Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Arun Kumar/ACTRAV-ILO Bangkok

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDGs are plan of action for people, planet & prosperity – reflecting and seeking to realize human rights of all through an integrated agenda for sustainable development 17 Goals, 169 Targets and some 252 indicators to measure progress! Too many? OR reflection of the scale, wide scope & ambition of this new universal agenda? Leave no one behind! All SDGs Targets are meant for all countries & all stake- holders – to be achieved through collaborative global partnership although setting & achieving the SDGs is largely country driven process.

SDGs: key elements Declaration Declaration Goals Goals Targets & Indicators Targets & Indicators Means of Implementation and the Global Partnership Means of Implementation and the Global Partnership Follow up and Review Follow up and Review

MDGs/SDGs: key differences SDGs process was participatory, widely debated over a period of 2 years (not just between Governments, but also public consultations with a range of stakeholders), reflect a vision of sustainable development rather than an aid agenda; Universal Agenda: covers all countries & sets targets for all, not just for developing countries; Integrated & transformative agenda, going beyond MDGs & setting wide range of economic, social & environmental objectives; Ex. addresses issues like inequality, Decent Work, wages, climate change, migration, financial & commodity markets, etc. Principle: common but differentiated responsibilities Includes ‘means of implementation’ as stand alone goal (Goal 17)!

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive & sustainable economic growth, full & productive employment & decent work for all Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts* Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Decent Work as a stand alone Goal Over 30 indicators related to decent work agenda spread over 10 Goals. Ex: Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all;  Target 8.5 aims at full & productive employment and decent work for all, including equal pay for work of equal value  Target 8.8 aims at protecting labour rights, safe & secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants & those in precarious employment Under Goal 1 (Poverty): Target 1.3 deals with Social Protection; Goal 10 (Inequality): Target 10.4 seeks to promote fiscal, wage & SOCPRO policies; Goal 16 (inclusive, just & accountable institutions): Indicator requires collecting data also on violence against trade unionists/killings, etc

Means of Implementation & Global partnership for SD Domestic resource mobilisation ODA: 0.7% of GNI (at least 02% of ODA/GNI to LDCs) Additional funding sources: FDI, Remittances, debt relief & debt financing, South-South Cooperation, investment promotion schemes, private business, PPPs, supports the means of Implementation Science & technology transfer & assistance, capacity building, Trade promotion, access to markets (Ex. double share of LDCs in global exports) Addis Ababa Action Agenda (Financing for Development) supports & complements the means of implementation of SDG Agenda

Follow Up & Review Voluntary & country led BUT participatory & integrated follow-up and review framework National level: National plans to give effect to SDG Participation of all relevant stakeholders National level reviews & Reports – open and supportive of reporting by all relevant stakeholders and based on evidence/data Outcomes from national level will be the basis for regional & global reviews Sub-Regional / regional level: Peer review, sharing of best practices, etc International level: High-Level Political Forum under UNGA (annual) Annual progress report by UN agencies Global Sustainable Development Report (scope tbd)

Role of UN Capacity building of countries & stake holders for measuring progress on SDGs – Ex. strengthening national data systems UN Inter-Agency task team on science, technology & innovation for SDGs to support capacity building and technology facilitation process Facilitate regional/sub-regional and global reviews High-Level Political Forum under UNGA (to be held annually) Support Annual Progress Reports on SDGs to be prepared by UN Secretary General based on global indicator framework & data produced by national statistical systems

Role of ILO Most of the SDGs connect in some way to the ILO’s mandate & the 4 pillars of the Decent Work Agenda - ILO therefore has a responsibility & role to play in the implementation of the SDGs. ILO support to national implementation of the 2030 Agenda - through  Strengthening constituents’ capacity to engage in national strategies  Strengthening advocacy, communication and information-sharing  ILO policy advice on decent work for sustainable development  Integrating decent work into the indicators framework  Support to SDG monitoring (including through strengthening national data systems) Technical responsibility for about 17 to 20 indicators under different SDGs, including SDG 1, 8, 10, 16) could lie with ILO; This would require linking ILO Programming and DWCP work to SDGs so as to help the countries to achieve progress on some of these indicators;

Why unions should engage in the SDGs? 2030 SDG Agenda is the new basis for: – All countries have signed up on the SDGs: framework for national development policy – Multilateral cooperation, Bilateral donor cooperation – Framework also for Bretton Woods institutions SDG Agenda covers Trade Union Agenda [Ex. Rights, Wage policy, Social Protection, FoA, etc.] - it offers immense opportunities for TU engagement and advocacy Framing of national SDG agenda and national reviews have to be inclusive & participatory & support the reporting by all relevant stakeholders (TUs are stakeholders) TU’s to assist in ensuring, along with other stakeholders, that implementation by countries in not selective (leave no SDGs Target behind and leaving no one behind).

Challenges & Risks 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has the potential to be truly transformative for economic, social, environment & inclusive development, which can improves lives of all people and our world will be a better place. BUT this vision & plan of action has no built-in enforcement mechanism; The real test will lie in implementation; Risks of selectivity and national adaptation? With 17 Goals and 169 Targets – which ones get the primacy at country level? Resources? Financing for sustainable development? Nationally driven process but capacities of the Governments, especially developing countries, to finance? Monitoring and accountability infrastructure in place at the national, regional and global levels? To unleash the potential of the SDGs, Trade Unions & other civil society groups need to be active champions and be involved.

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