Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 46

ISPE       EAG

INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION                   ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP

Rethinking War on Terrorism as Major Driver of New National and International Development Systems fit for the 21^st Century: Master Key for achieving 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Vision Ambitions in all 193/306  UN Member States by Target Date – Central Role for National and International Journalists.

Foreword

Our Nigeria and Our World is in crisis. Should National and World Leaders continue to look on and sit by until Fulani Herdsmen Menace; UK Brexit Challenge; EU Illegal Migration and Migration Abuse Time Bombs as well as other National and Global problems Time Bombs explode, the ultimate consequences would be catastrophic for our Fragile Planet.

Now that increasingly Fantasy Meet Brutal Reality – the Time to Reason and Get Real is now. That is more determined effort need to be made to find adequate levels of Integrated Sustainable Solutions; fully implement these Integrated Sustainable Solutions and effectively evaluate this implementation, as appropriate to each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional and Regional location context.

It is pertinent to note that it is not only South Countries especially Sub Sahara Countries that have Sustainable Development problems. All 193/306 UN Member States have Sustainable Development problems and need to pull their weight to ensure 2030 Agenda, especially its overarching Agenda the SDG is fully implemented and evaluated at home and globally. The UK Environmental Audit Committee Report on SDG in the UK present evidence supporting this fact.

The Design and Delivery of these Integrated Sustainable Solutions demand Activists; Organizers; Intellectuals and Publicists in all 193/306 UN Member States on one hand and Political Leaders; Eminent Persons; Civil Service Leaders and Religious Leaders in Republic of Ireland, UK, EU and Europe; Nigeria, ECOWAS, other African Sub-regions and Africa; US, other Countries and other Sub-regions Worldwide on the other hand adopting Joined Up or One Worldwide Approach – Not One Cap fit All for alignment, harmonization, coordination and unification of 2030 Agenda Policy, Program Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One.

There is a need for full implementation with effective monitoring and evaluation of:-

1. EU/AU Summit November 2017 Outcome Document Recommendations.
2. 52nd ECOWAS Heads of Government (HoG) Meeting December 2017 Outcome Document Recommendations.
3. 2030 Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21

(1)–(3) need to be aligned and harmonized with Community and Country Development Plans and in ways that effectively demonstrate clear answers to How questions. This Paper sets out thoughts on priorities and direction moving forward to design and deliver such Integrated Sustainable Solutions in both North and South Countries. National and International Journalists have Central Role to Play if Success is to be achieved.

Introduction  

Human Rights Violations is cause and product of Poverty. Poverty is a cause and product of Terrorism. Terrorism thrive where there is No Justice No Security; No Security No Peace; No Peace No Development. This underlines urgent need to Rethink Development Finance; Rethink Global Economy; Rethink  Evaluation; Rethink Development, Diplomacy, Defense, Democracy, Data and Digitization; Rethink Elections; Rethink Communication,  Rethink Cooperatives and Rethink Multi Stakeholder Partnerships / Platforms, MSPs and Lobbying as Force for Good as Foundation for Achieving increasing Convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – Addis Ababa Action Agenda AAAA, Sustainable Development Goals SDG, Climate Change Agenda COP21, Agenda 21 Vision aligned and harmonized with Community Development Plans for each Community; Local Government Development Plans for each of 774 LGs; State Development Plans for each of 36 States, FCT Development Plan for FCT; National Development Plan Intention and Reality in each Community, each of 774 LGs, each of 36 States and FCT, Nigeria and equivalent structures in other UN Member States - both North and South Countries by 2030 Target Date”.

Nigeria is too Rich to be Poor and Too Poor to be Rich. Nigeria is too Rich to be Poor and Too Poor to be Rich. Poverty on such a scale – over 120 million poor Nigerians and over 2 billion Poor Worldwide living on less than US$2 per day while cows in Europe enjoy US$2 subsidy per day – is a Scar on the conscience of Nigeria and World Leaders and demands forceful Integrated Sustainable Solutions response from Stakeholders in each Community, each of 774 LGs, each of 36 States and FCT and National levels in Nigeria and Internationally at ECOWAS, Africa, UK, Europe, Commonwealth, US and Global levels to break this viscous circle on successful and sustainable basis.

Our view is that root cause or primary cause problems of UK Brexit, Nigeria Fulani Herdsmen Menace, Europe Migration and other National and Global problems include Poverty; that Poverty has Physical and Spiritual Dimensions and that adopting New Priorities and Facing New Direction within National and Global Collective Action could shift focus away from UK Brexit, Nigeria Fulani Herdsmen Menace, Europe Migration as Force for Evil in Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK, EU, Europe, Nigeria, Africa, US and World and shift focus towards UK Brexit, Nigeria Fulani Herdsmen Menace, Europe Migration as Force for Good in Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK, EU, Europe, Nigeria, Africa, US and World.

Terrorism is a Major Problem Worldwide. Nigeria Federal and State Governments are grappling with Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen Menace etc need more vigorous response from these Governments. Otherwise, should Fulani Herdsmen Menace Time Bomb be allowed to explode, it would make Boko Haram Child’s Play. This would in turn worse EU illegal Migration.

The Nigeria Governments – Federal and States, President Buhari, 36 Governors, select Nigeria Elders (Men and Women; Christians and Muslims) and Partners within and outside Nigeria have Central Role to Play if Rethinking War on Terrorism that is Integral Part of Rethinking War on Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Disease and Corruption to be Fought and Won and in ways that help achieve Nigeria Rescue Mission that Work and World Rescue Mission that Work Vision Ambitions by 2030 SDG Target date.

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New World Order Vision

The realities of: Brexit and Future UK and EU Relations; illegal Migrants, Migration Abuse and Future Africa and Europe Relations as well as Middle East Crisis and Future Israel and Palestine Relations underline Terrorism Dimensions of New World Order Vision.

This suggest urgent need to identify Terrorism - ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen Menace as well as Poverty – Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Change, Disaster Incidents root cause or primary cause problems on the ground in all 193/306 UN Member States and find Sustainable Solutions.

It is pertinent to note that our Nigeria and our World is in Crisis. Social Mess “a set of interrelated problems … resistant to analysis and, more importantly, to resolution.” Characteristics of a social mess generally, and sustainability specifically, include an absence of a unique and correct solution, interrelatedness of problems, ideological constraints, multiple possible intervention points, resistance to change, value conflict, and political and economic constraints” like Malnutrition is a problem in all North and South Countries in our World today. The difference is in the Degree.

The implication is that meaningfully addressing these real and complex problems on the ground Worldwide demand all National and World Leaders in all 193/306 UN Member States; all Leaders in UN System: UNO WBG IMF and their Partners, Individually and Jointly recognize:-

1. Terrorism Dimension of 2030 Agenda
2. Indivisibility of 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21
3. SDG as the Overarching 2030 Agenda
4. Reality of Social Mess in all North and South Countries in our World today
5. Implementation and Evaluation Framework that Work in each Community, in each of 774 Local Governments, in each of 36 States and FCT as well as National and International levels built upon:-

a)    Massive Public Sensitization and Policy Reform 

b)    Massive Intellectual Deployment

c)    Massive Communication for Behavior Impact and Changing Attitude and Behavior at Scale 

d)    Effectively addressing both Spiritual and Physical Dimension

e)    Effectively tackling Thinking Through Linked to Knowledge and Evaluation Supply and Demand and Capacity Building - Individual, Institution, Society Supply and Demand

f)     Effectively tackling all concerned Stakeholders Shared Vision Challenge.

Driving Work towards Ending: Terrorism, Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Disease and Corruption Worldwide.

6. Kick Start activities in (1) – (5) within Finance Innovation Dimension and Non Finance Innovation Dimension of Linked Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, Education, Enterprise, Peace, Security, Communication, Cooperatives components of 2030 Agenda: Policy, Program, Project Interventions 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One.

Success Criteria – Interventions: National and Global Leaders Joint

1. Overhaul of Decayed Systems to remove flaws and failures in National and International Diplomacy, Development, Defence, Democracy, Data and Digitization.
2. Removal of Disconnect between Communities in both North and South Countries and UN System: UNO Headquarters New York; WBG Headquarters Washington and IMF Headquarters Washington.
3. Mobilization of National and Global Collective Action to End Illegal Migration and Migration Abuse; deliver Alternative Brexit; End Fulani Herdsmen Menace and other Terrorism Activities as well as other National and Global complex problems.
4. Resources: Influence, Science, Innovation, Technology (Management, Information, Internet, Computer, Bio, Energy, MIICBE) Fund, Manpower, Land, Water, Spiritual.
5. Capacity Building on 3 Levels for all National and International Stakeholder Groups:-

a)      Individual: Hard Competences – Learning and Skills and Soft Competences: Character, Courage and Mindset

b)      Institution: Systems – Operations, Administration, Governance, Marketing, Funding, Technology MIICBE, Evaluation, Accountability, Regulation, Standards, Accounting, Service Delivery, Legal and Reform

c)      Society: Spaces – Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Peace, Security, Religious, Moral, Cooperatives, Communication, Social, Environmental, Legal and Technical

6. Sustainable Solutions to Fulani Herdsmen Menace within Nigeria Rescue Mission that Work and World Rescue Mission that Work.
7. Political Support of President Mohammadu Buhari and World Leaders.

It is pertinent to note that:-

1. UN Member States are looking up to UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities for help to implement 2030 Agenda – Addis Ababa Action Agenda AAAA, Sustainable Development Goals SDG, Climate Change Agenda COP21, Agenda 21 Vision aligned and harmonized with Community Development Plans and National Development Plans but these Entities themselves need help before they can help Member States.
2. SDG is the overarching Agenda among the Four 2030 Agendas.
3. SDG affect all Countries – North and South in our World today and not just South Countries.
4. At End 4^th quarter 2017 Year 2 of Implementation of SDG Basic Issues that ought to have been settled by end 2^nd quarter 2015 Year of Decision are still outstanding and may remain outstanding for many more Years.
5. Our World continue to grapple with SDG Implementation and Evaluation Challenges using Multiple Approaches some of which are divergent and World Leaders are wondering why they are Not Getting it Right doing Business as Usual rather than Adopting One Worldwide Approach to Get it Right DOING Business Unusual.
6. The most Advance such One Worldwide Approach that is sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious yet not One Cap fit All is 3PCM Approach to National and International Development Cooperation created by Nigerian Mr. Lanre Rotimi and German Dr. Hellmut Eggers. 3PCM Approach to National and International Development Cooperation includes Whole of Society Approach; Whole of Government Approach; Whole of UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Approach; Whole of Community Approach

National Security and National Economy

At the National Security Summit May 2017 the Sultan and the Ooni made useful contributions. Effort by ISPE/EAG to get National Council Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN to support practical Implementation and Evaluation Frameworks for the National Security Summit Outcome Document Recommendations and Conclusions including the Comments and Suggestions of the NCTRN Co Chairmen – Sultan and Ooni did not succeed.

Fulani Herdsmen Menace is the biggest corruption in Nigeria today and biggest threat to National Security and National Economy. Sustainable Solutions to Fulani Herdsmen Menace lie in Fighting and Winning War on Terrorism, Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Disease and Corruption within Integrated Sustainable Solutions.

It is a puzzle that a Fulani Sultan who is a retired General and Security Man and who has been aware of such Integrated Sustainable Solutions since June 2017 could in December 2017 make public statement to the effect that a Federal Government of Nigeria headed by a Fulani President is failure talking Fulani Herdsmen Menace. The Big Question is What has this Fulani Sultan done to HELP this Fulani President achieve sustainable success talking Fulani Herdsmen Menace?

It is a bigger puzzle that a letter properly addressed to President Buhari through DSS containing Investigation and Resolution Report on Fulani Herdsmen Menace including Framework for Correct Diagnosis, Correct Prescription, Correct Surgery and Correct Recovery Management as well as clear warning that should Government allow Fulani Herdsmen Menace Time Bomb to explode, it would make Boko Haram child’s play. As at early 2017 Government had spent over US$2 billion on Boko Haram. The figure today is much higher and Government has just approved another US$1 Billion – money that could have gone to Sustainable Development and which Soldiers on Battle Front had sent SOS to President Buhari few months ago is subject of corrupt practices by Military Authorities. Tears and Blood keep flowing from Fulani Herdsmen Menace, yet President Buhari say the Attacks MUST STOP. This is Paradox that MUST be meaningfully addressed and on time.

There is strong need for President Buhari, Senate President Saraki, House Speaker Dogara to find out the root cause or primary cause of the Sultan’s December 2017 Lamentation as matter of urgent National Interest and come up with Sustainable Solutions to its underlying National Security and National Economy Challenge.

International Dimension – Alternative Brexit that Work

A Deal or No Deal End of ongoing Brexit Process will result in EU suffering with UK suffering more which is bad and Ireland and Africa especially Nigeria suffering as much as UK which is worse.

Now is Time for Ireland and Africa (led by Nigeria) to take Drivers’ seat and Pilot National and Global Collective Action for Alternative Brexit that meaningfully Deliver Stronger Republic of Ireland, Stronger Northern Ireland, Stronger  UK, Stronger  EU, Stronger Europe, Stronger Nigeria, Stronger Africa, Stronger US and Stronger World. To achieve this Republic of Ireland, other North Countries, Nigeria and other South Countries need to speedily adopt Joined Up Approach to help Northern Ireland and UK as well as EU Countries improve their Political Culture to shift focus away from Berxit as Force for Evil to Brexit as Force for Good.  All necessary arrangements in this regard cannot be left to happen on its own but need to be negotiated, agreed and established and on time.

President Buhari is well respected in the International Arena. He is in a unique position to help Nigeria and World find required levels of Diplomacy, Development, Defence, Democracy, Data and Digitization Integrated Sustainable Solutions through Mutual Collaboration and Mutual Trust between Nigeria and Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, rest of UK, EU, Europe, other African Countries, US and other Countries Worldwide.

International Dimension – EU / AU Partnership that Work

The EU/AU Summit November 2017 outcome addressed issues of Economic Opportunities for Youth; Peace and Security; Mobility and Migration; Cooperation on Governance. Interventions in these Themes would be supported by EU/AU/UN Joint Task Migration Force and EU External Investment Plan 2018 – 2020 which aim at mobilizing Euro 44 Billion to fund Anti Illegal Migration or Anti Modern Day Slavery activities. 

The Task Force ToR are:-

1. To save and protect lives of migrants and refugees along illegal migration routes and in particular inside Libya.
2.  To accelerate the assisted voluntary returns of migrants and refugees to their countries of origin.
3. To accelerate the resettlement of migrants and refugees in need of international protection.
4. To build on, expand and accelerate work done by countries of origin and IOM with EU Funding.
5. To intensify dismantling traffickers and criminal networks.
6. To offer opportunities of development and stability to countries of origin and transit tackling root causes of illegal migration.

At the end of the Summit the EU, AU and UN agreed to upgrade in a systematic manner their trilateral cooperation and to meet on a regular basis at the highest political level, notably in the margins of UN General Assembly; other UN Events and other EU / AU Events. These meetings need to meaningfully address challenges of:-

1. Building Bridge between Lessons Learning and Lessons Forgetting on UN Systems: UNO, WBG, IMF; EU and AU sides.
2. Removing disconnect between communities in countries of origin and EC/EU Headquarters as well as UN System: UNO Headquarters New York; WBG Headquarters Washington and IMF Headquarters Washington.
3. Alternative Brexit to avoid worsening Africa’s woes that worsen EU illegal Migration and Migration Abuse problems.
4. Answering 2030 Agenda, especially SDG in both North and South Countries HOW questions
5. Fighting and Winning War on Terrorism, Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Disease and Corruption by 2030 Agenda Target Date.

Should Nigeria get her Act together, Nigeria could attract up to 40% of the fund and the fund could be significantly increased beyond Euro 44 Billion.

EEM to Kick Start Fighting and Winning Wars

The Fulani Herdsmen Menace needs to be addressed alongside ongoing Agitations in the Land. The issues go beyond what the National Council of States can handle hence urgent need for Emergency Extraordinary Meeting, EEM, to discuss Sustainable Solutions to Fulani Herdsmen Menace, Agitations and Nigeria Rescue Mission be scheduled within two weeks. The Participants at this EEM shall be:-

a)      Ag President

b)      All Former Presidents and Vice Presidents

c)      Senate Leadership

d)      National Judicial Council Leadership

e)      House of Representatives Leadership

f)       All Former SSGs and HOSFs

g)      SSG and HOSF

h)      All Governors

i)        All remaining Federal Executive Council Members

j)        All High Command Army, Navy, Airforce, Military Intelligence, DSS, NIA, Police, NSCDC

k)      All Trustees National Council Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN.

l)        Supreme Council of Islam in Nigeria Leadership

m)   Christian Association of Nigeria Leadership

n)      Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria Leadership

o)      Major Muslim Missions Leadership

p)      ISPE/EAG Team

The EEM discussions shall focus on:-

a)      16 March 2016 Letter to President Buhari through DSS Ondo State Command and DG DSS.

b)      30 March 2017 Letter to President Buhari through NSCDC Ekiti State Command and Commandant General NSCDC.

c)      19 June 2017 Letter to Ag President Osinbajo

d)      New Nigeria National Development Challenge.

Letter to PMB – Big Questions?

SA to President Buhari on Media, Garba Shehu said on NTA on 29 May 2016 that PMB looked Nigerians in the face and told us to swallow bitter pill of Petrol Price increase. Nigerians Complied. Nigerians in turn should look PMB in the face and DEMAND he swallow bitter pill of ending Fulani Herdsmen Menace. PMB should reciprocate by complying.

To demonstrate compliance PMB need to provide Nigerians with clear answers to the following specific questions:-

1. Did DSS forward Letter to PMB? If No, all concerned officials should be sanctioned.
2. Did Office of President forward Letter to PMB? If No, all concerned officials should be sanctioned.
3. Did PMB take Action on the Letter but his Directive was thwarted, undermined or sabotaged? If Yes, all concerned officials should be sanctioned.
4. Did PMB Refuse to take Action on the Letter? If Yes, PMB should apologize to Nigerians especially all those who have shed avoidable Tears and or Blood.

We urge President Buhari to recognize link between failure to solve Fulani Herdsmen Menace over the years and failure to solve Nigeria’s real and Complex Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, Religious, Cooperatives, Climate Change and Corruption problems in each Community in each of the 774 LGs in each of the 36 States and FCT as well as National level over the years on one hand and Sustainable Solutions to Fulani Herdsmen Menace moving forward and Sustainable Solutions to Nigeria’s real and Complex Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, Religious, Cooperatives, Climate Change and Corruption problems in each Community in each of the 774 LGs in each of the 36 States and FCT as well as National level moving forward.

These Integrated Sustainable Solutions need to be Integral Part of Nigeria Rescue Mission that Work and World Rescue Mission that Work. This is DOING Matter demonstrating and being seen to demonstrate clear answers to 2030 Agenda HOW questions and not Saying Matter that is essentially mere Rhetoric or Pontification by National and World Leaders.

If the Buhari Administration is to get DOING Right and on Time, the Starting Point is Frank and Blisteringly Truthful answers to above questions and early scheduling of Emergency Extra Ordinary Meeting, EEM, noting that preparatory work including National Reconciliation consultations for successful EEM need to start immediately.

Time to Reason and Get Real

We urge President Buhari to recognize that Now is Time to Reason and Get Real if sustainable solutions are to be found to Fulani Herdsmen Menace. We urge Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK and EU Leaders to recognize that Now is Tine to Reason and Get Real if sustainable solutions are to be found to Brexit and in ways that meaningfully address National and International Dimension of overarching SDG and remaining 2030 Agenda in all 193/306 UN Member States.

Conclusion  

The Buhari Administration has achieved much but much more remand to be done. The reality is that of the over 120 million Poor in Nigeria today in daily pain and misery, the probability is that about 20 million are being served. This explains why National Economic Data may be improving since it is Oil Driven, while about 100 million poor Nigerians are left out and why the appalling Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty and Disease levels in Nigeria over the years may be fuelling Insurgency and Terrorist activities

To meaningfully address these points there is a need for FGN to consider facing New Direction and Adopting New Priorities and in the process help Fight and Win War on Terrorism, Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Disease and Corruption in Nigeria and World. President Buhari has Central Role to Play in Design and Delivery of Nigeria Rescue Mission that Work. And World Rescue Mission that Work.

There are Bright Prospects of Success to the Glory of God and the Sustainable Benefit of Humanity Worldwide in the Great Task of Rescuing our Son and Configuring Our World to End Terrorism, Hunger, Malnutrition, Corruption and Poverty in Nigeria and Worldwide. For Nigeria, God is Ready to help Muhammadu Buhari, if Muhammadu is Ready to Help Buhari.

Meaning

Accepting Recognitions and Making Decisions:-

Ø  President Buhari Need to Brace Himself Up to Achieve What is Impossible to Man but with God and Divine Helpers is Possible

Ø  Sustainable Solutions – Very Technical, Very Political, Very Complex and Very Huge with Significant Financial Implication for Diverse Stakeholders – Community to Global

Ø  Not Underrating Magnitude, Complexity and Depth of needed Intellectual Contribution

Ø  Not Underrating needed Central Coordination of State Actors and Non State Actors Contribution on both North and South Countries sides

Ø  Genuine Commitment to Ending National and International Intelligence Systems Failure

Ø  Many Influential White American, Canadian, Irish (Republic of Ireland), Irish (Northern Ireland), British and EU Citizens personally known to President Buhari are Ready to Help Rescue Nigeria and Rescue our World. These Helps Need to be Meaningfully Harnessed and Effectively Deployed as Soon as Possible. Delay is Dangerous

Ø  Intense Diplomatic Efforts and Real Political Will supported by

Ø  Civil Service Diplomats & Defense / Military Diplomats as well as

Ø  Internal Consultants and External Consultants within

Ø  National and Global Central Coordination Multi Stakeholder Platforms / Partnerships equipped with

Ø  HRD and Non HRD Frameworks appropriate for each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global Location Context deployed within

Ø  Overarching Strategy  - National and Global

Kick Start Activities:-

1. Developing Overarching Strategy  - National and Global.
2. ISPE/EAG Meeting with President Buhari.
3. Emergency Extra Ordinary Meeting, EEM of select Nigeria Leaders at National and States Levels including all Past Presidents with ISPE/EAG as Facilitator and Presenter Nigeria Rescue Mission National and Global Action Plan.
4. EEM Preliminary Work including National Reconciliation consultations.
5. Meeting with Select Influential White American, Irish (Republic Of Ireland, Irish (Northern Ireland), Canadian, British and EU Citizens personally known to President Buhari.

Dear Mr Rotimi,

Thank you for your messages.

I wish to express our appreciation for your interest in FAO’s work and activities, but nonetheless, I would like to point out that as a United Nations specialized agency, the Organization’s internal structure and processes’ change and development are only driven by member states.

Please note that FAO’s interventions at regional, sub-regional and country levels promote an integrated programme approach to food security and nutrition challenges and sustainable development, which are decided on by governments through Regional Initiatives and Country Programme Frameworks (CPF).

Your comments and issues’ about possible FAO structural and policy changes are much appreciated.  Although, kindly note that as a Non State Actor (NSA), your organization cannot be involved in structural decision making processes and/or change of any kind related to FAO, given that NSAs are observers according to internal procedures.  (it is pertinent to note that these Participation Issues are highlighted in UN Special Rapporteur on Development Rights Report 2017 and ISPE/EAG comment on the Report. Italics ours)

Extract Letter from Head FAO Partnership Unit 26 April 2017

Contact:

Director General

International Society for Poverty Elimination / Economic Alliance Group

M: +234-8162469805

Email: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk                                            17 December 2017.

         

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 39

Statement by Lanre Rotimi, ISPE / EAG

Board of Governors of the World Bank Group, WBG and International Monetary Fund, IMF; Development Committee and International Monetary and Financial Committee

 Global Consultation with Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF; CSOs/NGOs; Farmer and Processor Organizations; Private Sector: Micro, Small, Medium, Large and Multinational Enterprises; Academics and Researchers; Internal and External Consultants; Journalists 21 – 23 April 2017.

 “Rethinking Development Finance; Rethinking Global Economy; Rethinking  Evaluation; Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Democracy, Data and Digitization; Rethinking Communication and Rethinking Multi Stakeholder Partnerships / Platforms, MSPs and Lobbying as Force for Good as Foundation for Achieving increasing Convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Vision Intention ad Reality in each Community in each of

306/193 UN Member States by Target Date”.

My name is Lanre Rotimi , International Society for Poverty Elimination / Economic Alliance Group, ISPE / EAG. I am honored to make this Statement on the topic of “Rethinking Development Finance; Rethinking Global Economy; Rethinking Evaluation; Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Democracy, Data and Digitization; Rethinking Communication and Rethinking Multi Stakeholder Partnerships / Platforms, MSPs and Lobbying as Force for Good as Foundation for Achieving increasing Convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States by Target Date”

Congratulations and Commendation

We congratulate Christine Lagarde, Managing Director IMF on her 12 April 2017 Speech on “Building a more Resilient and Inclusive Global Economy in which she highlighted issues she expect to be on the minds of Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and other Stakeholders participating in the 2017 Annual Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF. We also congratulate WBG President Jim Yong Kim  on his 11 April 2017 Speech on “Rethinking Development Finance” in which he called for a “New Approach” to  Development Finance to meet the aspirations of the World’s over 7 billion people and make this Generation the first in history to end extreme poverty.

We applaud the devotion of the Annual Spring Meetings to provide a Multi Stakeholder Platform / Partnership or Forum for:-

1. International Cooperation that strengthen the Bank and the Fund to better serve Member Countries.
2. WBG and IMF Leadership; WBG and IMF Member States and other Stakeholders to engage in frank and truthful dialogue on sustainable solutions to real and complex poverty reduction and ultimately elimination, international economic development and international development finance problems on the ground in each Community in each Member State.

We also applaud the devotion of the UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Institutions and their various Bodies towards achieving increasing convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States by Target Date. Giant Strides have been made but much more remain to be done. This requires filling all identified information, knowledge and research gaps.

WBG and IMF Individually and Jointly is/are in a unique position to strengthen and reinforce Community to Global Stakeholders to meet this requirement within the Mission and Mandate of each Stakeholder, as all concerned work jointly within Common Strategy – General Agreement on Alignment, Harmony, Synergy, Ownership, Transparency, Accountability; Common Leadership – Trust, Integrity, Ethics, Professionalism, Honesty, Commitment, Cooperation, Cohesion, Collaboration, Coordination and Common Approach: Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database towards achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision Ambitions by target date.

Tackling Answer to How Question Challenge

We observe that over the years National and International Development Cooperation What questions are over answered while How questions are avoided or evaded or answers to What questions are passed as answers to How questions. The Result is that there is undue focus on treatment of Symptoms rather than required focus on identifying primary cause or root cause of real and complex National and International Development problems on the ground from Community to Global levels in each of 306/193 UN Member States as basis for design and delivery of Sustainable Solutions - Correct Diagnosis, Correct Prescription, Correct Surgery and Correct Recovery Management.

MD IMF: Rethinking Global Economy Initiative and President WBG Rethinking Development Finance Initiative – Tackling Research, Implementation, Evaluation and Success Challenge

The Rethinking Global Economy Initiative of MD IMF and Rethinking Development Finance Initiative of President WBG are two sides of the same coin. However, they cannot stand alone but need to be integral part of other Rethinking Initiatives such as Rethinking  Evaluation; Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Democracy, Data and Digitization; Rethinking Communication and Rethinking Multi Stakeholder Partnerships / Platforms, MSPs and Lobbying as Force for Good as Foundation for Achieving increasing Convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Vision Intention ad Reality in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States by Target Date”.

These Rethinking Initiatives underline urgent need for Global Consultation aimed at generating many useful ideas and pertinent suggestions; quickly harvesting and processing same and in ways that help put work towards achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Implementation and Evaluation on Track towards achieving its Global Goals in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States by 2030 Target date.

It is pertinent to note that QCPR 2016 has been adopted by UNGA as the Pillar of UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Reform; that without renewed effort the probability is low that UNSG will deliver on responsibility to submit Report by 30 June 2017 in compliance with Paragraph 19 QCPR 2016; that without co-Facilitators of the Improving UN System Alignment and Synergy Process facing new direction and adopting new priorities, their Report will be Business as Usual which is unhelpful. These are time bound issues that 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF need to address.

It is pertinent to note further that as 2^nd quarter 2017 Year 2 of Implementation few days old, fundamental issues that ought to have been settled by end 1^st quarter 2015 Year of Decision are still outstanding and unless concerted effort is made and on time, the probability is high that these fundamental issues could remain unaddressed well into the future even till 2030. Allowed to occur, in the face of worsening World Hunger, Malnutrition, Poverty, Terrorism, Migration, Climate Change, Corruption and related problems on the ground from Community to Global levels in each of 306/193 UN Member States, the ultimate consequences for over 7 billion people in both North and South Countries, especially the over 2 billion poor Children, Youth, Women, Men and Elders that UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF serve, could be catastrophic. This is avoidable if timely action is taken again these are fundamental issues that 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF need to address, if MD IMF and President WBG are to individually and jointly lead IMF and WBG to “Walk their Talk”.

The many useful ideas and pertinent suggestions generated by these Rethinking Initiatives could help find cure and prevention for real and complex Evaluation and non Evaluation problems on the ground in the National and International Development Cooperation System, should adequate levels of Political Will on the part of National and International Public / Civil Servants and Public Will on the part of Citizens in both North and South Countries, especially Powerful North and South Countries be mustered without delay and sustained until 2030 Transformation Agenda Global Goals are achieved in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States by target date.

Paradigm Shifts

The fundamental issues involved should WBG and IMF Leadership genuinely determine to pursue Correct Diagnosis, Correct Prescription, Correct Surgery and Correct Recovery Management as One to all identified real and complex political, cultural, economic, financial, social, environmental, peace, security, religious, moral, legal, technical problems on the ground in specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global Context demand a shift from focus on problems and passing blame to focus on solutions and result that is part of a bundle of paradigm shift from Talking and Thinking to Action and Accomplishments for Results. That is at the community level, at the sub-national level, at the country level, at the sub-regional level, at the regional level, and at the global level, we all need to make these things happen:

a)       jointly making paradigm shifts from working in silos to working intersectorially in synergy;

b)      from multiple approaches to common approaches that continuously improve convergence, alignment and harmony;

c)       from business as usual to business unusual;

d)      from parrotting change to practicing change;

e)      from academic research aimed at advancing frontiers of knowledge to development research aimed at significant improvement in critical contemporary measures of service, speed, costs, quality and where necessary revenue;

f)       from talking and thinking to Action and Accomplishment.

Effectively addressing these fundamental issues, present Task that must be done, that is beyond the entire UN System: UNO, WBG and IMF. For this Task to be done and on time National Leaders and World Leaders in identified 8 Blocks of Stakeholders:-

1. UN Member States Governments – Executive, Legislature, Judiciary: all arms at al tiers
2. UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF
3. CSOs/NGOs
4. Farmer and Processor Organizations
5. Private Sector: Micro, Small, Medium, Large and Multinational Enterprises
6. Academics and Researchers
7. Internal Consultants and External Consultants
8. Journalists

Need to meaningfully support High Level Expert Forum with Official Status – a level of recognition by UN System: UNO, WBG , IMF and UN Member States that help generate sustainable solutions to all identified real and complex National and International Development Cooperation problems on the ground from Community to Global levels.

Tackling Muddled Thinking

There is a need to recognize that the level of Muddled Thinking in National and International Development Cooperation is too much. There is urgent need to deploy different types of Thinking to correct this lapse, if 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision ambitions are to be achieved in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States. We suggest: Spatial Thinking or Organized Relationships Thinking focus on Planning Side (Planning, Research and Statistics/Data); Systems Thinking or Problem Solving Thinking focus on Implementation Side; Reflective Thinking or Value Judgement Thinking focus on Evaluation Side (Monitoring, Evaluation and Assessment) and Critical Thinking or Organized Learning Thinking focus on Success Side (Learning, Results and Measuring Success).

Academics, Researchers, Practitioners and Professionals as Instructors and Participants in Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One within all aspects of Rethinking Evaluation, Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Rethinking Communication and Rethinking MSP and Lobbying as Force for Good; need to meaningfully Practice the Art and Science of the 4 Types of Thinking in their Day to Day work, if they are to contribute much more meaningfully to help concerned Stakeholders from Community to Global levels achieve New National and International Development Cooperation Vision Ambitions on successful basis under WIN-WIN arrangement delivering Sustainable Benefits to ALL Stakeholders.

To effectively tackle all these real and complex problems on the ground from Community to Global levels in both North and South Countries, there is need to recognize that Aid Effectiveness and Development Evaluation are components of Development Effectiveness and Development Effectiveness is Component of National and International Development Cooperation. This suggest that seeking to meaningfully address real and complex problems on the ground on the Development Evaluation side without simultaneously seeking to meaningfully address real and complex problems on the ground not only on Aid Effectiveness and Development Effectiveness sides but also on National and International Development Cooperation on both North and South Countries sides could be exercise in futility.

The implication of above points is that MD IMF Rethinking Global Economy Initiative and President WBG Rethinking Development Finance Initiative, each needs to transform from an Individual Initiative to an Institution Initiative and be effectively Integrated with Rethinking Evaluation, Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence etc, Rethinking Communication and Rethinking MSP and Lobbying as Force for Good Initiative that has Official Support of UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities and Powerful North and South UN Member States Entities.

  

Study Findings

ISPE/EAG Study finding is:-

1. 1/3 Failed Policies, Programs, Projects (3P); 1/3 Flawed 3P and 1/3 Successful 3P
2. 1/3 Failed Evaluation; 1/3 Flawed Evaluation and 1/3 Successful Evaluation.
3. 80% Evaluation Professionals, Practitioners, Academics and Researchers have minimum certain levels of Hard Competencies: Learning and Skills
4. 20% of the 80% have minimum certain levels of Soft Competences: Character, Courage, Discipline and Mindset
5. 60% of Evaluation Professionals are Quacks. That is the 100% Evaluation Professionals in (3) and (4) constitute 40% of Evaluation Professionals.
6. Creating Demand for Research, Implementation, Evaluation, Success is basis for Creating Supply for Research, Implementation, Evaluation, Success that reduce Quacks to less than 10%, ensure over 80% Research, Implementation, Evaluation, Success: Professionals, Practitioners, Academics and Researchers have minimum certain levels of Hard Competences: Learning and Skills and Soft Competences: Character, Courage, Discipline and Mindset.
7. Creating One Worldwide Approach to Evaluation is the Master Key to (6)
8. Creating One Worldwide Approach to National and International Development Cooperation, inclusive of (7) is Master Key to achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision Ambitions by Target date.

One Worldwide Approach to National and International Development Cooperation

It is pertinent to note that One Worldwide Approach is not the same thing as One-Cap-Fit-All. It is simply a Common and Systemic Approach based upon Systems Analysis, Systems Theory and Systems Practice – that is a Generic Approach that can be adapted to suit the unique and specific needs of each Community to Global Constituency in each of the 7 Blocks of Stakeholders identified above.

The One Worldwide Approach needs to have clear Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database. ISPE/EAG Study finding is that Approach is being confused with Instrument/Tool. An Instrument/Tool is a component of an Approach but an Approach is not a component of an Instrument/Tool. Once, there is Common Agreement on this FACT, then it will be clear that virtually all Approaches in Evaluation and Non Evaluation Components of National and International Development Cooperation are in reality Instruments/Tools.

It is pertinent to note further that evidence abound that there is only One Known “One Worldwide Approach to National and International Development Cooperation in our World today – 3PCM – Policy, Program, Project Cycle Management Approach to Benefits Focused National and International Development Cooperation. 3PCM is Original Contribution of Systems Analysis, Systems Theory and Systems Practice as One to National and International Development Cooperation Sustainable Solutions. The 3PCM 4^th Instrument is a Master Instrument / Tool Box that has the Capacity to accommodate all known – credible, productive and relevant Instruments / Tools.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/70/csocons22oct.pdf  

It is clear that ISPE/EAG Study Findings shed light on priorities and direction moving forward in the work towards finding sustainable solutions to real and complex problems on the ground highlighted in the IEG Blog Rethinking Evaluation Initiative (see Appendix) and underline the fact that one of the primary issues that need to be settled if there is to be Motion with Meaning Moving Forward Rethinking Development Finance, Rethinking Global Economy, Rethinking Evaluation; Rethinking Development etc; Rethinking Communication and Rethinking MSP and Lobbying as Force for Good as Driver of work towards achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision Intention and Reality by target date in each Community in each of the 306/193 UN Member States, is for the 8 Blocks of Stakeholders to adopt a One Worldwide Approach. It does not have to be 3PCM, although this is the Only such One Worldwide Approach in our World today. But is has to be sufficiently Robust – All Embracing, All Inclusive and Ambitious Approach to Drive Achievement of increasing convergence between the All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious SDG Agenda Vision Intention and Reality in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States.

It should be recognized that AAAA is in reality the Finance Dimension of SDG; COP21 is Climate Change Dimension of SDG; Agenda 21 is Environment Dimension of SDG and SDG affect all North and South Countries in our World today and not just South Countries as was the case with MDG.

Systems Change Sustainable Solutions

We are informed that International Foundations, Cities in both North and South Countries and Private Enterprise in both North and South Countries are beginning to recognize need for Systems Change robust enough to ensure that they work in viable Multi Stakeholder Platforms / Partnerships for better success working across fragmented and contentious Society where they operate in the Common Interest and Common Future of all National and International Stakeholders in that Society.

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/systems_change_in_a_polarized_country?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title  

It is clear that the different Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global Stakeholders need to better understand their differences, if sustainable solutions that work are to be found to the real and complex Sustainable Development problems on the ground in their specific context and that Systems Change – Analysis, Theory and Practice offers a viable way forward for tackling these complex problems. There is strong need for 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF to set new direction and new priorities for more effectively supporting Systems Change Sustainable Solutions that work for Millions of Groups out there in each Community in each of the 306/193 UN Member States.

Partnership with Private Sector

The SDG full implementation with effective monitoring and evaluation of this implementation in ways that achieve increasing convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 aligned and harmonized with Community Development Plans and Country Development Plans in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States Vision Intention and Reality by target date calls for Stronger Partnership Strategy with the Private Sector especially External Consultants Constituencies and all other CSOs (broadly defined) Constituencies by UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities and UN member States Entities.

ISPE/EAG is aware of FAO’s commitment to meaningfully engage Private Sector, CSOs and other Constituencies in meaningful Partnership Strategy. IEG-WBG and other UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities as well as UN Member States Entities need to consider adopting this worthy FAO Initiative.

We have in the Appendix set out thoughts o ways and means of operationalizing in practice these Partnership Strategies.

WDRs’: Tackling Implementation and Evaluation Challenge

Each Year the WBG releases many Study Reports. The annual World Development Report is one of the WBG Flagship Reports. The Big Issue that WDR and IMF Board of Governors, Member States and other Stakeholders at 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF need to address in Global Interest is What does UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Internal Publics and External Publics do with the Huge Information and Knowledge contained in UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Study Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents?

It is pertinent to note that WDR 2004 on Public Sector Management, PSM; WDR 2008 on Agriculture; New PSM 2011; 10^th Anniversary PSM 2014; WDR 2014 on Risk Management; WDR 2015 on Attitudinal Change; WDR 2015 on Digitization and WDR 2017 on Governance contain many god ideas and recommendations which fully implemented with effective evaluation in each of the 306/193 UN Member States, over the years, would have delivered better Aid Effectiveness, Development Effectiveness, Development Impact and Development Results that help Configure or Reconfigure our World in such a way as to have eliminated many of the Sustainable Development and Development Cooperation problems on the ground today in both North and South Countries.

It is not enough for the UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF to come up with Good Study Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents each Year. The time is NOW for UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Leadership and Member States Leadership to meaningfully tackle their Study Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents Recommendations Implementation and Evaluation Challenges on the ground from Community to Global levels in each of 306/193 UN Member States. Action in this regard should start from 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF.

Know How – Necessary for Finding Correct Answers to AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 How questions

In the work towards achieving AAAA, SDG, OP21, Agenda 21 Goals by 2030, records show What questions have been over answered and HOW questions have been avoided or evaded. Yet without finding correct answers to How questions, achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision Ambitions by target date in many of the 306/193 UN Member States would be mirage. It is unhelpful for WBG and IMF Leadership to keep turning blind eye to this unshakeable fact.

Records show Member States are looking up to UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF for help to achieve AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 Goals by 2030 Target date but UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities themselves need help before they can be in a position to help Member States.

Also many UNGA Resolutions saddle UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF with responsibility to Re-engineer themselves so that they can be in position to support the Re-engineering for achieving 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision in Member States, yet neither UNDESA nor UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF has the capacity to Re-engineer themselves. This is another reason why How questions are being avoided or evaded.

The correct answer to How questions has little to do with PhD or Professor; Trained Economists or Trained Evaluators but much to do with Community to Global Stakeholders in each of the 8 Blocks identified in this Paper being organized onto Grassroots Professionals Levels 1 and 2 and Advance Professionals Level 1 and 2 and ensuring that Professionals in each of the 4 Levels have minimum certain levels of Hard Competences: Learning and Skills and Soft Competences: Character, Courage, Discipline and Mindset.

Moving Forward in Global Interest

Moving forward we suggest Board of Governors of WBG and IMF considers taking the following Actions:-

1. Establishing Global Partnership on Ending Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty, GPEHMAP as Multi Stakeholder Platform / Partnership for Research, Implementation, Evaluation and Success of all good ideas and pertinent suggestions set out in WBG and IMF Study Reports, Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents.

2. Presenting a Memo to 306/193 UN Member States setting out the GPEHMAP Initiative Vision and calling for their personal and official support, including the nomination of High Level Research (Research, Planning, Data/Statistics); Implementation; Evaluation (Monitoring, Evaluation) and Success (Learning, Results, Measuring Success) Experts to serve on the GPEHMAP.

3.Establishing Pilot Program on Ending Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty in 6 North Countries -  US, UK, Germany, France, Portugal and Russia 6  South Countries – Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Algeria, Brazil as basis for Scale Up Program covering all Action Agenda Items in 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21 aligned and harmonized with Community Development Plans and Country Development Plans in all 306/193 UN Member States.

4. Establishing a Committee of WBG and IMF Executive Management and Board Members to work with ISPE/EAG on ways and means of establishing the Global Partnership Joint Support Team and the Secretariat to the GPEHMAP.

Conclusion

Rethinking Development Finance, Rethinking Global Economy, Rethinking Evaluation etc is not about Changing for Change Sake but about Needed Change; not about pursuing abstract Knowledge for Knowledge Sake but about demonstrating Applied Knowledge for Sustainable Development and World Peace Sake. These call for Changing Attitude and Behaviour at Scale driving New Advocacy and New Know How for Accomplishment and Results from Community to Global levels.

It is our hope that the thoughts expressed in this Paper resonate positively with Board of Governors of the World Bank Group, WBG and International Monetary Fund, IMF; Development Committee and International Monetary and Financial Committee; Member States; UNO; CSOs/NGOs; Farmer and Processor Organizations; Private Sector: Micro, Small, Medium, Large and Multinational Enterprises; Academics and Researchers; Internal and External Consultants; Journalists participating in the 21 – 23 April 2017 Spring Meetings of WBG and IMF.

Contact Lanre Rotimi: nehmap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk

16 April 2017.

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Appendix

Extract of Statement to co-Facilitators of Improving UN System Alignment and Synergy Process, by ISPE/EAG

It will be recalled that the next Global Consultation on Improving Alignment and Synergy of UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Bodies meeting is scheduled for 11 April, and the co-facilitators welcomed input to determine the topics for discussion.

The outcome of the co-facilitators Global Consultation meeting on 6 March 2017 once more provide evidence that UN Events set up to find answers to 2030 Agenda How questions end up avoiding or evading answer to How questions while over answering What questions and this include providing answer to What questions as answers to How questions. There is therefore urgent need for the co-Facilitators to ensure that the 11 April 2017 meeting and remaining meetings in this process provide clear and correct answers to How questions.

The UN System Delivery as One, DaO Initiative is over 10 years old. If National Leaders and World Leaders do not know why UN System DaO is not working, they will not know how to Reform the UN System to be fit for the 21^st Century and in ways that ensure that UN System DaO will work and in ways that ensure 2030 Agenda Vision ambitions are achieved by 2030 target date in each Community in each of the 306/193 UN Member States.

It is pertinent to note that:-

1.       UN System is used interchangeably with UNO. The UN System goes beyond UNO to include WBG and IMF. UN System DaO therefore goes beyond UNO DaO to UNO, WBG, IMF DaO. It is clear that without achieving UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF DaO, it will be Mission Impossible achieving 2030 Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, Original PD/BD Vision ambitions in each Community in each of 306/193 UN Member States. The implication is that achieving 2030 Agenda driven by UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF DaO calls for “Rethinking  Development, Diplomacy, Defense, Democracy, Data and Digitization - Research: Research, Planning, Statistics/Data; Implementation; Evaluation: Monitoring, Evaluation; Success: Learning, Results, Success Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One”.

2.       UN Member States are looking up to UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities for help to achieve 2030 Agenda in each Community in their Country but UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities themselves need help before they can be in a position to provide the type of help UN Member States desire and deserve.

3.       The 2016 TI Corruption Perception Index shows that World Corruption is worsening with 2/3 of 176 Countries Surveyed falling below the Index mid point. The TI Corruption Perception Index is itself Corrupt as it is based on subjective methodology and it addresses Bribe Takers without addressing Bribe Givers. Also the WBG Governance Indicators is corrupt as it recognizes Legal Corruption such as Lobbying and it places undue focus on Bribe Taking while turning blind eye to many of the remaining 16 commonly occurring forms of corruption.

4.       There is a need for one official list of UN Member States instead of the current two; there is a need for adoption of the list of 193 UN Member States as the only official list; there is a need for New Corruption Perception Index based on objective methodology for two lists – Bribe Takers and Bribe Givers in which all 193 UN Member States are surveyed.

5.       It takes two to tango. While many Developing Countries, including Nigeria are high on the list of Bribe Takers; many Developed Countries are high on the list of Bribe Givers including US, UK, France, Germany, Russia.

6.       There is need for Multi Stakeholder Partnerships / Platforms, MSPs as Force for Good and Lobbying as Force for Good. There are many approved MSPs, some extended/expanded and others new. However, is there any of these MSPs that meet the minimum certain Multi Stakeholders Platform/ Partnership, MSP, Standards required to achieve 2030 Transformation Agenda Vision Ambitions? Please take critical look at the DCDE Study Reports on MSPs’.

http://www.enterprise-development.org/wp-content/uploads/DCED_Making_the_Transition_to_Strategic_Pivate_Sector_Engagement.pdf  Engaging the Private Sector through MSPs

http://www.enterprise-development.org/wp-content/uploads/DCED-Platforms-Review.pdf Evaluation of Select MSPs

The content of the DCED Reports should be Food for Thought for IDEAS; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF and Member States Governments: Executive and Legislature/Parliament (Judiciary is conspicuously missing) that strengthen Community to Global Stakeholders in identified 7 Blocks commitment towards the establishment of New MSPs’ and Re-establishing Existing MSPs’ and underline the need to meaningfully address Rethinking Evaluation; Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defence, Democracy, Data, Digitization; Rethinking Communication and Rethinking MSP and Lobbying as Force for Good as One in MSPs Moving Forward.

7.       On the Rethinking Communication component, there is a need for National Leaders and World Leaders in the 7 Blocks to recognize that in Information as in Food, there is Chronic Hunger, Acute Hunger and Malnutrition real and complex problems on the ground from Community to Global levels in each North and South Country and that addressing Chronic Hunger, Acute Hunger and Malnutrition problems on Food side from Community to Global levels without simultaneously addressing Chronic Hunger, Acute Hunger and Malnutrition problems on Information side from Community to Global levels would be knowingly or unknowingly undermining potential to achieve sustainable success in the work towards Ending Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty Worldwide, a major condition for achieving increasing convergence between 2030 Transformation Agenda Intention and Reality in each Community in each of the 306/193 UN Member States.

There is therefore a need for Rethinking Communication that support Stakeholders in each of the 7 Blocks to face new direction and adopt new priorities that reinforce bringing Whole of Community/Company/Bank/Institution/Government/Society Thinking to bear towards the sustainable solutions to Whole of Community/Company/Bank/Institution/Government/Society real and complex problems on the ground. This demands attitudinal and behavioural change by Stakeholders in each of the 7 Blocks at Country level – Community, Sub-national and National and International Level – Sub-regional, Regional and Global.

8.       There is urgent need to convert existing UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities Study Reports especially WBG World Development Reports, WDR 2004 on Public Sector Management, PSM and its follow Up New PSM 2011 and 10 year review of PSM 2014; WDR 2008 on Agriculture; WDR 2014 on Risk Management, WDR 2015 on Attitudinal and Behavioral Change, WDR 2016 on Data and Digitization and WDR 2017 on Governance as well as Conferences and Meetings Outcome Documents especially AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, Original PD/BD, Agenda 21 and HLM2 NOD into Vision and Words with ACTION; ensure full implementation of all Action Agenda Items with effective Monitoring and Evaluation of this Implementation as appropriate to each Community to Global location context.

https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/blog/boldly-going-where-no-evaluator-has-gone-framework-evaluation-service-delivery    Rethinking Evaluation

https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/blog/rethinking-evaluation-agility#comment-3288  Rethinking Development, Diplomacy, Defense, Democracy, Data, Digitization

http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/blog/rethinking-evaluation-development-effectiveness#comment-3303    What is Wrong with Development Effectiveness?

9.       Achieving (1) – (8) greatly depends on selecting One Worldwide Approach to Benefits focused National and International Development Cooperation.

10.   Operationalizing (9) in Practice greatly depends on the appointment of Global Coordinating External Consultant and Global Coordinating Internal Consultant with minimum certain levels of Hard Competences: Learning and Skills and Soft Competences: Character, Courage, Discipline and Mindset to meaningfully support Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global Stakeholders from UN Member States Governments: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary at all tiers; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Entities; CSOs/NGOs; Farmers and Processors Organizations; Private Sector: Micro, Small, Medium, Large and Multinational Enterprises; Academics and Researchers as they work jointly towards achieving 2030 Agenda within each Partners unique and specific location context.

The current situation wherein too many CSOs are antagonistic stakeholders focused on government flaws and failures must change to a new situation in which the greater majority of CSOs are Active Participants focused on working jointly with Stakeholders in remaining 6 Blocks on Global Goals – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, Original PD/BD aligned and harmonized with Community and Country Development Plans Action Agenda Items in ways that accomplish targets and on scheduled time.

To make this and related paradigm shifts, such as silos to synergy; business as usual to business unusual; parroting change to practicing change; academic research to development research greatly depends on effectively deploying competences identified above and in ways that effectively deploy Whole of Bank / Institution / Government / Community / Country / World Thinking to bear towards the sustainable solutions to Whole of Bank / Institution / Government / Community / Country / World Problems. This underlines need to recognize that Good Communication Strategy is not Razzmatazz and Sensation focused on Shadow but Connection and Understanding focused on Substance.

It is pertinent to note that many ECOSOC accredited CSOs are not aware of the Communication Resources available at UNDPI; that many of these CSOs that are aware, are not able to effectively utilize the Communication Resources due to Competences and Capacity issues and that many of these Communication Resources may not meet the unique Communication Needs of particular Communities in Specific Member States. This underlines the magnitude and complexity of the challenge facing UNDPI in the Design and Delivery of effective and efficient Global Goals – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, Original PD/BD Communication Resources that help to effectively link each Community in each of 306/193 Member States to UN Headquarters New York and also help to achieve increasing convergence between Global Goals – AAAA, SDG, COP21, Agenda 21, Original PD/BD aligned and harmonized with Community and Country Development Plans in 306/193 Member States Vision Intention and Reality by scheduled target date.

The answer to 2030 Agenda How questions is in the DOING and this is in Pilot Program and Scale Up Program.  This DOING could start from converting the UNSG Statement at his swearing in ceremony on 12 December 2016 into Vision and Words with Action; ensuring the UNSG regain lost time and deliver on responsibility to produce Report by end second quarter 2017 set out in Paragraph 19 QCPR 2016 and ensure New FAO End Poverty, End Hunger and End Malnutrition, EPEHEM Comprehensive Approach is adopted by each of the 306/193 UN Member States as each seek to achieve 2030 Agenda Ambitions by 2030 target date.

The co-Facilitators, UN Member States, SOs/NGOs and other Stakeholder Blocks participating in this process need to recognize that pour World is accelerating on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM and achieving 2030 Agenda greatly depends on our World hanging to and accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM.  There are Bright Prospects of Success, if National Leaders and World Leaders Chose Road to Boom and recognize that One Day delay may be One Day too late.

Contact:

Lanre Rotimi - International Society for Poverty Elimination / Economic Alliance Group