Overview of Overview of MDGs and NEEDSMDGs and NEEDS

A Presentation During A Presentation During DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE SEMINAR for Nigerian YouthSEMINAR for Nigerian Youth

BYBYKABIR HAMISU KURAKABIR HAMISU KURA

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DEBATE TO ACTIONDEBATE TO ACTIONOVERVIEW:OVERVIEW: Commenced in 2004 in Nigeria in 3 centers, Commenced in 2004 in Nigeria in 3 centers,

Abuja, Kano and Lagos.Abuja, Kano and Lagos. Designed and Implemented in collaboration Designed and Implemented in collaboration

between WORLD BANK INSTITUTE, BRITISH between WORLD BANK INSTITUTE, BRITISH COUNCIL with MINISTRY OF COUNCIL with MINISTRY OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS/YOUTH INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS/YOUTH through the office of the DIRECTOR of through the office of the DIRECTOR of YOUTH and the NYSC as well as NYCN.YOUTH and the NYSC as well as NYCN.

Capacity Building for YOUTH and NYSC as a Capacity Building for YOUTH and NYSC as a Training of Trainers program (DKF).Training of Trainers program (DKF).

Is a knowledge based training aim at Is a knowledge based training aim at empowering the youth about MDGs and empowering the youth about MDGs and NEEDS as Development Frameworks.NEEDS as Development Frameworks.

Overview (cont …….)Overview (cont …….) Now in more countries i.e. Nigeria, Now in more countries i.e. Nigeria,

Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, and the UK.the UK.

Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt. Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt. NYSC have scaled up to all States of NYSC have scaled up to all States of

the Federation in collaboration with the the Federation in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs and other the President on MDGs and other development partners.development partners.

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES1. Strengthen the development 1. Strengthen the development knowledge knowledge base and base and information networks of youth.information networks of youth.2. Enhance the capacity of young 2. Enhance the capacity of young people to people to become active and become active and effective in effective in contributing contributing to the achievement of MDGs to the achievement of MDGs and and NEEDS at all levels.NEEDS at all levels.3. Increase Youth awareness of what is 3. Increase Youth awareness of what is

already being done within already being done within our our communities towards communities towards achieving MDGs and achieving MDGs and NEEDS NEEDS objectives, and how they can objectives, and how they can contribute to the process. contribute to the process. 4. Improve participants’ own livelihood 4. Improve participants’ own livelihood skills skills through enhancing their through enhancing their project project management, management, critical thinking, critical thinking, communication, and training skills.communication, and training skills.

The Millennium Declaration

In the Millennium Declaration of Sept, 2000, 189 Head of States (world leaders) set forth a new vision for humanity... endorsed the Millennium Declaration. The declaration laid out a set of eight ambitious goals for poverty reduction and social progress to be accomplished by the year 2015.

Millennium Declaration cont……

The Leaders committed themselves “to spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty’. We must recognize the nature of the global trust at stake and the danger that many developing countries’ hopes could be irredeemably pierced if even the greatest anti-poverty movement in history is insufficient to break from ‘business as usual’. Are we on course to look back, in 2015, and say that no effort was spared”

MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN:

The Millennium Campaign informs, inspires and encourages people’s involvement and action for the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. An initiative of the United Nations, the Campaign supports citizens’ efforts to hold their government to account for their promise to achieve the Goals by 2015.

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

GOALSGOALS TARGETSTARGETS INDICATORSINDICATORS

1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty

and Hunger

1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

2. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

1. Proportion of population below $1 per day

2. Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty]

3. Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

4. Prevalence of underweight children (under five years of age)

5. Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

2. Achieve2. Achieve

UniversalUniversal

PrimaryPrimary

EducationEducation

3. Ensure that, by 2015,3. Ensure that, by 2015,

children everywhere, children everywhere, boysboys

and girls alike will be and girls alike will be ableable

to complete a full course to complete a full course

of primary schoolingof primary schooling

6. Net enrollment ratio in 6. Net enrollment ratio in

primary educationprimary education

7. Proportion of pupils7. Proportion of pupils

starting grade 1 whostarting grade 1 who

reach grade 5reach grade 5

8. Literacy rate of 15-248. Literacy rate of 15-24

years olds.years olds.

33. . PromotePromote

GenderGender

Equality Equality andand

EmpowerEmpower

WomenWomen

4. Eliminate gender 4. Eliminate gender disparitydisparity

in primary and in primary and secondarysecondary

education preferably byeducation preferably by

2005 and to all levels of2005 and to all levels of

education no later thaneducation no later than

20152015

9. Ratio of girls to boys in 9. Ratio of girls to boys in

primary, secondary andprimary, secondary and

tertiary educationtertiary education

10. Ratio of Literate 10. Ratio of Literate femalesfemales

to males of 15-24 to males of 15-24 yearsyears

old.old.

11. Share of women in 11. Share of women in wagewage

employment in the employment in the non-non-

agricultural sector.agricultural sector.

12. Proportion of seats held 12. Proportion of seats held

by women nationalby women national

parliament.parliament.

4. Reduce Child 4. Reduce Child

MortalityMortality

5.5. Reduce by two- Reduce by two- thirds, between 1990 thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under and 2015, the under Five mortality rateFive mortality rate

13.13. Under-five mortality Under-five mortality raterate

14.14. Infant mortality rateInfant mortality rate

15.15. Proportion of 1 yr old Proportion of 1 yr old children immunized children immunized against measlesagainst measles

5. Improve5. Improve

Maternal Maternal HealthHealth

6.6. Reduce by three-Reduce by three-

quarters, (3/4) quarters, (3/4) between 1990 and between 1990 and 2015, the rate of 2015, the rate of maternal mortality maternal mortality raterate

16. Maternal mortality 16. Maternal mortality raterate

17.17. Proportion of birthProportion of birth

attendants by attendants by skilledskilled

health personnel.health personnel.

6. Combat6. Combat

HIV/AIDS,HIV/AIDS,

Malaria andMalaria and

other other diseasesdiseases

7.7. Have halted by 2015,Have halted by 2015,

and begun to and begun to reverse, the spread of reverse, the spread of HIV/AIDS.HIV/AIDS.

8.8. Have halted by 2015,Have halted by 2015,

and began to and began to reverse, the incidence reverse, the incidence of malaria and of malaria and measure other measure other diseases.diseases.

18. HIV prevalence among 15–24 year 18. HIV prevalence among 15–24 year old pregnant womenold pregnant women

19.19. Contraceptive prevalence rate.Contraceptive prevalence rate.

20.20. Number of children 0rphaned Number of children 0rphaned by HIV/AIDSby HIV/AIDS

21.21. Prevalence and death rate Prevalence and death rate associated with malariaassociated with malaria

22.22. Prevalence and death rate Prevalence and death rate associated with tuberculosis associated with tuberculosis

23.23. Proportion of population in Proportion of population in malaria risk areas using malaria risk areas using effective prevention and effective prevention and treatment measures.treatment measures.

24.24. Prevention of TB cases detected Prevention of TB cases detected and cured under DOTs (Directly and cured under DOTs (Directly Observed Treatment Short Observed Treatment Short Course)Course)

7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability

9. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources 10. Half by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water11. By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of atleast 100m slum dwellers.

25. Proportion of land area covered by forest 26. Land area protected to maintain biological diversity27. GDP per unit of energy use (as proxy for energy efficiency)28. Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita)29. Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source30. Proportion of people with access to improved sanitation31. Proportion of people with access to secure tenure

8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development

12. Address the special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries and small island developing States13. Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system

ETC

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Market Access

Debt Sustainability

ETC

NATIONAL ECONOMIC NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIES (NEEDS)STRATEGIES (NEEDS) The Kuru DeclarationThe Kuru Declaration In 2001 a declaration was made that embodies In 2001 a declaration was made that embodies

the the visionvision for Nigeria: for Nigeria: “to build a truly great “to build a truly great African democratic country, politically African democratic country, politically united, integrated and stable, economically united, integrated and stable, economically prosperous, socially organized, with equal prosperous, socially organized, with equal opportunity for all, and responsibility from opportunity for all, and responsibility from all, to become the catalyst of (African) all, to become the catalyst of (African) Renaissance, and making adequate all-Renaissance, and making adequate all-embracing contributions, subregionally, embracing contributions, subregionally, regionally, and globally”. regionally, and globally”.

NEEDS AS A DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYSTRATEGY

In May 2004, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS 1) aimed at dealing with the twin problems of Poverty and Unemployment and

achieving four (4) key Goals

NEEDS 2 VISION

A Nation Built on Strong Democratic Principles, United, Secure and Stable, Economically Prosperous, Socially Inclusive for Happy Citizenry and A Key Player In The Regional and Global Economy. MISSION

Needs2 Seeks To Reduce Poverty Through Growth

With Employment.

NEEDS cont………..NEEDS cont………..

GoalsGoals Wealth Wealth

Creation, Creation, Employment Employment

Generation, Generation, Poverty Poverty

Reduction, Reduction, Value Value Re-OrientationRe-Orientation

StrategiesStrategies Reforming The Way Reforming The Way

Government Works Government Works and Its Institutions; and Its Institutions;

Growing The Growing The Private Sector; Private Sector;

Implementing A Implementing A Social Charter for Social Charter for The People; and The People; and

Value Re-Value Re-Orientation (Re-Orientation (Re-Orienting the Orienting the People to Enduring People to Enduring Human Values).Human Values).

IN OUR WORLD TODAY: DID YOU KNOW THAT?DID YOU KNOW THAT?

1.2 billion people live on less than $1 a day

Every day, 800 million people go to bed hungry

Every day, 28,000 children die from poverty-related causes

“ In Nigeria, youth are the most affected by poverty, and the least empowered or consulted to address it ” Ope Bukola 18 years old

115 Million Children are not in School—56% of them are Girls and 94% of them live in developing countries

133 Million young people cannot read or write Only 37 of 155 Developing countries have

achieved universal primary school completion Two-Thirds (2/3) of the world’s illiterate

people are female The employment rate for Women is 30% lower

than the rate for Men Women only held 15% of seats in national

parliaments in 2003

48 Countries had Mortality rates greater than 1 in 10 childbirths, compared to 1 in 143 in

developed countries Among the childhood vaccine-preventable

diseases, measles is the leading cause of child mortality, with over half a million deaths in 2000

70% of deaths before age five (5) are caused by disease, or a combination of disease and malnutrition, that would be preventable in developed countries

More than 500,000 Women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth every year

99% Maternal deaths from childbirth occur in the developing world

Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for girls ages 15-19 in developing countries

4.8 Million people became newly infected with HIV in 2003; that’s an average of 13,000 a day!

Malaria causes more than One million deaths each year

There were Two million deaths from tuberculosis in 2002

2 Million children die every year from infections spread by dirty water or the lack of toilets

1.2 Billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.4 Billion people lack access to proper sanitation facilities

The collapse of fisheries around the world threatens to increase hunger and poverty among poor coastal communities in the developing world

The United Nations estimates that unfair trade rules deny poor countries $700 billion every year. Less than 0.01% of this could save the sight of 30 million people.

International trade is worth $10 million a minute. 70% of this is controlled by multinational corporations.

The poorest 49 countries make up 10% of the world’s population but account for only 0.4% of world trade.

World trade robs poor countries of £1.3 billion

a day – 14 times what they get in aid. 

7 Million children die each year as a result of the debt crisis.

Every year Sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest region of the world, spends $14.5 billion repaying debts to the world's rich countries and international institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Developed countries pledged to give 0.7% of their national income in aid.

Only 5 countries are living up to the commitment; the USA is giving less then 0.2%

It is estimated that were developed countries to break down trade barriers, this could help lift 300 million people out of poverty by 2015

• Is anybody doing anything to end this and make the world a better and safer place?

• Are our leaders doing enough to end poverty?

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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