EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as a common platform for policy development, planning, implementation, financing and reporting on progress towards the SDGs. For the mine actor sector, the 2030 Agenda provides a comprehensive framework to demonstrate and measure its role as a key enabler for sustainable development, humanitarian action, peace and security. 1 Moreover, it has the potential to support the mine action sector in setting the right objectives, and promoting more efficient, effective and sustainable outcomes. The universal nature of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs requires that each country adopts them based on their context, reflecting their national circumstances and priorities. With the aim of showcasing the value of connecting sustainable development and mine action at the national level, findings from this research include good practices and actionable insights to support ongoing SDG mainstreaming efforts within the mine action sector. Through case studies in two countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Lao PDR, the study examines the extent to which mine action efforts have been incorporated into national development planning and analyses the experience of national mine action authorities (NMAAs) in the use of the SDG framework across the different stages of their mine action programmes. The findings related to the integration of mine action in national SDG frameworks underpin how a consistent approach serves to foster coherence in planning efforts, allowing mine-affected countries to showcase the contributions of mine action to sustainable development.
THREE WAYS TO INTEGRATE MINE ACTION WITHIN SDG FRAMEWORKS
The research identified three concrete ways to better integrate mine action within national SDG frameworks:
• Establishing mine action-related targets and indicators within the nationalised SDGs.
Lao PDR included an additional national SDG 18 titled ‘Lives Safe from unexploded ordnance (UXO)’ which aims to “remove the UXO obstacle to national development” and includes specific targets and indicators. BiH has plans to create a national SDG 18 titled ‘Bosnia and Herzegovina mine free by 2030’ with a view to better aligning demining with the development agenda. The draft version of the SDG framework in BiH foresees the inclusion of the additional SDG 18 with three targets, addressing landmines and cluster munitions.
• Participating in the existing SDG institutional and coordination mechanisms.
As a result of their role in the SDG nationalization process, the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) was able to successfully integrate UXO as a cross-cutting theme in the SDGs. The participation of the NRA in all of the existing mechanisms translates into awareness raising opportunities, advocating for the sector in relevant fora. In the case of BiH, the research found that in spite of the different working groups for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the participation of the mine action sector is limited. This lack of sustained involvement in national SDG processes seems to be related to the complex administrative set-up in the county.
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