Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 104

 

  EAG          ISPE 

              ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                                          INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION              

(Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Organization)                                                        (Global Foundation)             

     ER&A     NEHMAP Initiative

           ER and Associates Limited                                  New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty                   

(International Development Cooperation Consultants)                                       (Global Cooperatives Management Organization) 

                              

Suggestions and Inputs for Improving Governments and UN Response to Implementing 2021 DCF Summary Report

 

Strengthening Governments and UN to Better Contribute Towards Rethinking

War on COVID-19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts;

War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity and Task to Achieve SDGs in

All Countries as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050, that is Race to Zero 2050 by end 2050 to avoid Imminent Perishing of our Fragile Planet

 

Let’s not fool ourselves. A COVID19 vaccine cannot undo damage that will stretch across years, even decades to come. Extreme poverty is rising; the threat of famine looms. It is time to reset. As we build a strong recovery, we must seize the opportunity for change.

UN Secretary General, H.E. Antonio Guteress Statement on 1 January 2021

Foreword

 

The 2021 High Level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum, DCF, Summary Report serves as an input into the High Level Political Forum, HLPF on Sustainable Development, 6 – 15 July 2021; the Financing for Development Process; the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 Glasgow; the Fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, LDC V in Doha amongst other UN Events in the year ahead.

 

The Summary Report present impressive Scorecard of UN International Development Cooperation achievements in the past and note that much more remain to be done if our World is to Fight and Win War on COVID19; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date. We commend the Report.

https://www.un.org/development/desa/financing/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.financing/files/2021-06/N2113566.pdf

 

The Summary Report noted that even before the COVID19 pandemic was acknowledged by UN and Governments early in 2020, our World was not On Track to achieve the SDGs by end 2030 target date. It is pertinent to note that in January 2020 the UN launched the International Decade of Action to accelerate SDGs Implementation in All North and South Countries and that the COVID19 pandemic has made the Decade of Action both more Urgent and more Challenging.

 

Our World is at Cross Roads or End Point. The Domestic and Global Challenges facing Governments and UN are Huge and Complex and underline need for more effective and more inclusive Domestic and Global Response to Domestic and Global Challenges on the ground facing All Governments and All UN today.

 

This important Summary Report underlines urgent need to restore the Justice and Dignity Pillars of the SDGs alongside reinvigorating the existing 5Ps Pillars of People, Peace, Prosperity, Planet and Partnership, if our World is to achieve Sustainable Success Fighting and Winning 5 Wars identified above, alongside achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and pressing forward to reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date.

 

The ongoing COVID19 Pandemic continues to wreck increasing havoc and devastation at Domestic and Global levels in all UN Member States. However whereas COVID19 is Open Killer, there are Pre-existing Pandemics of Climate, Environment, Poverty, Inequality, Injustice and Corruption that are wrecking worse havoc and devastation than COVID19 but being Hidden Killers, are not getting the attention they deserve Nationally and Globally.

 

It is now clear to all UN and all Governments Leaders that COVID19 has exposed the Soft Underbelly of Decayed Domestic and Global Systems and Services on North and South Countries Governments – All Arms of All Tiers sides, as well as on All UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO – Trade and WTO – Tourism: Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices sides.

It is also now clear to all UN and all Governments Leaders that No One is Safe Until Everyone is Safe and that this underline Urgent Need for entire UN and All Governments to Make Original UN Charter Work for World Poor, in the process Win War On COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity as well as achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date. 

We urge all UN and all Governments Leaders to genuinely appreciate that moving forward in Global Interest means Leaders on UN, Governments, Business, Academia, Consultants, other Stakeholders and other Major Groups sides need to know what it means hewing to old ways or finding new, activist ones or both as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

The Summary Report is another of the DCF’s contribution to find National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to above complex problems. The Summary Report underlines the fact that even before the COVID19 pandemic global progress towards the SDGs had stalled and in some cases reversed; that acceleration is needed in many areas; that the impact of automation and rapid urbanization are just some of the complex issues Development Policy Makers are grappling with where no Best Practice Solutions exist and Views are Divided; that combination of increasing complexity and lagging progress means the approaches characterizing much Development Practice (i.e. top down and rigidly focused on narrowly defined Goals) may be particularly unsuitable.

It is pertinent to note that OECD suggest rather than following a singular Paradigm or Pathway, Development Strategies need to be more context specific and more participatory, place based, multisectoral and multilateral with more focus on experimentation and mutual learning. It also calls for Rethinking of International Development Cooperation beyond financial aid to foster more effective exchanges of social and human capital thus underlining urgent need for New Approaches to Sustainable Development.

This Paper is NEHMAP/EAG contribution towards effectively reinforcing All UN and All Governments to meet the above need and in urgent Global Interest.

 

Specific Comment on the Summary Report

 

The Summary Report has 36 Paragraphs. We have highlighted 10 Paragraphs for Specific Comment:-

1.      Paragraph 4: The upshot: the 2021 Forum gave rise to a reimagined understanding of development cooperation – informed by risk, designed to build resilience and strongly linked with climate action – that can strengthen the foundation for collective action in the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. Global agreements already in place provide a foundation for building back better. However, doing so will require more concerted, creative and flexible implementation of the global agreements, and efforts at all levels must build on and reinforce country systems, policy frameworks and national and local capacities, support inclusive approaches and facilitate coordination among diverse actors.

Comment

Building Back Better and Fairer and Building Back Greener underline need for unprecedented Global Solutions to unprecedented Global COVID19 Crises, Climate Crises and SDGs Crises.

2. Paragraph 5: The present summary outlines the key messages and policy recommendations of the Development Cooperation Forum in five areas: (a) building risk and resilience into the DNA of development cooperation; (b) meeting development cooperation commitments to navigate crises; (c) advancing a sustainable COVID-19 recovery through development cooperation; (d) sharing knowledge and technology for recovery and response, including to support inclusive digital transformation and effective data governance; and (e) reimagining development cooperation for the decade of action.

Comment

Time for Words is Over. Now is Time for Action in all Five Areas that Work.

3.   Paragraph 6: Without a stronger international response to the pandemic, backed by development cooperation, the world risks the devastation of a “lost decade” of development in developing countries. The current global context is defined by intersecting risks that simultaneously put stress on development actors to contain and end the COVID-19 pandemic, to recover from its socioeconomic impacts and to reinvigorate the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Without substantial increases in financing and other forms of development cooperation aimed at building resilience, the Sustainable Development Goals will be difficult to achieve by 2030. In particular, the multidimensional and cascading nature of the COVID-19 crisis has once again highlighted the urgency of financing for prevention and disaster risk reduction, as well as for disaster preparedness and response. Strengthened international development cooperation and multilateralism will be critical to enabling recovery, reducing risk and building resilience and preparedness for the decade of action.

Comment

The looming lost decade affects all North and South Countries. COVID19 has many Areas Hit – Health, Education, Labor etc; Impacts made – Political, Economic, Social etc and Dimensions Affected – Governance, Solidarity, Public Goods etc. All Areas Hit, Impacts Made and Dimensions Affected as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context need to be meaningfully addressed as One. It is Fail in One Fail in All.

4.    Paragraph 12: Flexibility, built on a strong foundation of trust between partners, has been an important factor behind encouraging experiences among development cooperation actors so far in the pandemic response, including the rapid deployment of new resources and tools in order to achieve immediate impacts. Such flexibility manifested itself in the ability to reallocate funds to urgent priorities, especially from bilateral donors to the health area, to streamline and relax certain standards and rules (e.g., for procurement) for the sake of a quicker response, and to bring forward implementation dates. Those measures were supported by the existence of strong national development cooperation policies and agreements that included risk considerations and contingency response aspects. Moreover, developing countries have made important contributions to the response, including by sharing supplies in the early stages, rolling out their own stimulus packages, where feasible, and taking major steps to contain the spread of the virus through lockdowns.

Comment

Trust between Partners within and between Countries is a Scarce Resource. Yet the design and delivery of National and International Development Cooperation Radical / Fundamental and Rapid / Fast Change at Minimum Certain Levels required to Fight and Win War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reach SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date demand Building Trust required for National and Global Partners Working Together to Succeed Together within All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Frameworks robust enough to effectively implement National and Global Goals with effective monitoring and evaluation of this implementation.

5.    Paragraph 19: Private sector engagement in development cooperation should become more substantial and strategic in support of developing countries’ resilience. The 2019/20 Development Cooperation Forum survey revealed that the engagement by the private sector with developing countries’ national development cooperation forums or platforms remained limited. However, the pandemic showed the importance of private sector contributions to supporting a rapid crisis response. To strengthen partnerships for resilience, the engagement of private sector actors in development cooperation should focus on priority areas in which their expertise and resources can have a transformational impact, including on climate action, financial inclusion, support for and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture and rural development, the creation of decent work opportunities for women and young people, and supporting economic actors through long-term investment.

Comment

Private Sector Partnership Strategy with UN and Governments need radical rethinking, if the Private Sector is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

6.   Paragraph 20: South-South and triangular cooperation have shown resilience in the pandemic context and should be further strengthened. Deepening South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation can enhance capacities and resources for risk-informed development cooperation, including through trade, industrial policy, regional integration and regional value chains in food, health and related products, and scaledup financing. In addition, the global South has played a primary role in producing and catalysing knowledge on health and other risks to sustainable development, which could be strengthened through the exchange of experiences, skills and good practices among national and local entities.

Comment

North North, South South and North South Cooperation at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Triangular Cooperation is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

7.      Paragraph 21: Capacity-building support for integrated national financing frameworks, plus enhanced access to data and information, will assist developing countries in embedding risk management in fiscal and financial policies. Integrated national financing frameworks can strengthen the connection and contribution of short- and medium-term policies to long-term sustainable development aspirations, as reflected in national sustainable development strategies. By laying out the full range of financing sources for sustainable development – public, private, domestic and international – such frameworks allow countries to develop strategies to increase investment, manage risks and advance their priorities.

Comment

Capacity Building on 3 levels:- Individual Hard  Competencies – Learning and Skills and Soft  Competencies -  Character, Courage,  Cultural, Communication, Attitude, Behavior, Discipline and Mindset; Institution – Governance, Solidarity, Coordination, Reform and Society – Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social and Legal Space at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Capacity Building is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

8.  Paragraph 27: For sustainable recovery, development cooperation should further support the localizing of the Sustainable Development Goals and the design and implementation of inclusive solutions. Many countries have already recognized the effectiveness of locally led pandemic response and recovery efforts. Using new technologies, the local and regional levels have become key spaces for experimentation and innovation to help overcome common challenges in partnership and solidarity, including through in-country and cross-border local government partnerships. In addition, beyond “whole of government” approaches backed by strong political leadership, “whole of society” approaches are needed to address the dual emergencies of the pandemic and climate change. Development cooperation should support such approaches, including by engaging the expertise and knowledge of youth and indigenous communities, to build long-lasting resilience for sustainable development.

Comment

Technical Solutions without complimentary Political Solutions is No Issue or amount to No Issue. Once Technical Solutions and Political Solutions are found, remaining Economic, Financial, Social, Communication etc Solutions will emerge. Think Global Act Local is a Challenge in both North and South Countries as well as in UN System Membership. Whole of Government and Whole of Society Approaches need to move from Words to Action as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

9.   Paragraph 31: Innovations in regional development cooperation and knowledge-sharing spurred by the pandemic should be systematized and institutionalized to ensure a resilient recovery. The current pandemic will not be the last crisis of such magnitude. This reality makes it all the more important to systematize regional cooperation and institutionalize the lessons gleaned so far from the pandemic response and recovery, including to ensure more timely and effective knowledge-sharing on data science and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. The pandemic has elevated the need for and the importance of effective communication tools, knowledge-sharing platforms and capacity development mechanisms for development cooperation among all relevant stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. Significant strides were made, in particular at the regional level, to scale up technical and financial cooperation for pandemic response. New and innovative partnerships, tailored to the distinctive challenges of recovery, have also emerged and can benefit from further interregional communication and collaboration.

Comment

UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation as One, driving an All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Single Catalytic Action Agenda at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Innovation is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

10. Paragraph 32: The 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, should take forward the reimagined understanding of development cooperation – informed by risk, designed to build resilience and strongly linked with climate action – which will strengthen the foundation for collective action in the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. Global agreements already in place provide a foundation for building back better and fairer. However, doing so will require strengthened global solidarity and more concerted, creative and flexible implementation of the global agreements, and efforts at all levels must build on and reinforce country systems, policy frameworks and national and local capacities, support inclusive approaches, engaging not only government actors but also women, youth, indigenous peoples, migrants, local governments, civil society and the private sector, and facilitate coordination among the diverse actors in international development cooperation, all with knowledge to share and various resources to contribute.

Comment

This reimagined understanding of Development Cooperation need to move from Words to Action as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

 

7 Overarching Mistakes

 

We urge All UN and All Governments to genuinely recognize that achieving increasing convergence between the Summary Report Vision Intention and Reality linked to Winning 5 Identified Wars; achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date greatly depends on All UN and All Governments genuinely appreciating the existence of 7 Overarching Mistakes and All UN and All Governments genuinely recognizing Joint Need to Speedily Resolve and in Urgent Global Interest the 7 Overarching Mistakes. These are:-

1.  Omitting Step 1 How to Get DONE What Stakeholders / World Leaders have AGREED to Get DONE - Original UN Charter Vision; World Transformation Agenda Vision - SDGs, AAAA, COP21, Agenda 21 Rio and Rio + 20; Race to Zero 2050 before operating in Step 2 - Getting DONE or DOING What Stakeholders / World Leaders have agreed to DO or Get DONE as listed.

2.   Deploying Multiple Approaches to Operate in Step 2 some or many of which are Divergent or Contradictory rather than First Agreeing One Worldwide Approach that is Sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious such as 3PCM that is Not One Cap Fit All but Common Agreement and a Generic One Worldwide Approach that is Integral Part of Step 1 and effectively deployed as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

https://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2019/03/3pcm-benefits-focused-one-worldwide.html   3PCM One Worldwide Approach

3.      All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Silos in Step 2 while omitting Step 1 rather than All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Synergy in Step 1 and then Pressing Forward to Step 2.

4. Lack of Domestic and Global Central Coordination of National and Global Development Cooperation Radical / Fundamental and Rapid / Fast Change adequate to achieve all Global Goals agreed by World Leaders built upon All UN and All Governments Agreeing Step 1 before Pressing forward to operate in Step 2 as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

5.   Lack of UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation as One that is Central Driver of Domestic and Global Central Coordination in (4).

6.      Lack of meaningful Involvement of Original Ideas Creators who are State Actors and Non State Actors; UN Innovators and Non UN Innovators who through their unadulterated struggle and commitment use their God given Talents to seek True Sustainable: Development, Diplomacy, Peace, Unity, Defense, Security, Equality, Opportunities, Justice and Dignity underlining Initiatives in (1) - (5). 

7.      Lack of Domestic and Global Communication Strategy meaningfully Supporting  Multi Stakeholder Partnership as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context supporting Initiatives in (1) - (6). 

As long as these 7 Overarching Mistakes are not speedily corrected, our World will continue in increasing acceleration on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM resulting in governments inability to deliver New Social Contract at National level and New Global Deal at Global level leading to possible Perishing our Fragile Planet at worst and Global Depression taking Generation(s) to Reverse at best.

The good ideas in the UN Reports, including the Summary Report highlighted above and many more, will remain mere good ideas, if our World does not speedily Change Course to correct the 7 Overarching Mistakes and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM.

Rethinking UN Meetings and Conferences

 

There is a need to Rethink UN General Assembly, UNGA Special Sessions and other UN Events, if these Events – Special and Regular are to contribute more meaningfully towards identifying and filling all Information, Knowledge, Research, Ambition and Innovation Gaps identified in Implementing the Summary Report by All UN and All Governments as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global/Planet location context.

 

We urge UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA; UN Security Council, UNSC; UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, UNDPPA; UN President General Assembly, UNPGA; UN Secretary General, UNSG, President UN Economic and Social Council, UNECOSOC and other relevant UN Headquarters Entities to genuinely appreciate that in UN Special or Regular Events, any Single Statement that meaningfully addresses all COVID19 Areas Hit, Impacts Made and Dimensions Affected will be as long, if not longer than the Invited Statement made by select UN, Government and other Stakeholders Leaders at these UN Special and or Regular UN Events. Same goes for all remaining Public Health Issues Challenging All UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO – Trade and WTO –Tourism Membership and All Arms of All Tiers of Government in our World today. Same goes for all remaining issues within World Transformation Agenda.

The point being made is that:-

1.      UN and Governments Unprecedented Global Response to Unprecedented COVID19; Climate and Environment; Conflicts, Insecurity; Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity Crises linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Race to Zero by 2050 real and complex Challenges on the ground as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global/Planet location context need to be more meaningfully addressed and On Time.

2.     The Summary Report Implementation Challenge on All UN and All Governments sides needs to be meaningfully addressed and On Time.

3.      UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Statement quoted above underline Global Need for All UN and All Governments to Work Together to Succeed Together to effectively address (1) and (2) and as soon as possible in 2021 and Kick Start this through speedily convene UN General Assembly Special Session, UNGASS 32^nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event that is Global Re-Orientation Workshop Marking Global Turning Point in the Global Reset Driving Global Opportunity for Change that UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress has consistently called for.

 

If UN and Governments Leadership keep avoiding or evading meaningfully addressing these 3 points, there are storms ahead in 2021 and Beyond that could consume all of us in our World today.  Therefore all necessary measures need to be taken to avoid the looming global colossal catastrophic consequences of Triple Failure: Failure to Win 5 Wars; Failure to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and Failure to reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

32^nd UN Special Session or Other Special Joint UN and Governments Event

We urge all UN and all Governments to genuinely recognize that overcoming the Summary Report Implementation Challenge greatly depends on the Design and Delivery of Unprecedented Global Response to Unprecedented Global COVID19 Crises, other Pandemics Crises linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 (it is now clear that SDGs can no longer be achieved by 2030) and reaching Global Goals or Race to Zero 2050 by end 2050 target date.

We further urge all UN and all Governments to genuinely recognize that New Levels of Solidarity and Multilaterism required for Sustainable Success need to be Kick Started from the suggested UNGASS 32^nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event that is a 3 Day High Level Virtual Meeting /High Level Political Forum, HLPF/HLVM for Decision Makers and Policy Makers on UN, Governments and their Domestic and Global Partners sides. 

The 3 Day HLPF/HLVM will help build National and Global Institutional Architecture within which Political Leaders; Civil Servants; Religious Leaders; Traditional Rulers; Tribal Leaders on one hand and Leaders on UN; Governments; Business; Academia; Consultants; other Major Groups such as EU, OECD etc and other Stakeholders such as Student Groups, Labor Unions, Media Houses etc on the other hand Work Together to Succeed Together to meaningfully address the 7 Overarching Mistakes and Obey UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Clarion Call for Global Reset and Global Solidarity, as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

The point being made is this 32^nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event is essentially a 3 Day Global Re-Orientation Workshop for State Actors and Non State Actors as well as UN Actors and Non UN Actors to come together to agree a Framework for Central Coordination of Domestic and Global Response to Governance, Globalization, Solidarity – Political, Science, Finance, Innovation etc as One and as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country,  Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

Too much time has been wasted Working HARDer Doing the same old things in the same old ways and wondering why UN and Governments keep getting the same old results – Not Winning 5 Wars and Not achieving Global Goals.

Now is Time for Action mean Now is Time for action Demand UN and Governments Changing Course to start Working SMARTer DOING New Thing in New Ways and getting New Results that Work for 5 Billion World Poor Children, Youth, Women, Men and Elders out of the 8.5 Billion People in our World of 2030. This Demand New Types of Multi Stakeholder Partnerships, MSP, built upon answering this MSP Report How Questions:-

https://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Study_Pathways_for_MSP-advisory_bodies_2021.pdf

The Summary Report need to be converted to answer How Questions, if it is to make optimum contribution to Internal Publics and External Publics on all UN Membership and all Governments of North and South Countries sides as they Work Together to Succeed Together and Benefit Together.

Global Turning Point 

Our World is at Global Turning Point and Time is running out to make Right Choice or Right Turn.

The Biden Administration in US as well as the practical realities of implementing UK – EU Brexit Deal offer opportunity for US Government, Powerful North Countries Governments and Powerful South Countries Governments as well as UN System Membership and their Domestic and Global Partners to Work Together to Succeed Together and Benefit Together addressing the 7 Overarching Mistakes and Obeying UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Clarion Call to Reset our World before it is too late to avoid looming Global Colossal Catastrophe.

 

In Sum,

 

UN Member States are looking up to UN Principal Organ Entities, especially UN Headquarters Entities including DCF and UN Agencies especially UNDP,  WHO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF for Practical Help and Support to respond effectively to National and Global Challenges identified above, that each Government in each North and South Country is grappling with.

 

All UN and All Governments need to jointly find better ways to design and deliver New National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to real National and Global Challenges facing entire UN Membership and all UN Member States.

 

No One Know when our World will race past irreversibility point in ongoing acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM. If UN and Governments are to Change Course and On Time to avoid Guaranteed Global Colossal Catastrophe arising from Triple Failures – Failure to Win 5 Wars; Failure to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and Failure to reach Global Goals 2050, then One Day Delay Scheduling the 3 Day HLPF/HLVM or 32^nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event and may be One Day too late to Change Course and start accelerating on MAPing Road to BOOM.

 

COVID19 rapidly closing short window of opportunity, to Build Back Better and Fairer need to be utilized by All UN Membership and All Governments in All North and South Countries. To achieve this All UN Membership and All Governments in All North and South Countries need to muster required levels of Political Will and Public Will.

 

It is therefore in Urgent Global Interest that the 3 Day HLPF/HLVM or 32^nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event Pre Summit Days, Summit Days and Post Summit Days as One Technical and Political Process Discussions start immediately.

 

Should UN and Governments in North and South Countries take all necessary measures to ensure this Bright Prospects of Success become reality; UN and Governments in North and South Countries would have helped Save our Fragile Planet from Imminent Guaranteed Perishing flowing from identified Triple Failures remaining unchecked.

 

God Bless UN. God Bless our World.

 

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July 2021                        

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 53

  EAG         ISPE 

             ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                                           INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION (Global NGO)             

(Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Provider)             

    ER&A        NEHMAP Initiative

       ER and Associates Limited              New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty (Global Social Enterprise)                  

(International Development Cooperation Consultants)

Sustainable Solutions to 193/306 UN Member States SDG Pledge Delivery by 2030: HPLF July 2018 Outcome - Matters Arising?

EAG Thoughts on Priorities and Direction in the Implementation and Evaluation of Food, Nutrition, Agriculture and Security Vision Dimension Linked to Public Sector Management, Public Finance Management, Procurement and Governance Dimension of  Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21 and Agenda 21 for Delivery on SDG Pledge - No Goal will be considered met if it is not met by all Peoples in all  Countries by 2030 Target date.

Introduction

In today’s Global Village what happens in the Poorest Countries affect what happens in the Richest Countries and vice versa. Our view is that it is in recognition of this reality that World Leaders endorsed in 2015 the Triple Global Agendas – AAAA, SDG and COP21. The Triple Agendas plus Agenda 21 make up the 2030 Transformation Agenda, with the SDG as the overarching 2030 Transformation Agenda.

The Pledge in the SDG that no Goal will be considered met if it is not achieved by all Peoples in all Countries by end 2030 Target date suggest World Leaders appreciate that all National and Global Stakeholders need to meaningfully Work Together to Benefit Together, if all the 17 Goals of the SDG are to be achieved by all Peoples in all Countries by end 2030 Target date. Time is running out to deliver on this Pledge as all Countries are Off Track as at 3^rd Quarter 2018 Year 3 of Implementation and there is just 12 ½ years to go to end 2030 Target date.

As long as National Leaders and World Leaders do not know why the unfinished business of MDGs is yet to be completed as at 11 of 60 Quarters of Implementation of SDGs, they will not know HOW to Reform National and International Development Cooperation Systems in ways that strengthen all 193/306 UN Member States to get back On Track and achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge.

It is a puzzle that DCF May 2018 ignored our suggestions for finding answer to SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions as Master Key for getting all 193/306 UN Member States back on Track towards achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.

It is more puzzling that HPLF July 2018 being aware of DCF 2018 error, also ignored our suggestions to the same effect, yet HPLF 2018 Outcome highlight many real and complex problems on the ground that could only be solved when or if National Leaders and World Leaders in all 193/306 UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) and their Partners get real and get serious about “Working Together to Benefit Together” and in ways that ensure all 193/306 UN Member States speedily get back on Track to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 and maintain Global and National Collective Action for World and National Sustainable Development until SDGs Pledge is actually delivered in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 target date. We wait to see HOW this could be achieved without finding answer to SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions.

This Paper builds on points made in earlier Papers to articulate more details of interrelated, interdependent, interconnected and interlinked relationship between the answer to SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions and achieving increasing convergence between SDGs/SDGs Pledge Vision Intention and Reality in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 target date and urge the National Leaders and World Leaders in all 193/306 UN Member States; UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) and their Partners to recognize and appreciate need to Work Together to Benefit Together Concept of the SDGs as well as its Leave No One Behind Concept are demonstrated and been seen to be demonstrated in practice through aligning and harmonizing the work towards answering the these How questions with realities on the ground in each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global location context.

Brexit: Ending Denial, Deception and Delusion; Ending Fantasy and Facing Facts and Reality in Ireland, UK, EU and rest of the World

It is a puzzle that National and International Stakeholders in the ongoing Brexit process are looking on while UK Government and Politicians negotiate with themselves rather than the EU/EC and EU/EC maintain rigid stance to uphold its Principles.  Please find attached herewith link to Paper giving Global Overview of Policy, Program, Project Interventions in Ireland Sustainability Strategy and SDG in Ireland including Alternative Brexit that is interrelated, interlinked, interconnected and interdependent with UK Sustainability Strategy and SDG in UK; Sustainability Strategy in each of the remaining 26 EU Countries at National level and EU/EC Sustainability Strategy and SDG in EU/EC at Sub-regional level and Sustainability Strategy in all remaining Countries in Europe and World and SDG Europe and World at Regional and Global levels. It is a big puzzle that points made in the Paper intended to help HPLF 2018 answer SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions were ignored, resulting in HPLF 2018 Outcome again focusing on problems rather than Sustainable Solutions to World problems.

http://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2018/06/global-push-to-achieve-sdgs-vision-and_28.html

It is pertinent to note that it is not only UK that need Wilberforce Army MPs but Ireland, all remaining North Countries and all South Countries. The approach of Republic of Ireland; UK and remaining 26 EU Countries Tertiary Institutions to Brexit is appalling. They are part of the problem.

Government – Executive and Legislature in all 28 EU Countries (UK not yet totally out) should Pressure Top 10 Universities in all 28 EU Countries to sit up and help Change Brexit as Force for Evil to Brexit as Force for Good. The future of Ireland, UK and remaining 26 EU Countries greatly depends of this Change.

There is urgent need to ensure that Top 10, Top 100 and Top 1,000 Universities in the World also STOP being part of the Problem and START being part of Sustainable Solutions to real and complex SDGs/SDGs Pledge problems on the ground in each specific Community, Country, Continent location context, if all 193/306 UN member States are to be strengthened to achieve delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge in just 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date.

http://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2017/09/global-push-to-achieve-sdgs-vision-and.html

It is our hope that this time, the Governments and Politicians in all 28 EU Member States as well as in all 193/306 UN Member States will reason and get real and genuinely appreciate that:-

1.  The approach to Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty required to achieve Sustainability Strategy and SDG in all 28 EU Member States and all 193/306 UN Member States and in ways that deliver on SDG Pledge, should be firmly rooted in power relations, global dynamics and group analysis. It should seek to explain why people are poor and why inequalities exist, as well as what can be done to rectify these injustices. It should go further to identify HOW what can be done could be done and in ways that help achieve delivery on National and Global Goals in all Ireland, UK, rest of EU and rest of the World. It should explain why at 11 of 60 Quarters of Implementation, these issues remain outstanding. As long as these issues remain outstanding, it will be especially difficult for Ireland, UK, rest of EU and rest of World to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 – with just 12 ½ years to go, more so as ongoing Brexit negotiations would only increase Irish woes, UK woes,, rest of EU woes and rest of Word woes. The time for remedial action is NOW.

2.     Models of true sustainable development in which issues of employment-centered growth and structural change, transformative social policy, and democratic politics that elevate the interests of the poor in policy making as appropriate to each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global,  CSnNSrRG location context need to be designed and delivered and in ways that ensure Ireland, UK, rest of EU and rest of World achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.

3.  Ending Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty is essentially about consciously coordinating policies and institutions in the three domains of employment-centered growth strategies, pursuing comprehensive social policies and getting the politics right and in ways that deliver maximum impact in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context.

4.  Each of the 193/306 UN Member States Governments: Executive, Legislature and Judiciary at each tier, should focus on the way institutions and policies are linked across spheres and the synergies they create in tackling real and complex problems on the ground at each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context relevant to their Country achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date. Effectiveness of one institution or policy in a particular sphere may lead to, or require, complementary effective institutions or policies in other sphere(s).

5. The complex ways that hunger, malnutrition and poverty alleviation and ultimately elimination outcomes are shaped by the interconnection of ideas, institutions, policies and practices in a triad of economic development, social policy and politics – economic development, social development and political development as one, appropriate to each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context.

6.   Success will greatly depend on the power of the 2030 Transformation Agenda to inspire and mobilize essential actors, new partnerships, key constituencies and the broader global citizenry. For this, we will need an agenda that resonates with the experiences and needs of people and that can be understood and embraced by all relevant national and international stakeholders in each specific location context. The agenda and goals should also be received at the country level in a way that will ensure the completion of the unfinished business of the MDGs as well as transition from MDGs to the broader and more transformative SDGs, effectively becoming an integral part of national and regional visions and plans. This type of good practice typically requires working on a number of fronts at the same time or in a continuous sequence. This is presently not the case and underlines root cause or primary cause Brexit problems that regrettably are not being addressed in ongoing Brexit negotiations and these complex problems could only get worse with Soft Brexit or Crash Out outcome by 29 March 2019.

7.   The leaders on UK and EU sides need to be persuaded to agree to a 180-day delay on Brexit while investigations and negotiations can be carried out, a reprieve as well as major concession for both the UK and EU sides to avoid looming Brexit woes in Ireland, UK, rest of EU and rest of World. This demand intense diplomatic effort and massive political will. Ireland, Netherlands and other EU Member States has/have much to gain CHAMPIONING this type of effort and on time. Ireland, UK and EU need all the help they can get if WIN WIN Optimum Results is to be designed and delivered and on time. We have demonstrated we have capacity to help in this regard. The Big Question is will Governments in Ireland, Netherlands and other EU Member States give us the opportunity or keep looking on wishing Brexit woes will just go away or the UK will find the magic wand?

UNSG Synthesis Report 2014: Matters Arising?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in his Synthesis Report on the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, November 2014 (many of our Organizations ideas were included in the Report) identified 8 Principles on which the SDGs foundation should be built. We note with regret that SDGs foundation has been built with exclusion of these sound Principles. This explains why at 10 of 60 Quarters of Implementation, basic issues addressed by these Principles still constitute hindrances, shortcomings and drawbacks to all 193/306 UN Member States achieving delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date. The Principles are:-

• Commit to a universal approach, including solutions that address all countries and all groups;
• Integrate sustainability into all activities, mindful of economic, environmental and social impacts;
• Address inequalities in all areas, agreeing that no goal or target should be considered met unless it is met for all social and economic groups;
• Ensure that all actions respect and advance human rights, in full coherence with international standards;
• Address the drivers of climate change and its consequences;
• Base our analysis on credible data and evidence, enhancing data capacity, availability, disaggregation, literacy and sharing;
• Expand our global partnership for means of implementation to maximum effect and full participation, including multi-stakeholder, issue-based coalitions;
• Anchor the new compact in a renewed commitment to international solidarity, commensurate with the ability of each country to contribute. 

At EAG we have expanded the 8 Principles to 17 Principles for improved clarity and effectiveness to reinforce UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s statement that “The essential elements of the SDGs/ 2030 Transformation Agenda underscore the urgency of a universal call to commit to a set of principles that, applied together, can bring about a truly universal transformation of sustainable development. Thus, as we implement the 2030 Transformation agenda in all North and South countries, we must:

·   Commit to a universal approach, including sustainable solutions that meaningfully address all communities, countries, continents and all groups unique problems on ground in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context;

·   Integrate sustainability into all activities, mindful of political, cultural, economic, financial, environmental, social, religious, moral, peace, security impacts;

· Address political development, economic development, social development, conflict, inequalities, environmental stewardship, justice access, human dignity, national security unique problems on ground in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context;

· Address inequalities and injustice in all areas, agreeing that no goal or target should be considered met unless it is met for all social and economic groups in all communities in all countries;

· Ensure that all actions respect and advance universal human/development rights, in full coherence with international standards;

· Ensure policy coherence, collaboration, cooperation, coordination and commitment for national and international sustainable development;

·   Ensure that all creative with innovative sustainable solutions and thinkers demonstrating thinking through and thinking ahead are identified, promoted and promoted;

·   Address the drivers of climate change and its consequences;

· Base our analysis on credible data and evidence, enhancing data capacity, availability, disaggregation, literacy and sharing;

· Expand our national and global partnership for means of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to maximum effect and full participation, including multi-stakeholder partnerships MSPs, issue-based coalitions;

·   Ensure MSPs have Authority Delegated by Leadership of all relevant Stakeholder Blocks to Serve with Responsibility as Convener, Catalyst, Collaborator and Cultivator at specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global levels;

·   Ensure all communities in al countries are effectively connected to UNO Headquarters New York, each UNO Agency/Entity Headquarters with responsibility for specific SDGs/SDGs Pledge action agenda item relevant to each specific community, country or continent, WBG Headquarters, IMF Headquarters, WTO (ITO) Headquarters;

· Ensure correct diagnosis,  correct prescription,  correct  surgery and correct  recovery management required for sustainable solutions to all root cause or primary cause national development cooperation and international development cooperation  problems on ground in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context;

· Ensure meaningful involvement of people who through their unadulterated struggle and commitment use their talents to seek true peace, security, equality, equity, justice and sustainable development in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context;

· Ensure original creators of innovative ideas applicable in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context; processed into study reports; conferences and meetings outcome documents conclusions and recommendations are meaningfully involved in the implementation of these innovative ideas;

·   Ensure effective design and delivery of communication for behavioral impact and changing attitude and behavior at scale required to achieve national visions and global visions by target date,  in each specific community, sub-national, national, sub-regional, regional and global location context;

·   Anchor the new compact in a renewed commitment to national and international solidarity, commensurate with the ability of each community/country to contribute.

As long as 28 EU Member States and EU/EC keep avoiding or evading operationalizing these Principles in Practice, finding sustainable solutions to real and complex Brexit root cause or primary cause problems on the ground in each of the 28 EU Member States as well as at EU Sub-regional level will be mirage.

Also as long as 193/306 UN Member States and UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) keep avoiding or evading operationalizing these Principles in Practice, finding sustainable solutions to real and complex SDGs/SDGs Pledge root cause or primary cause problems on the ground in each of the 193/306 UN Member States – Community, Sub-national and National levels as well as at Sub-regional, Regional and Global level will be mirage.

7 Elements of the SDGs based on the 17 Principles

The People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace, Partnership; 5Ps of SDGs – Empowering People for Improving Prosperity, Protecting Planet, Prompting Peace depends on Strengthening Partnerships through Respecting Dignity and providing Justice Access to All Residents and Immigrants in all North and South countries in our World today. As long as these Key Elements of the SDGs are avoided or evaded in each specific community, country, continent location context achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge (No Goal will be considered met if it is not achieved by all Peoples in all outcries) in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 target date (with about 12 ½ years remaining and so much left to be done) will be Mirage.

Sustainable development must be an integrated agenda for political, economic, environmental and social solutions applicable in each specific community, country or continent location context. Its strength lies in the interweaving of its dimensions. This integration provides the basis for economic models that benefit people and the environment; for environmental solutions that contribute to progress; for social approaches that add to economic dynamism and allow for the preservation and sustainable use of the environmental commons; and for reinforcing human rights, equality and sustainability and political solutions that deliver governance models required to make all other models, solutions and approaches work for all.

Thus responding to all 17 SDGs  goals as a cohesive and integrated whole will be critical to ensuring the transformations needed at scale is achieved and in time for delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States in the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date. Again we wait to see HOW this could be achieved without answering SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions and on time.

HPLF 2018 Outcome: Matters Arising?

UN system provides “vision” through the 2030 Agenda, but a critical factor for action is “enabling and empowering global, regional, sub-regional, national, sub-national and community state actors and non state actors, who shared in the co-authorship of this vision. This factor is missing. We wait to see HOW this factor could be found without answering SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres focused on leaving no one behind in his HPLF 2018 closing address on 18 July. He recognized progress towards the 2030 Agenda but emphasized that the world has “backtracked” in areas that are fundamental to the principle of leave no one behind.

It will be recalled 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. If UN SG Guterres is serious about meaningfully addressing what he termed “backtracked” areas that are fundamental to achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030, then he needs to take more vigorous action towards transforming his UN Vision from Intention to Reality. 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: 

http://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2016/12/global-push-to-achieve-sdgs-vision-and.html

2018 HLPF raised awareness of gaps in SDG implementation and evaluation and also underscored the need for increased attention on a number of issues, including technological change and population aging; injecting a sense of urgency into the process, including through greater political commitment and multi-stakeholder collaboration; accelerated implementation and evaluation of the SDGs; enhanced relationship between the public and private sectors to address challenges such as affordable housing, investments in technology and support for local businesses; addressing unilateralism and challenges in global trade matters; effectively doing the more work that need to be done in 12 ½ years remaining to meet the Global Goals on schedule; appreciating that incremental changes by arithmetic progression that is not in synergy are not sufficient; governments need to adopt leapfrog changes by geometric progression in synergy for adequate transformative actions driven by innovation to achieve delivery on SDG Pledge by end 2030 target date; address concern that the need for trillions of dollars in financing to implement the SDGs is not being met, etc.

It is regrettable that as at 11 of 60 Quarters of Implementation, these issues still bog down SDG implementation. We argue that these issues persist because How Questions are evaded or avoided and will keep persisting until How Questions are answered. If it is agreed that failure to achieve delivery on SDG Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States would have ultimate catastrophic consequences for our Fragile Planet and indeed All Citizens in all North Countries and South Countries in our World today, then One Day delay finding Correct Answer to SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions in each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global location context could be One Day too late.

Are National Leaders and World Leaders, Business Leaders and Community Leaders as well as Universities Leaders and Media Leaders reading the signs of the times? Will National Crisis and World Crisis not lead to National Peril and World Peril if these Leaders do not urgently build bridge between Lessons Learning and Lessons Forgetting in the great task of completing unfinished business of the MDGs and accelerating to ensure all 193/306 UN Member States achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge in the 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date?

The prevailing Neo-Liberal consensus espoused by leading politicians, academics and business leaders may be intellectually broke, it has nevertheless shaped many of the institutions that are presently asked to pick up the pieces left by the crisis. Yet there are viable and practical alternatives. However, as long as these types of  alternatives remain avoided or evaded, answer to How Questions cannot be found and this will ultimately result in all 193/306 UN Member States failure to get back On Track towards achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.

There is urgent need to build “a perspective of change in societies” that:-

1.      Stems from citizens rather than states or markets

2.      Goes beyond the cosy arrangement that NGOs created for themselves under the Neo-Liberal consensus, taking over public functions from the State in social and other sectors

3.      Effectively answer real question: how can citizens exercise their civic and other rights through responsible agency?

4.      Effectively answer real question: how can social protection built on availability, accessibility, affordability, adequacy applicable to each of the 193/306 UN Member States specific circumstance be designed and delivered and in ways that help all 193/306 UN Member States achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge be end 2030 target date?

We have been consistent in urging 193/306 UN Member States and UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) to shift from MDG Mode to SDG Mode and answer SDG How Questions and related How Questions.  DCF May 2018 ignored us; HPLF July 2018 ignored us. The next Major UNO Event is the HLM on Financing 2030 Agenda September 2018.

It is our hope that errors in DCF 2018 and HPLF 2018 will not be repeated in HLM Finance 2030 Agenda. It will be helpful if the 4^th Quarter in 2018 is used to meaningfully address all identified gaps. This way from 1^st Quarter 2019 Year 4 of Implementation or 13 of 60 Quarters of Implementation, all that needs to be done in the remaining 12 years remaining to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 will actually be done.

National and Global Revolutions for National and World Sustainable Development  

The Fourth Agriculture Revolution and Fourth Industrial Revolution MUST work for the World’s Poor if all 193/306 UN Member States are to be back on Track to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.

https://theconversation.com/why-the-war-on-poverty-in-the-us-isnt-over-in-4-charts-99927?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2020%202018%20-%20106929480&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2020%202018%20-%20106929480+Version+A+CID_48a7d5e3aab649082be2b99d0ced752e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=the%20latest%20data%20to%20provide%20the%20bigger%20picture%20on%20American%20poverty

To achieve this there is a need to ensure:-

1. Brexit is Force for Good.
2. Globalization is Force for Good.
3. New National Division of Labour.
4. New International Division of Labour.
5. New MSPs that Work for All especially the Disadvantaged Citizens in all Countries.
6. National and International Development Cooperation System fit for the 21^st Century.
7. Communication for Behavioural Impact / Changing Attitude and Behaviour at Scale appropriate at each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional or Global location context.

The unfinished business of the MDGs must be speedily completed. The Global Final Push to achieve MDGs by end 2015 Momentum must be re-started; the acceleration to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge must be started and the Global PUSH to achieve SDGs by 2030 must start immediately and be sustained to ensure success in all Communities in all Countries by end 2030 target date.

Waiting till 3-5 years to 2030 before starting the Global PUSH to achieve SDG by 2030 will be too, late as many Study Reports show that all North Countries and South Countries are Off Track with 12 ½ years remaining, so the Global PUSH to achieve SDGs by 2030 is already at least 3 years late, even if it should start NOW. Therefore there should be no further delay in this regard, if the much that need to be done in limited time remaining is to actually be done in all Communities, Countries and Continents Worldwide.

One Worldwide Approach

All concerned National and International Stakeholders using One Worldwide Approach (not One Cap Fit All but Generic Integrated Frameworks adaptable to meet unique needs of each specific community to global location context) to National and International Development Cooperation with clear Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database such as 3PCM (Policy, Program, Project Cycle Management Approach to National and International Development Cooperation), that is:-

·        Whole of Society Approach

·        Whole of Government Approach

·        Whole of Bank Approach

·        Whole of UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF Approach

·        Whole of Institution Approach

·        Whole of Community Approach

·        Whole of Country Approach

And that has clear 7 Integrated Frameworks within Master Assessment Framework, MAF:

1  1. Ownership, Harmony, Accountability, Alignment, Transformation, Transparency, Leadership, Learning, Participation, Results and Measuring Success (OH2A2T2LPRMs) – Mutual Accountability Framework.

   2. Research, Planning, Data, Digitization, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment (RP2DIMEA) Joint Implementation Framework.

    3. Coordination, Collaboration, Cohesion, Commitment and Cooperation (5C) Joint Participation Framework.

4  4. Applied Knowledge, Applied Research, Applied Policy, Applied History, Communication, Cooperatives, Standards, Regulation and Sanctions (AkArApAh2CSRS) Joint Application Framework.

5  5. Systems Reform, Institutional Reform, Business Process Re-engineering, Productivity and Quality Improvement, Public Sector Management and Servant Leadership Development (SPqPrLD) Joint Change Framework.

6  6. National Sustainable Agriculture Revolution, National Public Sector Management, National Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy, National Productivity and Empowerment Strategy, National Attitudinal and Behavioral Change  Strategy, National Development Change  Strategy, National Lifelong Entrepreneurship Strategy, National Lifelong Learning Strategy and National Corruption Strategy (10 Pillars Friendly Policies Climate Reform) Joint Reform Framework.

7  7. Reforming Institutions, Productivity and Quality, Economic Growth, Empowerment and Solidarity, Attitudinal Change, Fighting Corruption, Development Communication, Climate Change, Risk Management and Data and Digitization (10 Pillars Support for Reforming Institutions Program) Joint Support Framework.

The 7 Integrated Frameworks are streamlined into 4 Segments:-

1  1. Accountability: Integrity; Rules and Regulations; Control and Standards; Fighting Corruption; Complaints and Grievance Resolution.

2  2. Budget: Public Finance; Public Procurement; Budget Support; Tax Administration.

3  3. Change: 10 Pillars FPCF Friendly Policies Climate Reform); 10 Pillars Support for Reforming Institutions; Spending Review; Viscous to Virtuous Circle.

4 4. Competencies: Management Assessment; Career Development; Recruitment; Leadership Development, Training and Education.

As long as UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Entities; 193/306 UN Member States – Executive, Legislature, Judiciary at all levels; their National and International Partners continue to deploy Multiple Approaches to National and International Development Cooperation – many of which are divergent or contradictory, it will be mission impossible for them to deliver on the above SDGs Pledge by end 2030 target date.

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. As 11 of 60 Quarters of Implementation go to end, 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:-

http://nehmapglobal.org/3pcm-benefits-focused-one-worldwide-approach-to-national-and-international-development-cooperation-short-version/   

The Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy Members: Individually and Jointly is/are Challenged to Champion adoption of One Worldwide Approach to National and International Development Cooperation with clear Principles, Instruments corresponding to each Principle, Practices and Database through to persuading and if necessary pressuring UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Entities and 193/306 UN Member States: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary at all levels; their National and International Partners, including ICA and COPAC to recognize that One Worldwide Approach will solve many of the current shortcomings, drawbacks and hindrances being experienced in the implementation and evaluation of National and International Development  Cooperation Initiatives including  Cooperatives / Social Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Dimension to 2030 Transformation Agenda – AAAA, SDG, COP21 in each Community in each Country and in ways that deliver on the SDG Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States and by end 2030 target date. Again we wait to see HOW these Social Enterprise and Solidarity Economy issues could be meaningfully addressed without answering SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions.

Paradigm Shifts

To make Right Choice in the work towards achieving all 17 Goals in 2030 Agenda: AAAA, SDG, COP21 and Agenda 21 as applicable to the unique and specific needs of all Peoples in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 target date (about 12 ½ years left), Now is Time for National and Global Stakeholder Groups – in each of 193/306 UN Member States to Reason and Get Real. One Day Delay in both North and South Countries sides jointly recognizing that our world today needs a paradigm shift from Talking and Thinking to Action and Accomplishments for Results may be One Day too late. 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 and without further delay:

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 capital driven by greed to exploit labor to capital driven by love to embrace labor

g) from unhealthy adversarial rivalry to healthy collaborative rivalry

h) from viscous circle (polarization, special interest, divided vision / poverty, human rights violation, unsustainable practices) to virtuous circle ( collaboration, common interest, united vision / prosperity, human rights protection, sustainable practices)

i) from Talking and Thinking to Action and Accomplishment.

The time to take these paradigm shifts serious is NOW.  Again we wait to see HOW these paradigm shift issues could be meaningfully addressed without answering SDGs/SDGs Pledge How Questions and related How Questions.

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

1. 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.

2. Without first finding Political Solutions to above issues within One Worldwide Approach Operationalizing in Practice the 17 Principles of the SDGs as applicable in each specific CSnNSrRG location context, 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.
3. Without making Fourth Industrial Revolution and Fourth Agriculture Revolution Work for the over 4 Billion Poor, it will be uphill task achieving (1) – (3).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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) – (5).

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 High Level Advisory Board, HLAB inaugurated July 2018, by considering and taking appropriate action on the following points:-

1. 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.
2. 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.

3. 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;

https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_CEA_202_0563--an-application-of-anthropology-in-develo.htm

Systems Reform Experts; Monitoring and Evaluation Experts etc

http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/blog/rethinking-evaluation-agility

4. Ensure HLM on Financing 2030 Agenda September 2018 indeed Mark Turning Point in great Task of getting all 193/306 UN Member States back On Track towards achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge by end 2030.
5. Ensuring adequate levels of Intensive Diplomatic Effort and Massive Political Will required to achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN member States is deployed and mobilized without further delay.
6. Ensure as many UN Member States as possible on both North and South Sides start deploying the 8 Point Main Concept for achieving delivery on SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 without further delay.
7. The Global PUSH to achieve delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States MUST start NOW and be effectively driven by Innovative and Creative Sustainable Solutions for each specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional and Global location context, many of which will be Alternative Solutions to what has been in practice in the past and is still in practice now. 

8 Point Main Concept:-

1. Theory and Thoughtful Conceptualization without Practice and Action is Empty.
2. Practice and Action without Theory and Thoughtful Conceptualization is Blind.
3. Ideas Conceptualization not firmly grounded in Theory and Thoughtful Conceptualization with Practice and Action is Vision and Words and Motion without Movement.
4. Beyond Ideas Concept Actualization firmly grounded in Theory and Thoughtful Conceptualization with Practice and Action is Vision and Words for Productivity, Quality, Development Effectiveness, Development Impact Development Results and Motion with Movement.
5. Answer to SDGs/SDGs Pledge HOW Questions in specific Community, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, Regional or Global location context is DOING Matter and Hands On Matter firmly grounded in Beyond Ideas Concept Actualization.
6. Achieving delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge in each Community in each of 193/306 UN Member States in 12 ½ years remaining to end 2030 target date DEMAND New Innovative Project that is Championed by Top University, Government of Country: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary at all levels; Key UN System Entities led by UNDESA and FAO and EAG Collaborative Research Project as well as UN Member States and EAG Collaborative Research Project and Top Universities and EAG Collaborative Research Project – Individually or Jointly firmly grounded in Beyond Ideas Concept Actualization.
7. The New Innovative Project has strong Triangular link between Development Research; Universal Approach and Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One - 3PIs3PIsTAO.
8. The New Innovative Project is firmly grounded in New National Development Vision and New International Development Vision in each specific participating North Country and South Country.

Conclusion

In the work towards achieving the 2030 Agenda Vision ambitions by Target date, fundamental issues that ought to have been settled by end 1^st quarter 2015, that is, 6 months before World Leaders endorsed the historic document are still outstanding in 3^rd   quarter 2018, that is, 35 months after the SDGs have been endorsed and 11 of 60 Quarters of Implementation.  This gap needs to be filled and without delay.

National Leaders and World Leaders are fully aware that without effectively grappling with Climate Change Impact on Agriculture as well as Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Food, Agriculture and Nutrition; Public Sector Management; Public Finance Management; Cooperatives / Social Economy and Social Enterprise and Social Protection the possibility of achieving the Hunger Goal of the SDG is bleak. This in turn means achieving the Poverty Goal, Governance Goal, Urban/Rural Development Goal and related SDGs Goals in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 Target date will be uphill Task, if the gauntlet is not picked up by all relevant National and Global Stakeholders and without delay.

If this is not achieved, then finding Sustainable Solutions to Brexit and other EU Sub-region problems; Poverty and other AU Regional problems as well as other specific National, Sub-regional and Regional location specific problems on the ground will be uphill task.

To achieve these, there is need for Re-engineering FAO that is integral part of Re-engineering each UN System – UNO, WBG, IMF Entity and Re-engineering Universities in all 193/306 UN Member States and in ways that meaningfully address all Systems, Structures, Policies, Procedures, Cooperatives, Communication, Rules and Cultures Changes set out in the Paper and earlier submissions.

There are Bright Prospects of Success, should National Leaders and World Leaders be genuinely committed to contributing their quota towards achieving SDGs in all 193/306 UN Member States Vision Intention and Reality by end 2030 target date. Ultimate consequences of failure to find Sustainable Solutions to Brexit as well as to achieve delivery on SDGs/SDGs Pledge in all 193/306 UN Member States by end 2030 target date would be catastrophic for Citizens in all North Countries and South Countries in our World today.

It is our hope that Bright Prospects of Success would not be lost.      

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Economic Alliance Group (Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Provider)

Affiliate Members: International Society for Poverty Elimination (Global NGO);

ER and Associates Limited (International Development Cooperation Consultants)

New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty, NEHMAP Initiative (Global Social Enterprise) etc

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Website: www.nehmapglobal.org

Email: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk   info@nehmapglobal.org                2 August 2018.