INTEGRATING THE SDG s INTO NATIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
The 2030 Agenda calls for a new approach in planning, delivery, monitoring and reporting for development, but there is no one-size-fits-all on how to better align and integrate the 2030 Agenda into national development policies and programmes.
When looking into the case study countries, it was observed that both have started integrating the SDGs into their national socio-economic development frameworks, but this is still an ongoing process.
For instance, Lao PDR reported in 2016 that nearly 60% of the indicators in its eighth five-year National Socio-Economic Development Plan 2016–2020 (8th NSEDP) were linked to SDGs. 24 After integrating the SDGs into the M&E framework of the 8th NSEDP, Lao PDR aims to integrate the remaining ones in the future 9th and 10th NSEDPs. 25 The 8th NSEDP contains multiple references to unexploded ordnance (UXO), and UXO clearance and victim assistance are integrated into performance indicators and targets. 26 The draft 9th NSEDP, currently under review, includes UXO with its own output. 27 It is worth mentioning that all ten existing sectoral working groups of the National Round Table Process in Lao PDR, 28 including the UXO Sector Working Group, 29 provided inputs in formulating the 9th NSEDP, which indicates a strong inclusive and participatory approach in planning. 30 Regarding development plans in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Strategic Framework for BiH (2015) mentions that mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs) are a threat “to the safety, health and lives of civil population and an obstacle to social and economic development at national and local level”. 31 The Framework considers demining of agricultural land and rural areas as one of three measures to improve conservation and efficient use of natural resources. 32 As part of the nationalisation process, BiH conducted a number of SDG consultations in May 2018 and undertook other analytical and technical SDG efforts including the development of a UN Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA), 33 SDG Dashboards, 34 UN Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support (MAPS), 35 Imagine 2030 Workshops, and a high-level SDG conference, amongst others. 36 In addition, between 2018 and 2019, dedicated sessions were organised for state level institutions, the Republika Srpska institutions, Brcko District and for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The sessions were aimed at informing and engaging relevant stakeholders in the process of the voluntary national review (VNR) and at creating the SDG framework document. 37 However, the level of participation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre (BHMAC) was very limited in the nationalisation processes. 38 In spite of the progress and the activities conducted so far, SDG nationalisation in BiH is not yet complete, due to the country’s complex administrative set-up. In this regard, the institutional ownership of the SDGs “remains a work in progress”, 39 but the VNR provides a detailed description of how the government will operationalise SDGs through their strategic documents. 40 BiH stated that strategic documents at various levels of government will be used to integrate agreed targets for reaching the 2030 Agenda. 41 At the country level, the Strategic Framework for the Institutions of BiH (which the Council of Ministers of BiH is committed to develop) will integrate the SDGs, allowing BiH’s institutions to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs. 42 With the understanding that nationalisation efforts are still in progress, the following section analyses the extent to which mine action has already been incorporated within national SDG frameworks, with the aim of identifying the pending steps for the full inclusion of the sector.
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