INTEGRATING SDGS INTO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

CIELITO F. HABITO

KEY CONCERNS
Integrating SDGs into national development plans & budget processes: How? SD readiness Acceptability of clustering national priorities/themes around well-being of people and planet (apart from profit) Generic methodology for reflecting global goals in national development plans? Reporting and monitoring of national SDG implementation Philippine experience on SD integration

HOW TO INTEGRATE?
Lessons from MDG Experience
Start with awareness and national buy-in Roll-out awareness-raising and buy-in at subnational levels Assess indicator system, information base and monitoring mechanisms, and rectify deficiencies Collect baseline data to provide basis for planning (Where are we now?) Define numerical targets in national context Formulate appropriate strategies

NATIONAL INTEGRATION OF SDGS

Constraints & Enablers Level of development may influence SD and SDG readiness Statistical system may be underdeveloped, under-resourced Political structure may be inhospitable to transparency and accountability Government coordination mechanisms may be weak or non-existent Civil society may lack organization

WHAT GENERIC APPROACHES ARE FEASIBLE?

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Approach National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) Process

THE PRSP APPROACH

Features
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper contains: - Assessment of poverty - Macroeconomic, structural, & social policies/ programs for growth & poverty reduction - Financing needs & sources of financing Prepared via participatory process with domestic stakeholders & external development partners (esp WB & IMF) Updated every three years with annual progress reports

THE PRSP APPROACH

Core Principles
Country-driven national ownership; broadbased civil society participation Result-oriented focused on outcomes beneficial to the poor Comprehensive recognizes the multidimensional nature of poverty Partnership-oriented - coordinated participation of development partners Long-term perspective for poverty reduction.

THE PRSP APPROACH

The Experience
As of end-February 2012, 110 full + 57 preliminary or interim PRSPs have been submitted to WB-IMF Donors led to align assistance to PRSP priorities Balances inherent tensions in the formulation of national development strategies, e.g., realism vs. ambition, domestic vs. external accountability Focus in recent years has been on effective implementation

NSDS PROCESS
Features
Strategic and coordinated action toward sustainable development at the national level Builds on and harmonizes economic, social and environmental policies and plans in the various sectors in a country Reconciles short-term electoral cycle with long-term planning; economic growth with environmental and social sustainability; policy co-ordination with decentralization. Usually (and best) spearheaded by NCSD

NCSDS:
Features & Roles
Clothed with official status & clear mandate Headed by or reports to Head of Government High level of multi-stakeholder representation Substantive agenda and influence Advocate for sustainability and integration Mechanism for coordination across government and major stakeholder groups Venue for problem solving, cooperative action, forging commitment & ensuring implementation Vehicle for promoting awareness & info dissemination Monitoring/coordination of SDGs?

NSDS PROCESS
Four Types/Approaches
Comprehensive, multi-dimensional SD strategy - economic, social & environmental dimensions Cross-sectoral SD strategies relating to specific dimensions of SD 1-2 dimensions (e.g. national environmental action plans, PRSPs) Sectoral SD strategies all 3 dimensions, but focused on specific sector SD integration into existing national development strategies integrate SD framework into existing national plan/process.

REPORTING AND MONITORING

Some Considerations Need standardized indicator system, reporting formats within a country Qualitative vs. quantitative indicators Make use of existing human resources in service delivery for M&E (e.g., health workers, forest rangers) Multi-level civil society validation Institutional responsibility for R, M&E Role of development partners (donors)

PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE
MTPDP and PA21
Six-year Medium Term Development Plans (NEDA) coincide with Presidents 6-year term Philippine Strategy for SD (1987) led by DENR; presented at Rio Earth Summit Philippine Council for SD led by NEDA, established September 1992; 1st after Rio Philippine Agenda 21 completed Sept 1996; relationship with MTPDP 1993-1998 much debated (different time frames) Enhanced PA21 issued in 2004; consistency with MTPDP 2005-10 addressed by NEDA

PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE
Integrating MDGs
MDGs were embraced early, with DFA and NEDA (planning ministry) at the forefront Awareness in the rest of the national government took a while to permeate through Awareness at the local government level took even longer MDGs came in the middle of the 1999-2004 planning cycle, so not immediately integrated; integration happened with 2005-2010 Medium Term Philippine Development Plan

PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE
Looking Ahead: SDGs? Next development planning cycle will be 2017-2022 NSSD/PA21 and PDP: fold into one? SDGs, if adopted, can be integrated by then

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