The Brussels Policy Briefing n. 54 on ”Sustainable agriculture: where are we on SDGs implementation?” took place on 27th February 2019 (European Commission, Charlemagne Building, Alcide de Gasperi Room, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels).

1. 54th BRUSSELS BRIEFING ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Brussels , 27th February 2019

2. 1.
1. General background in Mali
2. Current status of rollout of SDG 2 and 17 in Mali
2.
3.
1. Significant interactions with other SDGs;
2. Grouping of thematic outcomes as the basis for joint intersectoral programming;
3. Coordination between sub-sectors to create synergies.
4.
5.

3. 1. INTRODUCTION Demographics:
Pop: 18.9 million in
2017
Surface Area:
1,241,238 Km²
Development
indicators:
GDP: 5.8% in 2016
Avg income: $660
% poverty: 46.8
HDI 2015: 0.442
(175/ 188 listed

4. 2. Current Status
Economy dominated by agriculture (traditional family farms; low usage of
modern agricultural inputs; poor water management);
Increasing prevalence of hunger and malnutrition;
Multitude of policy documents and operational responses;
Strong political engagement (Maputo) but weaknesses in institutions and
sectoral governance;
Challenges mobilising financial resources (private sector).
SDG 2

5. 2. Current Status (cont)
Landlocked Sahelian country, member of the LDC and LLDC;
Average level of economic development (<6%) strongly linked to climatic
variability;
Strong demographic growth (3.6% pa);
Increased vulnerability due to continuation of 2012 politico-security crisis
(armed seperatist groups and violent extremist groups);
Strong dependance on developmental cooperation (ODA, regional
integration, international partners, trade, FDI).
SDG 17

6. 2. The Malian approach to implementing SDGs
▸Each objective is independently a concentration of
sustainable development challenges; a sectoral approach
is therefore not an option to implement apparently isolated
objectives, which are, in fact, interdependent.
▸The combination of intervention programmes for each
objective will not deliver the synergies expected from
implementing SDGs;
▸Organising the involved parties by thematic groups is the
only solution to enable operational coordination and the
development and implementation of linked programmes.

7. Steering
committee
Parliament

8. 3. Goal 2 : Eliminate hunger, improve nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture
SDG 1,8,9 (hunger, poverty)
SDG 3, 6 (hunger, health)
SDG 12, 13, 15 & 17 (hunger & environmental
protection).
1, Joint programming in order to reinforce intersectoral
complementarity.
2, Operational coordination of implementation.
Reasons for choosingTG:

9. 4. Goal 17 : Partnerships and resource mobilisation
1. Increased mobilisation and improved management of internal resources
Fiscal reform (PNTF & PREM 2017 – 2021);
Improved management of the Fiscal Administration;
Fight against tax evasion;
Operationalising the OCLEI (2017).
2. Assisting migrant transfers and promoting PPPs
Adoption of law 2016-06 relating to PPPs;
Adopting PONAM (2017).
Approaches and progress:

10. 4. Goal 17 : Partnerships and resource mobilisation
(cont.)
3. Improving the efficiency of ODA and its national impact
Analysis of the development cooperation situation;
Implement the PNCD (2018);
At national level, pursue innovative funding methods for the fight
against malnutrition (e.g. UNITLIFE project, 2017).
Implement the conclusions of the ‘zero hunger’ project conducted by
the WFP and auther TFPs.
Approaches and progress:

11. Insufficient financial resources and qualified human resources;
Lack of synergies for the implementation of SDGs;
Lack of statistical information in several areas;
Slowness in transferring competencies and resources to
communities;
Lack of expertise in using tools to plan/integrate SDGs
5.

12. Establishing an institutional mechanism to manage and operationalise
SDGs
Establish action priorities from Agenda 2030 and create a roadmap for
implementation;
Integrate SDGs into planning documents;
Create a communication plan and launch an awareness raising campaign
for SDGs;
Strengthen the capacities of stakeholders at all levels (local authorities,
government institutions, research and educational institutions, civil
society and private sector);
Revision of the statistical blueprint (SDS) and develpoment of relevant
indicators to enable tracking/measurement of SDGs.
5. Next steps (cont.)

13. Thank you