Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals to Accelerate Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: The Current State of Sustainable Development Goal Localization in Asia and the Pacific
Oosterhof, Pytrik Dieuwke | October 2018
Abstract
For the third time since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community gathered at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York during 9–18 July 2018. Representatives from government, civil society, local and regional governments (LRGs), private sector, academia, and other stakeholders join the HLPF every year to take stock of the progress made in achieving the SDGs. Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been underway since 2015, and many countries have already defined national strategies, approaches, development plans, and institutional reforms toward achieving the SDGs. However, the need to accelerate implementing efforts was echoed during the HLPF 2018. While implementation of the 2030 Agenda occurs primarily at the national level, SDG achievement depends strongly on progress made at the local level. So far, limited attention has been paid to subnational SDG implementation.
However, a growing recognition of the need to localize the SDGs was witnessed at the HLPF 2018, with a number of initiatives and discussions giving attention to the need to accelerate SDG implementation through increased efforts at the local level. Apart from the thematic review of SDG 11 (“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”), the first Local and Regional Authorities Forum as well as a multi-stakeholder meeting titled Local 2030 were held. Furthermore, the world’s first-ever voluntary local review was presented by New York City, marking it as the first city to report on SDG progress at the local level. In the wake of the growing recognition around the importance of bringing the SDGs to the local level, this governance brief elaborates on the concept of SDG localization and analyzes to what extent localization is considered in the implementation of the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific. Through the lens of policy coherence and a multilevel governance approach, the aim is to provide context to why and how effectively leveraging SDG localization is critical for achieving sustainable development by 2030. Drawing on the member state mechanism of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) (Box 3), the governance brief looks at localization initiatives highlighted by countries in the Asia and Pacific region and considers issues in need of specific attention for effectively localizing the SDGs.
Citation
Oosterhof, Pytrik Dieuwke. 2018. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals to Accelerate Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: The Current State of Sustainable Development Goal Localization in Asia and the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9453. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9261-449-2
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978-92-9261-448-5
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2520-6591 (print)
2520-6605 (electronic)
Keywords
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Challenges
Development Planning
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Development
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Human Capital Development
Capital Market Development
Development Economics
Financial Sector Development
Technology Development
World Development Indicators
Evaluation Methods
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Development In East Asia
Development Planning
Development Research
Performance Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Job Evaluation
Staff Development
Development assistance
ADB
Curriculum development
Development assistance
Development aid
Development indicators
Development potential
Development models
Project appraisal
Performance appraisal
Economic development
Economic indicators
Government programs
Economic growth
Economic policy
Industrial development
Industrial policy
Technology assessment
Economic evaluation
Economic forecast
Input output analysis
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Development strategy
Development models
Economic development
Performance appraisal
Needs assessment
Input output analysis
ADB
Employment
Performance appraisal
Project failure
Project impact
Project appraisal
Career development
Vocational training
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Infrastructure
Central planning
Endowment of research
Partnership
Joint venture
Nation-building
Risk assessment
Economic development projects
Economic forecasting
Industrial research
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Economic policy
Economic forecasting
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
Participative management
Grievance procedures
Supervisors
Vocational guidance
Labor policy
Rural manpower policy
Career development
Applications for positions
Affirmative action programs
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