SDGs Development in Myanmar

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1 SDGs Development in Myanmar Than Zaw Deputy Director General Central Statistical Organization Ministry of Planning and Finance Bangkok, Thailand 26 th ~ 27 th March, 2018

2 Prioritizing and Planning the Implementation 1. Prioritizing Country s Development Policy, Identifying Needs and Gaps, Stakeholders Consultation on Policy Recommendations to formulate the plan, set the priorities and sequencing 2. Planning Sectoral Planning, Regional Planning to reflect in National Plan 3. Aligning with Regional & Global Adjusting, aligning with the Regional and Global Implementation Plan ( E.g. ASEAN Stat, UNESCAP, UNSD SDGs Implementation, etc ) 4. Developing Capacity and strengthening institution Legal Framework, Strengthening the role of NSO, Statistical Cooperation Mechanism, Managerial Skills of Leaders of CSO 5. Awareness Raising Understanding by the development stakeholders to achieve participatory and inclusive development 2

3 Planning Framework in Myanmar Economic Policy Implementation: Sector Coordination Groups 95 Procedures, Sector Plans, Region/State Plans Township Plans Monitoring

4 Linking SDGs to Economic Policy Economic Policy Goals

5 Discussions on SDG Themes Child Related SDGs Gender Related SDGs (on going) Environmental Statistics for SDGs Private Sector Development (on going) 5

6 SDGs Implementation Mechanism by using Statistical Platform Vice President attended the Fourth Central Committee Meeting for Data Accuracy and Quality of Statistics 6

7 SDG Integration: Evidence and Principle-based Approach

8 The MSDP is structured around 3 Pillars, 5 Goals, 28 Strategies and 238 Action Plans. All are firmly aligned with the SDGs, the 12 Point Economic Policy of the Union of Myanmar, and various regional commitments Peace & Stability Goal 1: Peace, National Reconciliation, Security & Good Governance Goal 2: Economic Stability & Strengthened Macroeconomic Management Goal 3: Job Creation & Private Sector Led Growth People & Planet Prosperity & Partnership Goal 4: Human Resources & Social Development for a 21st Century Society Goal 5: Natural Resources & the Environment for National Prosperity

9 What we have done so far regarding SDGs? 1) Capacity development: Awareness raising about the SDGs. About 700 of the Government officials at both national and sub-national level have been trained on the SDGs. ( Organizi ng Workshop for 3 times ) 2) Statistical readiness: Ministry of Planning and Finance assessed Myanmar s data availabil ity for the measurement of the SDG indicators. 3) Reporting: Myanmar s first SDG Data Assessment report in 2016 and SDGs Baseline Data Report is published. 4) Partnership: SDG will be one of the important themes for the next cooperation activities among Gov., Private Sector and DPs through Development Assistance Coordination Unit. 9

10 Opportunities for linkages with other goals National Account Statistics Survey Coordination and Statistical Standard Vital Statistics Agriculture and Rural Sector Statistics Energy Statistics Environment Statistics Trade and Investment Sector Statistics Macroeconomic Monitiring and Financial Statistics Social Statistics Cluster Demography Cluster Thematic Specific Areas Child Youth Women Aged Disabled Poverty Food Security Health Education Energy Environment Social Protection.

11 What s need to be done? Accurate and reliable statistics is the lifeblood of the plan. Quality of facts and figures is crucial for compilation of reliable statistics. Reengineering of statistical organizations and coordination mechanism is a must for all countries including Myanmar Professionalism For the policy guidance and as a Coordination mechanism, Data Accuracy and Quality of Statistics Committee is formed. Strengthening and promoting the Role of CSO Vertical as well as Horizontal Coordination and cooperation To be compatible and in line with the country s reform process

12 Ongoing Activities Continuing meetings for thematic areas of SDGs such as children, vulnerable groups, environment, education private sector, multistakeholders participatory on Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation processes, etc. Developing policy recommendations to utilized as inputs for action plans and implementation processes of SDGs in Myanmar. Issuing Guidelines on SDGs Indicators Methodology Close collaborations with line ministries, development partners and international organizations in respective development projects for the country 12

13 Looking forward closer cooperation to achieve SDGs in 2030! Thank you for your kind attention! 13