The 2030 Agenda needs to be translated and adapted to each national context and environment. It is the responsibility of each national government to create an enabling legal and institutional environment that at the same time reflects the principles of the 2030 Agenda (Leave-No-One-Behind (LNOB), universality, integrated approach, shared responsibility, and accountability). It creates the preconditions for reaching a national consensus/ownership on the SDGs.
There is no single institutional model that will provide a solution to the many implementation challenges of the SDGs and each country will have to create its own tailor-made model, based on existing structures and on its social and cultural history.
The regular monitoring of the progress made in implementing the 2030 Agenda should be an integral part of the revised/adjusted policy and institutional framework. Policy decisions must be translated into the legal (laws, decrees, directives) and institutional (responsibilities and roles) framework for the country. With regard to the SDG monitoring, the reform of the framework should particularly address the following aspects:
National Sustainable Development Indicator Framework and Information System – including National Development/Sustainability Plans with corresponding indicators and datasets, sustainable development indicators, baselines and robust datasets. Platforms, portals and scorecards are useful tools to begin and/or deepen national discussions around the SDGs and what it means in a given national context. The data mapping (see Core process “data production and dissemination) should cover official statistical sources but as well as probable alternative data sources. Work programmes should provide a long term vision for data and statistics, including the heavy statistical operations, such as censuses and bigger surveys, as well as the use of administrative data and other alternative data sources.
Technical and strategic advisory services
Mexico: Supporting the Office of the President of Mexico in implementing the 2030 Agenda (PN: 2016.2234.9; May 2017 – April 2019)
The Office of the President is being advised on establishing a sustainability architecture, developing a strategy and strengthening the participation of non-governmental actors. Federalism for sustainable development in Mexico is also being strengthened.
Indonesia: Increasing domestic revenues for sustainable development (PN: 2016.2253.9; January 2018 – December 2020)
Conditions for financing national implementation of the Agenda 2030 are being improved in the area of fiscal policy and tax administration.
Namibia: SDG Initiative Namibia (PN: 2016.2237.2; February 2017 – June 2020)
An enabling environment is being created for national implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Namibia.
Lessons learned from macroeconomic advisory services
(NEDA Sector Network) Namibia: SDG Initiative Namibia (PN: 2016.2237.2; February 2017 – June 2020)
Training modules from the Rioplus sector project
Global: Environmental policy and promoting strategies for sustainable development (Rioplus) (PN: 2018.2038.0; November 2018 – October 2021)
Development of training modules
Facilitation/moderation of dialogue and negotiation processes
AU: DATA-CIPATION – Using citizen participation and innovative approaches to data for Africa’s development (PN: 2017.2158.8; July 2018 – March 2019) The AU’s capacities for civic engagement and innovative data use are being improved.
Mexico: Supporting the Office of the President of Mexico in implementing the 2030 Agenda (PN: 2016.2234.9; May 2017 – April 2019)
ECLAC: Support for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (PN: 2016.2141.6; July 2016 – June 2018) Together with ECLAC, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are being supported in integrating the 2030 Agenda into their national planning and monitoring mechanisms (environmental indicators).
Exchange and knowledge platforms
Partners for Review (PN: 2019.6255.4; July 2016 –March 2022)
National review processes for the 2030 Agenda are being strengthened for selected countries.
Links with other Steering processes: The policy and institutional framework should consider the budget implication of the national dialogue and of the mobilisation of all the stakeholders. Quality standards should be followed for all the mechanisms established for consultation and dialogue
Links with Core processes: The policy and institutional framework is critical for all the stages of the implementation of the SDG monitoring system
Links with Supporting processes: The country priorities as well as the dialogue mechanisms must be largely advertised on the basis of a thorough communication strategy. Partners need to be empowered through capacity building.
Government (high-level), Partners from the private sector and the Civil society at national and local levels. Examples include: