional Rulers; Tribal Leaders; Religious Leaders; Leaders of Academic Institutions, Media Institutions, Labor Unions, Trade Groups, Student Groups; Leaders of Community Development Associations, Professional Associations. 

The PoW-PbW Instrument/Tool within 3PCM holistic approach or One Worldwide Common and Systemic Approach involves collecting various forms of information before choosing the appropriate tactics and techniques for generating political will and public will and for promoting mutual accountability. The PoW-PbW Instrument/Tool emphasizes the importance of broad groups of stakeholders agreeing upon aligned root cause problem or primary cause and sustainable solution definitions within specific 2030 Agenda Sector, Service, Issue or Goal, Target, Indicator such as gender based violence, food security, climate change, and poverty etc.

The assessment procedures treat local context and local knowledge as instrumental in achieving effective long-term change. Interpretation of political, cultural, economic, financial, social, environmental, peace, security, religion, moral, legal, technical root cause problems or primary cause problems can differ across different Community to Regional contexts, and one-size- fits-all “solutions” often fail to meet the specific 2030 Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21 goals and targets of all Communities in all UN Member States.

Through the application of observation-based analysis, the PoW-PbW assessment procedures identify whether the primary shortcoming in the specific Community, Country, Region in the specific 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 Goal, Target, Indicator is in the area of political will, public will, or both. All this information then informs the choice of tactics for unifying understanding and for holding stakeholders mutually accountable. Parts of the process repeat as necessary.

One Worldwide Approach

As long as Community to Global Stakeholders continue the divergent practice of seeking alignment and harmony; whole of Society/Bank/whole of Government Approach and Calling for Change etc alongside Multiple Approaches; no one-cap-fits-all approach and Resisting Change etc, it will be uphill task finding correct answers to these questions.

The One Worldwide Approach we have described is a Generic Approach that could be adapted to suit the unique needs and specific peculiarities of each Community to Global location context. It is therefore not a one-cap-fits-all approach but a means of Standardizing a Universal Approach or Common and Systemic Approach that could be adopted and applied by all or any Community to Global Stakeholder(s) involved in any aspect of the 2030 Agenda 3P Change and 3P Research, Planning, Statistics (Planning Side); 3P Implementation (Implementation Side); 3P Monitoring, Evaluation (Evaluation Side) and 3P Learning, Results, Measuring Success (Success Side).

Please find link to 3PCM Long Version the most Advance such One Worldwide Generic Approach available in our World today.    http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/70/csocons22oct.pdf  
A 3PCM Short Version could be made available upon request.

MOVING FORWARD

There is urgent need for National Leaders and World Leaders on UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF; SOs/NGOs; Private Sector; Academics ad Researchers; Internal Consultants and External Consultants to Individually and Jointly recognize need for:-
1. PoW-PbW Driving
2. BD / Original PD Vision Driving
3. Organization, Orientation and Discipline of Community to Global Stakeholders to be the MOVING FORCE Driving
4. Community to Global TRANSFORMATION of Individuals, Institutions and Societies  Driving
5. Increasing Convergence between 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 aligned and harmonized to Community Development Plan and Country Development Plans in each UN Member State Vision Intention and Reality by target date.

And to demonstrate these through:-
1. Adopting One Worldwide Approach with Clear Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database
2. Accept clear and correct answer to How questions that is DOING built upon correct diagnosis, correct prescription, correct surgery and correct recovery management.
3. Accept to Re-establish Existing Institutions and Establish New Institutions.
4. Accept to Re-establish Existing MSPs and Establish New MSPs.
5.  Accept to Re-establish Existing Rules and Establish New Rules.
6. Accept to Change Attitude and Behaviour at Scale on each Stakeholder Block side.
7. Accept to Re-establish Existing Communication and Establish New Communication.
8. Accept to meaningfully involve Ideas Creators in the implementation and evaluation of good ideas and pertinent suggestions included in Study Reports, Consultation Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents.

Conclusion 


Our World is accelerating on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM. No one knows when irreversilibilty point would be reached and our Fragile Planet will self destruct or Perish. Yet our World can CHANGE and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM. One day delay in making this cross over may be One Day too late.


We urge World Leaders and National Leaders in Canada, UK, USA, Germany, France, Russia, other North Countries; Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, other South Countries; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF to individually and jointly recognize that the fundamental issues highlighted in this Paper are problem not just on South Countries side but also on North Countries and UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF and Partners sides. To seek to achieve the 2030 Agenda without first addressing these fundamental issues is to attempt to build something or nothing or build skyscraper on weak foundation. For Canada to seek to achieve Better 300th Anniversary Celebrations without addressing these fundamental issues is also to attempt to build something on nothing or build skyscraper on weak foundation. Same hold for UK and EU as each grapple with challenges of Brexit and Nigeria as it grapples with challenge of Biexit etc


These are indeed trying times. The fundamental issues highlighted in the Paper and Paper need to be effectively addressed if sustainable solutions are to be found to War on Hunger, War on Poverty and War on Terror in Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, Canada, US and rest of the World and this calls for more spirited effort at addressing Food Security, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture Dimension of the 2030 Transformation Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 and Agenda 21 as One.



There is no single Individual, Institution or Government anywhere in our World today that has all of the answers to all of the problems facing any specific Institution, Government or Country. The past and current option of deploying Multiple Approaches on the grounds of diversity and unknowingly misapplying No One Cap fit All is clearly not working. This underlines need for National Leaders and World Leaders on each of the UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF; CSOs/NGOs; Private Sector; Academics and Researchers; Internal Consultants and External Consultants sides to pick up the gauntlet and grapple with the Intellectual Challenge of coming up with an alternative option for deploying a Standardized and Universal Approach that respects Community to Global Diversity and is Not a One Cap Fit All that is clearly working.



The 3PCM Approach that has been described in this Paper is an Advance such alternative option available to National Leaders and World Leaders in our World today. Should National Leaders and World Leaders in all Stakeholders Blocks Individually and Collectively recognize that our World needs a Global Rescue Mission if our Fragile Planet is not to be destroyed; that without taking urgent Action the probability of reaching irreversibility point on current MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM in which our World is accelerating is very high and that adopting 3PCM Approach (or alternative, if it could be found) towards research, implementation, evaluation and success of 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, UNSG 21 Point Agenda aligned and harmonized with Community Development Plans and Country Development Plans in each of the UN Member States could ensure our World Change to accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM – a necessary condition for achieving 2030 Agenda by target date and in ways that ensure No One is Left Behind, then One Day delay in adopting 3PCM Approach (or alternative) and other good ideas and pertinent suggestions set out in this Paper could be One Day too late.



We urge National Leaders and World Leaders in all concerned Stakeholder Blocks to recognize that finding clear and correct answers to How questions is especially difficult and is matter of Know How and not Big Name; that as long as Idea Creators whose Ideas are included in Study Reports; Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents are not meaningfully involved in the implementation and evaluation of the implementation of these ideas achieving increasing convergence between 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each UN Member State by target date is most likely to be uphill task or mirage. Allowed to our, the ultimate consequences as now that Brexit Negotiations has Start and US President Trump has assumed office, could be catastrophic for Citizens in Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US, Canada and rest of the World. For how long can National Leaders and World Leaders bear the SCAR of World Hunger, World Poverty and World Terrorism on their Consciences?



There are bright prospects of success, if the right thing is done and on time.




Contact:
Lanre Rotimi
Director General,
International Society for Poverty Elimination / Economic Alliance Group,
Akure – Nigeria, West Africa.

M: +234-8162469805   

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