UN Sustainable Development Goals and Their Importance

1. Madara Siliņa
Development Cooperation Policy Division, Senior Desk Officer
madara.silina@mfa.gov.lv, +371 67016420
February 26, 2016, Riga
What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals
and
Why are they important

2. • 2000 – the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• What have we achieved?
• What has changed?
• 2015 – a Ground-breaking year for development
• Development of the 2030 Agenda – the most inclusive
UN process to this date
• 2015 – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• The new goals in the SDGs
• The MDGs vs the SDGs
• Next steps: implementation
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Content
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3. #developmentdictionary
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4. The UN Millennium Development Goals
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5. • MDG 1: More than 1 billion people have been lifted
out of extreme poverty since 1990, but more than 800
million people are still living in extreme poverty
• MDG 2: Enrolment in primary education in developing
regions reached 91 per cent in 2015 ( 83 % in 2000),
still 57 million children of primary school age were out
of school
• MDG 3: Eliminated gender disparity in primary,
secondary and tertiary education, but only half of
working-age women participate in the labour force (3/4
of men)
The UN Millennium Development Goals:
state of play
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6. • MDG 4: Between 1990 and 2015, the global under-five
mortality rate has declined by more than half, (from 90 to 43
deaths per 1000 live births), still 16,000 children under five
continue to die, mostly from preventable causes;
• MDG 5: Since 1990, the maternal mortality ratio has been
cut nearly in half, and most of the reduction occurred since
2000, still only half of pregnant women receive the
recommended amount of antenatal care.
• MDG 6: New HIV infections fell by approximately 40 per
cent between 2000 and 2013; a 58 % decline in malaria
mortality rates globally. More than 75 per cent of the new
infections in 2013 occurred in 15 countries.
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state of play
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7. • MDG 7: The world has met the target of halving the
proportion of people without access to improved sources of
water, five years ahead of schedule. Worldwide 2.1 billion
people have gained access to improved sanitation. Between
1990 and 2012, global emissions of carbon dioxide
increased by over 50 per cent.
• MDG 8: Official development assistance from developed
countries increased by 66 per cent in real terms between
2000 and 2014, reaching $135.2 billion. Access to 2G
mobile-cellular – from 58% (2001) to 95% (2015), internet –
from 6% (2000) to 43% in 2015)
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state of play
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8. Global financial flows
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9. Drivers of the Global Development Agenda:
An Overview
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10. • the Third International Conference on Financing for
Development13-16 July, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
• the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, 25
- 27 September, New York
• The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP
21 , 30 November – 12 December, Paris
2015: A Groundbreaking Year for
Development
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12. 2030 Agenda: Ilgtspējīgas attīstības
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2030 Agenda izveides process
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13. Saturs
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14. • Process of deliberations and development
• Universality (policy coherance for development)
• Combatting poverty + sustainable development
• Three dimensions of sustainable development
• Action at all levels
• Multi-stakeholder approach
• Means of Implementation and a global partnership for
sustainable development
• Inequality, gender, good governance/peace and
security, de-development of the developed
Differences between MDGs and SDGs
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15. • «from billions to trillions» - everyone is committed
• countries’ own sustainable development policies, plans
and programmes, and will be led by countries
• the UN Statistical Commission agrees on the indicators
by March 2016
• The follow–up and review process will be undertaken on
an annual basis by the High Level Political Forum on
Sustainable Development through a SDG Progress
Report
• A Technology Facilitation Mechanism to address the
technology needs of developing countries
Next steps: implementation
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16. Individual awareness and political
mobilisation
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17. Madara Siliņa
Development Cooperation Policy Division, Senior Desk Officer
Madara.silina@mfa.gov.lv, +371 67016420
February 26, 2016
Riga, Latvia
Thank you for your attention!
Any questions?