EAG ISPE
ECONOMIC
ALLIANCE GROUP INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
POVERTY ELIMINATION (Global NGO)
ER&A NEHMAP Initiative
ER and Associates Limited New End Hunger, Malnutrition
and Poverty (Global Social Enterprise)
(International
Development Cooperation Consultants)
Comments on UN High Level Advisory Board
Introduction
The establishment of the UN High
Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, HLAB, is part of the UN’s
effort to more meaningfully support 193/306 UN Member States (all currently Off
Track in delivery on SDGs Pledge – No Goal will be considered met if it is not
achieved by all Peoples in all Countries) to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge in
12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date. HLAB is scheduled to meet twice a
year with its first meeting during HPLF July 2018.
In the work towards achieving
delivery on 2030 Transformation Agenda, UN DESA has been saddled with
responsibility to first Re-engineer itself, so that it could be in much
stronger position to effectively Re-position the UN Development System: UNO,
WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Systems as One while simultaneously better supporting all
193/306 UN Member States to deliver on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.
The HLAB is expected to offer UN
DESA “Thought Leadership on Sustainable Development as outlined in UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres Report on Repositioning the UN Development System to
Deliver on the 2030 Transformation Agenda: Ensuring A Better Future for All”.
This commentary is our
Institution’s contribution towards improving HLAB’s Development Impact and
Development Results at each specific Community, Sub-national, National,
Sub-regional, Regional and Global, CSnNSrRG, location context.
Commendation
We commend the UN
Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN DESA for establishing UN HLAB. As all
193/306 UN Member States are Off Track in work towards achieving delivery on
SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date, HLAB is coming at opportune time to ensure
that HPLF 2018 indeed mark turning point in National and International
Development Cooperation.
All 193/306 UN Member States Off Track Delivering on SDGs Pledge by end
2030
It will be recalled that
ECOSOC Synthesis Report May
2018 being input to HPLF July 2018 major finding is that all 193/306 UN Member
States are Off Track delivering on SDGs Pledge; that ISPE/EAG War on Conflicts, Inequality and Unsustainable Practices
Paper set out Sustainable Solutions aimed at getting all North and South Countries,
UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF and Partners at specific CSnNSrRG levels to recognize
urgent need to jointly tackle root cause or primary cause problems on the
ground, if the SDGs Pledge is to be delivered in all North and South Countries
in the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date.
We have in the War on Conflicts,
Inequality and Unsustainable Practices 3 Paper, identified Partners that
have Lead Roles to Play:-
It will be recalled further that UN
Secretary General Guterres at his Swearing In Ceremony on 15 December 2016
set out his Vision for the UN System. It will be Mission Impossible seeking to
achieve the UNSG Vision that is Integral Part of work towards achieving 2030
Transformation Agenda Vision, as long as all 193/306 UN Member States remain
Off Track delivering on SDGs/SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date. It is
pertinent to note that there is just 12 1/2 years remaining to deliver on SDGs
Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States. Please find link to our Comment on
Ways and Means of Translating the UNSG Vision and Words into Vision and Words
with Action, that is moving from Thoughts to Practical Action in our World as
is and not as any Stakeholder no matter How powerful wish it to be:
All 193/306 UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) and
Partners – Shift from MDGs Mode to SDGs Mode and On Time
If all 193/306 UN Member
States are to deliver on SDGs Pledge in 12 ½ years remaining, there must be
Multiple Paradigm Shifts including: Shift from MDGs Mode to SDGs Mode, Working
in Silos to Working in Synergy; Using Multiple Approaches to Using One
Worldwide Integrated Approach etc as basis for all National and International
Stakeholders “Working Together to Benefit Together”. This demand National and
International Stakeholders in each specific CSnNSrRG location context are
Organized, Oriented and Disciplined to be the effective MOVING FORCE Driving
Transformation of Society in their specific CSnNSrRG location context. This
Transformation will be Driven by National and Global Collective Action for
Sustainable Development, within effective Multi Stakeholder Platforms /
Partnerships, MSPs promoting and protecting Inclusion and Participation in each
specific CSnNSrRG location context.
Achieving Delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States; UN
System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) National and International and Partners sides
– The Big Issues
- The SDGs unlike the MDGs is for all Countries. The SDGs is All
Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Agenda that is Interrelated,
Interlinked, Interconnected and Interdependent. At end 10 of 60 Quarters
of Implementation, the SDGs is yet to have All Inclusive, All Embracing
and Ambitious: Research, Planning, Data/Statistics, Implementation,
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Results/Measuring
Success, Transparency, Accountability and Participation as One Framework
for Delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge applicable to each specific CSnNSrRG location context, and this One Framework using One
Worldwide Integrated Approach to National and International Development
Cooperation, such as 3PCM:-
- CSR Europe White Paper 2017 on “The SDGs; The Values” extracts:-
a)
Research shows that there are a number of
reasons why uptake of the SDGs remains low among some companies and some SESEOs
/ Cooperatives. These include: a lack of stakeholder demand for action on the
Global Goals, a limited understanding of how the SDGs relate to the company’s
core business, a sense that the Goals are too complex and insufficient
government commitment and support for businesses to commit to the SDGs. Low social awareness is the biggest
obstacle that business leaders face when trying to engage with the SDGs. Other
challenges include a lack of clarity on
directions or approaches to implement the SDGs, lack of government commitment or policies and
lack of resources.
b) This
shows that many business leaders need greater support in terms of how to
approach the Global Goals. There is also a need
to create more mass engagement around the SDGs. Once again Government is
mentioned as potentially playing a key role here. However, business leaders
also suggest that more partnerships and the sharing of best practice and case
studies are important for helping to create
a roadmap that can inspire businesses to tackle the SDGs.
c)
Research demonstrates that
there is a strong appetite among
business leaders and SESEOs/ Cooperatives Leaders to partner and collaborate to
address the SDGs. This signals that there is a great opportunity for governments and multi-lateral institutions
to show more leadership and proactively engage with the business community and
SESEOs/ Cooperatives community to
provide more guidance and support on how to adopt and align with the SDGs.
There is also an opportunity to communicate
about the SDGs more widely, both within and outside of the business
community and SESEOs/ Cooperatives community.
d)
The Trillions of US Dollars required to effectively finance SDGs Action
Agenda Items: Research, Planning, Data/Statistics, Implementation, Monitoring,
Evaluation, Learning, Results/Measuring Success, Transparency, Accountability
and Participation as One as appropriate in each specific CSnNSrRG
location context, cannot be provided by 193/306 UN Member
States and UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) alone. The Banks, Commercial
Enterprises and SESE/Cooperatives need to be meaningfully involved. This is not yet the case. All obstacles need
to be removed and without delay.
e)
The University
Community – Academic Staff, Non Academic Staff, Postgraduate Students and
Undergraduate Students in Top 1000 Universities in the World Leading all
Universities and Tertiary Institutions in all 193/306 UN Member States have
much to contribute if all 193/306 UN member States are to achieve delivery on
SDGs by end 2030 target date. These Top 1000 Universities and remaining
Universities and Tertiary Institutions Worldwide need to be meaningfully involved. This is not yet
the case. All obstacles need to be removed and without delay.
- Without first finding Political
Solutions to issues in (1) and (2), it will be uphill task finding
remaining Sustainable Solutions – Cultural, Economic,
Financial, Social, Environmental, Peace, Security, Religious, Moral, Communication,
SESE/Cooperatives, Legal and Technical as appropriate in each specific CSnNSrRG
location context.
- Without
making Fourth Industrial Revolution
and Fourth Agriculture Revolution Work for the over 4 Billion Poor, it
will be uphill task achieving (1) – (3).
- Without
effectively linking all Communities
in all 193/306 UN Member States with UNO Headquarters New York; WBG and
IMF Headquarters Washington and WTO (ITO) Headquarters and without all
relevant National and International Stakeholders effectively “Working
Together to Benefit Together” and jointly adopting Correct Diagnosis, Correct
Prescription, Correct Surgery and Correct
Recovery Management built upon “Separating Fact from Fiction”, “Speaking
Truth to Power” and “UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) - Walking your
Talk”, it will be mission
impossible achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member
States and in the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date.
- Without
Changing Attitude and Behavior at
Scale on 193/306 UN Member States Governments: Executive, Legislature,
Judiciary at all levels; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Headquarters,
Regional Offices and Country
Offices; Top 1,000 Universities Leading all remaining Universities and
Tertiary Institutions Worldwide: Academic Staff, Non Academic Staff,
Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students; Banks, Commercial
Enterprises and SESE/Cooperatives – Micro, Small, Medium, Large and
Transnational; National and International Media: Radio, TV, Print and
Online and their National and International Partners, it will be mission
impossible achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member
States and in the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date.
- Without identifying Individuals and Institutions with Original and Unadulterated Innovative and Creative Sustainable Solutions to one or more SDGs Action Agenda Items in each specific CSnNSrRG location context, it will be uphill task to meaningfully address (1) – (6).
The Way Forward – Catching Up on MDGs and Accelerating to Deliver on
SDGs Pledge
It is against this
background that we urge the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN DESA
in seeking to support 193/306 UN Member States to deliver on SDGs Pledge, in
the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date (noting that many countries
will first have to catch up on MDGs), to speedily address Inclusion, Participation and related gaps in the HLAB, by
considering and taking appropriate action on the following points:-
- Meaningfully addressing the disproportional influence of Trained
Economists in National and International Development Cooperation Strategy
Design and Delivery. Trained Economists have done lot of Good but also
much more Harm. The Harm Deficit cannot be remedied as long as Trained
Economists who caused many of the problems in the first place remain
Pilots and Drivers of effort to get 193/306 UN Member States back on Track
to achieve Delivery on SDGs Pledge in 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030
target date.
- The HLAB Membership is disproportional in favour of US and Columbia
University, New York. Yes, US and Columbia University have location
advantage, but this should not override need for Inclusion and
Participation balance in such important Global Advisory Board as the HLAB.
There is urgent need to expand the HLAB to address Inclusion,
Participation and related Gaps through respecting fair Regional /
Sub-regional Representation as well as meaningful representation of Youth
and Gender Balance. There is a need to ensure that HLAB work is translated
from English to remaining 5 UN Official Languages; that UN System: UNO,
WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Officially Adopt 8 Worldwide Regions and ensure
Inclusion and Participation from all relevant Stakeholders in these 8
Regions in all UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Events and Activities
for meaningfully supporting 193/306 UN Member States to achieve delivery
on SDGs Pledge in 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date. The 8
Worldwide Regions are:
a)
US, Canada & Western Europe
b)
Eastern & Southern Africa
c)
South Asia
d)
West & Central Africa
e)
Latin America & Caribbean
f)
East Asia & Pacific
g)
Middle East & North Africa
h)
Central and Eastern Europe & CIS.
- Many Professionals who have much to contribute to the work of HLAB,
if it is to help UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) to undertake Reforms
necessary for Design and delivery of Re-engineering Program as well as Productivity
and Quality Improvement Programs that meaningfully strengthen them to
better support 193/306 UN Member States in the great Task of getting back
On Track to achieve Delivery on SDGs Pledge in 12 ½ years remaining, need
to be brought on board HLAB and as soon as possible. These Professionals
include
Development Anthropologists;
Systems Reform Experts; Monitoring and Evaluation Experts etc
Conclusion
The UN HLAB is a very
important Platform. Should the HLAB be reconstituted and expanded as suggested,
even up to 30 Members and given improved ToR, the HLAB could help get all
193/306 UN Member States back On Track towards achieving Delivery on SDGs
Pledge in the 12 ½ years remaining. The HLAB using this Paper as One of its
Working Documents at its first meeting could help ensure that HPLF 2018 indeed
Mark Turning Point in National and international Development Cooperation as
well as in work towards achieving Delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN
Member States.
It is
our hope that Bright Prospects of Success would not be lost.
Please help circulate Message.
Contact:
Director General
Economic Alliance
Group
Affiliate Members: International
Society for Poverty Elimination (Global NGO);
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New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty, NEHMAP Initiative (Global
Social Enterprise) etc
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