THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

National Economic and Development Authority

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff

8-9 June 2016

Cagayan de Oro City
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Background on Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs)

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and

its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Efforts on SDG Implementation

 UN Millennium Declaration
Millennium Summit, September 2000
(189 countries committed the PHILIPPINES included)

Millennium Development
Goals

Achieve by 2015
Source: UNDP Philippines
The 2030 Agenda
 The 2030 Agenda
to the SDGs

from the MDGs

Source: UNDP Philippines

 Comparison of MDGs and SDGs

MDGs SDGs
Number of 8 17
Goals
Number of 21 169
Targets
Number of 60 230
Indicators

Source: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/
15 Years 17 Goals 169 Targets 230 Indicators
Poverty is manifested in several dimensions:
lack of education; End extreme poverty in all its forms
insufficient nutrition and poor health; through significant mobilization of
inadequate living standard (e.g. no access resources including enhanced
to clean water and sanitation facilities, development cooperation and sound
electricity, poor quality of housing, etc.); policy frameworks based on pro-poor and
lack of income; gender-sensitive development strategies.
social exclusion;
disempowerment, Address the multidimensional forms of
unstable and poor quality of poverty through the provision of equal
work/employment; and, rights to economic resources and access
threat of violence. to basic services.
Percentage of families who experienced
hunger by poor and nonpoor, 2011
There is slow decline in the number of
underweight children as well as an
increasing number of overweight
children
The increasing number of stunted
children also remains to be one of
problems posed by chronic malnutrition
Hence the urgent need for improving the
delivery of nutrition and nutrition-
related services
End hunger and malnutrition through sustainable
food production systems and implement resilient
agricultural practices that help maintain ecosystems,
that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate
change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and
other disasters and that progressively improve land
and soil quality
Double agricultural productivity and incomes of
small-scale food producers through secure and equal
access to land, other productive resources and
inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and
opportunities for value addition and non-farm
employment
 Dramatic
decrease of
deaths of
infants and
children
under age 5

Challenges While the Philippines made significant strides

on the MDGs particularly in reducing child
mortality rates, this time, Goal 3 makes sure
that everyone has health coverage and access
to safe and effective medicines and vaccines
as well as to health services including family
planning, information and education, and the
Women dying Access to integration of reproductive health into
from childbirth reproductive national strategies and programmes.
health
Children going to school

95.2%

83.2%
SY 2006-2007 SY 2012-2013

Challenges This Goal takes off from the MDG

goal on increasing primary
Ensure enrolment rate, this time it
children stay focuses on providing universal
in school primary and secondary education;
Finish
affordable vocational training and
school
access to higher education,
Perform through upgrading of education
better in facilities and increasing
school scholarships to developing
countries
Today more girls and women have

Completed Completed Meaningful

basic tertiary employment
education education

This Goal envisions a world free of

The Philippines is still
Asias top performer
in closing gender gap
discrimination against women and
girls by creating opportunities that
ensure full and effective
participation of women in
leadership, decision-making in
political, economic and public life
Countrys water resources is under
stress due to increasing population,
increasing demand for food
production, urbanization, pollution,
inefficient use of resources and climate
change:
Water supply coverage has not kept
face with growing population due
to limited investment
Majority of households toilets are Aims for access to safe and affordable
connected to septic tanks that are drinking water, adequate sanitation and
poorly maintained hence effluents hygiene for all, improved water quality,
are discharged without treatment water use efficiency, protection of water-
relate ecosystems, implementation of
Source: ADB 2013 integrated water resource management,
among others.
 Investments in the energy sector still below
spending on social services
Government spending on social services
exceed the spending on economic services,
which constitute spending for agriculture
and agrarian reform; natural resources and
environment; trade and industry; tourism;
power and energy; water resources
development and flood control;
communications, roads and transport
Despite the additional installed capacities, Requires balancing act between meeting
energy security, which is measured in terms electricity needs and protecting the
of meeting power demand/requirement, environment.
remains unmet
Unfair competition can, in some form or To be able to achieve this goal, most
another, still exist in the energy developing countries would need significant
sector support on clean energy research;
investments on renewable energy and clean
energy technology development; as well the
required infrastructure for these technologies.
Sources: 5th MDG Progress Report, 2014;
Draft Socioeconomic Report 2015
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Average daily wage of wage/salary workers, by
educational attainment, 2011
Source: Reyes et al, 2013
Unemployment and quality of employment remain
key issues
Disparity in education outcomes underscores
inequality in terms of poverty conditions and
adequacy of school resources
Address widening inequalities and
job growth that is not in pace with
the growing labour force by
promoting policies that encourage
entrepreneurship and job creation.
Ensuring full and productive
employment for all women and
men including people with
disabilities could help eradicate
forced labour, slavery and human
trafficking.
 The most commonly financed infrastructure
are only basic community facilities (water
systems, school buildings, day care centers,
health centers)
Physical damages brought about by natural
and man-made disasters increase current
infrastructure shortages such as housing,
schools, health facilities as well rural
infrastructure
ICT infrastructure remains to be seen in Support the development of resilient
remote areas infrastructure as a means toward
inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and innovation.

Bridge the digital divide; promote

sustainable industries and increase
investments in scientific research and
innovation; which are all important
ways to facilitate sustainable
development.
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Uneven progress across regions in the country
Compared with the 1991 data, the poverty situation in
the regions has improved in 2012 where less regions
registered poverty incidence
Inequality falls in the urban areas but rises in the rural
areas
Lagging areas need to be linked with leading ones
through connective infrastructure and human capital
investments
Poverty Incidence for the Basic Sectors

As income inequality remains

a major problem worldwide,
Goal 10 seeks to create
opportunities for everyone in
the planet to be able to
increase their incomes to be at
par with the richer class.
High level of urbanization...
48.9% urban population out of a total
population of 94 million
Magnitude of the slum dwellers has
steadily increased from 16.47 million in
1991 to about 18.30 million in 2009.
Urban population growth rate remains
higher than the national growth rate
Over three-quarters of the total
population is projected to be living in Create good, affordable public housing,
upgrade slum settlements, invest in public
urban areas by 2030
transport, create green spaces and get
broader range of people involved in urban
planning decisions.

Strengthen national and regional

development planning and increase number
of cities adopting plans and policies towards
CC adaptation, mitigation and disaster
resilient.
Environmental degradation remains a
major issue
53 LGUs generate solid waste of more
than 15 tons per day
Only 21% of 42,000 barangays have
materials recovery facilities (MRFs).
Air quality in Metro Manila has failed
to reach its targets obtaining higher
TSP levels
11 priority rivers are still not within
the standard biochemical oxygen Sustainable management and efficient use
demand of natural resources
Reducing waste through adopting
sustainable practice to minimize the adverse
impacts to human health and environment.
Strengthen scientific and technological
WATER QUALITY
capacity to move towards more sustainable
REDUCTION OF WASTES
patterns of consumption and production
 Philippines is the 3rd most
vulnerable country to natural
hazards and 14th most affected by
adverse impact of climate change
Average of 20 typhoons/per year
Damage to agriculture and
infrastructure to climate induced
disasters (2011-2014) is Php54
billion/year
Aims to strengthen resilience and
adaptive capacity through integration of
climate change into development
planning, improving IEC and human
capacity and mobilizing resources for
climate change mitigation and climate
change adaptation.

Image from UNDP Philippines

 Some 2.2 million tons of organic
pollutants are released into the
country's marine environment
annually.
Cases of illegal unreported and
unregulated fishing that pose
impediments to fisheries
resources and fish stocks
More than 50% of the reef sites
in the Philippines assessed
between 1991 and 2004 are
overfished.
Costly rehabilitation of degraded
coral reefs
Reduce marine pollution and minimize the
impacts of ocean acidification;
sustainable management, protection and
conservation of coastal ecosystems through
effective regulation of illegal, unreported and
unregulated and destructive fishing practices;
increasing scientific knowledge and
strengthening transfer of marine technology to
support marine biodiversity; and
providing access to markets and marine
resources for small-scale artisanal fishers, among
others.
Forest cover is increasing
6,840 million hectares
0.311 million hectares
mangroves
Extinction of threatened species of
wild fauna and flora prevented
Limited tools & facilities supporting
ENR management
Unavailability of timely and
updated ENR data and
integrated database
Inadequate and non-sustained
financing for ENR
Conservation, restore and sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems and their services
sustainable management of all types of forests,
halt deforestation,
combat desertification, restore degraded land and
soil, reduce the degradation of natural habitats,
halt the loss of biodiversity
Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
arising from the utilization of genetic resources
end poaching and trafficking of protected species
integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into
national and local planning, development
processes
The Philippines has made significant gains
in mobilizing domestic public resources,
private business and finance and
international cooperation in development
partnerships...
The cost of selected, essential medicines
have been cut by almost 50%.
The number of people that have
telephone and cellular phone access and
ownership has significantly increased.
Even if individual internet access is still This goal lists down the means of
below the international average of 39%, implementation toward the achievement of
the Philippines is consistently hailed as all SDGs. This list was agreed upon by
the texting capital of the world. countries, 193 in total, as the minimum to-
This is a country of great social do list in order to achieve the SDGs by
networkers! 2030. The Means of Implementation
discusses the mobilization of domestic
public resources, domestic and
international private business and finance,
international trade, debt and debt
sustainability.
 SDG Localization
will build on the lessons learned from the MDG
implementation and localization experience
National

The MDG Localization Process

Child MDGs
City FACES Indicator BL J A S O N

MDG 1:
My child will not go hungry and will be provided with the basic
needs and nourishment.

Family MDGs Child eats 3 meals

a day

Child is properly
clothed

Child has ideal

weight

Community Child is not

subject to physical
and sexual abuse
and violence

Childs family
earns at least
P200 a day
 What are the lessons learned that can be
applied in SDG localization?
The achievement of the SDGs depends heavily on the delivery
of social services devolved to local government units (LGUs).
Building the capacities of LGUs in improving service delivery is
needed to cascade the SDGs to the local level.

To localize the SDGs, the LGUs are expected to:

integrate SDG targets in the local development plans and
programs with corresponding budget allocation ;
enact and implement local policies that facilitate the
achievement of the SDGs;
establish local monitoring systems; and
improve their delivery of basic services.
What Worked?

Making champions: local

chief executives

Coaching: capacitating local

government units

Building the data

CBMS
Regional MDG Watch
Costing of LGU Menu of Options Templates
Source: DILG
What Did Not Work?

Insufficient timely and reliable data

Conscious effort in addressing MDGs

at the local level is still wanting

Unequal prioritization of MDG goals

at the local level

Need to strengthen community

participation

Source: DILG
Efforts on SDGs Implementation

Building Awareness

SDGs Indicators National-level

Development Mainstreaming

Review of Existing
Institutional Mechanisms
Planned Strategies in Mainstreaming SDGs
Political Commitment
Integrate the SDGs in the next Philippine
Development Plan, including subnational plans and
investment programs

Engage LGUs and communities for localized SDG

implementation
Planned Strategies in Mainstreaming SDGs
Monitoring and Reporting Mechanisms
Constitute a dedicated oversight committee with
technical secretariat
Finalize SDG Indicators (including metadata) for
National Monitoring
Consultative Workshops (starting May 2016)
Final list of indicators in Dec 2016
Generate and disseminate timely disaggregated SDG
data:
Inclusion of chapter on SDGs in the Philippine
Statistical Development Program (PSDP);
SDG Webpage and SDG Watch; SDG Focal Points
within concerned agencies
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