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Our collective commitment to the 17 Global Goals is our most important defense inensuring that the benefits of our modernizing world are shared among all nations and peopleand not just by the privileged few. These goals are intended to serve the interest of everywoman, man, and child on our planet. And that means that achieving these goals is up to allof us. This has to be an international movement—a coming together of people and a rallyingaround a common cause on a global scale. I believe that UNESCO, through its specializedexpertise in education, the sciences, culture, communication and information, is very wellpositioned to support countries in making these Global Goals a reality for all.Forest WhitakerUNESCO Special Envoy for peace and reconciliation,United Nations Sustainable Development Goals AdvocateUnited NationsEducational, Scientific andCultural OrganizationSustainableDevelopmentGoalsUNESCO movingforward the 2030 Agendafor Sustainable DevelopmentUNESCO Task Force on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmenthttp://en.unesco.org/sdgsUnited NationsEducational, Scientific andCultural OrganizationSustainableDevelopmentGoals
1Foreword bythe Director-General4UNESCO’s two globalpriorities: GenderEquality & Africa8Inclusive qualityeducation and lifelonglearning for all14Understand socialtransformations forpeaceful, inclusive andright-based societies2Introduction5UNESCO supportsthe data revolutionacross the SDGs10Harness science,technology,innovation andknowledge16Culture as adriver and enablerfor sustainabledevelopment3The principles of the2030 Agenda6UNESCO’s directcontribution to nine SDGs12Protect and sustainablymanage the ocean18Freedom of expressionand universal access toinformation and knowledge Christian Mueller / Shutterstock UNESCO, 2017Published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, FranceThis publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be boundby the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open- access/terms-use-ccbysa-en).The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of anyopinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of itsauthorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.The publication was prepared by the Bureau of Strategic Planning/Section for Cooperation with the UN System, with valuablecontributions from all programme sectors, the Africa Department, the Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO’s Institute forStatistics, the Office of External Relations and Public Information and the Office of the Director-General.BSP-2017/WS/1 – CLD 3509.16UNESCO Task Force on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmenthttp://en.unesco.org/sdgs
Foreword by the Director-GeneralThe United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its17 Sustainable Development Goals, sets forth a bold new framework fordevelopment cooperation over the next 15 years. This agenda aspiresto ensure prosperity and well-being for all women and men, whileprotecting our planet and strengthening the foundations for peace.The Sustainable Development Goals represent the most universal,ambitious and comprehensive agenda ever seen, to leave no one behind.This is a paradigm shift that requires us all to act in new ways. All17 Sustainable Development Goals are connected – this places apremium on comprehensive approaches, on partnership, on linkingpolices and action. Moving forward, the Agenda must build on nationalownership and on the mobilization of effective action and resources atthe national, regional and global level. UNESCOUNESCO isbringing all itsweight to supportingcountries throughnew, innovativeand integratedapproaches to reachthe goals they set forthemselves Inclusivity, integration, and universality -- these are the hallmarks of thenew agenda. Soft power is essential to taking it forward.This is the importance of UNESCO’s universal mandate to contributeto the “building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainabledevelopment and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences,culture, communication and information.” Human rights and dignityare the starting point of the Organization’s action – and the criteriafor assessing its results, with a focus on the most disadvantaged andexcluded groups, as well as countries and segments of societies furthestbehind. UNESCO mainstreams specific interventions for youth, LeastDeveloped Countries, Small Island Developing States, and marginalizedsocial and ethnic groups, including indigenous peoples and localcommunities, while giving global priority to promoting gender equalityand to supporting countries in Africa in all of its programmes. TheOrganization also places emphasis on action with countries in conflictand crisis, or affected by disasters, to build resilience.UNESCO is bringing all its weight to supporting countries throughnew, innovative and integrated approaches to reach the goals theyset for themselves – from advancing inclusive quality education forall to promoting integrated water resources management, oceansustainability and protection of biodiversity, from advancing sustainablecities, deepening social inclusion, mitigating and adapting to climatechange, to preventing violent extremism and ‘cultural cleansing’ anddefending freedom of expression and media development.Data is vital to all this. The Organization is responsible for collecting anddisseminating data on the global and thematic indicators needed forthe review and follow-up of many of these goals. While focusing on the9 Sustainable Development Goals that have direct relevance to UNESCO’smandate – the Organization’s action will impact across all new goals.To support countries in embedding the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals into national plans and budgets, and support follow up andreview, UNESCO is acting across the board. This starts with providingdemand-driven, evidence-based normative and policy advice in itsareas of competence and delivering capacity building, includingon data collection and analysis. It includes also convening multistakeholder partnerships, and supporting South-South and NorthSouth-South cooperation. I have created a dedicated Task Force onthe 2030 Agenda, to ensure sharp, effective and coordinated action forcountries as they take forward, implement and review the new agenda.Accelerating momentum towards the Sustainable Development Goalsis a human rights imperative, a development imperative, and a peaceimperative – this is about delivering on the collective promise wemade, as the United Nations, as Governments, as the wider public,to build a better future for all. It is our responsibility now to meetexpectations, to do everything to translate promises into reality. This isUNESCO’s pledge – now, and in the years to come.Irina BokovaDirector General of UNESCOUNESCO moving forward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development1
IntroductionUNESCO actively contributed to the shaping of the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development – adopted by the UN General Assemblyin 2015 – drawing on its humanist mandate, and mobilizing all of itspartners and stakeholders. Designed as an agenda of the people, by thepeople and for the people, it highlights the vital importance of humancapacities, skills and knowledge to adapt and respond to the challengesand opportunities of the present and the future, many of which arestill unknown. It places national ownership and support at the countrylevel as a cornerstone for its successful implementation. Building uponthe achievements and lessons learned of the Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs), it seeks to address their unfinished business.The 2030 Agenda is a universal roadmap that is strategically linked tothe Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris ClimateChange Agreement, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the QuitoDeclaration on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All.The 2030 Agenda gives new impetus to UNESCO’s actions at the global,regional and national levels. It gives pride of place to the fundamentalcontribution of quality, inclusive education at all levels and to theimportance of lifelong learning opportunities for all (SDG 4).2 UN Photo / Mark Garten / FlickrIt breaks new ground in acknowledging the growing importance ofscience, technology and innovation (STI) for sustainable development(SDG 9). It contains ambitious goals in the areas of freshwater (SDG 6),biodiversity (SDG 15), the ocean (SDG 14), and climate change(SDG 13), which are major priorities for the Organization. It recognizesthe role of public access to information and the safety of journalistsin accelerating development opportunities and in promoting goodgovernance and the rule of law (SDG 16). It promotes culture, throughheritage and creativity, as a key enabler of sustainable development.It acknowledges the value of creating inclusive, safe, resilient andsustainable cities, and contains targets on the preservation of naturaland cultural heritage (SDG 11), as well as on the recovery and returnof stolen assets (SDG 16), which also include the illicit trafficking ofcultural objects. It upholds a vision of just, peaceful, equitable andinclusive societies recognizing the value of knowledge, heritage anddiversity. It promotes human rights and has a strong focus on genderequality (SDG 5).UNESCO is transforming the way it works to effectively supportMember States in the delivery of the 2030 Agenda, including throughexpanding its multi-stakeholder partnerships; transitioning towards a‘structured financing dialogue’ to support comprehensive, integratedparticipatory planning on financing priorities and needs; workingin close partnership with the UN system at large in delivering on the2030 Agenda; and improving public access to quality data aboutits work as a key component of its commitment to strengtheningtransparency and accountability. The Director General’s dedicated TaskForce on the 2030 Agenda also plays a key role in ensuring UNESCO’ssharp, effective and coordinated action to support countries with theimplementation and review of the Agenda.UNESCO is actively contributing to the implementation of the2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development drawing on its humanistmandate, and mobilizing all of its partners and stakeholders.
The principles of the 2030 AgendaThe 2030 Agenda provides a new frameworkfor development cooperation over the next15 years. It is the point of reference for allnew national development strategies andplans. It has considerable importance for theentire United Nations system, including forUN specialized agencies like UNESCO. TheOrganization will continue to actively participatein UN-wide efforts to improve coherence andcoordination within the UN system.It will also continue to play an active role in thefollow-up and review processes at the globallevels and, as appropriate, at the regional andnational levels.UNESCO is embedding the principles of the2030 Agenda into all of its programmes:› Sustainable development: the 2030Agenda is first and foremost about shiftingthe world on to a sustainable and resilientpath. UNESCO is supporting countries inmaking this transformative change, throughits work to ensure that all learners have theskills and knowledge they need to becomeresponsible, green, global citizens; to advancescience, technology and innovation for thedevelopment of sustainable solutions tomitigate and adapt to climate change and otherglobal challenges; to expand access to ICTs topromote socio-economic development; and toensure that culture is integrated into sustainabledevelopment strategies so that they are relevant,effective and adapted to local contexts.› Universality and interdependence: the2030 Agenda is a universal agenda, reflecting achanging world and a new appreciation for thegrowing complexity and interconnectednessof development challenges reaching beyondborders, which need to be addressed in anintegrated, coordinated and coherent manner;it emphasizes that developed countries canno longer achieve sustainable developmentwithout commensurate progress in developingcountries and vice versa.› Inclusivity (“leaving no onebehind”): the new Agenda is deeplycommitted to inclusivity (“leaving no-onebehind”), including ending poverty in all itsforms and reducing poverty within and amongcountries; it requires giving highest priority tosupport LDCs and those in conflict and otherspecial development situations.› Rights-based: the 2030 Agenda is a rightsbased agenda, which commits to realizing thehuman rights of all and mainstreaming genderequality and the empowerment of women andgirls across all of the Goals and targets; it placesemphasis on the role of support to policy andnormative work for the achievement of the2030 Agenda.› Inequalities: the 2030 Agenda recognizesthe importance of addressing rising inequalities.UNESCO supports countries in addressinginequalities through its work to promotequality, inclusive education for all; narrow thescience and knowledge gaps between andwithin countries; close the digital divide; anddevelop inclusive public policies that promotesocial inclusion and intercultural dialogue. TheUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) also collectsand shares disaggregated data related to theOrganization’s areas of expertise.› National ownership: the 2030 Agendais first and foremost about the nationalownership of the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, which are incorporated into nationalplanning processes, policies and strategies.Supporting national ownership of the SDGs willbe a fundamental task for UNESCO. In doing so,UNESCO will adapt its support to the specificand diversified needs of its Member States,taking into account the increased diversificationof the capacity of Member States, in particularin emerging Middle Income Countries (MICs).› Integration and interlinkages: the2030 Agenda recognizes that sustainabledevelopment strategies should respondin an integrated manner to the complexchallenges of today. UNESCO is approachingthe implementation of the 2030 Agenda inan integrated manner across all its areas ofcompetence (education, natural sciences, socialand human sciences, culture, communicationand information), capitalizing on itsmultidisciplinary expertise and intersectoralmandate. It is also taking an integratedapproach across its modalities of work by moreclosely interlinking its normative and countrylevel operational work and supporting closerintegration across the pillars of the UnitedNation’s work, including the recent push forstronger humanitarian-development linkages.› Peace, intercultural understanding,global citizenship: Critically for UNESCO,the 2030 Agenda recognizes that “sustainabledevelopment cannot be achieved withoutpeace and security” and commits to interculturalunderstanding, mutual respect, and “an ethicof global citizenship and shared responsibility”.Under SDG 16, it commits the internationalcommunity to preventing all forms of violenceand to promoting peaceful, just and inclusivesocieties free from fear and violence, withaccountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.› Crisis, conflicts and disasters: theAgenda stresses the need to pay greaterattention to the special needs of the countrieswhich are in conflict and crisis situations – 33 oftoday’s 49 least-developed countries, witha population of almost 900 million – and toaddress the protracted nature of crises in manyhumanitarian and conflict-affected settings, aswell as building the resilience of the poor andof those in vulnerable situations, by reducingtheir exposure and liability to climate-relatedextreme events. It is committed to bridging thehumanitarian-development divide.› Knowledge, science, technology andinnovation (STI): the new Agenda recognizesthe importance of fully harnessing STI andInformation and Communication Technologies(ICT) for sustainable development, as well asthe need to build human capacity, skills andknowledge, including through quality educationfor all throughout life; STI, access to information,and the provision of quality data across all goals.› Multi-stakeholder partnerships: the2030 Agenda has placed a clear premium onpartnerships and on integration and integratedapproaches. UNESCO will play a significant role inits domains as the convener, broker, facilitator andimplementer of multi-stakeholder partnershipsin support of the 2030 Agenda, and it will alsosupport South-South and North-South-Southcooperation to implement the SDGs. Similarly,UNESCO is also pursuing the development of astructured financing dialogue, which should alsohelp in designing multi-partner approaches.UNESCO moving forward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development3
UNESCO’s two global prioritiesAFRICAContributing to SDG 5 onGender EqualityUNESCO recognizes gender equalityand the empowerment of women andgirls as one of its two global priorities.The Organization is mainstreaminggender equality in all of its programmesto support the implementation ofthe 2030 Agenda. This includespromoting girls’ and women’s education;promoting women in science, especially in decision-making levels and in relation towater management; promoting safe access for girls and women to drinking water andadequate sanitation; promoting women as agents of social transformations; promoting thefull participation of women in cultural life, and promoting women in the media and theempowerment of women through ICTs. UNESCO is also combating violence against womenin all its forms, including school-related gender-based violence and gender-based violencein emergencies. All these areas contribute to the implementation of SDG 5. UNESCO alsosupports countries in mainstreaming gender equality across all of the SDGs, includingthrough the collection of sex-disaggregated data. It also provides guidance on advancinggender equality and empowerment of women in all of UNESCO’s fields of competence. Inthis context, UNESCO is strengthening its multi-stakeholder partnerships with other UNentities, as well as national and local partners, including civil society, the private sector andacademia to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda.4UNESCO’s Operational Strategy for PriorityAfrica is aligned with the 2030 Agendafor Sustainable Development, which inturn integrates fully the 2063 Agenda ofthe African Union. Moreover, UNESCO’sOperational Strategy for Priority Africais in line with Africa’s official position forthe 2030 Agenda, namely the CommonAfrican Position (CAP), which focuseson six pillars: (i) structural economictransformation and inclusive growth;(ii) science, technology and innovation;(iii) people-centered development; (iv) environmentalsustainability, natural resources management anddisaster risk management; (v) peace and security; and (vi)finance and partnerships, which are all part of the SDGs.This strategic alignment will enable UNESCO to increasethe scope of its action in and for Africa, and to improvethe commitment of its sectors, institutes and specialized networks, as well as themobilization of external actors, including strategic and financial partners. Africa being aGlobal Priority for UNESCO, the programme related to education, the sciences, culture,communication and information, further detailed in the brochure, will be implementedwith a special focus on African countries. The ability of UNESCO to work with a widearray of stakeholders in Africa will be an important comparative advantage for theimplementation of the 2030 Agenda, which promotes South-South and North-SouthSouth cooperation, both regionally and internationally. johavel / Shutterstock Stephane Bidouze / ShutterstockGENDER EQUALITY
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