Week 8 : Roles of Institution for Sustainable Development

 

Assalamualaikum wbt,

alhamdulillah, we're back after mid-semester break. In this session, Prof. Dr. Suhaimi explains to us about the roles of institutions for sustainable development. The roles that we discussed are the roles of global and national institutions, the roles of local institutions, and the roles of individuals in achieving SDGs.

1. The roles of global and national institutions

-achieving SDG 17, SDG 17 refers to Partnership and Goals to the need for cross-sector and cross-country collaboration in pursuit of all the goals by the year 2030. The need to call for countries to align policies and determine visions to improve more equitable trade, such as coordinated investment initiatives. To sum up, it is about streamlining and strengthening cooperation between nation-states using SDGs as a shared framework and shared vision.

-Global Initiatives

UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) serves as a high-level forum for decision-making and joint policy formation.

2. After that, the Lecturer shows us the logo or symbols of UN entities and asks us if we acknowledge or recognise some of it. For me, I just recognise (UNESCO) because the agency is active in promoting education, culture, and heritage preservation worldwide.

Roles according to a descending hierarchy

International level-cooperation between countries, international institutions must generate multilateral agreements as well as create frameworks

National level- direct regulation focused on SD, laws concerning specific ecological aspects, and prepare a national-level plan

Regional level- preparing a regional level plan, implementing a regional development strategy, and implementing laws regarding SD

Local level- local level cooperation, sustainable spatial planning, addressing SD based on local specificities and problems, as well as attracting funding.

3. Key points  of implementing the SDGs

-institutional framework- national SDG council, chaired by Prime Minister, set the national agenda & prepare reporting to UNHLPF

-policy framework - clear direction for the implementation of the SDGs, crafting a project in support of both the national and SDG agenda

-monitoring and evaluation- SDG Progress monitoring system, SDG portal

-financing mechanisms- sufficient funds to implement the SDG

-training and advocacy- good understanding by stakeholders, communication, education, and public awareness

-report

Roles of Local Institutions

-taking into account subnational contexts in the achievement of the 2030 agenda

-provide a framework for local development policy based on SDGs.