Session 1

Multi-Stakeholder
Partnerships: accelerating
change for the 2030 Agenda
in Asia and the Pacific
Caridad Canales Davila
Environment and Development Division
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2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development

• 17 goals, 169
targets

• A plan of action
for people, planet,
prosperity and
peace.
 Integrated
and
indivisible
nature of the
SDGs
2030 Agenda engagement – not “business as
usual” – embedded throughout the agenda
“Leave no one behind”→ Inclusion,
partnerships, participation

Transformative Balanced integration of the three

nature of the dimensions of sustainable
2030 Agenda development → economic, social
and environmental

Transparency & accountability

 Financing →Means of Implementation

Data Availability → Accountability,

Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting
Emerging Integration →the SDGs are indivisible and
issues interlinked

Policy coherence → Political will, lack of

effective policy coordination and coherence

Stakeholder participation, engagement and

Issues identified in the Voluntary National
Reviews prepared by countries in Asia partnerships → Leaving no one behind
Pacific
 • Who are the stakeholders? How do we
choose the “right” ones?
• Ensuring inclusion & self-representation →
Stakeholder addressing marginalization, geographic
isolation, socio-cultural discrimination,
Engagement – language barriers, fear of retaliation
• How to conduct public outreach?
basic • How to go beyond consultation and
questions committees to activation → engagement
for transformation through a whole-of-
society approach
• Effectively dealing with internal (within-
government) & external stakeholders
Stakeholder Engagement ↔Partnerships
 The achievement of the 2030 Agenda
and the Sustainable Development
Goals will require all hands on deck.
Partnerships
It will require different sectors and
for the 2030 actors working together in an
Agenda integrated manner.

Cross sectoral and innovative multi-

stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) will
play a crucial role.
 • They can improve access to
resources –physical and human
capital–.
Multi- • They can provide more capacity;
more invested people to spread out
stakeholder strategic, operational, and
partnerships monitoring duties.
• MSPs can offer more expertise
where different partners will bring
different experience and skills.
 • SDG 17 Recognizes MSPs as important
vehicles for mobilizing and sharing
knowledge, expertise, technologies and
Sustainable financial resources to support the
achievement of the sustainable
Development development goals in all countries,
particularly developing countries.
Goal 17
• SDG 17 cuts across all goals – through
the means of implementation.
SDG 17 is at
the core of
all SDGs

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 ESCAP and UNU-AIS collaboration
Guidelines to strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships with
the objective to:
• Help improving the existing MSPs processes and preparing for
future MSPs;
• Provide with practical and step-by-step guidance to address
opportunities and challenges of MSPs;
• Support on-going capacity building and training services for
building and implementing successful MSPs;
• Promote inclusive MSPs to support the implementation of the
2030 Agenda.
Guidelines: what we want to know
• Role of partnerships in SDG implementation and in overcoming
systemic challenges (related to data, finance, technology, capacity
building, etc.) – identifying areas of opportunity
• Key dimensions for achieving and sustaining successful MSPs –
elements for success
• Steps for planning and implementing a MSP – understanding the
process
• Factors that promote or hinder the development and implementation
of MSPs – challenges and underlying issues
 It should respond to the needs
and opportunities in the Asia
Pacific region.
Not just
Practical tool →step-by-step
another set of guide.
guidelines…
Anchored in the transformative
nature of the 2030 Agenda →
with your inputs.
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The guidelines are part of ESCAP efforts to support member
States in implementing SDGs
Partnerships &
Convening power:
stakeholder
The Asia-Pacific Forum
engagement: Asia-
on Sustainable
Pacific SDGs
Development and
Partnership (with ADB
related regional
and UNDP); AP-
dialogues on trade,
Regional CSO
STI, finance for
Engagement
development
Mechanism

Analytical work: Focusing Capacity development:

on integration of three Becoming fit for purpose
dimensions of sustainable (SDG Help Desk, Rapid
development; means of Respond Facility, etc.) -
implementation internal capacity building
; stronger UN system
coordination
Next Steps
• Validation workshop → collect feedback and integrate into new draft.
• Collecting experiences and case studies
• Let us know through evaluation form if you are interested
• Complement guidelines → including questionnaire
https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/2mBUqz
• All PPTs will be shared with participants
• Alignment with DESAs ongoing work.
• Internal review process.
• Integrate into Help Desk.
• Launch at APFSD in March 2018.
Guidelines: your support

What are the challenges for implementing SDGs and what roles can MSPs
play?

Key factors for successful MSPs- Is there anything missing? How could the
guidelines support Member States in generating these key success
factors?
Based on your experience, on what areas could partnerships be a useful
tool for implementing national plans for SDGs?
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