Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 105

 

  EAG          ISPE 

              ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                                          INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION              

(Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Organization)                                                        (Global NGO)             

     ER&A     NEHMAP Initiative

           ER and Associates Limited                                  New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty                   

(International Development Cooperation Consultants)                                       (Global Cooperatives Management Organization) 

                              

Sustainable Solutions to SDGs Challenge, COVID19 Challenge, Russia Ukraine Conflict Challenge and Climate Change Challenge Driven by Suggestions and Inputs for Improving Governments and UN Response to Implementing UN Secretary General’s SDGs Progress Report May 2022

 

Strengthening Governments and UN to Better Contribute Towards Rethinking

War on COVID-19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts;

War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity and Task to Achieve SDGs in

All Countries as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050, that is Race to Zero 2050 by end 2050 to avoid Imminent Perishing of our Fragile Planet

 

Let’s not fool ourselves. A COVID19 vaccine cannot undo damage that will stretch across years, even decades to come. Extreme poverty is rising; the threat of famine looms. It is time to reset. As we build a strong recovery, we must seize the opportunity for change.

UN Secretary General, H.E. Antonio Guteress Statement on 1 January 2021

Commendation

 

We commend the UN Secretary General on the advance release of the Secretary General’s SDGs Progress Report.

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf

 

The Report recommends actions to recover from the multiple and interlinked global crises we are facing – COVID19, Climate Crisis, Impact of Conflict in Ukraine and elsewhere, that are putting the very viability of achieving the SDGs by 2030 at great risk.

 

The Report recommends an urgent rescue effort is needed to rapidly change course grounded in a comprehensive global response to these interlinked global crises and a renewed commitment to multilateralism and international cooperation as called for in our Common Agenda.

 

Published in May 2022, the Report will inform discussions during the July 2022 Session of the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, HLPF.

 

Facing New Direction and Adopting New Priorities

 

We note the UN Secretary General has been working non-stop to advance policy relevant insights and that this latest Report is an all hands effort that shows the distinctive value of the UN’s Multi-Faceted Research.

 

It is pertinent to note that even before COVID19 and Russian Ukraine War, all North and South Countries had been Off Track achieving SDGs by end 2030 target date.

 

It is pertinent to note further that the UNDESA Global Online Consultation: SDGs under review at the 2022 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, HLPF Summary Report May 2022 coincide with the UN Secretary General’s SDG Progress Report May 2022.

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/hlpf_consultation_report_final.pdf

 

In view of the above, if the UN is to achieve increasing convergence between the Report’s Vision Intention and Reality, the UN’s Research need to shift from advancing policy relevant insights to advancing policy relevant results. This demands the UN face New Direction and adopt New Priorities.

Integrated Approach

It is pertinent to note that all North and South Countries are Off Track achieving SDGs by end 2030 target date; that it is no longer possible for all North and South Countries to achieve SDGs by end 2030 target date; that it is possible for all North and South Countries to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say by 2033 – 2035, if the UN System – United Nations Organization, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and World Tourism Organization face New Direction and adopt New Priorities and that COVID19 and Russian Ukraine War make Bad situation worse.

To achieve increasing convergence between the Report’s Vision Intention and Reality, the UN Secretary General and UN Security Council need to help UN System described above Deliver as One as well as help all North and South Countries to deploy Whole of Government, Whole of UN System and Whole of Society Approach linked to Whole of Community, Whole of Country, Whole of Bank and Whole of International Institutions Approach as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global location context towards achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say by 2033 – 2035, linked to achieving Race to Zero Emission 2050 by end 2050 target date.

We urge the UN Secretary General to invite UNDESA, UNEP, UNDP, FAO, ILO, UNESCO and UNICEF to Co Lead Design and Delivery of the Report’s Strategic Vision in all 193 UN Member States.

Key Drivers

This underline need for the UN System to Jointly Implement Structural and Policy Change Reforms needed to effectively Drive:-

1.       Paradigm Shifts from answering What Questions to answering How Questions; from Business as Usual to Business Unusual, from MDGs Mode to SDGs Mode etc.

2.       Ensuring Build Back Better, Build Back Greener, Build Back Fairer and Recover Better from COVID19.

3.       Leveraging further the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say by 2033 - 2035 and press forward to achieve Global Goals 2050, Race to Zero Emission by end 2050 target date.

4.       Mobilizing Domestic and International Action for Implementation of (1) – (3) in all 193 UN Member States

5.       Changing Attitude, Behavior and Mindsets of Domestic and International Stakeholders required to make a success of (4).

7 Overarching Mistakes

 

The points made in UN Secretary General’s SDG Progress Report May 2022 and UNDESA Global Online Consultation: SDGs under review at the 2022 HLPF Summary Report May 2022, underline the fact that achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date greatly depends on All UN System Entities – Headquarters, Regional Offices, Country Offices and Sub-Country Offices and All Arms of All Tiers of Government in Nigeria genuinely appreciating the existence of 7 Overarching Mistakes and genuinely recognizing Joint Need to Speedily Resolve and in Urgent Global Interest the 7 Overarching Mistakes identified from NEHMAP/EAG Research findings. These are:-

1.      Omitting Step 1 How to Get DONE What Stakeholders / World Leaders have AGREED to Get DONE - Original UN Charter Vision; World Transformation Agenda Vision - SDGs, AAAA, COP21, Agenda 21 Rio and Rio + 20; Race to Zero 2050 before operating in Step 2 - Getting DONE or DOING What Stakeholders / World Leaders have agreed to DO or Get DONE as listed.

2.      Deploying Multiple Approaches to Operate in Step 2 some or many of which are Divergent or Contradictory rather than First Agreeing One Worldwide Approach that is Sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious such as 3PCM that is Not One Cap Fit All but Common Agreement and a Generic One Worldwide Approach that is Integral Part of Step 1 and effectively deployed as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

https://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2019/03/3pcm-benefits-focused-one-worldwide.html   3PCM One Worldwide Approach

3.      All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Silos in Step 2 while omitting Step 1 rather than All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Synergy in Step 1 and then Pressing Forward to Step 2.

4.      Lack of Domestic and Global Central Coordination of National and Global Development Cooperation Radical / Fundamental and Rapid / Fast Change adequate to achieve all Global Goals agreed by World Leaders built upon All UN and All Governments Agreeing Step 1 before Pressing forward to operate in Step 2 as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

5.      Lack of UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation as One that is Central Driver of Domestic and Global Central Coordination in (4).

6.      Lack of meaningful Involvement of Original Ideas Creators who are State Actors and Non State Actors; UN Innovators and Non UN Innovators who through their unadulterated struggle and commitment use their God given Talents to seek True Sustainable: Development, Diplomacy, Peace, Unity, Defense, Security, Equality, Opportunities, Justice and Dignity underlining Initiatives in (1) - (5). 

7.      Lack of Domestic and Global Communication Strategy meaningfully Supporting  Multi Stakeholder Partnership as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context supporting Initiatives in (1) - (6). 

As long as these 7 Overarching Mistakes are not speedily corrected, our World will continue in increasing acceleration on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM resulting in governments inability to deliver New Social Contract at National level and New Global Deal at Global level leading to possible Perishing our Fragile Planet at worst and Global Depression taking Generation(s) to Reverse at best.

The good ideas in the UN Reports, including the Secretary General’s SDGs Progress Report and UNDESA Global Online Consultation: SDGs under review at the 2022 HLPF Summary Report highlighted above and many more, will remain mere good ideas, if our World does not speedily Change Course to correct the 7 Overarching Mistakes and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM.

New Partnership Strategy

                           

Some UN Reports identified need for a Whole of Society Approach and some UN Reports identified need for Whole of Government Approach and Holistic Approach

 

Whole of Society Approach and Whole of Government Approach cannot be successfully Implemented without simultaneously Implementing Whole of UNO, United Nations Organization; Whole of UN System – UNO, World Bank Group, WBG; International Monetary Fund, IMF, World Trade Organization – WTO Trade, World Tourism Organization – WTO Tourism; Whole of Community, Whole of Country; Whole of University; Whole of Institution; Whole of International Institutions; Whole of Bank and Whole of Financial Institutions Approach Driving Correct Diagnosis, Correct Prescription, Correct Surgery and Correct Recovery Management as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

 

This Integrated Approach will be complemented by:-

1.      New Partnership Strategy with the Private Sector

2.      New Partnership Strategy with Consultants

3.      New Partnership Strategy with CSOs

4.      New Partnership Strategy with Cooperatives

5.      New Partnership Strategy with Government Entities

6.      New Partnership Strategy with Donor Agencies and International Institutions

7.      New Partnership Strategy with Traditional Institutions, Religious Institutions and Media Institutions

8.      New Partnership Strategy with Universities and Higher Education Institutions

 

These Partnership Strategies will be complemented by Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs and CSOs Strategy Group on SDGs, as well as Universities and Higher Education Advisory Group on SDGs and Social and Solidarity Economy / Cooperatives Advisory Group on SDGs.

New National and International Reform Program

The ongoing Reforms at National and International levels are not sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious to put all 193 UN Member States On Track to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say 2033 - 2035 and Press Forward to achieve Global Goals 2050, Race to Zero Emissions by end 2050 target date.

This underlines the urgent need for UN Secretary General to facilitate Design and Delivery of New National Reform Program that covers all Arms of all Tiers of Government in all 193 UN Member States, that is sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious.

The Integrated Approach described above need to be effectively deployed to help achieve increasing convergence between New National Reform Program Vision Intention and Reality with special focus on Whole of:-

1.      Agriculture and Cooperatives

2.      Peace and Security

3.      Health and Wellbeing

4.      Education and Entrepreneurship

5.      Governance and Partnerships

6.      Climate Change and Environment

7.      Attitudinal Change and Behavioral Change

8.      Public Sector Reform and International Institutions Reform

9.      Anti Corruption and Integrity

10.  Development Cooperation and Development Evaluation

The Flagship Intervention in the New National Reform Program is New Agriculture and Cooperatives Project covering Crops, Forestry, Livestock, Fisheries and Aquaculture: Pre Harvest, Harvest and Post Harvest Initiatives and Cooperatives Primary Society, Secondary Union and Tertiary Central Society Initiatives.

The Implementation Framework will be kick started in Pilot Program and Scale Up Program.

The Pilot Program will have Orientation Workshop; Technical Surveys – Management, Engineering and Financial Surveys. The Orientation Workshop and Technical Surveys Outcome Document Reports Conclusions and Recommendations will be Implemented with effective Monitoring and Evaluation of this Implementation.

The Pilot Program Implementation Report and Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Report will feed into kick starting the Scale Up Program.

UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation 

UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation Driving Structural and Policy Change as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and  Global location context is One of the Master Keys for Design and Delivery of SDGs Implementation and Integration Initiatives Driving Unprecedented National and Global Response to Unprecedented National and Global Crises.

Life Long Education and Life Long Entrepreneurship

Life Long Education and Life Long Entrepreneurship Driving Structural and Policy Change as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and  Global location context is One of the Master Keys for Design and Delivery of SDGs Implementation and Integration Initiatives Driving Unprecedented National and Global Response to Unprecedented National and Global Crises.

International Dimension

The Governments of all 193 UN Member States need to more constructively engage the UNGA, United Nations General Assembly; UN FfD, United Nations Finance for Development; UN ECOSOC DCF, Development Cooperation Forum; UN HLPF, High Level Political Forum and Development Partners Group to more effectively support SDGs Implementation and Integration as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

The Technical Partnerships with UN Agencies; Regional Institutions like Africa Union, AU and European Union, EU and Political Grouping of Countries like OECD need to be Reinforced to better support SDG Implementation and Integration as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context. In this regard Accelerator Labs and Innovation Units have Central Roles to Play.

The National and International Dimensions of SDG Implementation and Integration as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context real and complex problems on the ground need to be effectively tackled within Whole of UNDP, Whole of UNO – United Nations Organization and Whole of UN System – UNO; World Bank Group, WBG; International Monetary Fund, IMF; World Trade Organization, WTO – Trade and World Tourism Organization, WTO – Tourism Delivery as One.

This Delivery as One Framework will involve National and International State Actors and Non State Actors Working Together to Succeed Together and Benefit Together addressing the 7 Overarching Mistakes and Obeying UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Clarion Call to Reset our World before it is too late to avoid looming National and Global Colossal Catastrophe in Nigeria, Africa; UK, Europe; US, China and rest of the World.

 

In Sum,

 

The UN Secretary General’s SDGs Progress Report and UNDESA Global Online Consultation: SDGs under review at the 2022 HLPF Summary Report contain many good ideas, which fully implemented will result in all 193 UN Member States achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say by 2033 - 2035 and press forward to achieve Global Goals 2050, Race to Zero Emissions by end 2050 target date.

 

It is no longer possible to achieve SDGs by end 2030 target date. It is possible to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030, say by 2033 – 2035, if the Right Actions are taken and without further delay. Ultimate consequences of failure to achieve SDGs will be catastrophic for our fragile Planet.

 

However, to move the SDGs Progress Report and Global Online Consultation Summary Report from Words to Action; UN System and all 193 UN Member States need to consider Facing New Direction and Adopting New Priorities towards Mainstreaming Acceleration and Policy Support to Drive required Structural and Policy Change as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

 

COVID19 rapidly closing short window of opportunity, to Build Back Better, Build Back Greener, Build Back Fairer and Recover Better need to be utilized by UN System and all 193 UN Member States. To achieve this UN System and all 193 UN Member States need to muster required levels of Political Will and Public Will and On Time to avoid catastrophic consequences of Business as Usual.

 

It is therefore in Urgent National and Global Interest that the HLPF July 2022           Pre Summit Days, Summit Days and Post Summit Days as One Technical and Political Process Discussions start immediately and with the full support of UN System and all 193 UN Member States.

 

Should UN Secretary General consider deploying UN Power as Convener, Catalyst, Collaborator and Cultivator to meaningfully support the practical implementation of this proposal Amazing Transformation will occur before our very eyes.

 

God Bless UN. God Bless our World.

 

 

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June 2022              

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 104

 

  EAG          ISPE 

              ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                                          INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION              

(Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Organization)                                                        (Global Foundation)             

     ER&A     NEHMAP Initiative

           ER and Associates Limited                                  New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty                   

(International Development Cooperation Consultants)                                       (Global Cooperatives Management Organization) 

                              

Suggestions and Inputs for Improving Governments and UN Response to Implementing 2021 DCF Summary Report

 

Strengthening Governments and UN to Better Contribute Towards Rethinking

War on COVID-19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts;

War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity and Task to Achieve SDGs in

All Countries as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050, that is Race to Zero 2050 by end 2050 to avoid Imminent Perishing of our Fragile Planet

 

Let’s not fool ourselves. A COVID19 vaccine cannot undo damage that will stretch across years, even decades to come. Extreme poverty is rising; the threat of famine looms. It is time to reset. As we build a strong recovery, we must seize the opportunity for change.

UN Secretary General, H.E. Antonio Guteress Statement on 1 January 2021

Foreword

 

The 2021 High Level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum, DCF, Summary Report serves as an input into the High Level Political Forum, HLPF on Sustainable Development, 6 – 15 July 2021; the Financing for Development Process; the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 Glasgow; the Fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, LDC V in Doha amongst other UN Events in the year ahead.

 

The Summary Report present impressive Scorecard of UN International Development Cooperation achievements in the past and note that much more remain to be done if our World is to Fight and Win War on COVID19; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date. We commend the Report.

https://www.un.org/development/desa/financing/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.financing/files/2021-06/N2113566.pdf

 

The Summary Report noted that even before the COVID19 pandemic was acknowledged by UN and Governments early in 2020, our World was not On Track to achieve the SDGs by end 2030 target date. It is pertinent to note that in January 2020 the UN launched the International Decade of Action to accelerate SDGs Implementation in All North and South Countries and that the COVID19 pandemic has made the Decade of Action both more Urgent and more Challenging.

 

Our World is at Cross Roads or End Point. The Domestic and Global Challenges facing Governments and UN are Huge and Complex and underline need for more effective and more inclusive Domestic and Global Response to Domestic and Global Challenges on the ground facing All Governments and All UN today.

 

This important Summary Report underlines urgent need to restore the Justice and Dignity Pillars of the SDGs alongside reinvigorating the existing 5Ps Pillars of People, Peace, Prosperity, Planet and Partnership, if our World is to achieve Sustainable Success Fighting and Winning 5 Wars identified above, alongside achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and pressing forward to reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date.

 

The ongoing COVID19 Pandemic continues to wreck increasing havoc and devastation at Domestic and Global levels in all UN Member States. However whereas COVID19 is Open Killer, there are Pre-existing Pandemics of Climate, Environment, Poverty, Inequality, Injustice and Corruption that are wrecking worse havoc and devastation than COVID19 but being Hidden Killers, are not getting the attention they deserve Nationally and Globally.

 

It is now clear to all UN and all Governments Leaders that COVID19 has exposed the Soft Underbelly of Decayed Domestic and Global Systems and Services on North and South Countries Governments – All Arms of All Tiers sides, as well as on All UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO – Trade and WTO – Tourism: Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices sides.

It is also now clear to all UN and all Governments Leaders that No One is Safe Until Everyone is Safe and that this underline Urgent Need for entire UN and All Governments to Make Original UN Charter Work for World Poor, in the process Win War On COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity as well as achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date. 

We urge all UN and all Governments Leaders to genuinely appreciate that moving forward in Global Interest means Leaders on UN, Governments, Business, Academia, Consultants, other Stakeholders and other Major Groups sides need to know what it means hewing to old ways or finding new, activist ones or both as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

The Summary Report is another of the DCF’s contribution to find National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to above complex problems. The Summary Report underlines the fact that even before the COVID19 pandemic global progress towards the SDGs had stalled and in some cases reversed; that acceleration is needed in many areas; that the impact of automation and rapid urbanization are just some of the complex issues Development Policy Makers are grappling with where no Best Practice Solutions exist and Views are Divided; that combination of increasing complexity and lagging progress means the approaches characterizing much Development Practice (i.e. top down and rigidly focused on narrowly defined Goals) may be particularly unsuitable.

It is pertinent to note that OECD suggest rather than following a singular Paradigm or Pathway, Development Strategies need to be more context specific and more participatory, place based, multisectoral and multilateral with more focus on experimentation and mutual learning. It also calls for Rethinking of International Development Cooperation beyond financial aid to foster more effective exchanges of social and human capital thus underlining urgent need for New Approaches to Sustainable Development.


This Paper is NEHMAP/EAG contribution towards effectively reinforcing All UN and All Governments to meet the above need and in urgent Global Interest.

 

Specific Comment on the Summary Report

 

The Summary Report has 36 Paragraphs. We have highlighted 10 Paragraphs for Specific Comment:-

1.      Paragraph 4: The upshot: the 2021 Forum gave rise to a reimagined understanding of development cooperation – informed by risk, designed to build resilience and strongly linked with climate action – that can strengthen the foundation for collective action in the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. Global agreements already in place provide a foundation for building back better. However, doing so will require more concerted, creative and flexible implementation of the global agreements, and efforts at all levels must build on and reinforce country systems, policy frameworks and national and local capacities, support inclusive approaches and facilitate coordination among diverse actors.

Comment

Building Back Better and Fairer and Building Back Greener underline need for unprecedented Global Solutions to unprecedented Global COVID19 Crises, Climate Crises and SDGs Crises.

2. Paragraph 5: The present summary outlines the key messages and policy recommendations of the Development Cooperation Forum in five areas: (a) building risk and resilience into the DNA of development cooperation; (b) meeting development cooperation commitments to navigate crises; (c) advancing a sustainable COVID-19 recovery through development cooperation; (d) sharing knowledge and technology for recovery and response, including to support inclusive digital transformation and effective data governance; and (e) reimagining development cooperation for the decade of action.

Comment

Time for Words is Over. Now is Time for Action in all Five Areas that Work.

3.   Paragraph 6: Without a stronger international response to the pandemic, backed by development cooperation, the world risks the devastation of a “lost decade” of development in developing countries. The current global context is defined by intersecting risks that simultaneously put stress on development actors to contain and end the COVID-19 pandemic, to recover from its socioeconomic impacts and to reinvigorate the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Without substantial increases in financing and other forms of development cooperation aimed at building resilience, the Sustainable Development Goals will be difficult to achieve by 2030. In particular, the multidimensional and cascading nature of the COVID-19 crisis has once again highlighted the urgency of financing for prevention and disaster risk reduction, as well as for disaster preparedness and response. Strengthened international development cooperation and multilateralism will be critical to enabling recovery, reducing risk and building resilience and preparedness for the decade of action.

Comment

The looming lost decade affects all North and South Countries. COVID19 has many Areas Hit – Health, Education, Labor etc; Impacts made – Political, Economic, Social etc and Dimensions Affected – Governance, Solidarity, Public Goods etc. All Areas Hit, Impacts Made and Dimensions Affected as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context need to be meaningfully addressed as One. It is Fail in One Fail in All.

4.    Paragraph 12: Flexibility, built on a strong foundation of trust between partners, has been an important factor behind encouraging experiences among development cooperation actors so far in the pandemic response, including the rapid deployment of new resources and tools in order to achieve immediate impacts. Such flexibility manifested itself in the ability to reallocate funds to urgent priorities, especially from bilateral donors to the health area, to streamline and relax certain standards and rules (e.g., for procurement) for the sake of a quicker response, and to bring forward implementation dates. Those measures were supported by the existence of strong national development cooperation policies and agreements that included risk considerations and contingency response aspects. Moreover, developing countries have made important contributions to the response, including by sharing supplies in the early stages, rolling out their own stimulus packages, where feasible, and taking major steps to contain the spread of the virus through lockdowns.

Comment

Trust between Partners within and between Countries is a Scarce Resource. Yet the design and delivery of National and International Development Cooperation Radical / Fundamental and Rapid / Fast Change at Minimum Certain Levels required to Fight and Win War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reach SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date demand Building Trust required for National and Global Partners Working Together to Succeed Together within All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Frameworks robust enough to effectively implement National and Global Goals with effective monitoring and evaluation of this implementation.

5.    Paragraph 19: Private sector engagement in development cooperation should become more substantial and strategic in support of developing countries’ resilience. The 2019/20 Development Cooperation Forum survey revealed that the engagement by the private sector with developing countries’ national development cooperation forums or platforms remained limited. However, the pandemic showed the importance of private sector contributions to supporting a rapid crisis response. To strengthen partnerships for resilience, the engagement of private sector actors in development cooperation should focus on priority areas in which their expertise and resources can have a transformational impact, including on climate action, financial inclusion, support for and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture and rural development, the creation of decent work opportunities for women and young people, and supporting economic actors through long-term investment.

Comment

Private Sector Partnership Strategy with UN and Governments need radical rethinking, if the Private Sector is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

6.   Paragraph 20: South-South and triangular cooperation have shown resilience in the pandemic context and should be further strengthened. Deepening South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation can enhance capacities and resources for risk-informed development cooperation, including through trade, industrial policy, regional integration and regional value chains in food, health and related products, and scaledup financing. In addition, the global South has played a primary role in producing and catalysing knowledge on health and other risks to sustainable development, which could be strengthened through the exchange of experiences, skills and good practices among national and local entities.

Comment

North North, South South and North South Cooperation at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Triangular Cooperation is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

7.      Paragraph 21: Capacity-building support for integrated national financing frameworks, plus enhanced access to data and information, will assist developing countries in embedding risk management in fiscal and financial policies. Integrated national financing frameworks can strengthen the connection and contribution of short- and medium-term policies to long-term sustainable development aspirations, as reflected in national sustainable development strategies. By laying out the full range of financing sources for sustainable development – public, private, domestic and international – such frameworks allow countries to develop strategies to increase investment, manage risks and advance their priorities.

Comment

Capacity Building on 3 levels:- Individual Hard  Competencies – Learning and Skills and Soft  Competencies -  Character, Courage,  Cultural, Communication, Attitude, Behavior, Discipline and Mindset; Institution – Governance, Solidarity, Coordination, Reform and Society – Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social and Legal Space at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Capacity Building is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

8.  Paragraph 27: For sustainable recovery, development cooperation should further support the localizing of the Sustainable Development Goals and the design and implementation of inclusive solutions. Many countries have already recognized the effectiveness of locally led pandemic response and recovery efforts. Using new technologies, the local and regional levels have become key spaces for experimentation and innovation to help overcome common challenges in partnership and solidarity, including through in-country and cross-border local government partnerships. In addition, beyond “whole of government” approaches backed by strong political leadership, “whole of society” approaches are needed to address the dual emergencies of the pandemic and climate change. Development cooperation should support such approaches, including by engaging the expertise and knowledge of youth and indigenous communities, to build long-lasting resilience for sustainable development.

Comment

Technical Solutions without complimentary Political Solutions is No Issue or amount to No Issue. Once Technical Solutions and Political Solutions are found, remaining Economic, Financial, Social, Communication etc Solutions will emerge. Think Global Act Local is a Challenge in both North and South Countries as well as in UN System Membership. Whole of Government and Whole of Society Approaches need to move from Words to Action as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

9.   Paragraph 31: Innovations in regional development cooperation and knowledge-sharing spurred by the pandemic should be systematized and institutionalized to ensure a resilient recovery. The current pandemic will not be the last crisis of such magnitude. This reality makes it all the more important to systematize regional cooperation and institutionalize the lessons gleaned so far from the pandemic response and recovery, including to ensure more timely and effective knowledge-sharing on data science and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. The pandemic has elevated the need for and the importance of effective communication tools, knowledge-sharing platforms and capacity development mechanisms for development cooperation among all relevant stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. Significant strides were made, in particular at the regional level, to scale up technical and financial cooperation for pandemic response. New and innovative partnerships, tailored to the distinctive challenges of recovery, have also emerged and can benefit from further interregional communication and collaboration.

Comment

UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation as One, driving an All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious Single Catalytic Action Agenda at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness are needed if Innovation is to effectively contribute its quota in the great task of getting done the much that remain to be done Fighting and Wining War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Insecurity and Conflicts and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity; reaching SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

10. Paragraph 32: The 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, should take forward the reimagined understanding of development cooperation – informed by risk, designed to build resilience and strongly linked with climate action – which will strengthen the foundation for collective action in the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. Global agreements already in place provide a foundation for building back better and fairer. However, doing so will require strengthened global solidarity and more concerted, creative and flexible implementation of the global agreements, and efforts at all levels must build on and reinforce country systems, policy frameworks and national and local capacities, support inclusive approaches, engaging not only government actors but also women, youth, indigenous peoples, migrants, local governments, civil society and the private sector, and facilitate coordination among the diverse actors in international development cooperation, all with knowledge to share and various resources to contribute.

Comment

This reimagined understanding of Development Cooperation need to move from Words to Action as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

 

7 Overarching Mistakes

 

We urge All UN and All Governments to genuinely recognize that achieving increasing convergence between the Summary Report Vision Intention and Reality linked to Winning 5 Identified Wars; achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 or Race to Zero by end 2050 target date greatly depends on All UN and All Governments genuinely appreciating the existence of 7 Overarching Mistakes and All UN and All Governments genuinely recognizing Joint Need to Speedily Resolve and in Urgent Global Interest the 7 Overarching Mistakes. These are:-

1.  Omitting Step 1 How to Get DONE What Stakeholders / World Leaders have AGREED to Get DONE - Original UN Charter Vision; World Transformation Agenda Vision - SDGs, AAAA, COP21, Agenda 21 Rio and Rio + 20; Race to Zero 2050 before operating in Step 2 - Getting DONE or DOING What Stakeholders / World Leaders have agreed to DO or Get DONE as listed.

2.   Deploying Multiple Approaches to Operate in Step 2 some or many of which are Divergent or Contradictory rather than First Agreeing One Worldwide Approach that is Sufficiently All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious such as 3PCM that is Not One Cap Fit All but Common Agreement and a Generic One Worldwide Approach that is Integral Part of Step 1 and effectively deployed as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

https://developmentchangechampions.blogspot.com/2019/03/3pcm-benefits-focused-one-worldwide.html   3PCM One Worldwide Approach

3.      All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Silos in Step 2 while omitting Step 1 rather than All UN and All Governments essentially Working in Synergy in Step 1 and then Pressing Forward to Step 2.

4. Lack of Domestic and Global Central Coordination of National and Global Development Cooperation Radical / Fundamental and Rapid / Fast Change adequate to achieve all Global Goals agreed by World Leaders built upon All UN and All Governments Agreeing Step 1 before Pressing forward to operate in Step 2 as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

5.   Lack of UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation as One that is Central Driver of Domestic and Global Central Coordination in (4).

6.      Lack of meaningful Involvement of Original Ideas Creators who are State Actors and Non State Actors; UN Innovators and Non UN Innovators who through their unadulterated struggle and commitment use their God given Talents to seek True Sustainable: Development, Diplomacy, Peace, Unity, Defense, Security, Equality, Opportunities, Justice and Dignity underlining Initiatives in (1) - (5). 

7.      Lack of Domestic and Global Communication Strategy meaningfully Supporting  Multi Stakeholder Partnership as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context supporting Initiatives in (1) - (6). 

As long as these 7 Overarching Mistakes are not speedily corrected, our World will continue in increasing acceleration on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM resulting in governments inability to deliver New Social Contract at National level and New Global Deal at Global level leading to possible Perishing our Fragile Planet at worst and Global Depression taking Generation(s) to Reverse at best.

The good ideas in the UN Reports, including the Summary Report highlighted above and many more, will remain mere good ideas, if our World does not speedily Change Course to correct the 7 Overarching Mistakes and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM.

Rethinking UN Meetings and Conferences

 

There is a need to Rethink UN General Assembly, UNGA Special Sessions and other UN Events, if these Events – Special and Regular are to contribute more meaningfully towards identifying and filling all Information, Knowledge, Research, Ambition and Innovation Gaps identified in Implementing the Summary Report by All UN and All Governments as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global/Planet location context.

 

We urge UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA; UN Security Council, UNSC; UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, UNDPPA; UN President General Assembly, UNPGA; UN Secretary General, UNSG, President UN Economic and Social Council, UNECOSOC and other relevant UN Headquarters Entities to genuinely appreciate that in UN Special or Regular Events, any Single Statement that meaningfully addresses all COVID19 Areas Hit, Impacts Made and Dimensions Affected will be as long, if not longer than the Invited Statement made by select UN, Government and other Stakeholders Leaders at these UN Special and or Regular UN Events. Same goes for all remaining Public Health Issues Challenging All UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO – Trade and WTO –Tourism Membership and All Arms of All Tiers of Government in our World today. Same goes for all remaining issues within World Transformation Agenda.

The point being made is that:-

1.      UN and Governments Unprecedented Global Response to Unprecedented COVID19; Climate and Environment; Conflicts, Insecurity; Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity Crises linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Race to Zero by 2050 real and complex Challenges on the ground as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global/Planet location context need to be more meaningfully addressed and On Time.

2.     The Summary Report Implementation Challenge on All UN and All Governments sides needs to be meaningfully addressed and On Time.

3.      UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Statement quoted above underline Global Need for All UN and All Governments to Work Together to Succeed Together to effectively address (1) and (2) and as soon as possible in 2021 and Kick Start this through speedily convene UN General Assembly Special Session, UNGASS 32nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event that is Global Re-Orientation Workshop Marking Global Turning Point in the Global Reset Driving Global Opportunity for Change that UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress has consistently called for.

 

If UN and Governments Leadership keep avoiding or evading meaningfully addressing these 3 points, there are storms ahead in 2021 and Beyond that could consume all of us in our World today.  Therefore all necessary measures need to be taken to avoid the looming global colossal catastrophic consequences of Triple Failure: Failure to Win 5 Wars; Failure to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and Failure to reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

32nd UN Special Session or Other Special Joint UN and Governments Event

We urge all UN and all Governments to genuinely recognize that overcoming the Summary Report Implementation Challenge greatly depends on the Design and Delivery of Unprecedented Global Response to Unprecedented Global COVID19 Crises, other Pandemics Crises linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 (it is now clear that SDGs can no longer be achieved by 2030) and reaching Global Goals or Race to Zero 2050 by end 2050 target date.

We further urge all UN and all Governments to genuinely recognize that New Levels of Solidarity and Multilaterism required for Sustainable Success need to be Kick Started from the suggested UNGASS 32nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event that is a 3 Day High Level Virtual Meeting /High Level Political Forum, HLPF/HLVM for Decision Makers and Policy Makers on UN, Governments and their Domestic and Global Partners sides. 

The 3 Day HLPF/HLVM will help build National and Global Institutional Architecture within which Political Leaders; Civil Servants; Religious Leaders; Traditional Rulers; Tribal Leaders on one hand and Leaders on UN; Governments; Business; Academia; Consultants; other Major Groups such as EU, OECD etc and other Stakeholders such as Student Groups, Labor Unions, Media Houses etc on the other hand Work Together to Succeed Together to meaningfully address the 7 Overarching Mistakes and Obey UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Clarion Call for Global Reset and Global Solidarity, as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

The point being made is this 32nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event is essentially a 3 Day Global Re-Orientation Workshop for State Actors and Non State Actors as well as UN Actors and Non UN Actors to come together to agree a Framework for Central Coordination of Domestic and Global Response to Governance, Globalization, Solidarity – Political, Science, Finance, Innovation etc as One and as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country,  Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context.

Too much time has been wasted Working HARDer Doing the same old things in the same old ways and wondering why UN and Governments keep getting the same old results – Not Winning 5 Wars and Not achieving Global Goals.

Now is Time for Action mean Now is Time for action Demand UN and Governments Changing Course to start Working SMARTer DOING New Thing in New Ways and getting New Results that Work for 5 Billion World Poor Children, Youth, Women, Men and Elders out of the 8.5 Billion People in our World of 2030. This Demand New Types of Multi Stakeholder Partnerships, MSP, built upon answering this MSP Report How Questions:-

https://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Study_Pathways_for_MSP-advisory_bodies_2021.pdf

The Summary Report need to be converted to answer How Questions, if it is to make optimum contribution to Internal Publics and External Publics on all UN Membership and all Governments of North and South Countries sides as they Work Together to Succeed Together and Benefit Together.

Global Turning Point 

Our World is at Global Turning Point and Time is running out to make Right Choice or Right Turn.

The Biden Administration in US as well as the practical realities of implementing UK – EU Brexit Deal offer opportunity for US Government, Powerful North Countries Governments and Powerful South Countries Governments as well as UN System Membership and their Domestic and Global Partners to Work Together to Succeed Together and Benefit Together addressing the 7 Overarching Mistakes and Obeying UNSG H.E. Antonio Guteress Clarion Call to Reset our World before it is too late to avoid looming Global Colossal Catastrophe.

 

In Sum,

 

UN Member States are looking up to UN Principal Organ Entities, especially UN Headquarters Entities including DCF and UN Agencies especially UNDP,  WHO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF for Practical Help and Support to respond effectively to National and Global Challenges identified above, that each Government in each North and South Country is grappling with.

 

All UN and All Governments need to jointly find better ways to design and deliver New National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to real National and Global Challenges facing entire UN Membership and all UN Member States.

 

No One Know when our World will race past irreversibility point in ongoing acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM. If UN and Governments are to Change Course and On Time to avoid Guaranteed Global Colossal Catastrophe arising from Triple Failures – Failure to Win 5 Wars; Failure to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and Failure to reach Global Goals 2050, then One Day Delay Scheduling the 3 Day HLPF/HLVM or 32nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event and may be One Day too late to Change Course and start accelerating on MAPing Road to BOOM.

 

COVID19 rapidly closing short window of opportunity, to Build Back Better and Fairer need to be utilized by All UN Membership and All Governments in All North and South Countries. To achieve this All UN Membership and All Governments in All North and South Countries need to muster required levels of Political Will and Public Will.

 

It is therefore in Urgent Global Interest that the 3 Day HLPF/HLVM or 32nd Special Session or other Special Joint UN and Governments Event Pre Summit Days, Summit Days and Post Summit Days as One Technical and Political Process Discussions start immediately.

 

Should UN and Governments in North and South Countries take all necessary measures to ensure this Bright Prospects of Success become reality; UN and Governments in North and South Countries would have helped Save our Fragile Planet from Imminent Guaranteed Perishing flowing from identified Triple Failures remaining unchecked.

 

God Bless UN. God Bless our World.

 

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July 2021