Empowering Local Actions.IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR

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1 Empowering Local Actions.IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIAN AND PACIFIC CITIES Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi Secretary General UCLG ASPAC United Nations Conference Center Bangkok, Thailand, 30 November 2016

2 Successful Institutional Arrangements and Mechanisms in Empowering Local Action (drawn from Asia Pacific Experience)

3 Empowering Local Governments in New Urban Agenda The Role of Local Governments in sustainable urban development in five main ways*: Understand local needs to target resources effectively, to foster participation and increase accountability.* *Legal and fiscal decentralization according to the principle of subsidiarity is required to carry out these tasks. Local economic development strategies Drive national development from the bottom up to create balanced systems of cities Bring together and balance all sectors and interests in their communities. They can and should play a leadership role in developing and implementing a shared vision for the future. Act locally to address global challenges and to manage the impact of global phenomena at local level (climate change adaptation, migration, the mediation of globalizing economic and cultural forces). *UCLG Strategic Toolkit

4 s.eu/sessions/lo calisingsustainabledevelopmentgoals-owningglobaldevelopmentagenda

5 Assessing Enabling Environment for Local Governments : National Framework on Decentralization Local Government Effective Management of Urbanisation Minimum Standards for Cities and Local Authorities An assessment that allows local government to benchmark themselves against the minimum standards required for cities and local authorities to contribute significantly to effective management of urbanisation

6 Assessing Enabling Environment for Local Governments : 12 Criteria Constitutional framework Legislative framework Local democracy Financial transfer from central to the local governments Local governments own revenues Capacity building of local gov t administrations Transparency Citizen participation Local Gov t performance Urban strategy Women s participation in local governance Environmental Governance

7 Assessing Enabling Environment for Local Governments : 12 Criteria Rapid assessment in 10 countries: Preliminary scoring in each criteria. - Most countries in Asia Pacific are doing well in Transparency, Citizen Participation, and Local Performance (Criteria 7, 8, 9) - Criteria of Constitution, Legislative, Local Democracy, and Financial Transfer from Central to Local Government are found average in these countries (Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4) - All sample countries are generally lacking in National Urban Strategy (Criteria 10) - Capacity building for local governments and local governments revenue are still weak in some countries

8 Empowering Local Governments in SDGs National Strategies & Framework Road Map by Local Governments to catalyze actions on the Ground

9 Getting Ready to Start the Implementation of the SDGs at the Sub-national Level Identifying sub-national needs, gaps, cross-sectoral linkages and priorities in current local and regional plans, programs and strategies that are coherent with the SDGs and, where possible, aligned with national development strategies Defining how local and regional priorities can be integrated in participatory local and regional development plans Ensuring efficient implementation of local and regional flagship projects included in the plans

10 Road Map in Localizing SDGs SDGs ROAD MAP for Local Governments SDGs are NOT New Local Commitment Baseline Study & Stakeholder Mapping Local SDGs Task Force Action Plan Synchronize with National Agenda Business Model Set Up (Financial) MonEv Best Practice Promotion

11 Road Map in Localizing SDGs Example on SDGs Road Map Bojonegoro Regency, Indonesia Declared Readiness 1. Prepare SDGs Secretariat 2. Intensive Discussions with Stakeholders Mayor s Decree on SDGs Task Force Action Plan 1. Harmonizing Data with MDGs as Baseline 2. Synchronize with Other Local Regulations Business Model Set Up Weekly MonEv Pending the National Action Plan Best Practice Promotion

12 UCLG in Localizing SDGs UCLG initiated Global Task Force Tool-Kit on SDGs for Local Gov Create Road Map on Localizing SDGs

13 Different Priorities for Different Background *See our video for further information Isolated Coastal Urban Lack of Infrastructure (Road, Water, Information) Limited Marine Resources Contribution Sea-related disaster (Tsunami, sea-level rising) Emergence of slum Air and water pollution Lack of public space Transportation Network Waterways Vocation schools Zone appropriate infrastructure Waste management Disaster Risk Management Territorial Cohesion Strong cooperation of city and its surrounding local government

14 UCLG ASPAC in Localizing SDGs Regional Workshop on SDG Learning Agenda for Local Government in the context of South- South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), Negombo, Srilanka, 9-12 December 2015

15 UCLG ASPAC Activities on Localizing Global Agendas LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS SURVEY NACPC NLC APEKSI ACVN MuAN MAB All India Institute FSLGA ADDCN Incoming: LED Workshop in Seberang Perai, Malaysia Incoming: LED Projects with FCM (Federation of Canada Municipalities) Past: LED Training in Bangkok, Thailand LMP LCAP LCP LCA-KPK NMLT Quality services delivery Financial sustainability

16 UCLG ASPAC in Localizing SDGs: SubNational Level FGD on Implementation Sustainable Development Goals Commitment in Indonesia: A National Strategy in Enforcing the Role of Civil Societies and Local Governments, Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 March 2016

17 UCLG ASPAC Activities on Localizing Global Agendas 2015: Wakatobi Low Carbon Society (Indonesia); Biogas 36 m3 of Biogas Digester 120 kg of Plastic/Day is Shredded 2016: Malang Regency (Indonesia): Design for Integrated Resource Recovery Center3R Improving Quality of Life of People through Equal and Adequate Basic Services

18 UCLG ASPAC Activities on Localizing Global Agendas Participative Pubilic Space Improvement & Revitalization in Surabaya City Participative Side Walk Construction in Sidoarjo City Increased public spaces in cities and local governments to have more balance of environment for the citizens

19 Conclusion The most critical factors to empower local action for the SDG Decentralization from the national government Good government that entails active participation from various stakeholder Clear roadmap of SDGs of Local Government Requirements to replicate and up-scale successful practices Strong commitment from the local leader Clear policy and regulation on implementation including funding mechanism Knowledge sharing and cityto-city collaboration contribution Improving soft skills through the LG Association Improving thematic issue understanding through the cities

20 Links and Further Info UCLG Strategic Toolkit / Version 1.1: Global Agenda for Local and Regional Governments for the 21 st Century. UCLG. RoadMap for Localizing the SDGs. UCLG

21 Links and Further Info Website: UCLG ASPAC - United Cities and Local

22 THANK YOU! Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi Secretary General UCLG ASPAC United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific Jakarta s City Hall Complex Building G, 8 th Floor Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No 8-9, Jakarta