1. Session 2: The SDG Agenda: No-one left behind

2. Outline The origin and goals of the SDGs Comparing the MDGs and SDGs
The implications of the EFGR dimensions
Tailoring the SDG evaluation to the national contexts.

3. SDGs

4. 2030 Agenda/SDGs

5. 1. The origin and goals of the SDGs
A new world vision – the world we want
The principle of universality
The challenge of the country-driven focus
Prioritizing gender equality and women’s empowerment
The focus on social inclusion
The SDG agenda is a political agenda

6. No one left behind!

7. From MDGs to SDGs Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2000-2015)
Goal 3:  Promote gender equality and empower women
Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Target 5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
Target 5.B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
Sustainable Development Goals ( )
Goal 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”
9 targets, 14 indicators addressing  multiple concerns (none covered in the MDG framework)
Around 34% (58 out of 169) of Targets explicitly or implicitly address GE & EWG
Strong emphasis on disaggregation, including by sex and other relevant characteristics to capture intersecting inequalities (TG 17.18; para 74.g)

8. 2. Comparing the SDGs and the MDGs
Universality
Sustainability
Complementarities among all SDGs
Cross-cutting SDGs
Gender
Equality
Gender: focus on underlying causes of inequality – not just measuring targets
A normative focus

9. Comparing SDGs and MDGs [continued]
Moving beyond aggregate gender and equality indicators indicators:
Inequality within and between countries
Barriers to achieving gender equality
Understanding the complex mechanisms of social control
“Were any groups left behind”
Focus on gaps between most vulnerable and the poor
Evaluations will be designed, implemented and used in a participatory way

10. 3. The implications of the EFGR dimensions
More in-depth and broader focus on gender
Requiring innovative methodologies combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies
Broader social systems analysis required
Gender and equality defined as cross-cutting themes
New and more complex methodologies required
Need to identify gender and equality dimensions of every SDG
Commitment to a participatory focus
Implications for who owns the evaluations, how they are organized, disseminated and used

11. 4. Tailoring the SDG evaluations to national, sub-national and local contexts
UNDG has prepared a useful guidance note on tailoring the Agenda for sustainable development to the national context which also provides some general guidance on how to develop country M&E systems. The guidance proposes a 4 step process:
Reviewing existing strategies and plans and identifying required areas of change
Making initial recommendations to the leadership of the national government
Setting nationally relevant targets
Formulating strategies and plans using systems thinking

12. Resources
Sustainable Development Goals Evaluating SDGs with an equity-focused and gender-responsive lens INSERT LINK