HLPF. 12 July 2019 REVIEW OF SDG IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERRELATIONS AMONG GOALS “DISCUSSION ON SDG 13 - CLIMATE ACTION” FINANCING, ENERGY TRANSITION, INDUSTRY TRANSITION, NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, CITIES AND LOCAL ACTION AND RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION” 9:00 am - 12 pm Trusteeship Council Chamber overflow room Proposed guiding questions: • How can we urgently lift the level of ambition for exponential climate action across all sectors, levers, and regions? • What are the key focus areas for synergistic implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement together and taking advantage of the related opportunities? • What are concrete initiatives and successful actions at global, regional and local levels to accelerate climate climate action and achieve the SDGs in tandem? • How can these actions be scaled up? What further action need to be taken to deliver concrete results, making the most of innovative, people-centered and cross-sectoral collaboration and partnerships to protect the planet for current and future generations? • Where are the gaps in our focus? What are ‘low hanging fruits’ at the global, regional and local levels that enable the exponential increase in ambition for climate action in order to make a real difference in the lives and livelihoods of people? Chair: President or VP of ECOSOC Presentation: Ms. Elena De Jesus, Development Data and Outreach Branch, Statistics Division of UN DESA Keynote speaker: Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Action Summit - missed this presentation Moderator: Mr. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of UNFCCC This is an important review leading up to COP25 in December in Chile and the September Summit. We need to translate what we have learned into concrete action and have increased ambition to work together. Climate change threatens many achievements and effects all SDGs. Climate change threatens our very existence. Here to reflect on inclusive approaches across all levels. Private sector is very important we need them acting in conjunction with all other efforts. Civil society is also very important. Must limit temperatures to 1.5 degrees. In 2018, adoption of COP24 in Poland, took a big step forward to implement the Paris Agreement and for nations to significantly update their national contributions. Need to slash greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030. Need a unity of purpose. Resource persons: H.E. Ms. Carolina Schmidt, Minister of Environment of Chile, and President of COP-25 of UNFCCC We can see in our daily lives the effect of climate change. We need to move to negotiations to implementation of the Paris Agreement with common but differentiated responsibilities. 7 priorities: 1. Ambition in implementation in mitigation,, adaption - have invited private sector, ministers of finances, ministers of energy, ministers of transportation, local governments and central governments
2. Need to have a global carbon market to reduce emissions. Need a book of rules to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement that includes the private sector 3. Ambitious financing for climate action. 4. Bring science to the table to show us and share some of the solutions and innovations needed; science is non negotiable 5. Need to put a strong support for adaptation 6. Forest and food security which are needed for action 7. Oceans - establish link between climate action and oceans - will receive IPC report on oceans Gender will be a main part of 7 points above Ms. Leena Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor, TERI School of Advanced Studies, India, and Co-Chair of the SG’s Science Advisory Group for Climate Summit Possibility of reversing progress to deal with problem of climate change with continued siloed approach of SDGs. Rhetoric is not being matched with action on the ground. Need to define cause or relationships of climate change. Part of problem could be reporting formats of countries. Could we be getting insufficient information. Examples exist of special ministers to deal with SDGs but need horizontal and vertical integration. Need good data and ability to take cross functional approaches. Subjecting all policies, programmes, regulations, developmental activities to climate change view would be effective way forward. Need to illustrate co-benefits of clean air, etc. Mr. Javier Manzanares, Green Climate Fund: noted benefits of climate action. How to mobilize adequate financing - $100 million annually. GCF plays a vital role and has made good strides. 1. Built a portfolio of $5.23 directed to climate financing to developing countries 8. Largest readiness capacity building programme 9. It is a sophisticated blended finance tool - had successful meeting last week where the board approved new projects worth left to move to the overflow room Comments: Germany has created a cabinet position and is pushing to reduce carbon emissions by 55% (I think). Important for Eu to agree on a long term strategy and want to become carbon neutral by 2050. Missed Israel’s comments. China: President at the Second Forum for International Cooperation emphasized green is the background. China is committed to addressing climate change. We are working with our airlines and will practice green openness. It is important to stick to multilateralism, fairness and respect special conditions of country. Marshall Islands on behalf of SIDs: address interlinkages of SDGs and Paris Agreement. We note some progress on reducing extreme poverty but with climate change there is still much to be done. We risk losing progress on all if we don’t address climate change. Deputy PM of Samoa articulated our vulnerabilities as a region. We continue to contribute at all levels. Sweden: 1. Importance of us working together for long term 10. Act urgency 11. Work for most vulnerable Our goal is net zero by 2045. Have 13 of major industry sectors have presented fossil free road maps to our government. Agree that we need to step up financing.
Poland, president of this year’s COP: We reduced by 6% and working toward lower emissions. After Conference we highlight issue of solidarity in order to meet Paris Agreement goals. We seek contribution from transport sector. Priorities on high level of cost efficiency and benefits. Sustainable forest management was adopted in COP 24. Viet Nam: We are among the most effected by climate change. National Action Plan aligns with SDGs. Coordinated and legal system in national strategies was incorporated. Established a National Committee on Climate Change and a special agency for climate change has been established in our ministries. Government is reviewing and updating our NDGs through consultations with relevant stakeholders. Challenges: climate change is a regional issue. Malawi on behalf of LDCs: impact of climate change is uneven. While we emit only .3%, of greenhouse gas we are hardest hit. Most rapid population growth is anticipated according to recent UN report. International climate financing, - LDCs thanks countries who replenished the Fund but it not at its full level. We remain contributing to the SG’s Climate Summit. Switzerland: touched by more than 1 million young people taking to the streets to urge common vision adopted in Paris. We will continue to support those in need. We are re-evaluating in light of new scientific data. Call on states to re-examine fossil fuel policies. Mexico: Need common joint implementation. Mexico with German organization have cooperated on an innovative project to identify synergies and co-benefits between SDGs and the Paris NDCs. Results show that green house gas emissions can reduce in 2019 and can create 9,000 jobs annually. Helpful to work together. Russian Federation: We have a particular role to play in energy and calls for dialogue with consumers and producers of fossil fuels - bolster private-public partnerships eg in bank investing in green priorities and in the use of the digital economy to achieve SDG 13 to achieve city and rural development. Indonesia: We are a disaster risk country. We have reduced by 17% of Disaster Risk Index. Reduced emissions by 25%. Working in 34 provinces in areas of forestry, agriculture, industry. We need strategy efforts to develop renewable energy. Lead discussants: First round: Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the SG for Disaster Risk Reduction Mr. Zhao Dong, Chairman of Xiamen Airlines, China 2016 Environmental Report - 2 years he signed agreement with the UN being the first airline to sign such an agreement. We launched 95 projects in low carbon operations with 70 savings and looking for alternative to plastic eg using bamboo for cups. In many developing countries many use old models of airlines. We have acquired new Boeing airplanes with lower carbon rates. Our fuel consumption by almost 15%. Center tv has covered SDG at the airport 4 times. We need to be guided by the Paris Agreement. Ms. Rola Dashti, Executive Secretary of ESCWA We are a diverse region vulnerable to climate change with increased droughts, flash floods. Arab states has committed to renewables with targets form 20-50% by 2030. Solar plans in UAE, Morocco, Egypt. Jordan has become a world leader in waste water reuse. Developed countries to Arab states for mitigation exceeds finance by a factor of 5 to 1. Only receive 2% of bilateral funding. Developed countries need to fund us. UN ESCWA champions integrated approaches
but we need large scale support. Need technical support to achieve NDC targets. Stop double counting as climate change. Call on all to support us to accelerate climate change action to harness solutions that meets local needs. Penny Abeywardena, NYC: Hurricane Sandy caused much damage resulting in ONE NYC introduced an equity lens in long term planning. She established the Global Vision. Executive order signed to apply the principles of the Paris Agreement. We published - the first - to focus on climate change. We are holding fossil fuel companies and have sued 5 of biggest oil companies to hold them financially. We appealed the first court’s decision. Mayors of NYC and London have launched international divestment network to achieve carbon neutrality. We demand that cost be borne by those most responsible. We created and submitted a voluntary local review reporting to the UN on achievement of SDGs. See attempts to roll back. April launched One NYC 2050 on increasing climate and community resiliency, quality healthcare and education and healthy food. We will submit our second voluntary city review next week. Ms. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on %Climate Change, SDG Advocate Ms. Dimakatso (Nono) Sekhoto, entrepreneur and member of the WFO Grymnasium, South Africa (MGoS) she is a young farmer. We have experienced many natural disasters and decreased government spending. Effected small farmers the most. South Africa has policies supporting us but not much on climate change. Across the world farmers have been forced to find strategies to survive. We would like to make sure that no farmer is left behind eg Climate Makers Initiative - based on best practices of farmers and be science based. We deserve to be involved in decisions at all levels. Need adequate and predictable funds. Need to scale up climate finance and address gaps. We need to be incentivized to help us small farmers. Interactive discussion Nepal: climate change impacts our agriculture. We have several initiatives: 1. Using hydro power 2. Provide tax breaks for electric vehicles 3. Annual global forum to exchange views on climate change 4. Side event on mountainous areas and issued a report - need for urgent action Norway: 1. By 2030 want to reduce emissions by at least 40% via electrifying transport sector among other efforts. 5. Challenges: reforestation; 6. Scaling up support for developing countries 7. Will double its contribution to the Green Action Fund 8. We will enhance our Paris targets Indigenous Peoples: we are most effected and depend on land and biodiversity. We play a critical role. Climate change produces migration. Little appreciation and recognition of our contributions. Serious gaps with government and private sector interventions eg hydropower dams, work done without our permission in our lands; resources are grabbed in the name of climate change. Sendai Engagement Mechanism rep: 1. No one is immune from disasters.
9. When development is not risk informed, threats can become realities especially for those most vulnerable and left behind who must be given equal voice at all stages bringing their voices and wisdom. 10. We are working closely with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaption 11. Need real collaboration; true investment Portugal: Synergies we have identified closely linked to SDG 7 1. Over 50% of energy is from renewable sources - March 2019 all electricity consumed came from renewable sources 12. Millions of dollars in green jobs, exports, local economies 13. Partnerships are essential - eg in Mozambique. France: need to urgently act. Youth movements are showing their despair. We need energy transition. Fossil fuels will be prohibited beginning in 2040. Have a new high level climate body. Must recovery workers who worked in fossil fuel industry. We understand challenge in developing coutnries so we have partnerships - $5 billion euros by 2020 in additional to COP 21 commitments. France Development Bank aligned with Paris Agreement. Cote d’Ivoire: President created a central authority to fight climate change and will create a national commission as well as a special law on climate change. We are preparing our process for eligibility for the Green Fund and is updating its NDCs. Many forestry projects and coastal ones are underway. Since April 217 reduce pollution. 42% of vehicles will need to use mixed energy by 2030. Niger: concerns with climate change in the Sahel countries eg drought, advance of the desert; low amount of water; increase in poverty. We lose 100,000 hectares of land every year to desert. We have an ambitious strategy to recover 200,000 hectares annually. We have security challenges. We have been chosen as a champion in the region. Islamic Development Bank: covering 57 members mainly in Asia and Africa. We are cooperating with UN agencies to establish frameworks. IDB is supporting countries in developing and improving NDCs and to access global climate financing. Need priorities from governments and need to put climate action (26 out of 57 are fragile countries). International community is not showing support for them. IRANA: International Renewable Energy Agency: costs are going down (by next year solar and wind will be cheaper source of new electricity in most parts of the world). Renewables can meet 90% of the Paris Agreement. Every $1 pays off in 3-7 dollars. It is a win-win to transform energy systems sustainably. Finland: She is youth delegate. Solving this crisis is the most important one of our generation. Need to implement changes now. We have a hard carbon footprint in Finland. Youth have taken the fight. In March, over 500 youth gathered to hold a Youth Climate Summit; over 60,000 signed a petition to urge its position as chair..By 2029, aim to be carbon neutral. Spain: Clear commitment to implement the 2030 Agenda. We are part of the new global contract on decarbonization of cities and the economy to enable reversal of the trend. All stakeholders must change their ways. We need specific actions with bills and laws to change the way our economies are organized. We provide technical support in Costa Rica. Education and training must be provided. Thailand: urgent action is essential. We have mainstreamed climate change. We have reduced greenhouse gas from energy sector by 12%; launched an NDC road map on mitigation; we finalized national adaption plan in water, tourism, health, human resource and agriculture. Training to mainstream in provincial
areas. Via ASEAN we have partners eg with Germany and via Thailand Development Program have offered capacity building and training. EU: continue to lead the fight domestically and abroad. Put in place an economy wide framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least by 40% by 2040. Transition to low emission approach will be part of its overall developing plan. Prevention of biodiversity loss is important with nature based approach. South Africa: Shift development path is what we need. Morocco: We have ratified the Paris Agreement. We aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 24% by 2030. Also dealing with forestries and fisheries and agriculture. Local Authorities Major Group: Government of Catalonia: climate warming has reached almost 1 degree. Only 5 of NDCs are compatible with 2 degree scenario. Only Marshall Islands has submitted a more ambitious action. We need decentralized recognizing key role of local governments with integrated sustainable territorial development. We stand ready to help. Scientific and Technology Community: representing engineers. Climate change can only be addressed by involvement of all governmental and societal actors. NDC SDG analyzes climate change and SDGs. Reaffirms its partnerships with others eg with Climate Research System. Has several committees. Welcomes upcoming Climate Action Summit. Republic of Korea: facing out power sources that are not good; running a carbon trading scheme since 2015 and allocating 3% of emission permits through auctions and will expand it. Maldives: need urgent action. Welcomes COP24 adoption of package. Links between SDGs are clear. Look forward to greater ambition at the Climate Summit. Commitments should feed into process. We need financing. Need more holistic approach to development. Belize on behalf of Small Island States: some may become inhabitable. No development without addressing climate change. Step up. Be ambitious and provide MOI for our countries. We base science at the heart of our actions. Ghana: reiterates its commitment to address climate change. We hosted Africa’s Climate Week to showcase our national effort to build low carbon energy. We have integrated climate change into our national plans. Talk less and act more. Current contributions set out by Paris Agreement are not sufficiently supported. Democratic Republic of Congo: faced with problem of climate change. Our population is primarily vulnerable. Ask for others to take up their commitments. Netherlands: Adaptation measures are urgent and must improve resilience. We initiated Global Commission on Adaptation to create a global movement to upscale adaption efforts globally. We support SIDs. Tanzania: Over 70% of disasters are related to climate change. Rainfall is decreasing in the dry seasons and increasing in the wet season. From June Tanzania has banned plastic bags. Increasing forests. Romania: aligned with EU statement. Need acceleration of implementation of the Paris Agreement. We need to achieve carbon neutrality.
Turkey: We have been impacted by climate change by droughts, floods, etc. Last week, submitted its draft national development plan to Parliament. We attach great importance to Summit and crucial role of cities. Ethiopia: aligned with Malawi’s statement. We are one of least developed facing climate change. Reliable energy is important for development. Aligning with resilient greenhouse energy transition. Accelerating green economy. We need international support. Zimbabwe: significant strides to climate proof its sectors. We are facing challenge in accessing climate finance mechanisms but did get 3.3 million from the Green Fund and got funds from Russia (?). Have submitted a 25 million project. We take part in all conference of parties. New Zealand: We are transitioning to low carbon. WE have a zero power bill; have introduced zero emissions goal by 2030. We engage and support communities, regions, sectors that value integrated responses. We have increase climate finance. Fossil fuel subsidize warming. Guyana: 185 have ratified the Paris Agreement. Need support for mitigation. Need easier access to applying for funding. UAE: We hosted the prep meeting: Sustainability week in 2020 1. Renewal energy is cheapest in our country. Solar is three times below. 14. Human health - air pollution 15. Forecasting based financing is huge opportunity 16. Youth engagement strengthens action 17. PP sectors must work together Canada: mainstreaming of gender in COP - agrees with Costa Rican comment. Women and girls in developing are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Women and girls can be agents of change. We put empowerment of them at the heart. Feminist Assistance Policy guides 2.65 billion climate finance commitment. International Atomic Energy Agency: helps states cope with climate change - collecting data for monitoring is shared. Low carbon scalable nuclear power currently supplies about 10% of current global electricity supply. We will host first international conference in Vienna in October on nuclear power and climate change. NGO Major Group: Bolivian rural, indigenous peoples are threatened and must empower women, youth and those impacted by democratizing decision making. Produce disaggregated data to ensure that no one is left behind. Align actions with Paris Agreement and Sendai and coordinate regional activities; use nature based life’s ecosystems. Moderator: comments on this session. We are all part of the solution and need to act now. Report on the STI Forum. 12 - 1 pm Proposed guiding questions: • What are the key findings and recommendations from the 2019 STI Forum?
• What international collaborations or mechanisms are needed for exchange of experiences and partnerships on STI for SDGs?
• How can we mobilize science, technology and innovation to improve the lives of the furthest behind? How could adequate resources be raised for the TFM of the future?
• What are your three most important recommendations for concrete action, including the ones from stakeholders and Major Groups? What is the best way forward? Chair: President or VP of ECOSOC Presentation: H.E. Ms. H. Elizabeth Thompson, Permament Representative of Barbados to the UN, and Co-chair of the 2019 Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs. Technology Facility Mechanism was launched in 2015. It is a UN Interagency task team on STI for the SDGs. SDGs 4,8, 10, 13 were the focus of this year’s STI Forum. New addition was the Ministerial Segment. There were roundtables. Emphasized role of STI; highlighted special needs of those states with limited resources. Women spent twice as much time for unpaid work as men representing 2.1 billion jobs. More must be done to promote structural change within STI institutions to change gender imbalance. Must deal with accessive restraints on innovations. Recommendations: 1. 12. 13. 14.
Need to strengthen STI’s convening power to sharing ideas and catalyzing new initiates Real demand for multi-stakeholder Increased support to expand those from developing countries IATT subgroup road map should continue to support multi-stakeholder road maps based on the IATT guidebook on STI road map
Need to take stock of where we are and see ways forward for science-based solutions before 2030. Moderator: H.E. Ms. Marie Chatardova, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN, and co-chair of the 2019 Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for SDGs 35 events were organized in parallel with STI. We are the brink of a technological revolution and the response must be integrated and inclusive involving all stakeholders. STI 2019 focuses on women and youth. Resource persons: Mr. Vaughan Turekian, co-chair of the 10-member Advisory Group to the STI Forum, and ED Policy and Global Affairs National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, US He has been involved for over 4 years and was co-chair of the first 2. We need to form actionable pathways. Science and innovation is part of all SDGs. TFM with its 1o member group of experts can accelerate active engagement of all stakeholders. 14-15 May 2019 STI. World Federation of Engineers and others are involved. Mr. Paulo Gadelha, Member of the 10 Member Group to the STI Forum and Coordinator of the FIOCRUZ Strategy for the 2030 Agenda, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil Main lessons point to critical challenges: 1. IATT work that involves 47 UN agencies
15. Addis Ababa implementation remains underfunded 16. Contribution of the scientific community is not fully valued Recommendations: 1. Enhance connections with UN STI Major Group and Intra-academy group 17. Have regular report of GA to member states pointing to progress of STi and STi needs to be part of VNRs 18. Need strong participation of society - need to foster STI in terms of rapidly changing technology and contributions of STI 19. Take into account indigenous knowledge 20. Citizen science value - noted that vaccinations are under threat and need more societal discussions Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of the Institute for Global Environment Strategies, Japan 1. Necessity of establishing road map - need to consider gap between where we are and what we want. Need scientific disciplines to be integrated. In Japan, we have a digital security in technological sphere with an integration decarbonization in harmony of nature. We are collaborating in Indonesia. 21. Localizing of STi for SDGs 22. International cooperation especially between developed and developing countries Lead discussant: Ms. Marlene Kanga, President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (MGoS) 100 professional engineering representing more than 30 million engineers. VNRs indicate that a high proportion do not mention science or fewer mention engineering. We must build capacity to see relationship between good science and good policy. Build skills. Include women and other marginalized groups. Need to embrace new technologies while managing the risks. Recommendations: 1. National STI roadmaps should demonstration of integration of national and economic social priorities 23. Need a coherent approach Interactive discussion EU: welcomes 2019 STI report....I left at 12:38 pmKara Side event: 1:15 - 2:30 pm UN Conference Room 1 “Human Rights and the SDGs” Opening: H.E. Martin Billie Hermann, Permanent Rep of Denmark to the UN seeking integrated states’ approach to human rights to ensure that no one is left behind while accelerating implementation of the SDGs. Danish Human Rights Institute is key and has created an interactive database on human rights treaties and legal documents. March 2018 adoption of Human Rights resolution introduced by Denmark adopted by a wide group of states created a platform for NHRIs, civil rights, member states, etc to share good experiences and lessons learned in implementation of 2030 Agenda. Now we are linking Geneva and NY closer. January 2019 Human Rights Council concluded that SDGs could only be realized via human rights at all levels. Need a more joint approach with coordination, moderating and accountability. UN reform is an opportunity to strengthen a human rights approach. Denmark will continue to support High Commissioner that a human rights approach leads to more sustainable development for all.
H.E. Milenko E. Skoknic Tapia, Permanent Represent of Chile to the UN works with Denmark. The more that SDGs are implemented, the more human rights will be achieved. We need to emphasize differences: human rights have legal own bodies, instruments, Council of Human Rights with specific obligations and legal responsibilities. SDGs do not have legal obligations. Today, we are connecting both to have more equitable and sustainable development. Now, what rights they are talking about in Geneva, we can bring in the SDGs from here. Keynote: H.E. UNGA Rhonda King Thanked co-sponsors including the Group of Friends of Human Rights. Organized two intercessional meetings serve as an important to share information and lesson learned and provide important inputs into HLPF. Next meeting will take place in Geneva in December. Conclusions held in early 2019 in Geneva. Receives reports from High Commissioner and She was the first president of ECOSOC addressed Human Rights Council to brief the Council on an integrated approach for implementation of the SDGs and a link to the two UN entities. Norway will become the new ECOS president and will brief the HRC later this year. Need to reach those furthest behind or those being pushed further behind. Behind every piece of data are human beings with all their human rights. HLPF provides us with a platform to take stock and to identify gaps and challenges. Progress has been slow in many goals. Special edition of the SG’s “A Brief Concern” SDG Report hunger is the rise; greenhouse gas emissions is a problem; populations remain excluded - women and youth are disproportionally behind in employment; PWD remain vulnerable. UN country teams will provide coordinated approaches. World leaders will have the opportunity to review all SDGs and to make their commitments to implement them. This is the time to be bold and remain to commit to the spirit we had in 2015. Moderator: Eva Grambye, Deputy Executive Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights Panel Mr. Toshia, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights We feel fully at home here this year. We don’t who are those left behind so we need better disaggregated data. We bring specific methodology to reach them based on our indicators. At HLPF we heard their voices thanks to member states which gave their time for them to speak. He is wearing the pink tie/Women’s Major Group color. Outcome from Geneva Council where his Director was the rapporteur is the need to bring NHRIs to national SDG consultations. Message for summit: SDG process must be embedded in human rights. Global Alliance of National Rights Institutions GANRI representing more than 100 NHRIs, 70 are fully independent and compliant to Paris principles. In 2015 we convened in Merida, Mexico and committed NHRIs to play full role in monitoring and reporting particularly for those left behind. Provide access to regress of Justice; facilitate much needed multi-stakeholder dialogue. March we conducted consultations with NHRIs on implementation of the Merida Declaration. Mentioned: Argentina, Costa Rica, Afghanistan; Kenya and Tunisia (working on disaggregating of data). Confirmed that NHRIs are making use of their mandate to deal with monitoring of SDGs. So far, only 70 have fully independent NHRIs. NHRIs are using regional networks and GANHRAI to participate in regional forums but still facing limitations to contributing. Teresa Jennings, Head, Rule of Law Development, LeixNexis Legal & Professional Including responsible business reporting vis-a-vis SDGs which people at its core. Business are people and to want societies to be better. We are a legal information provider in 180 countries to advance the rule of
law - transparency, equal treatment, independent judiciaries, etc. We have found that rule of law, other socio-economic factors are strong eg stronger economic growth; child mortality is reduced. Rule of law means less risk for business expansion; can depend on employees and dependable outcome in cases. As a multi-lateral global business or mom and pop one, make first ask for data to be a small one. Also work with trade groups. Businesses want to know how the information will be used. Might require some compensation even at cost. Must be extremely careful with use of data that might be sensitive. Always better for businesses to work with outside groups before there is a problem. Working collaboratively for a mutual betterment. We must know what the laws; work on corporate social responsibility and work on HR to get and retain best employees. Discussant: Marion Barthelemy, Director Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UNDESA Key message from the panel is that 2030 Agenda is a human rights one which is a breakthrough. Noted different cultures in Geneva and NY. VNR - we have been encouraging countries to use their human rights reviews in their HLPF VNR. Intercessional meeting - said that UPRs is more robust than VNRs. We may have to accept that they are different and each have its role. Some countries may not participate in VNRs in same way if the framework is the UPRs. We are pleased that the High Commissioner will present highlights of the intercessional meeting - one/three bullet points that can go into the HLPF. Get human rights rapporteurs as participants. MGoS bring voice of those who are at risk of being left behind. Perhaps strengthen their voice in the HLPF. Possibility of a joint meeting of HLPF and human rights. HLPF - September good opportunity to announce Leave No one Behind and human rights. Comments: Rep of Indigenous Peoples Major Group: we are left behind and pushed further because of development priorities of states. Recommendations we have put forward in Geneva and the same ones we want to present here. Our rights need to be respected. Mr. Supak, DPR of Thailand: supports human rights putting people at the center leaving no one behind. January meeting, we shared how we support human rights and SDGs. Early childhood, forest management, women, etc. Representing an organization young female coming from an area in conflict. Is there a lack of mechanisms did not reach them - marginalized groups in the Middle East. Rafael in Brazil: civil society is being undercut with the new government. Recommend to member states to follow UN model with participation of all stakeholders. Member of experts on administration: suggested getting human rights integrated intoSDG could be helped using 11 principles for effective governance of which 5 relate to inclusiveness. Excessive police force being used by Hong Kong protesters. Someone spoke in Geneva on this topic and was interrupted by the Chinese. What actions will the UN take? Faith-based support of SDGs and working on UPR asked about ensuring voice of local authorities. Panelists’ Comments:
Lexisnexis: in Somalia we have spent much money to enhance good governance and are bringing together UN, etc to look at data and see where it is going and where to support rule of law. We have taken on “Nowhere I belong becoming Here I belong” deals with statelessness. Miss Bearing, GAHRI: we talk about bridging NY and Geneva - bring commitment to the national level. Now governments have separate national SDG and human rights plans and need to bring them together which would reduce trade offs; bring efficiency. FRA: Often national actors meet together in international events not nationally. We should pro-actively engage with human rights actors. He was child protection advisor in Haiti with the goal to bring to UN SC violations in war. Divide between reality in the field and policy makers. SDGS are trying to bring the human rights of those not on the table to the fore. Closing: Craig Mokhiber, Director OHCHR NY Office Extremely rich discussion. Why are we here? We learned that development done wrong brings harm. Breaking from a tradition of development that has been harmful. Now we have a sustainable integrated agenda - SDGs are a radical transformational agenda. It is a scream about fundamental call for change. Old paradigm had a narrow focus on GDPs and MDGs. privatization of public services, etc that stalled real development for people. Development is freedom from fear and from want that is universal for all. We are all accountable to people. A human rights approach. The first developmental agenda that is explicitly human rights approach with essential focus on equality with disaggregated data, leaving no one behind, reaching those left behind first which he listed. Including civil society is not optional; it is essential. 3:00 - 6:00 pm Discussion of SDG 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions Proposed guiding questions: • What are the specific policy reforms, local actions and strategies adopted to support national and local processes to strengthen resilience of communities and institutions to best deliver on SDG16? These could include actions in the spheres of strengthening social cohesion, dialogue and reconciliation, access to basic services including justice and security and conflict/dispute resolution. • How can SDG 16 targets and indicators leverage human rights norms, standards and analytical approaches to inform the measurement, monitoring and implementation of the 2030 Agenda? • What are the key interventions and specific policies that can help reach the furthest behind first, especially those who are left behind due to violence, injustice and exclusion? • What are some of the primary and urgent capacity needs and gaps of governments and other stakeholder groups around SDG 16 and how can those gaps be filled? Do they differ from the longer term capacity needs for the achievement of SDG 16? • What innovative methodologies and partnerships, including the use of data, technology and expertise from the private sector, civil society and academia can be harnessed to strengthen national systems to track and report on progress related to targets under Goal 16? What tools and support do Member States require for strengthening disaggregated data availability? Chair: VP of ECOSOC He participated in EGM on SDG #16 in Rome last month. New reports show need to better implementation of SDG #16. How can we best make progress on this? Presentation: Ms. Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, Development Data and Outreach Branch, Statistics Division of UN DESA full report: unstats.un.org/
Key findings on SDG #16 from 2019 Sustainable Development Goals prepared by UNDESA based on data from official statistical offices: 1. Achieving this goal is a long way off. Over 70 million fled conflict and war and persecution 24. Global homicides was relatively stable 6 per 100,000 with highest rate in LA and Caribbean with young men facing the highest risk. Women represented 64% of murder victims from intimate partners and family-related homicides 25. Increase in number of victims in growing trafficking. 70% are women and girls. 83% females of sexual exploitation and 83% of males for forced labor. 397 killings of human rights defenders, journalists and trad unions - increase. 1 in 2 involved land, environment, poverty, rights of minorities. 26. 73% of children under 5 have had their birth register from data of 161 countries. In sub-Saharan the rate was not 46%. Keynote speaker: H.E. Ms. Laura Chinchilla, Former President of Costa Rica and VP of Club de Madrid Pleasure to be here with different ages, personalities and backgrounds. Leaving no one behind should guide us to build more prosperous and sustainable society. Network of more than 100 heads of state that arrived via democratic process. It is committed to advancing the SDG. SDG #16 is an outcome and an enabler of sustainable development. It advances the equal standing of each person and recognizes their rights. International community is falling behind. Recommendations: 1. Bring child, youth and women into the processes of law and policy making 27. Protecting civil activists 28. Putting technology at center to enhance institutional capacity at central and local levels of government Message by Charles Young, Jamaica and Ahona Paul, 15 year old student from Cambodia, youth and children representatives on ending violence against children. We hope for a safe place to be myself and explore my interests. I have that but not all do. Part of implementing SDG #16 reaches young people. She learned about SDGs via Global Campus, a club in our school. There are many young people promoting peace and justice. She is a Bangladeshi. All we need is a platform or a place for our voices to be heard. Create/support organizations that help provide voices for young people. Charles Young: violence against impact on the economy and social welfare of your state not just the child. End violence in schools which is pervasive. He was 15 when he began advocating rights of children in Jamaica. Key to solving it is to increasing more dialogue and consultations with youth not as symbolic gestures. He has contributed to over 1 million youth that drafted the Anti-violence Manifesto that contains pragmatic solutions - tackling SDG 4 for safe, non violent, inclusive learning environment; ending exploitation and trafficking and violence against children. Need youth consultations and dialogues. Moderator: Ms. Irene Khan, Director-General, International Development Law Organization Mentioned preparatory meeting in Rome with over 300 participants. She was co-organizer. They heard about slow (regressive) access. Recent reports show that almost half have no meaningful access to justice. Challenges are universal. Spoke about interlinkages of SDGs. Key points that were raised: 1. Take a people-centered approach 29. Close justice gap for women 30. Meaningful participation of all stakeholders 31. Strengthening data
32. Creating safe environment for civil society Resource persons: Mr. David Steven, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Centre on International Cooperation, NYU H.E. Ms. Emanuel’s del Re, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy and a well known scholar interested in peace and conflict. How can we strengthen global collaboration in light of current trends? Conference was organized with UNDESA and international development organization. Italy was keen to host this meeting - to bring peace and good governance and rule of law. Renew efforts are essential given so many fragile countries today. Encouraged all to read key messages and recommendations of this prep meeting. Key findings: 1. SDG 16 represents a necessarily an enabler of all SDGs and are catalysts for achieving them We need to break cycle between insecurity, injustice and inequality. Need to increase build and sustain peace and deal with root causes. 33. Establish mechanisms for cross sectoral - are aligned and integrated. Access to justice and effective rule of law; transparent and effective institutions; respect of fundamental freedoms and human rights. 34. Invest in capacity building at all levels. 35. Acknowledge role of women and youth. Quoted Toni Morrison - Don’t settle for happiness...personal success free of meaningful life is not enough.... H.E. Ms. Maria Fernanda Rodriguez, Vice Minister of Justice, Argentina and has worked on building institutional capacity for PWD. We first began by recognizing complexity of the world with many different regulatory systems. Problem with access to justice - is it a cause or a an effect of poverty or both? It is not evenly distributed. Sub-secretariat with 3 Director Generals work on resolution conflict, national office of victims service; have an office for access dedicated to legal impediment issues; (have small offices providing 4 professionals with a holistic approach with legal and social services). One priority was to ensure that quality service and provide immediate relevant information so we developed a dynamic software programmes and can ask questions. To provide assistance - public and private - with lawyers from universities and NGOs to develop free services - one for rural remote northern areas with mobile offices along with medical services and in urban areas we have the first hospital for human rights where we provide legal services. We are collecting information to see how to evolve our models to fill gaps. Internationally, we co-chaired with Sierra Leone and the Netherlands a working group on justice on social participatory justice. Worked with women, World Bank and World Development Bank. Must generate an indicator for non criminal justice to account for efforts of countries to meet Goal 6. Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, ED LIaison with Governments and Institutions in Africa, Mo Ibrahim Foundation ex ED of the secretary of the UN Economic Commission in Africa. Gambia reconciliation commission. Was asked about data. SDGs are meaningless unless they can be implemented. We must put in place a system of monitoring the progress especially SDG 16 which is the backbone of Agenda 2030. Tool developed by the Foundation: index of the delivery of 4 categories with 14 sub categories which is good to monitor progress of SDG 16.
Findings of aggregate African trends: 1. Participation and human rights - progress has been made particularly due to democratic elections; only area of concern progress is limited by shrinking civil society space 36. Safety and rule of law - progress is being made over past 5 years - access to justice. Problems in safety and conflicts from non state actors. 37. Socio economic - statistical capacity is weak; civil registration is one weak area Plea for data. We have numerous sources. Let us get together in an consortium and support the official statistical offices. Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Barron, First female president of the inter-Parliamentary Union. She is a member of Congress. Thanked her for taking into accounting Parliaments. We are sometimes forgetting that institutions come from our own institutions. We are not having proper foundations or institutions. Political will is a mandate but is sometimes the most difficult. Responsibilities of Parliamentarians ratification of international instruments to create national laws; deal with budget allocation (most important public policy instrument); for oversight and for representation. Need to understand huge challenge. Must regain public trust. Need to look for a new model of governance to include all people, to rebuilt trust. Less than 25% of seats in Parliament are occupied by women. Almost 74% of countries do not allow candidates under 30 years old. Inter-Parliamentary Union is: 1. Working closely with our parliaments to translate words of SDGs into action. We are having speaker dialogues. We need to design better institutions. Interactive discussion: France: He is a member of the French National Assembly. Noted threat to multilateralism. Fight against crime is at the heart of our international concern. Issue of environmental deterioration. Fight corruption; violence against women and all forms of discrimination. Defend justice; fight terrorism. Finland: need peaceful and inclusive societies with human rights, rule of law, democracy, etc. Priority is preventing conflicts. Local ownership and role of women, youth, religious peacemakers and civil society. Ex: National Action on Women, Peace and Security now includes migration and violent extremism. We emphasize youth and co-host youth in peace processes in March. 2250 resolution on youth, peace and security. EU: strives for more inclusive societies and rule of law, democracy and human rights. No sustainability without representation. Gender equality and inclusion of children and young persons are key. We contribute to international peace; establish accountable and transparent institutions, etc. EU Action Plan on Human Rights - policy dialogues on discrimination against vulnerable groups. Bangladesh: noted foreign issues that impact on human rights; trafficking, gender based violations; violations of rights of migrant workers. No one country can solve these issues. Need strong constitutional body in every society. Inclusion of children and women must be brought into society. We have been achieving significant economic growth. Republic of Korea: supporter of SDG #16. Economic development must go hand in hand with democracy. We have been sharing our experiences and lessons learned. How can we strengthen connection between different streams of national and international efforts? Israel: fully committed to SDG 16 and to reduce all forms of violence. Ministry of Justice promotes rule of law and free legal aid is offered in certain circumstances. Launched community courts pilot project and
including with dealing with juvenile delinquents. Citizens should know their rights - Own Rights is online offers information on rights in Hebrew and Arabic. Switzerland: Lack of progress with SDG 16. 1. It seeks to promote effective institutions at all levels. We have seen that those on the ground are better aware of their needs. They can adapt national strategies with solutions located firmly locally. 18. Additionally, need for allocation of financial resources particularly women’s organizations. 19. Violence remains a threat. Qatar: experiences many issues. Pled $500 million on governance, justice, reconstruction and recovery in Darfur, Sudan. Funded establishment of numerous centers for sustainable peace putting women at the forefront. 11 centers were established and 500 rural courts. NGO Major Group young Brazilian person representing civil society: Declaration that has been endorsed by over 130 organizations. Concern about leaving people behind. Encouraging examples of good progress and other areas to be scaled up. Governments are duty bearers and called on their support to accelerate actions to implement SDG 16; protect civil society and to expand civic space. The Netherlands: believes that SDG 16 is interlinked with others. Co-chair with Sierra Leone, Argentina, Group of Elders.We commit to double the number of persons to whom we provide support, half will be women. How partnerships will further strengthen these efforts and provide some examples? Sweden: linked between poverty and countries in conflict is strong. 1. We need to enable just and democratic societies with good conditions for all 20. Need to ensure equal rights for all 21. Need to work inclusively and address and root causes of conflict. Support youth and women. Canada: Noted partnerships with civil society, governments. Women should be transition for people centered justice system. We seek to build a more peaceful. Appointed first ever woman peace and security Ambassador ONeill. Civil society is very present, vibrant and must include them in development and implementation of SDG 16. Lead discussants: H.E. Mr. Harib Al Amimi, President of State Audit Institution UAE and Chairman of International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) establishing a baseline and identified..some good practices eg in India with budgets. Data quality, reliability is a challenge. Challenges and solutions: to deal with corruption and nonfinancial information. Integration evaluations and performance is a challenge. Congress will take place in Moscow in September. H.E. Mr. Vuk Zugic, Co-ordination for Economic and Environmental Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operational in Europe (OSCE) He is a career diplomat from Serbia. Nexus of peace, security and development is key to SDG 16. Cooperaton of learning from sharing data. 1. Conflict prevention and conflict 38. Good governance and promoting rule of law 39. Inclusive with gender equality empowering women and youth 40. Promoting growth and economic prosperity Environmental threat due to climate change
Recommendations: 1. We need dialogue and multi-literalism 41. Holistic approach 42. New partnerships 43. Whole of society approach utilizing potential of women and youth 44. Work at the regional level Poland: 2019 is our final year as part of the UN Security Council; strong focus on inclusivity and addressing root causes of poverty. Fostering civil society and supporting rule of law. Nepal: undergone historical political transformation to a democracy with a Constitution which supports democracy, rule of law, justice. Officials were elected (more than 40% females at all levels). Mali: created justice and reconciliation division to reconcile pain that we have seen. Office of Verifier and Mediator and a central office to fight corruption. Government set up a higher court to prosecute higher level of crimes. Czech Republic: We believe that SDG 16 is cross cutting. Need to have inclusive participatory representation. Good governance is a priority. We went through a process and established a dedicated program. Proud member of the 16+ forum. Thailand: SDG 16 is a goal for the entire sustainable agenda. We take a whole of government and recognize youth and women’s role. Developed a national extracurricular programme to promote rule of law in primary and secondary schools. Sports can be an effective tool. Morocco: Niger: we are faced with security issues on three sides - Boka Haram, Al Queda and with clash with the Islamic State resulting in 340,000 refugees which were displaced and are mainly women and young people. 17% of our expenditure is spent on security and 33% of our income. Spain: need societies that live in peace and security. We have great level of freedoms and we seek to strength the rule of law. Attach importance on inclusivity and have dialogues with civil society and we work in favor of human rights and fight intolerance and discrimination. International cooperation particularly regional ones is crucial. Mentioned role of women and youth. Mexico: new public security strategy to eradicate corruption; respect rights; reform drugs policy; encourage a space for national reconciliation, reduce flows of arms, etc. Indonesia: committed to fair, transparent effective non discriminatory and accountable and just treatment. Legal identify for our citizens; increased legal aid for vulnerable people in certain situations particularly for children under 5. Build good governance, developing Good Governance index and anti-corruption index. We stand ready to share best practices. Iraq: we have suffered from terrorism impacting all aspects of development; loss of jobs; displacement; psychological damage to women and women. We adopted national development plan. Combatting all forms of violence and returning stolen assets; return of internally displaced persons; integration of survivors of sexual violence, etc.
Mr. Edward Thomas Porokwa, ED, Pastoralists Indigenous NGOs Forum (MGoS) He is a lawyer and advocate of high court in Tanzania. Serious concerns with failure of implementation of SDG 16 and its one size fits all approach. We witness exclusion and undermining indigenous people’s well being. Governments do not follow rule of law to indigenous peoples through forced eviction; closing of civic space especially in east Africa and other sub Saharan countries. Governments are enacting laws that restrict people’s freedom and access to information. Belgium: violent conflict is on the rise. More than half the world’s poor are impacted by conflict. Involvement of non state actors in conflicts which do not follow rule of law. How do we reach out to them? Rights are increasingly marginalized which is opposite to inclusive societies and we must speak out whenever and wherever it occurs. We must invest in peace building and use all avenues in the UN system. Must improve coordination and complementary and support UN. UK: supports SDG 16 which is central to all other goals. 1. In conflict states it is critical 45. Lack of freedom and lack of human rights cause SDG 16 to be not supported 46. Youth are not included in some countries - need space for civil society all over the world Guatemala: fighting all forms of corruption. We have made progress. We have an open budget to see what is used to run our institutions; made a public management organization. Made progress to reduce homicide and have restructured government and in 2018 had census. Challenge is zero tolerance for corruption and want to strengthen our justice system. Norway: good governance is vital for lasting peace. Inclusion of women, children and youth in decision making is crucial for leaving no one behind. Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security must be implemented. He has witnessed change with cyber crime and use of AI with far reaching consequences for global security. We must update skills of law enforcement officials worldwide. Illicit financial flows are increasing. We are engaging with partners on these. Democratic Republic of the Congo: welcome first democratic and peaceful change of power in her country December 30, 2018. New president has fought corruption and supports rule of law and place for all opinions and for civil society. Ratified various legal international instruments. Good conduct for civil servants was established. July 11th is fight against corruption announced new measures. Kenya: agree with others on importance of SDG 16. It falls under Kenya 2030. Transformation of governance has been taking place across 6 strategic areas. Leadership Act - asset recovery agency was put in place; electoral laws and regulations were reviewed and put in place. UAE: importance of SDG 16 and are sharing our experiences. We have bilateral support with UN and World Bank and others. Will chair the 8th conference of state partners with the UN in 2018 and 20119. (She spoke very fast). Dominican Republic: most important to have participation of all for SDGs. DR has constitution that protects social network; every 3 months, the president monitors progress but nothing is sustainable if you don’t involve the citizens. Sierra Leone: We are a global partner of SDG 16+ and are co-chairs on dialogue on peace building and state building. We established a legal board that provides legal advice to rural people and those in detentions.
Nigeria: SDG 16 calls for multi stakeholder approach. Called on a focal point under the president for implementation of SDG 16. Interpol: agree that we need to actively build a more just, inclusive and safer world. Interpol is only global police operation and we have identified a role to play with 10 of 12 targets of SDG 16. Local Authorities Major Group: He is a member of Netherlands municipalities. Taking pro-active measures that those who live in cities and territories and work to achieve local decision making and see how level of women active in local offices and migrants take part as well. We have an important role as promoters and facilitators of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. You need us. Civil Society Finance for Development Group: Asian Pacific Forum speaking on illicit financial flows which has implications on marginalized communities. Key UN report recognizes tax avoidance by multinational corporations. Barron: work with local authorities and design institutions in accordance with the 21c with people at the center. Rodriquez: purpose of SDG 16 is the most cross cutting. We need to work deeply and developing systems of justice of legal empowerment with people at the center. Report stated that millions are excluded from access to justice. Janneh: need coordination of data of Africa Moderator: and for all areas of the world. Emanuel’s del Re: thanked all for level of awareness of the group. Need for reforms. 6:30 - 8:00 pm. “Strengthening public education and lifelong learning - Education and Academic Stakeholder Group”. UN Room A Moderators: Robert Napier, European Student Union digitalizing learning can leave many behind. Ricarda Motschilnig, www.menti.com code 25 67 20 responded to question on lifelong learning. One word on meaning of quality education. - shows the diversity of the meaning. Third question: How can we overcome financial gap for implementing SDG4? Opening remarks: Madeleine Zuniga, VP GCE Global Campaign for Education. Founding NGO on educational proposals and works on human rights. First issue was what is the meaning of quality education. For her: to become a real critical free thinker. Second issue is what is happening to public education? Is it at risk? Yes she said. It has less and less funding with cuts without explanation. Spotlight reports reveal that funding for education is going to security/guns/conflicts/war. Problem also of adequate distribution of education budgets. Great challenge is inclusion in education - not inclusive education which is usually related only to PWD who are often left behind. Reliable data is needed which is not easy to get. Must consider the people behind percentages. Need to complement quantitative measurement need qualitative assessment (UNESCO is considering this for SDG 4).
Katarina Popovic, Secretary General of the International Council for Adult Education ICAE and works at University of Belgrade “What is needed to unlock the full potentials of SDG4 - busting some myths”. She reviewed the answers of the 3: 1. Domestic mobilization is a myth for educational funding. Better financial planning is always needed; increasing education share of ODA is important. History of MDGs - education for all was part of it. 2005 thought that through education, we can solve many problems. She quoted World Bank director. Rich countries decided to increase investment in education. Analysis showed that about have of the money was invested to pay debts not for education. 45% was used to deal with natural disasters. Rest of the money was used for weapons. View is that countries have money but not efficient in collecting it as their own responsibility. Poor developing and LDC lose about $100 billion from tax dodging. ODA is about $50 million annually. UNESO financial gap of around $39 billion is 5-6 days of military spending. UN costs around 1.8% of the entire military budget. Resulting in increasing privatization of education. Question #2: against offering digitalization and online as the silver bullet for all educational programs. UNESCO hosted an event on AI for education (replace the teachers). Half of the world is not online mostly in global south and between young and older people. Truly transformative learning requires being taken out of our comfort zone and be guided with good teacher combined with libraries/new media. Question: test in Tanzania to come up with software that would run on any android device to help children learn. Two of the candidates met the goal. There are places without an alternative where teachers are not available. Comment: we find that students are losing nature focusing only on technology. We need technology and need the human link of teachers. Katarina: She believes in helpful technologies but not in easy solutions. Teachers and interactions can help teach values. Dr. Silvia Montoya UNESCO Director, Institute for Statistics and has taken a leadership around indicators for SDG 4 “More and better data - the way to make the case for education”. What kind of data is needed to monitor and to improve education? We have just launched a report on indicators. We have been mandated to ask about set of indicators. Getting survey information is useful. There is no regular collection of data in some countries - eg what are the struggles that they are facing? Need more household surveys. This costs. But think of how much money could be saved with better knowledge. We have 11 indicators. She is from Latin America and knows the real investment that is needed to build capacity to be able to create and use surveys. How can we get better data for enrollment without standard definitions of what is enrollment? Silvia: we are trying to standardize the definition. Question is about honesty in data especially in countries where data is collected in urban areas when majority are in rural areas? Silvia: difficult one. We do some cross checking. We work with universities and see if things are consistent.
Antonia Wulff Education International and an OP of Education & Research Major Group; focusing on SDG monitoring - Fostering equality through public education systems: the role of teachers. We represent about 32 million in about 400 unions. Over past year, tried to access Agenda 2030 as a whole. Challenges identified by teachers: 1. Growing privatization of more for profit actors and of support services and of content of education beginning with teacher education (Dubai is a large player in Argentina) and generally highjacking of expertise of what works in education 22. Narrow understanding of quality and the core of education eg literacy and numeracy being primary indicator; ever growing pressure for standardized tests limiting time spent on other than core subjects. 23. Teacher and support services’ experiences - eg right of them to determine how they teach is shrinking and politicization of teaching eg around climate change or evolution and a question of working conditions. For profit tend to depend on exploitation of teachers. Example from Mexico in secondary schools about 50% in primary schools work on an hourly basis. Change in labor relations and ability to join a union and right to strike. Who are the experts in education. Teachers and unions find themselves sidelined in decision making. Robert: often teachers are trained to deal with all types of students. Question: in Europe, we have huge number of schools in hands of parents and community based. Case of for profit schools where teachers may have good working conditions but are not following state curricula. Response: schools should be run by public authorities to regulate quality in line with national standards. Stephen with Libraries rep: How do we show broader values that cannot be measure so easily eg critical thinking? Response: unionize. Teachers would opt for using their favorite ways of teaching but administrators might not approve. Response: need to find allies. Asked about the issue of censorship eg in Brazil stimulating students tape their teachers and send them and inform on them. Or teachers being asked to film students..and how are dealing with this? Response: we do get reports like this. Katarina: from another side at some US universities - students are taping teachers re if they might hurt someone; funding for research can be cut. Manos Antoninis , Director of Global Education Monitoring Report; worked with Oxford Management Consultant; worked in many projects in education - “Building Inclusion: Migration, displacement and education”. What kind of data is collected for the report? It is more of an art than a science. We are like bees collecting interesting things globally. Themes change each year. Data is both quantitative as well as qualitative. Meeting Commitments is this year’s theme. Beyond Commitments looked at qualitative data via a questionnaire to countries about what education means for them and what are flagship policies they have vis-a-vis SDGs. Organized around a framework beyond the average; beyond access; basics; schooling, education, countries (sharing). Key messages: 1. We identified clear lack of definition of lifelong learning 24. Consequence of not enough data, what is missed it is an unequal as lifelong learning benefits those who already have education.
Migration and displaced peoples are most at risk of those being left behind. We covered internal migration which effect education and national/international migration and displacement. Education can help manage these population movements. We have a set of 7 recommendations on ensuring right to education for all. Helping teachers deal with diversity of these students. Financing issues. Question: How do we grow the next generation to replace us? What we are seeing is polarizing of values. Lifelong learning is more learner driven. How will you involve more teachers? Ministry of Education is administration. Response from Manos: polarization of values - World Bank survey have been trying to find common approach; not always successful. In last gender report last week, we analyzed questions on girls education - more in school than boys but many value boys to be in school than girls. Lot of pressure from donors to change policies at the national level which is a lot to ask of 20 people. Having direct contact with teachers and students - we collaborate with Education International and a youth representative as our resources are limited. Chris works for UK teachers union: key role of teachers to bring experience of what works or doesn’t. Teachers must be involved in teacher training via their unions. Katarina: working with UNESCO about coming up with indicators to measure adult literacy. Zuniga: every issue is linked. Looking at cycles of life but within, there are great differences. Must be careful that numbers can hide truths. We need numbers for planning/budgets. We are fighting for the right of education. She has always enjoyed her work as a teacher of students of all ages. Many teachers always are migrants; often not recognized as professionals.