1. Integrated Approach to Implementing International Frameworks
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Integrated Approach to Implementing International Frameworks
Bartholomew Armah PhD
Chief Renewal of planning section
Macroeconomic Policy Division
30 October 2017
Djibouti
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African member states have made several continental and global commitments
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 are not the only international commitments
Other global commitments include the; The Paris Agreement, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action SAMOA Pathway, the Vienna Programme of Action and the Istanbul Programme of Action and APRM
Meanwhile, the MDGs taught us the importance of integrating International agendas in national planning frameworks for effective implementation
But how do you embed so many agendas in national frameworks without losing coherence?
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3. Ensuring Coherence |
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Effective implementation of IAGs requires horizontal and vertical coherence
Horizontal coherence: do the multiple international agendas speak to each other?
Vertical coherence:
Do the international agendas speak to the national and subnational priorities?
Internal coherence: Are the goals targets and indicators of the NDP interlinked and mutually reinforcing? (e.g., education is linked to gender which is also linked to industrial development and employment generation)
Prioritization: catalytic interventions
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4. SDGs A2063 APRM ECA Ensuring Coherence | Horizontal
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5. ECA SDGs Strongly matched with A2063 Weakly matched with A2063 Total
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SDGs
Strongly matched with A2063
Weakly matched with A2063
Total
No association
Number of goals 11 6 17
Percent of goals
64.7
35.29
100
Number of targets 62 56
118 51
Percent of targets
36.7
33.13
69.8
30.2
Number of indicators 96 66
162 79
Percent of indicators
39.8
27.4
67.21
32.8
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Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 6
In cases where international agendas share commonalities and synergies implementing them separately could result in duplication of effort and in some cases policy incoherence
Commonalities: The IPoA priority area on governance relates to Goals 11 (Democratic values) and Goal 12 (institutions) of Agenda 2063 and Goal 16 of the SDGs
Synergies: Improving access to energy and infrastructure (SDG 7; Priority A of the IPoA) improves agricultural productivity and food security (Priority B of the IPoA), reduces poverty (SDG 1) and facilitates economic diversification (Priority area D of the IPoA)
G11 Democratic values, practices, universal principles of human rights, justice and the rule of law entrenched: G12 Capable institutions and transformative leadership in place: G13 Peace, security and stability is preserved : G14 A stable and peaceful Africa: G15 A fully functional and operational APSA: G16 African cultural renaissance is preeminent: G17 Full gender equality in all spheres of life: G18 Engaged and empowered youth and children: G19 Africa as a major partner in global affairs and peaceful co-existence: G 20 Africa takes full responsibility for financing her development.
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Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 7
IPoA
Agenda 2030
Agenda 2063
Productive employment, ICT development, Sustainable energy, Industrialization
Hunger (2), Energy (7), Growth and employment (8), Industrialization (9)
High living Standards (1), Transformation (4), Blue economy (6), Environment (7), infrastructure (10)
Eradicating poverty and hunger, Infrastructure development
Poverty (1), Hunger (2), Industrialization (9)
High living standards (1), Transformation(4), Modern Agriculture (5)
G1 A high standard of living, quality of life and wellbeing for all citizens; G2: Well educated citizens and skills revolution underpinned by science, technology and innovation. G3: Healthy and well-nourished citizens; G4: Transformed economies. G5 Modern agriculture for increased productivity and production: G6: Blue/ocean economy for accelerated economic growth G7: Environmentally sustainable and climate resilient economies and communities: G8 A United Africa (Federal or Confederate): G9 Continental financial and monetary institutions established and functional: G10 World class infrastructure criss - crosses Africa: G11 Democratic values, practices, universal principles of human rights, justice and the rule of law entrenched: G12 Capable institutions and transformative leadership in place: G13 Peace, security and stability is preserved : G14 A stable and peaceful Africa: G15 A fully functional and operational APSA: G16 African cultural renaissance is preeminent: G17 Full gender equality in all spheres of life: G18 Engaged and empowered youth and children: G19 Africa as a major partner in global affairs and peaceful co-existence: G 20 Africa takes full responsibility for financing her development.
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Ensuring Coherence | Mapping 8
Hence, a country can make progress on the three international commitments without necessarily addressing each commitment separately
Mapping the relationships between the key internationally agreed development initiatives is critical to identifying the inter-linkages across them.
Tools that present the key development initiatives and their interlinkages in a single platform are critical for advancing an integrated approach
ECA’s Integrated Planning and reporting toolkit seeks to achieve this objective
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9. Tracking Performance| Integrated Regional Results Framework Framework
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An integrated Regional Monitoring and Reporting framework has been developed to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in follow-up and reporting
A2063 indicators 63
SDG indicators 61
Total
 Of which:
Fully mapped with SDGs 102
No overlap with SDGs
Africa-specific
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10. ECA Tracking Performance | Regional Results Framework
Goal 1: A High Standard of Living, Quality of Life and Well Being for All
Priority Area
Agenda 2063 Target
Indicator
Corresponding SDG Indicator
1. Incomes, Jobs and decent work
Reduce 2013 unemployment rate by at least 25%
Unemployment rate by age group, by sex, vulnerability
8.5.2
2. Poverty, Inequality and Hunger
Reduce (Improve) the 2013 Gini coefficient by at least 20%. Reduce income inequality by at least 20%
Gini coefficient
10.2.1
Reduce stunting in children to 10% and underweight to 5%.
Prevalence of underweight among children under 5
2.2.1
% of population with access to safe drinking water
6.1.1
Reduce 2013 level of proportion of the population without access to safe drinking water by 95%.
4. Modern and Liveable Habitats and Basic Quality Services
Access and use of electricity and internet is increased by at least 50% of 2013 levels
7.1.1
% of population with access to electricity
17.8.1
% of population using internet
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11. Promote Integrated M&E systems
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Ensuring Coherence | Coclusions 11
Promote Integrated M&E systems
Develop common results framework for IPoA, Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 based on mapping
Use one reporting mechanism to assess progress; ensures coherence
Track progress and feedback into policy improvements; ECA’s tool tracks performance
Use regional forum for sustainable development as a platform evaluate progress reports
Policy implementation and sequencing
Prioritize based on interventions that have the greatest knock-on effects on other sectors
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12. ECA International/Regional Integrated Framework
Ensuring Coherence | Vertical
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International/Regional
Integrated Framework
National Development Framework
Sub-national/Sector Plans
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13. Goals Targets Indicators ECA Ensuring Coherence | Internal coherence
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14. ECA Indicator 1 Sanitation Indicator 2 Health Indictor 3 Water
Ensuring Coherence | Prioritization
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Indicator 1
Sanitation
Indicator 2
Health
Indictor 3
Water
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Existing SDG Tools | 15
MAPS: UNDG’s campaign to promote SDGs
Mainstreaming to localize SDGs (not A-’63) into NDPs and sub-national plans through sensitization and adoption of the SDGs.
Acceleration of resource mobilization to mainstreamed priorities
Policy Support through coordinated development cooperation
OECD’s Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development toolkit (PCSD)
An institutional assessment tool to determine policy coherence:
Among economic, social, environmental and governance dimensions of sustainable development
between international and domestic policy making and at all stages
between various global agreements and SDGs
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16. ECA Comparing Existing SDG Tools | Attribute IPRT RIA PSC MAPS16
Attribute
IPRT
RIA
PSC
MAPS
Automated?
Yes No
Performance tracking?
Integrates A2030?
Integrates A2063?
Generates reports?
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17. ECA
Key Features | ECA Integrated Planning and Reporting Tool
Relevant for countries that are in the process of designing their planning frameworks
For countries that have completed the integration process the tool is equally relevant for validating the quality and extent of integration
Identifies reasons for non-integration and this can be a basis for discussion with partners for support
Eases country preparations for national voluntary reporting to the High Level Political Forum and for national policy dialogue on the implementation of national development plans
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18. ECA Assesses the degree of integration; partial or full integration
Key Features | ECA Integrated Planning and Reporting Tool
Assesses the degree of integration; partial or full integration
Assesses integration across the three dimensions of sustainability
Assesses alignment of sectoral results frameworks against the SDGs/Agenda 2063
Flexible enough to incorporate additional internationally agreed frameworks
Tracks performance of NDPs over time and assess quantitative gaps between actual performance and targets
Can be used both online and off-line
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19. ECA Integration Tools | ECA’s IPRT 19 Is SDG/Agenda 203 in NDP? Yes
Partially
Why?
Reasons
List matching goal/target/indicator
Fully
Proceed to next goal/target/indicator No
Why Not?
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Key Requirements | ECA Integrated Planning and Reporting Tool
A coordinating entity to oversee the integration exercise: typically the entity responsible for planning
A Results Framework that identifies goals, targets and indicators
A computer with windows operating system
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21. ECA Percent of NDP Fully Matching Percent of NDP Partially Matching
Alignment Results | Gambia 21
Percent of NDP Fully Matching
Percent of NDP
Partially Matching
Total (%)
Agenda 2030
28.2
14.1
42.3
Agenda 2063
21.4
13.4
34.9
Percent of Indicators Aligned with SDGs/Agenda |
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22. ECA Alignment by Strategic Pillar | The Gambia Strategic Pillar22
Strategic Pillar
Agenda 2030
Agenda 2063
Governance, Human rights and Security Sector reform
18.18
18.08
Modernize agriculture, agribusiness and fisheries
53.9
38.5
Human capital development (education, health and social protection
67.5
59.4
Infrastructure and energy
30.7
38.1
Tourism and culture 40 20
Youth empowerment and development
11.1
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Conclusions |
The APRM should be part of an integrated approach to the implementation of international and continental development agendas
ECA’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Tool can be adopted to achieve this objective
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