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Status of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) in the Niger Delta, 2019
Presented by Blessing Allen-Adebayo

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 PIND and the SDGs
 Roundtable on SDGs in the Niger Delta
 Status of the SDGs in the Niger Delta
 Recommendations
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 PIND’s economic development
projects supports rural farmers in
several sectors though private
sector development, linkages to
best practices, finance, technology,
ICT, WASH and vocation skills
leading to additional income and
jobs. SDGs Indicators:1.2.1,
2.3.1,2.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.a.1,
 Funding other NGOs in Rivers, Imo,
Ondo to replicate models
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 PIND is providing technical support to
State’s on specific policy and strategy
development, to promote investment in
their agricultural sectors. SDGs Indicator
1.b.1, 2.a.1,
 Ondo, Delta, and Edo States to produce
five-year agriculture policies.
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 PIND is working to integrate the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into
the long-term planning of States in the
Niger Delta. The Global Goals are
integrated in a balanced manner of three
dimensions of sustainable development –
economic, social, and environmental.
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 The CAPABLE program has developed
suite of training, coaching and
mentoring model that improves the
capacity index of CSOs, leading them
to receive funding for SDGs in the
Niger Delta SDGs indicators:17.9.1
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 The most recent Niger Delta Development
Forum, the largest advocacy platform in the
region to discuss topical socioeconomic issues,
advanced this linking was in the 2018 edition
themed “Delivering Results: Implementing a
State-Led Plan” engaged all the States in the
Niger Delta region and working with seven –
Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo
— to harmonize and present their vision for a
long-term development planning strategy.
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 PIND organized a one-day high level
stakeholder’s roundtable on advancing the SDGs
in the Niger Delta. The roundtable aimed to
engage key stakeholders in strategic government
positions, academia, and civil society into
discussions and activities that will utilize the
SDGs to advance socioeconomic and
environmental development of the Niger Delta.
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Objectives stakeholders’
roundtable were:
 Share Best Practices
 Mobilize regional
support through
localized action
 Peer learning from
successes and
failures

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 63 participants (Female, 27: Male, 36)
 From national and State SDGs offices and other
Niger Delta State Ministries, Departments and
Agencies, civil society organizations (CSOs) and
networks, private sector, academia and the
media.
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 Increase participation of citizens
and civil society in budgetary
processes to support open
government initiatives.
 State Government, civil society, and
the private sector and civil society
advisory groups of OSSAP-SDGs
should support strategic platforms
to increase awareness and
knowledge on SDGs.
 Given limited resources, explore
innovative initiatives with impact to
support the SDGs.
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 Build capacity of CSOs
 Federal and State governments
should adopt inclusive processes
towards developing
contributions to the upcoming
Voluntary National Review
(VNR) 2020, and ensure final
document is validated by the
public before submission.
 Private sector stakeholders need
to be engaged and galvanized to
achieve the SDGs, especially the
economic and growth focused
goals.
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 Federal and State governments should adopt inclusive processes
towards developing contributions to the upcoming Voluntary
National Review (VNR) 2020, and ensure that not only are citizens
engaged but the final document is validated by the public before
submission
 The OSSAP-SDGs Office should co-create a work-plan and strategic
engagement plan with civil society, private sector, other
stakeholders, and broader public to ensure that citizens feel carried
along with their reforms
 Leverage private sector networks to reach local communities. Share
promotional materials with private sector actors to increase
awareness of the SDGs. Leverage private sector expertise in
profitability for best practices in budget design and implementation.
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 At the Roundtable, PIND awarded grants to
two CSOs to coordinate dialogues sessions on
SDGs between the state, local government
and community. (in Delta and Ondo States)
 Issued questionnaire on SDGs to the 9 Niger
Delta States focal persons and received
responses from 5 states.
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Thank You!