Download Regional Perspective: Latin American and the Caribbean

Sustainable Development Transition Forum
February 9 – 11, 2014
Incheon, South Korea
Mainstreaming Sustainable
Development Principles
Bishnu Tulsie &
This presentation is in four parts:
• Multi-stakeholder processes and institutions
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Integrated Planning
• Cross-cutting Policies and Programmes
• Monitoring, reporting and accountability
Multi-stakeholder processes and
institutions:
• The multiple levels of government
and governance structures
• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
• Private sector or industry interests
• Networks
• Public sector entities
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 Responsibility and Oversight
Integrated Planning: Challenges
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Predominance of sector based planning
Weak civil society structures
Poor information dissemination
Inadequate transparency
and accountability
• Political will(ingness)
A Model for IDP
National
Subnational
Local
Global Goals and Agreements
• Long-term Development
Vision
• Long-term Development
Strategy and Goals
• Stakeholder Input
• Medium-term
Development Plans and
Short-term Sector Plans
• Annual Budgets
A Model for
IDP
Global Goals and Agreements
Long-term
Development Vision
Long-term
Development
Strategy and Goals
Stakeholder Input
Medium-term
Development Plans
and Short-term
Sector Plans
Annual Budgets
Implementation:
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Resource allocation based on goals rather than
programmes
Screening/ prioritization biased towards policies,
programmes and projects that yield benefits across
development themes;
Prioritization to be informed by Monitoring reports
Multi level implementation based on reliability, and
accountability;
Civil society engagement through legislation, policy and
incentives
Implementation
Leisure
Housing
Education
Services
Utilities
Health
Employment
Food
SD Strategy
Climate Change
Adaptation
Water
Cross-cutting Policies and Programmes:
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MEA implementation
Colombia:
Water policy linked with food security,
biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and
sustainable consumption
Ecuador’s “Good Life” [Buen Vivir]: Improved quality of life
based upon the constitutional rights to water, food, health,
education and housing.
Dominican Republic: Food security programmes provide
long-term loans, with positive pressures in agriculture,
exports and employment
Cross-cutting Policies and Programmes:
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Guyana:
Low Carbon Development Strategy yields
investments in social programmes and climate
change adaptation
• Brazil:
“Bolsa Familia’ (Family Grant) contributed to
significant declines in income poverty and
inequality;
PRONAF, food security through microcredit,
Bolsa Verde (“Green grant”) incentive to develop
conservation and sustainable use projects.
However: The paucity in the application of IDP tools and methods
denies opportunities for cross sector benefits from policy
formulation and programme implementation.
Monitoring, reporting and accountability:
According to a recent World Bank LAC M&E Network report,
“Many governments in the Latin America and Caribbean region
have gained an increased understanding of the value of
monitoring and evaluation …….
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Several models are emerging
• Brazil and Colombia models
• Cabinet Committees
• Head of State
• Parliamentary reporting
Monitoring, reporting and accountability
Key Recommendations from the SDplanNet-LAC workshop:
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Objectives based MR&A
Improved data collection, analysis and dissemination
Public access to information
Increased local control and management of Information
Accountability and responsibility at all levels
MR&A reports to inform policy formulation and review, and
resource allocation
Central MR&A responsibility
Thanks for your attention
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