Chapter 3: SDGs go local. Aligning local and regional development plans
Chapter 3: SDGs go local. Aligning local and regional development plans
SDGs go local Lecture Group 1, 2, 3 15 min Slide 39-41
Trainer’s insights The implementation of the SDGs should both respond to local and regional needs and priorities and be coherent with, and complement, national strategies. The role of different levels of government in the implementation of the SDGs depends on the political and institutional framework of each country. Each level of government should have the capacity to set their own priorities in line with their legal areas of responsibility, and to pursue them through local and regional plans and sectoral policies. In order to set local priorities, it is important to review existing local and regional plans with the aim of identifying the main needs, priorities, gaps and cross-sectoral linkages of the territory and their relationship with the SDGs and national priorities. It is crucial that local and regional governments ensure their priorities within the framework of the SDGs are relevant and locally-owned, and include the interests of different levels of government and local stakeholders, including minorities and vulnerable groups. Cooperative governance to establish shared priorities The whole system of actors, public and private, operating in a territory should establish a common framework of dialogue in order to define the priorities to be addressed by the SDGs. The following governance mechanisms may help make this possible: Multi-level governance platforms ensure coherence between the sectoral priorities of national government departments and those of local and regional governments. Ecuador — Case study (Additional)
Group 1, 2
Ecuador’s multilevel governance approach
5 min
Ecuador has promoted the establishment of integrated local development systems which allow the national government and the decentralized auton39
