Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

1. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Presentation to the MDGR Technical Committee June 12, 2002- Beirut

2. What are the MDGs • MDGs summarize the development goals agreed in the Millennium Declaration (September 2000- 191 nations) • Time-bound and numerical targets can accelerate progress, based on premise they will trigger action and foster alliances

3. World Conference on Education for All World Summit for Children UN Conferences on the LDCs UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) International Conference on Nutrition World Conference on Human Rights Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing UN Conference on Human Settlements World Food Summit UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002 and others... IDGs derive from a series of world conferences and global summits of the 1990s

4. Mapping the MDGs • 8 goals • few in number • stable over time • easy to communicate • balance between S & N • 18 targets, 40+ indicators

5. The Goals: • Eradicate poverty and hunger • Achieve universal primary education • Promote gender equality and empower women • Reduce child mortality • Improve maternal health • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases • Ensure environmental sustainability • Develop a global partnership for development

6. Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

7. Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

8. Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

9. Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

10. Goal 5: Improve maternal health

11. Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

12. Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

13. Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability (cont’d)

14. Goal 8:Develop a Global Partnership for Development

15. Goal 8:Develop a Global Partnership for Development (cont’d)

16. MDG Reporting Principles • national ownership • capacity development • minimized cost and effort for monitoring progress

17. Purpose of MDG Reports • A tool for awareness raising and advocacy • Help focus national development debate on specific priorities • Build national capacity for monitoring and reporting on goals and targets • Common assessment, not wordy or complicated • Based on existing reports: National Development Plans, CCA, NHDR, PRSP, etc.

18. length & periodicity • based on existing reports • not analytical, not operational • not wordy, not complicated, short and concise (20-25 pages) • never part of conditionality • Every 2-3 years

19. Content • Dvpt context and country setting • For each goal • status of progress to date • major challenges • resources requirements • status at a glance • capacity for monitoring • Indicators • Other goals and targets • Gender, rural/urban desegregation

20. Constitution-MDGR Committee(s) • Government: • Ministries of Social Affairs, Environment, Health, Education, Economy & Trade • CDR, CAS, Prime Minister’s Office • Civil Society: • Collective des ONG/ANND • Lebanese ECOSOC 3. UN System: • UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, and UNESCO

21. ToRs- Advisory Group Providing overall direction and guidance and securing national ownership of the report: • setting national priorities regarding goals and indicators; • approving time frame for production of the report, • approving the outline of the MDGR, • identifying funds and mobilizing resources from the production and the MDGR; • guiding the work of the Technical Committee, including the drafting and publication of the MDGR

22. ToRs- Technical Committee Responsible for all technical aspects of the report: • selection of indicators; • data collection; • drafting of text; • ensuring stakeholder involvement/inputs in analysis; • final production; • overseeing translation and production • participation in national debates and events • design system for monitoring implementation

23. Checklist • Essential Preliminaries üDecision to produce a MDGR üDecision on periodicity of the MDGR üEstimation of cost of preparing, producing and disseminating the MDGR üIdentification of funding and resource mobilisation üEstablishment of institutional arrangements – üIdentification of data sources and quality

24. Checklist • Getting Started • Appointment of Advisory Group and technical committee • Drafting of preliminary outline • Decision on numerical targets and indicators based on the country context • Formulation of work plan and agreement on time-frame • Strategic consultations with all stakeholders

25. Checklist • Reportpreparation • Agreement on relevant material • Drafting of report • Quality control, technical review & editing • Incorporation of various comments and suggestions • Translation into Arabic/English • Preparation of press kits and dissemination material • Printing and publishing • Media launch and other presentations for information and debates

26. Checklist • Monitoring impact • Monitoring media coverage, public debates and policy reforms • Synopsis of users and uses • Recommendations for future reports • Effects on statistical data gathering, quality and analysis

27. Work plan Preparatory Stage (April- June 2002) • Nomination of UN Working Group and focal points • Meeting with the relevant governmental official(s) to obtain national buy-in for MDGR • Selection of “Advisory Group” and “Technical Committee” members • Convening first meeting of Technical Committee and Advisory Group to introduce MDGR • Finalization of plan of action, including profile/ custodianship of technical and financial inputs, accompanied by agreement on strategic/advocacy and outreach campaign

28. Work plan Drafting MDGR (July-September 2002) • Distribution on work per goal/indicator • Finalizing selection of targets and indicators • Selection of baseline data and benchmarks • Identifying data gaps and attempting to fill them • Collection of data and drafting of sections • Compilation and completion of first draft of report • Validation by policy experts/think tanks • Technical review by Advisory Group, experts, UN HQ, with stakeholder validation

29. Work plan Finalization of report (Oct-Nov 2002) • Finalization report text • Layout and design • Translation • Printing • Distribution • National workshop(s) to discuss MDGR • Establishment of mechanism for monitoring progress • Presentation/launch with Advisory Group through roundtables, press encounters, interviews, etc.

30. Agenda June 12, 2002 First Meeting of Technical Committee • Introduction to MDGs by UNDP • Discussion/adoption of work-plan • Distribution of tasks per goal/indicator • Deliverables for next meeting (selection of targets and indicators, selection of baseline data and benchmarks, identification of data gaps) • Date of next meeting (end June?)

31. Proposed lead agencies • Eradicate poverty and hunger (UNDP) • Achieve universal primary education (UNESCO) • Promote gender equality and empower women (UNDP) • Reduce child mortality (UNICEF) • Improve maternal health(UNFPA) • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (WHO) • Ensure environmental sustainability (UNDP) • Develop a global partnership for development (UNDP)