by Zafar Ul Hassan, Chief Poverty and SDGs Section, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, Pakistan

1. Zafar ul Hassan
Chief (Poverty Alleviation & SDGs Section)
October 05, 2017
Presentation on
Progress on SDGs Framework

2. Why localize the 2030 Agenda into national and sub-
national planning & budgeting
MDGs lessons learnt and SDGs:
 MDGs were officially acknowledged in 2004 and localization started in 2010
 Development framework remained alien to MDGs
 Timely and pro-active reaction on SDGs by GoP
 Economic policies and development framework is aligned to SDGs framework
 SDGs demands disaggregation of data by sex, age and other salient socio-economic
characteristics, including income/wealth, location, class, ethnicity, age, disability
status
Decentralized Governance Structure in Pakistan- where provinces are empowered to
plan and executive- implementation of SDGs, especially those related to social sectors,
fall under the preview of sub-nationals.
 This calls for localization and ownership of SDGs at the lowest administrative tier as
key to SDGs achievement.

3. National Initiative on Agenda 2030 (MAPS)
• MoPDR, the Provincial Planning & Development
Departments partnered with UNDP under this 5-years
project to establish SDG Support Units for early
institutionalization of Agenda 2030
• Federal and provincial government committed to
finance US$ 16 million
• The initiative bring together the Planning, finance and
statistical institutions to work collectively to lay
foundation for SDGs implementation

4. Our Approach to SDGs: Localization
Innovation
Acceleration
Planning
and
Budgeting
Financin
g
Data
OUTPUT 1
Mainstreaming SDGs in
Plans, policies and
resource allocation
 Identifying Priorities and
Aligning Resource
Allocations
 Promoting Institutional
Coordination and Oversight
 Awareness & Advocacy
OUTPUT 3
Financing flows are
increasingly aligned
with 2030 Agenda
 Incentivizing
spending on
priority SDGs
through provincial
finance awards
 Inclusive budgeting
initiatives
OUTPUT 2
Strengthening Monitoring,
reporting and evaluation
capacities
 Ensuring Data availability;
supporting adjustments in
survey instruments and
tapping new sources of data.
 Capacity building of statistical
institutions for collecting,
analyzing and using data.
 Establishing online data
portal/interactive dashboard
Output 4
Innovative Approaches to
Accelerate Progress Piloted
 Targeted initiatives: District
SDG plans for priority areas /
districts
 Institutional development:
Institutional Performance
Index
 Innovation: Funding critical
initiatives through an
innovation fund

5. Our Approach to SDGs: Institutional Framework
Provincial
SDG Units
Area and
Local Govts.
Private Sector
Think
Tanks
Development
Partners
CSOs, NGOs
Federal SDG
Unit

6. Our Approach to SDGs: Policy Coherence
Federal SDG
Unit
Relevant National
Frameworks including
Medium Term Economic
Programme
National:
Vision 2025
Provincial Level:
Strategic and
Operational Plans of
Ministries and
Departments
Local Level
Local Sustainable
Development Plans
(LSDPs)
Community
Development Plans
Private/Non-
Governmental–
Representation
Groups & Country
Programmes
Organizational and
Programmatic Plans

7. nstitutional Coordination & Engagement Mechanism
National
Coordination
Committee
Provincial
Coordination
(across
provinces)
Sector Specific
& Thematic
Coordination
National
SDGs
Support
Unit
(Planning
Commissio
n)
Provincial
SDGs
Support Unit
(in each
Planning &
Development
Dept.)
VerticalPolicyCoherence:Institutionalcoordinatingmechanisms
tofosterpartnershipsandcoordinationacrosslevels
Horizontal Policy Coherence: formal partnerships and coordination across
sectoral line ministries and agencies
Federal
Cabinet
Committee
Provincial
Cabinet
Committee
Parliamentary
Secretariat on
SDGs

8. Key milestones achieved so far
• Alignment of government’s sectoral policies to SDGs framework
• Development of National Framework on SDGs is underway
• Consultations at the devolved level of districts already held and
feedback received for SDG localization
• District’s elected heads were involved in a Local Government
Summit where they gave suggestions to localize SDGs. A report is
available on Planning Ministry’s website
• Community feedback for SDG localization / prioritization through
consultation and surveys
• Framework for private sector engagement towards SDGs with
extensive consultative process

9. ….Key milestones achieved so far
• Data Gap Analysis (Prepared Report)
– Availability of Data for baseline
– Review of Questionnaire of PDHS, PSLM and MICS
– Lead ministry and reporting agency involvement defined
– Identification of stakeholders
• Budget 2017-18 mapping with SDGs and overall social sector
• PSDP mapping with SDGs in the last four years
• Stocktaking with different departments of Ministry of Planning
• The 5-year national plan (2018-23) will be developed on SDGs
Framework

10. Work Plan
• Methodological Tool for National SDG Framework
Development
• Federal Ministries’ SDG Focal Persons and Thematic Clusters
• Stocktaking with ministries, international donors and provinces
• Review Growth Strategies and Development Framework
• Consultation with provinces
– Prioritization – integrated planning
– Multisector plan (Horizontally and Vertically)
– Implementation modalities
– Synergies
• Reducing Knowledge gap through consultation and RFPs
• Role of private sector (study is already commissioned)
• MPI training workshop

11. Thank you