the sdgs and their relevance for tackling the challenges
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The SDGs and their relevance for tackling the challenges of a socio-ecological transformation
Reclaiming policies for the public
Jens Martens| Vienna| 13 October 2017
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1) The 2030 Agenda: A window of opportunities …
2) … but obstacles and contradicitions remain
3) The need for independent monitoring and the idea of a Civil Society Spotlight Report
4) Key findings of the Spotlight Report 2017
5) Conclusions: Reclaiming the policy space for theSDGs
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United Nations Sustainable Development Summit(25-27 September 2015)
The 2030 Agenda of the UN
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Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 2030 Agenda of the UN
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The 2030 Agenda of the UN
... “a supremely ambitious and transformational vision”
...“an Agenda of unprecedented scope and significance”
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17 Goals and 169 Targets
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The 5 „Ps“ of the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda of the UN
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The SDGs
+ Multidimensional(People – Planet – Prosperity – Peace – Partnership)
+ Universal (for all countries in the world)
+ Not only goals but also means of implementation
+ Acknowledge the “enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth and power” as immense challenge to sustainable development (that has to be tackled)
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The SDGs
- Contradictory (sustainability vs growth)
- Different levels of ambition
(„By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average”)
- Some targets vague and not measurable(„Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development”)
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But (again): The 2030 Agenda is ...
... more than the SDGs
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„Follow-up and review“ part of the 2030 Agenda
But:
Self-assessment and PR brochures by governmentsare not enough.
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Need for strong independent monitoring bycivil society „watchdogs“ at national and international level
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“The most comprehensive independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.”
The idea of the Civil Society Spotlight Report
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Contributing partners of the Spotlight Report 2017
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SDG 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Re-defining the global partnership agenda
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Weakening the State: A vicious circle
Source: Oxfam America (2017)
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Concentrated power
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Devastating impacts
Risks and costs of PPPs
• only very few countries have sufficient capacity to implement infrastructure PPPs
• the cost of financing is higher for PPPs than for public sector works
• potential short-term fiscal profits from large-scale PPPs not always sufficient to offset the long-term additional costs arising from contract renegotiations
• government liabilities for PPPs appear ‘off-budget’, so governments have the illusion that they have more fiscal space than they actually do.
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Devastating impacts
“The scale of the infrastructure and PPP initiative championed by the G20’s national and multilateral banks could privatize gains and socialize losses on a massive scale. The G20 should take steps to ensure that this scenario does not unfold.”
Nancy Alexander, Heinrich Böll Foundation
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Counter-movements
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What has to be done?
1. Strengthening public finance at all levels
2. Strengthening public policies instead of investors’ rights
3. Rethinking PPPs – searching for alternatives
4. Creating binding rules on business and human rights and UN-business interactions
5. Dismantle corporate power and ’too big to fail’ entities
6. Changing the mindset – reclaiming the public space
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For further reading …
www.2030spotlight.org