MDG TO SDG: WHAT IT HOLDS FOR THE

YOUTH

SUMMARY

MDG to SDG
Philippine Performance on the MDGs
SDGs: Areas and Goals
Strategies for engagement

The Road to SDGs: A discussion with students

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZzBbO6Y0uc

MDG TO SDG
Sustainable development
This concept gained traction during
the Rio Summits in 1992 and 2012.
1992: Rio Earth Summit
2012: Rio+20

Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs)
Served as a framework for global action
and cooperation on development in 20002015.
2000-15: UN Millennium Declaration &
MDGs

Post 2015 development agenda process

Brought together the two strands & extended public participation in defining the new
agenda.
201215: UN-led global conversation
8.5 million people engaged in deciding
what should go in the post-2015 agenda, and how the agenda should be implemented

MDG TO SDG
Eight (8) Millennium Development
Goals
18 Targets and 48 indicators

Seventeen (17) Sustainable Development

Goals
169 targets and __ indicators

PHILIPPINE PERFORMANCE ON THE MDG

Growth has not been

inclusive (steady GDP rise
but low in job employment
Having jobs does not
necessarily meant they are
not poor
Inequality has declined
slightly at the national
level; inequality in the
urban areas went down
but it increased in the rural
areas
Growth not visible where
the poor are economically
active

FROM MDGS
Due by September 2015
The greatest triumph of the MDGs was to mobilize broad support for a global

development agenda
While there was progress on many of the MDGs has been made in certain
areas (health goals) the global promise will in almost all certainty go
unfulfilled by 2015 (poverty, ODA)
Three major criticisms of the MDGs are (1) it was developed by a small group
of experts and was not member state driven (2) it is too aid focused/donor
driven and (3) it completely overlooked the issue of inequality

TO THE POST 2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

FRAMEWORK

A successor framework for a post 2015 development agenda was

shaped through a comprehensive process, which brings together the

social, environmental and economic dimensions of peace &
development.
There was a proliferation of processes engaging governments, nonprofits, grassroots, business, scientists, cultural workers, academe,
think-tanks among others but UN General Assembly will ultimately
have a final decision in September 2015
Pretty clear that it will include MDGs unfinished business around UN
ownership

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?

Whats missing?
No recognition of structural flaws of current development model (if they are not properly

understood, it cannot be strategically eradicated. T )

Human rights based approach
What should advocates critically watch for:
Strong private flows without safeguards
Explicit reduction of subsidies in agriculture
Whats there? (though not without criticism) People, Planet, Profit, Peace and Partnerhsip
Employment and Decent work
Gender Equality ( imbalances in power, wealth and resources)
Climate Change
Inequality (Explicit about minimum living wages, collective bargaining and social protection

floors)

SDG KEY FEATURES

3 pillars: environmental social economic- sustainable

Universal = concerns all countries
integrated and indivisible
Transformative = human rights-based, governance, inclusive (leave no one

behind) , justice, governance and participation of all sectors including CSOs)

Included new goals that were not addressed in MDGs
New global partnership = new actors
17 sustainable development goals, 5 areas:

People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Peopl
e

(1)

End poverty in all its forms everywhere;

(2)

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and

promote sustainable agriculture;

(3)

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages;

(4)

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all;

(5)

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls;

(6)

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and

sanitation for all;

(7)

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy

for all;

New goals

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Prosperi
ty
New goals

(8) Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, full and productive employment and decent work for
all;
(9) Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and foster innovation;
(10) Reduce inequality within and among countries;
(11) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Planet
Green agenda
New goals

(12) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns;

(13) Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
(CoP, December 2015)
("Acknowledging that the UNFCCC is the primary international,
intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to
climate change ...");
(14) Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable development;
(15) Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,
and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Peace

Good governance, justice

New goal

Partners
hip
Means of implementation

(16) Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for

sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at
all levels.

(17) Strengthen the means of implementation and

revitalize the global partnership for sustainable
development (FfD, July 2015)

WHY FILIPINO YOUTH SHOULD ENGAGE ON SDG?

These goals are for you and for the next generation. For 15 years, SDGs will affect you.
Lack of improvement in the performance indicators of basic education
Low success rate in professional examinations
A still inadequate number of secondary and tertiary schools
Increasing proportion of educated among the unemployed
Increasing youth pregnancies, HIV-AIDS, drug depedency
Increasing vulnerabilities of youth with special needs: indigenous youth, differently -abled

youth, youth in situations of armed conflict, young victims of disasters and calamities,
youth offenders, juvenile delinquent, drug dependent youth, street youth, abused and
exploited youth, and abandoned and neglected
Yet, are not organized to participate in civic, political and economic decisionmaking.

HOW TO ENGAGE? AROUSE!

Youth must harness their creativity and innovation in addressing social problems
New habits must be used to tackle their own issues Discuss SDG issues using social

media!
6 in 10 of young people in this age range are regular internet
more than half have social network and email account
78 percent have mobile phones
Spends 6 hours to as much as 35 hours of internet use a week online.

Making the SDGs Famous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VVGVazXamc

HOW TO ENGAGE? AROUSE!

Contribute SDG-related content in social media
Create SDG-related stories (video opinion, blogs, short films,

infomercial, etc) and disseminate to online platforms (youtube,

Twitter, Instagram etc)
Collect data, arrange, and visualize them through infographs
Contribute to findings, reactions, discussions SPEAK UP!
Hashtags - #SDGs, #KnowYourGoals,

#sustainabledevelopment #globalgoals #beyond2015

#povertyOrganize offline discussions as well to deepen
conversations and seek ways for common action
Value and organize offline discussions to deepen conversations

and seek ways for common action

Any more suggestions?

HOW TO ENGAGE? ORGANIZE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION

Only one in eight of Filipino youth are active members of sports or
recreational organizations, and in church or religious organizations; a tenth in
youth organizations. NYC

Encourage your communities in discussing SDG issues in groups where

decisions are made:
Family
School
Workplace
Health Services
Centers for Children
Religious Institution

GOs/ NGOs
Media
Political organization
Business/commerce
Cultural Organization
Youth Associations`
Others

THANK YOU

Contact
Gomer Padong, Beyond 2015 Philippine Hub National Secretariat
Email: gomerpadong@gmail.com

 MDG to SDG
What is SDG pagtugon sa panggagalingang ng kasalkuyang

henerasyon nang may paggalang sa pangagailangan ng mga susunod

na henerasyon
(goes back to 1992 Earth summit on integrated envi, econ, social)
Hindi ito yung makaisang panig na paghangad natin sa economic
growth na walang pagsaaalang alang ng mga epeketo nito sa mga tao
at kalikasan.
Ang 17 ay..
Employment and Decent work
Gender Equality ( imbalances in power, wealth and resources)
Ocean, forest, Climate Change
Inequality (Explicit about minimum living wages, collective bargaining