http://www.sdgfund.org/first-year-and-first-outcomes-sustainable-development-goals By Paloma Durán, Director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is celebrating its first anniversary. Adopted by all Member States during the United Nations General Assembly last year, it includes a set of 17 Sustainable...
Read MoreHow is the “integrated and indivisible” nature of the Sustainable Development Goals being translated into action by national governments? Over nearly four years of drafting and negotiation, involving the largest public consultation process ever undertaken, United Nations member states defined and then agreed on “the Future We Want.” The agreement includes 17...
Read MoreHEALTH experts have warned that Zimbabwe might fail to achieve its health sustainable development goal (SDG) targets as long as funding for the health sector remains below 15% of the national budget. by VENERANDA LANGA Itai Rusike, executive director of Community Working Group on Health (CWGH), said there was need to increase the health sector budget next year to...
Read MoreZimbabwe has begun to put in place strategies for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By David Okello THE right to health includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable health care of appropriate quality. Entitlements to such rights include the right to a system of health protection that gives everyone an equal opportunity to enjoy...
Read MoreFive consideration’s for national evaluation agendas informed by the SDGs http://deliver2030.org/?p=7070 POSTED BY: B.TRITTON@ODI.ORG.UK SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 The following is taken from EVALSDGs‘ briefing paper, Five considerations for national evaluation agendas informed by the SDGs Each country sets its own national agenda and strategy within the broad...
Read MoreSo … What are Sustainable Development Goals ?? Sustainable Development Goals are a set of 17 ambitious goals to improve livelihood , abbreviated as SDGs these are a universal set of goals, targets and indicators that UN member states will be expected to use to frame their agendas and political policies over the next 15 years. Hence the hash tag #agenda2030...
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