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Global Sustainable Development Goals:

Asia-Pacific Perspectives for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Global Sustainable Development Goals:

Asia-Pacific Perspectives for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

National Planning Commission

May 2012

Yuba Raj Bhusal

Member -Secretary

A Regional Experts Workshop

May 7, 2012

Manila, Philippines

National Planning Commission, Nepal


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From Global SDGs to National Development Plans and Back:

Nepals Perspectives

Contents

1. Priority Issues


May 2012

a ac groun

b) National Development Priorities

c) Nepals Current Scenario

2. Feasibility of Developing a Generic Methodology

for Guiding the Adoption of Global Prioritiesinto the National Development Plans

3. Way Forward


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1a. Background

Nepal embarked on planned development since

1950s with the introduction of democracy in 1951.

Presently 12th Plan (Three Year Plan, TYP) is in

progress until mid-July 2013.


May 2012

paradigms like rural/ regional development,

growth pole, Integrated rural development, basic

needs, women/gender & development, inclusive/

broad-based development, poverty reduction and

sustainable development incorporating MDGs in

the process of its socio-economic transformation.


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Background contd

Nepal has signed or acceded and even ratified the

global developmental efforts brought forward overthe decades.

It respects the global efforts made for socio-

National Planning Commission May 2012

economic development and sees merit in SDGs. Presently Nepal is the Chair of Least Developed

Countries.

Nepal is together with the fellow members in theInternational as well as Regional Forums like this

to tackle the ever growing peoples aspirations.


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Background contd It is obvious, while coping with the persisting

challenges we have to translate the global

development goals into our national development

plans and programs correspondingly by setting our

national riorities;


The national priorities should have visible linkages

with the global level;

Environmental, economic and social development

should be well-integrated and in a balanced

manner for the well being of mankind & its habitat;

Nepal is benefitted from SDGs and the MDGs.


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1b. National Development Priorities

a) Agriculture Almost 74% of people engaged, 35% contributing to GDP;

It is mainly constrained by limited cultivable land (26.4 m hac) forsustaining livelihood to 28.5 m people.

Agriculture production is monsoon depended.


Agriculture couldnt attract the youth force for engaging in it (3Dwork least preferred).

Unable to match sensible income-generating opportunities and

thus foster broad based growth.

b) Industry- Limited scope for industrial growth for Nepal for various reasons.


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c) Service sector- Potential to benefit from service sector, however inadequate,

infrastructures (road networks, airports, electricity etc.),

- Climate Change impacts on High Himalayas.

National development contd


.Economic growth is quite stunted

- Nepals GDP fluctuated between 3-5 % year,

- Political instability overshadowed economic issues since mid-1990s,

-The weak infrastructure (electricity, and uneasy labour relations)

contributed to the low economic growth,

- Major development strategies and priorities are depicted below.


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6. Strengthen economic

stability mainstreaming

trade in development.

1. Employment centric

and poverty alleviation

through broad based

economic growth.

5. Make development

result oriented throughgood governance and

effective service delivery.


2. Physical

infrastructure to

support the federal

structure and regional

economicdevelopment

3 .Sustained peace and

equitable and inclusive

growth

4. Contribute to socio-

economic transformation

by strengthening

economic and social

services

xStrategies


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Emphasis on balanced physical andsocial infrastructures to attain broadbased growth and alleviate poverty

Social and Physicalinfrastructure

High priority to accord to agriculture,tourism, industry and exports for

eneratin em lo ment o ortunities

Agriculture,tourism, industry


& accelerate economic growthan exports

Increase investments to promote

inclusion of excluded communities,region and gender in all statestructures, sector and processes

Excluded

communities,region and gender


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Increase investments to ensure availability andcontinuity of essential basic needs of humanlivelihood, i.e., drinking water, energy/power,roads, communication, food security,medicament, education

Basic needs

Emphasis to ensure quality service delivery ontime and with fair price

Good governance


High priorityprojects

Attention towards minimizing the climatechange impacts on people by protectingenvironment and availing opportunities

Climate change

High priority to nationally important projects that

directly contribute and provide relief to the people


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1c. Present Scenario Almost 25.2% people still living below absolute poverty line.

More than 2 m youth have left the country for overseas

employment, have no/low interest 3D work;

Limited land area with high population pressure has


built in areas;

Fuel crisis has aggravated the problem of trade imbalance.

Areas of comparative advantage to be looked into,

The existing development model needs to be reviewed;

Sensible development policies required.


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How to wash the Raute People like this !



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2. Generic/Specific methodology

2a) Generic

A generic methodology can be used to adopt global priorities in national

plans in some of the areas as under:

Disaster/Climate Risk Management (DRM/CRM);


Poverty-environment mainstreaming;

Good governance;

Participatory development;Green economy/growth/GDP; and

Localization of SDGs through common processes, principles & agenda.


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Process of Localizing

Disaggregating nationally adjusted global goals at

national and local levels;

Aligning existing SDG/MDG goals and targets to

local contexts and relate to local development;


om ne w t capac ty eve opment or strateg cplanning, budgeting, implementation and

monitoring in integrated and systematic manner;

Meet developmental needs of local communities; Adopt SDG/MDG focused assessment and link to

national/ local development plans and programs.


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Principles of Localizing:

Community owned and led process;

Actionable interventions identified; Needs are defined and prioritized by community;

Mainstream gender, human rights, social inclusion;


Partnerships with I/NGOs, CSOs, Private Sector andLocal Bodies.

Involve the stakeholders;

Aid coordination, fiscal decentralization, andpublic-private partnerships.


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Assigning lead agency for SDGs (i.e., NPC);

Incorporation of Values and Principles of SDG in National

Periodic Plans; Setting of Goals and Target in line with SDG in National

Plan and sectoral Policies;

Mainstreaming of SDGs in National Policy


e n ng sectora targets n respect ve program an

projects;

Generating and Disseminating Guidelines for

implementing SDGs at action level; and

Monitoring and Evaluation with targets and indicators.

These may require additional resources, capacity and

political commitment at regional and national level.


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2b) SpecificThe generic methodology NEEDS to be customized to address

country-specific issues as regional and country

circumstances differ;

Countries development priorities and strategies,

capacity to implement them vary and thus the

targets to be fixed differently;


The needs, priorities and strategies of LDCs(Graduation by 2020), SIDCs, Landlocked

countries, mountainous countries (Mountain Initiativesin progress for retreating of glaciers and thinning of snow

deposits) are different and should be so treated; Countries in conflict/post-conflict situation should

be aptly considered.


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Glacier Outburst, Pokhara Nepal

on May 5, 2012



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Pokhara Floods of May 5, 2012



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Glacier Outburst Floods of Pokhara

May 5, 2012



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3. Environment and climate change

-Forestry - community, protected areas,

leasehold, collaborative forests

-Water resource moving on

-Alternative energy widely applied


- u y comp e

-REDD+, Nepal as one of the piloted

countries

-Climate change council at work-NAPA, LAPA prepared.


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3. Way Forward

DRM/CRM should be given due priority,

Find sensible alternative to petroleum product,

Rights of the migrant workers be well protected as it hasbecome a recent global phenomena,

Int'l mi ration of s illover o ulation to less o ulous


countries be considered;Housing and shelter vis-a-vis population growth should

also be considered;

The methodology designed to guide the adoption of

global priorities has to address country specific issues

and hence must provide space for country specific

priorities.


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A Squatters Settlement in Terai area of Nepal



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Finally, this Meeting will certainly bebeneficial to all of us for:

- The learning opportunity provided

regarding what's up across the globe on theeve of Rio+20;


- -

country feelings; and

- Networking among ourselves and making a

common voice of Asia-pacific region for the

Second Earth Summit with a sensible post-

2015 development framework.


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