Civil Society Strategy Group on the Sustainable Development Goals Institutional Measures for CSO Strategy Group on the SDGs 1.0
Introduction
The SDGs encompasses almost every aspects of development. Most importantly, they include the 3 dimensions of sustainable development - social, economic and environmental. As State parties and nonstate actors to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is pertinent that civil society actors apply their skills, experiences and resources into addressing and engaging the 17 goals and 169 targets in systematic and professional ways in order to achieve maximum impact. 2.0
Objectives 1. Deepen understanding of the SDGs and encourage adequate and systematic engagement with all the SDGs. 2. Ensure coherent and expert approach to programming on the goals and targets of the SDGs 3. Delineate roles and responsibilities for the members of the SG
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Institutional Framework: 1. Clusters
The Strategy Group (SG) will be divided into Clusters reflecting the goals and targets of the SDGs. The Clusters will be the main sub-group of the SG The 19 Goals will be divided 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Clusters Poverty and Hunger Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education Health Inequalities and social development Inclusive economic development Energy and Infrastructure Environment and Climate Change Governance, Peace, Accountability Financing and Partnership
Goals 1, 2 6 4 3 5, 10 8, 11, 12 7,9 13,14,15 16 17
2. Working Groups a. Working Groups (WG) will be established to deal with or respond to specific issue based and group related aspects of the SDGS. For a start, it is proposed that the following WG be established for the SG. i. Women ii. Children iii. Youths iv. Climate Change v. Private Sector