Evidence-based and Data-informed ICT/e-Government policies for Sustainable Development Goals

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1 Division for Public Institutions & Digital Government, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Addis Ababa, October 2018 ICT4SDGs Ethiopia National Workshop Evidence-based and Data-informed ICT/e-Government policies for Sustainable Development Goals

2 Division for Public Institutions & Digital Government, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Addis Ababa, 10 October 2018 Session 1 - Setting the Scene 1. Overview and Implementation Progress of SDGs 2. The role of ICTs and Digital Government 3. Proposed Scope of Project Wai-Min KWOK Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer Division for Public Institutios and Digital Government United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

3 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 3

4 ICT4SDG National Workshop, Oct Session 1 (Day 1): Setting the Scene global, regional and national implementation and progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Session 2 (Day 1) Data-based/evidence-approach for e-government to deliver on specific SDGs Targets, Data Gaps in Statistics Session 3 (Day 2): Localization of SDGs, inclusion, e-participation & partnerships Session 4 (Day 2): Follow-up & Review

5 Presentation Outline Where we are now? 2030 Agenda ICTs for Sustainable Development Why are we here? Capacity Development Proposed Project What s next Timeline ICT4SDG Implementation Framework (for next 6-12 month)

6 Intergovernmental Support Capacity Development Research & Analytical

7 DESA: Intergovernmental Support General Assembly and Economic and Social Council UN Committee of Experts in Public Administrations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Global and Regional Forums on digital government development

8 Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The 2030 Agenda 2018: Third Implementation Year

9 2030 Agenda: a results framework The SDGs and targets are integrated and indivisible, global in nature and universally applicable, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. Targets are defined as aspirational and global, with each government setting its own national targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account national circumstances.

10 High-level Political Forum National Voluntary Reviews 2016 VNR: 22 countries 2017 VNR: 43 countries 2018 VNR: 45 countries 2019 VNR: 42 countries

11 17 Goals, 169 Targets and 232 Indicators Source: David Le Blanc, Towards Integration at Last? The SDGs as a Network of Targets, Rio+20 Working Paper 4.

12 Core Principles UNIVERSALITY Implies that goals and targets are relevant to all governments and actors Universality does not mean uniformity. It implies differentiation. INTEGRATION Policy integration means balancing all three dimensions and across Goals and targets An integrated approach implies managing tradeoffs and maximizing synergies across sectors and targets LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND The principle of leaving no one advocates countries to go beyond averages The SDGs should benefit all including those furthest and poorest Promotion and use of disaggregated data is key

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14 Transformative Roles of ICT: Enabler, Accelerator, Multiplier 14

15 The new technologies has expanded innovations and policy options that literally did not exist as recently as few decades or years ago 15

16 Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs UN General Assembly..the pace and scope of rapid technological change can have far-reaching implications both positive and negative for the achievement of sustainable development, requiring international and multistakeholder cooperation in order to benefit from opportunities and address challenges. (GA Resolution 72/242, 2017)

17 Institutions, ICT and digital government The growing need to strengthen public institutions and public services in support of sustainable development (69/327) Information and communications technologyenabled breakthroughs in Government, including in the provision of public services, education, health care and employment, as well as in business, agriculture and science, with greater numbers of people having access to services and data that might previously have been out of reach or unaffordable. (70/125)

18 Ethiopia s EGDI Global Rank Regional Rank (Africa) Sub-regional Rank (Eastern Africa) 151st / 193 countries 25th/ 54 countries 9th/ 19 countries Medium EGDI High OSI Medium HCI Low TII High EPI Note: EGDI E-Government Development Index OSI - Online Service Index TII - Telecommunication Infrastructure Index HCI - Human Capital Index EPI E-Participation Index

19 Development Account Project ICT4SDGs Implementation Framework Objective To strengthen capacity of public sector institutions in developing evidence- and data-based e-government policies to support SDGs Expected Accomplishment (EA1) Expected Accomplishment (EA2) Improved institutional capacity to collect, analyse and publish e-government data and related sectoral data Strengthened institutional capacity to implement evidence-based government policies and strategies, in support of selected SDGs and Targets 19

20 Project Roadmap Assessme nt Mission (Dec 2017) First National Workshop (Oct 2018) Project Implementati on (Phase I) Second National Workshop (April 2019) Project Implementati on (Phase II):

21 Objectives of this Workshop 1. To learn together Global trends and development Regional trends and challenges in Africa National trends and challenges in Ethiopia 2. To continue the 2030 Agenda Implementation Journey To identify focus areas (targets/indicators) To identify ICT4SDGs implementation frameworks

22 Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs شكرا 谢谢 Thank You Merci Спасибо Gracias Wai-Min KWOK Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA kwok@un.org LinkedIn: