Course North-South Universiteit Hasselt

Diepenbeek, 09 02 2017

The Sustainable Development Goals:

A Global Vision for Local Future Proof Action

Peter Wollaert

UNITAR Fellow

Managing Director CIFAL Flanders

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OVERVIEW WORKSHOP AGENDA 2030

CIFAL Flanders | UNITAR

Introduction: link between SD, CSR, CSV, MDGs & SDGs

Agenda 2030: 5 Ps & 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Implementing SDGs in Belgium: results of first quick scans

Mapping excercise: getting started with SDGs

- at the university (SDG Campus)

- at home / at work

Learnings & evaluation

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CIFAL-FLANDERS.ORG | UNITAR.ORG

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CIFAL GLOBAL NETWORK: HQ GENEVA & 16 REGIONAL HUBS

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PROMOTING PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Peace

Human Rights Sustainable Development

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ACTION LEARNING METHODOLOGY

1. from awareness to ownership

2. from ownership to local action 3. from local action to international cooperation

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FOCUS: BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY FOR AGENDA 2030

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Agenda 2030 & 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Businesses - Global Compact - UNGP on Business & Human Rights - Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Local Authorities - Habitat III: New Urban Agenda - Paris Agreement on Climate Change - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

BUILDING CAPACITY & IMPLEMENTATION AGENDA 2030

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CSR & SDGs

Sustainable Development (SD)

Triple Bottom Line (TBL) & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Creating Shared Value (CSV)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Agenda 2030 & 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDGs & Human Rights

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SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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legislation

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society

needs

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are society’s needs been taken care of in the legislation?

time

society

needs

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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legislation

time

social responsibility

society

needs

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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time

developed countries

low income countries

where are we?

society

needs

social responsibility

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Sustainable Development 1987 Gro Harlem Brundtland

Triple Bottom Line (CSR) 1997 John Elkington

Sustainable Development Goals 2015 Ban Ki Moon

Creating Shared Value 2006 Michael Porter

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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time 1987

concept & frame of Sustainable Development (SD)

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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1987: DEFINITION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the

ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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time 1987

concept & frame of Sustainable Development

what does it mean for organisations and

companies?

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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time 1987

concept & frame of Sustainable Development

how to serve companies and society via

innovation: creating shared value

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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2030 1987

targets

specific targets to achieve Sustainable

Development

SDGs IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: PERFORMANCE GAP

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY = SUPPORT IN ACHIEVING SDGs

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UN WORLD POPULATION PROSPECTS (2014)

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UN STUDY: BY 2050, 70% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION WILL BE URBAN

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1987

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SHANGHAI 2012

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POPULATION GROWTH FLEMISH CITIES 2000-2015

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1972: CLUB OF ROME ‘THE LIMITS TO GROWTH’

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2015: ‘DEGROWTH’ (2016, ‘ONTGROEI’)

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EXERCISE

Personal priorities

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Priorities of the group

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EXERCISE

Personal priorities

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Priorities of the group

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25 09 2015: UN APPROVES AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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SEPTEMBER 2015: AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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SDGs

RESULTS

FRAMEWORK Sustainable

Development

Goals

VISION

— & —

PRINCIPLES Reflected in declaration

Global Partnership

Means of Implementation (MoIs)

IMPLEMENTATION

FOLLOW-UP &

REVIEW

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2000-2015: 8 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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MDGs (2000-2015) versus SDGs (2016-2030)

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OFFICIAL LOGO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD

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17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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PREAMBLE AGENDA 2030: 5 Ps OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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PEACE

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UNESCO: ‘BUILDING PEACE IN THE MINDS OF MEN AND WOMAN’

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JUSTICE: BUSINESS ETHICS

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STRONG INSTITUTIONS: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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PARTNERSHIP (PARTICIPATION)

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1984: Edward FREEMAN (USA) STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

“A stakeholder is a person, group or organization

that has interest or concern in an organization.

Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the

organization's actions, objectives and policies.”

Stakeholder Engagement Standard (SES) AA 1000

www.accountability.org/standards/aa1000ses/index.

html

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION: 5 ASSETS

Finance

Technology

Capacity-Building

Trade

Systemic issues

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JULY 2015: ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

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BELGIAN SDG CHARTER: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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AGENDA 2030: NEW GLOBAL DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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OVERVIEW 17 SDGs

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PEACE

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PEOPLE: NO POVERTY & ZERO HUNGER

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PEOPLE: HEALTH, EDUCATION & GENDER EQUALITY

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PROSPERITY (PROFIT)

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PLANET

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PARTNERSHIP

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5 P’S & 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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5 P’S & 17 GOALS: 15 TOPICS & 2 APPROACHES

Peace 1 Goal

People 2 + 3 Goals

Prosperity 4 Goals

Planet 5 Goals

Partnership (Participation) 2 Goals (‘glocalising’)

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MDGs (2000-2015) versus SDGs (2016-2030)

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EXERCISE

Personal priorities

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Priorities of the group

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SDGs: GOALS, TARGETS, MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION & INDICATORS

17 Goals (Doelstellingen)

169 Subgoals (Subdoelstellingen)

126 Targets (Meetbare doelen)

43 Means of Implementation (Implementatiemiddelen) (Goal 17)

229 Indicators (Indicatoren)

Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)

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UNEPLIVE.UNEP.ORG: SDG SYNERGIES: GOALS, TARGETS & INDICATORS

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AGENDA 2030 & SDGs: INTEGRATED, INDIVISIBLE & UNIVERSAL

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SDGs: OPERATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA

Human Rights & SDGs

“Agenda 2030 covers issues related to all Human Rights”

156 of the 169 targets are inextricably linked with humen rights instruments

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2000: GLOBAL COMPACT

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2011: UN ‘PROTECT, RESPECT AND REMEDY’ FRAMEWORK (UNGP)

UN Special Representative John Ruggie proposed a

framework on business & human rights to the UN

Human Rights Council in June 2008, resting on three

pillars:

1. the state duty to protect against human rights

abuses by third parties, including business;

2. the corporate responsibility to respect human

rights; and

3. greater access by victims to effective remedy, both

judicial and non-judicial.

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HM QUEEN MATHILDE MEMBER OF 15 GLOBAL SDG ADVOCATES

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SDGs: ARE THE RICH COUNTRIES READY?

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FIRST SDG INDEX OF 34 OECD COUNTRIES: BELGIUM AT PLACE 8

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BELGIUM: 4x IN TOP 5 & 3x IN BOTTOM 5

• STRENGHTS

– gender equality and empowerment of women & girls

• 2nd: low gender pay gap

• 3th: 41,3 % of females in national parliament

– reasonable poverty gap (=the percentage by which the mean income of the poor

falls below the poverty line)

– reasonable income gap between rich and poor

– considerable domestic space: 2,2 rooms per person

• WEAKNESSES

– air pollution: exposition to levels exceeding WHO safety thresholds

– sustainability of water resources is gravely endangered

– gross agricultural nutrient balances: nitrogen and phosphorous use that

degrades the environment in contravention of sustainable agriculture concepts

– universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy

• high primary energy intensity

• low share of renewable energy consumption

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SDG INDEX & DASHBOARDS: A GLOBAL REPORT (JULY 2016)

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SDG INDEX & DASHBOARS: BELGIUM AT PLACE 12 OF 149 COUNTRIES

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FEDERAL PLANNING BUREAU: PROGRESS TOWARDS AGENDA 2030

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RECOMMANDATIONS OF BELGIAN NGOs TO BELGIAN GOVERNMENT

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11.11.11: ONE YEAR SDGs

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11.11.11: ONE YEAR SDGs: EVALUATION

• veel werk op het vlak van

– armoedebestrijding & sociale uitsluiting

– terugdringen van wagenverbruik & verkeersdoden

– energiegebruik en duurzame energie

– uitstoten van fossiele brandstoffen

– ontginning van grondstoffen

– duurzame visvangst

– belastingontduiking en –ontwijking

– ontwikkelingshulp

– handelsbeleid zodat armere landen economie kunnen uitbouwen

– stimuleren van investeringen en innovatieve financiering

– schulden

• goed bezig op het vlak van

– aantal vrouwelijke parlementsleden

– onderzoek & ontwikkeling

– terugdringen fijn stof

– beschermen van natuurgebieden

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11.11.11: ONE YEAR SDGs: RECOMMENDATIONS

• ingrijpende maatregelen:

– energiebeleid

– klimaatbeleid

– economisch beleid dat duurzame ontwikkeling stimuleert

• extra klimaatfinanciering

• systematische aanpak: proactief i.p.v. reactief

• implementatie goed monitor- en meetsysteem

• kwantificeren huidige inspanningen die bijdragen aan SDG 16

• internationale armoedebestrijding en ontwikkelingssamenwerking

• groeipad uitstippelen met concrete gekwantificeerde doelen

• engagementen op termijn dwingender maken

• coherent beleid voor duurzame ontwikkeling

• financiering voor internationale dimensie en globale uitdagingen

• strategie met participatie van burgers, middenveld en beleidsmakers

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FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BELGIUM

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BELGIAN SDG-INITAITIVES ON NEW WEBSITE: WWW.SDGS.BE

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NATIONAL VOLUNTARY REVIEW 2017 BELGIUM

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VISIE 2050: EEN LANGETERMIJNSTRATEGIE VOOR VLAANDEREN (2016)

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EU: STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (NOVEMBER 2016)

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GETTING STARTED WITH THE SDGs (DECEMBER 2015)

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SUSTAINABILITY CHECK: BRINGING ACTION IN CENTRE OF 5 Ps

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SUSTAINABILITY CHECK: BRINGING TOPIC IN CENTRE OF 17 SDGs

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SDG MAPPING

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01 06 2016: UN CITY HALL TALK #3: LOCALISING SDGs IN CITY OF GHENT

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PILOT PROJECT: CITY OF ANTWERP

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LOCALIZING THE SDGs

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ASSOCIATION OF FLEMISH CITIES & MUNICIPALITIES (VVSG)

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SDG COMPASS: GUIDE FOR BUSINESS ACTION ON SDGs

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IMPLEMENTING SDGs IN A COMPANY

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GOAL 12: TOWARDS THE ‘SDG COMPANY’

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GOAL 12: TOWARDS THE ‘SDG COMPANY’ IN FRAME 5 P’S & 17 SDGs

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GOAL 12: MAPPING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IN A COMPANY

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MAPPING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AT DEPARTMENT LEVEL

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MAPPING: LINKING EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES TO SDGs

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ENGAGING TRADE UNIONS (SOCIAL DIALOGUE) & STAKEHOLDERS

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SDG CHAMPION: CCI FLANDERS CHARTER SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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MAPPING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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STUDENTS AS SDG AMBASSADORS

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANISATIONS

PARTNERSHIP

AIESEC & UNITED NATIONS

youth4globalgoals.org

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SDG CAMPUS METHODOLOGY

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ARE YOU COMMITTED TO THE GLOBAL GOALS?

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WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY?

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MORE INFO: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org | www.globalgoals.org

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CIFAL FLANDERS: CONTACT DETAILS

CIFAL Flanders

Grote Markt 1, 2000 Antwerpen

www.cifal-flanders.org | www.unitar.org

Contactpersoon:

Peter Wollaert, Managing Director | Fellow UNITAR

peter.wollaert@unitar.org