THE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS(MDGs)

and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS(SDGs)

PIUS MWENDA

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INTRODUCTION

• United Millennium Summit in 6th to 8th September 2000 in New York, 189 world leaders agreed to a set of time-bound (1990:2015) and measurable goals for combating hunger, poverty, diseases, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.

• 21 targets and 91 official indicators • Comprehensive and systematic • A fundamental framework for global development.....a

common vision crucial for success.

• United Millennium Summit in 6th to 8th September 2000 in New York, 189 world leaders agreed to a set of time-bound (1990:2015) and measurable goals for combating hunger, poverty, diseases, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.

• 21 targets and 91 official indicators • Comprehensive and systematic • A fundamental framework for global development.....a

common vision crucial for success.

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THE MDGs

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Achieve universal primary education Achieve universal primary education

Promote gender equality and empower women Promote gender equality and empower women

Reduce child mortality Reduce child mortality

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THE MDGs......

Combat HIV/AIDs, Malaria and other diseases Combat HIV/AIDs, Malaria and other diseases

Ensure environmental sustainability Ensure environmental sustainability

Develop a global partnership for development Develop a global partnership for development

Improve maternal health Improve maternal health

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THE 2015 MDGs TARGETS

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Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the people whose income is less than $1 a dayHalve, between 1990 and 2015, the people whose income is less than $1 a day

Ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school Ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school

Eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 and at all levels by 2015.

Eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 and at all levels by 2015.

Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under 5yrs.Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under 5yrs.

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THE 2015 MDGs TARGETS....

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Reduce by three-quarters the ratio of women dying in childbirth.Reduce by three-quarters the ratio of women dying in childbirth.

Reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and incidence of malaria and other major diseases.Reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

Integrate the principles of SD into the policies Reverse the loss of environmental resources. Integrate the principles of SD into the policies Reverse the loss of environmental resources.

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THE 2015 MDGs TARGETS......

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Address the needs for LDCs, landlocked and small island developing states: debts also Develop decent and productive work for youth; Pcountries: private sector Make available the benefits of new technologies

Address the needs for LDCs, landlocked and small island developing states: debts also Develop decent and productive work for youth; Provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries: private sector Make available the benefits of new technologies-such as ICTs;

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GLOBAL MDGs REPORT CARD :THREE YEARS TO THE DEADLINE, WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?

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People living on less than $1.25 fell from 47 % in 1990 to 24 % in 2008; 200 million+ gained access to either improved water sources and sanitation.

People living on less than $1.25 fell from 47 % in 1990 to 24 % in 2008; 200 million+ gained access to either improved water sources and sanitation.

Enrolment rates at primary increased in SSA, from 58% to 76 % between 1999 and 2010.Enrolment rates at primary increased in SSA, from 58% to 76 % between 1999 and 2010.

Gender parity index value of 97 falls within the + or- 3-point margin of 100 %;accepted measure of parity.Gender parity index value of 97 falls within the + or- 3-point margin of 100 %;accepted measure of parity.

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GLOBAL MDGs REPORT CARD :THREE YEARS TO THE DEADLINE, WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED ?

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Under-five deaths fell from more than 12.0 m in 1990 to 7.6 m in 2010; SSA has X2 its average rate of reduction, from 1.2 % a year over 1990

Under-five deaths fell from more than 12.0 m in 1990 to 7.6 m in 2010; SSA has X2 its average rate of reduction, from 1.2 % a year over 1990-2000 to 2.4 % during 2000-2010.

Important improvements in maternal health: reduction in maternal deaths: slow progress; Important improvements in maternal health: reduction in maternal deaths: slow progress;

By 2010, 6.5 m people were receiving ARVs for HIV/AIDS in developing regions; 2010 target of universal access, however, was not reached.

By 2010, 6.5 m people were receiving ARVs for HIV/AIDS in developing regions; 2010 target of universal access, however, was not reached.

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GLOBAL MDGs REPORT CARD :THREE YEARS TO THE DEADLINE, WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?

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•Forest area increase in Asia. •Net loss decreased :last 20 years, from -8.3 million ha /year in the 1990s to -5.2 million ha /year; •Since 1990, protected areas have increased by 58 %, and in their extent by 48 %; •Most important sites for species conservation remain unprotected(IBAs and AZEs) ; •Only 22 % of AZEs and 28 % of IBAs are covered by protected areas; •Conservation action slowing the rate of species extinction.

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GLOBAL MDGs REPORT CARD :THREE YEARS TO THE DEADLINE, WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?

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•Core development aid falls:ODA •Aid dips, as a share of total donor income, as well as for LDCs and sub-Saharan Africa; •Rise in mobile cellular subscriptions in the developing world; •Developing world share of the world’s Internet users rose to 63 % in 2011, when 35 % of the world was online. •Average tariffs decline for agricultural products only

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AFTER 2015? • <1000 days to MDGs target date.

• Key MDGs issues: Failure to address structural causes of poverty, inequality ,data, dependency ,quality and exclusion;

• Rio+20 Conference: develop a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),to build upon the MDGs;

• Based on- Agenda 21 ,Jo’burg plan ,Rio principles, build upon commitments, international law ....;

• Action oriented, concise, limited in no., aspirational, global, easy to communicate, universally applicable;

• Open Working Group on Sustainable Development (2013)working on SDGs proposal.

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THANKS FOR LISTENING

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