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The Sustainable Development GoalsIreland and the World
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)• 17 goals, 169 targets, 232 indicators
• 68 indicators provide information directly relevant to youth
and an addition 19 provide information highly relevant to youth
Agenda 2030 – will last for 15 years from 2015 - 2030
5 P’s – People; Planet; Prosperity; Peace; and
Partnership. 6th P – Participation - No one should be
left behind
Up to all of all of us – Youth and community
organisations, elected representatives, NGO workers,
students, Activists, Trade Unions, and, concerned
citizens – to make sure that we live up to the
commitments made and that the SDGs do make a
difference
Why should Young People care
• 1.8 billion young people aged 10-24: largest in history
• Close to 90% of the world’s young people in developing countries
• More than 500 million young people aged 15-24 live on less than $2 a day
• Approx 74 million young people are unemployed, more than 600 million jobs are needed by 2030
• We should know and understand the causes and consequences of some of the world’s major challenges – global hunger, poverty, injustice, inequality and climate change
Outcome 5:
Connected,
respected &
contributing
to their world
Objectives:
9. Young people are included in society, environmentally aware, their equality and rights upheld, their diversity celebrated and are empowered to be active global citizens
10. Young people’s autonomy is supported, their active citizenship fostered, and their voice strengthened through political, social and civic engagement
5.1 Implement Participation Strategy
5.2 Support young people’s
involvement in Comhairle, EU
Structured Dialogue, and other
participation initiatives
5.4 Promote social entrepreneurship
and active citizenship
5.5 Increase young people’s political
engagement
5.9 Forum of interests to support,
through cross-sectoral collaboration,
implementation of SDGs, ESD
Strategy, and Irish Aid DE Strategy
5.11Promote volunteering opportunities
including UN Youth Delegates
SDGsPoverty; Hunger;
Health & Well-Being;
Education; Gender;
Equality; Water; Economic
Growth; Employment;
Infrastructure; Innovation;
Energy; Inequality; Cities;
Consumption; Climate
Change; Forests; Peace;
Justice; Agriculture;
Partnership and more…
What issues
are involved
with the
SDGs?
Every country to
develop a National
Action Plan!!!
Ireland and the SDGsWhats new…
• Senior Officials Group
• Inter-Departmental Working Group
• National Implementation Plan
• Stakeholders Forum
• Voluntary National Report
• Ireland reported to the UN at HLPF in July 2018
Five Faces of Globalisation & Young People(Dr. Momodou Sallah)
Young People
politicalcultural
technological
economicenvironmental
P: Personally
L: Locally
N: Nationally
G: Globally
High Level Political
Forum (HLPF)
United Nations, New York 2018
Irish Government @ HLPF 2018
• Ireland committed to SDGs – cross-departmental/government responsibilities – whole of society approach
• All have to leave comfort zones and silos
• Strengths and weaknesses and 2 major challenges –housing and climate action
• Global challenges
• Leadership on SDGs negotiations. Now will show leadership on SDGs implementation
Our Questions @ HLPF 2018
• Government and Ministerial buy-in
• Funding for SDGs implementation – 0.7%
• Whole of society participation – Stakeholder Forum
• Engaging Most Vulnerable
• How tackling environmental goals
• Public awareness and Global Citizenship Education
• Data collection – support for CSO and civil society
• Innovation and SDGs
UN Ministerial Declaration @ HLPF 2018
• Much progress made, world has back tracked in some areas – increase in those undernourished; gender inequality continues; runaway climate change; eroding human rights and persistent pockets of poverty
• 46 countries reporting on work done and work to do –only at the beginning of our journey
Civil Society Declaration @ HLPF 2018
• The world is not on track to reach the 2030 Agenda
• Restructuring global systems towards human rights, and justice
• Insufficient leadership and a lack of commitment
• HLPF should adopt Human Rights Council approach
• Space for civil society is shrinking
• 2019 review of how HLPF works
• Call on governments to meaningfully advance 2030 Agenda…that political, economic, social and environmental paradigms will shift towards human rights and dignity for all
By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
Some further reading…
HLPF: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2018
Ireland: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=30022&nr=528&menu=3170
Ireland VNR: https://www.dccae.gov.ie/documents/Ireland%20Voluntary%20National%20Review%202018.pdf
Ireland National Implementation Plan: https://www.dccae.gov.ie/documents/DCCAE-National-Implement-
Plan.pdf
UN Youth Delegate Spotlight Report: http://www.youth.ie/nyci/Generation-Change
Coalition2030 Shadow Report: https://www.ireland2030.org/report-2018/
Compendium of some of the SDGs activity taking place in Ireland:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/196092018.06.29_Compendium_of_Irish_Stakeholder
_Contributions_Final.pdf
SDGs – Agenda2030 Agreement: http://www.youthdeved.ie/sites/youthdeved.ie/files/120815_outcome-
document-of-Summit-for-adoption-of-the-post-2015-development-agenda.pdf
SDGs Global Indicators: http://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313
NYCI Resources…• Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth resource:
http://www.youthdeved.ie/sites/youthdeved.ie/files/SDGs%20Youth%20Resource%20Pack%202015.pdf
• Global Rights, Noble Goals resource: http://www.youthdeved.ie/sites/youthdeved.ie/files/NYCI%20Global%20Rights%20Noble%20Goals%20Resource%20on%20Migration%20and%20SDGs%202016.pdf
• Peace and Justice resource: http://www.youthdeved.ie/sites/youthdeved.ie/files/PeaceJusticeSDGsResource.pdf
• Youth Activism and SDGs resource:
http://www.youthdeved.ie/activism-sdgs-and-youth-development-education-and-global-citizenship-education-resource-pack
Never doubt that
a small group of
thoughtful,
committed
citizens can
change the world;
indeed, it's the
only thing that
ever has
- Margaret Mead
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