a. Theme Blue THEMATIC TRAIL BLUE: NATIONAL
• Financing the SDGs at all government
STRATEGIES FOR FINANCING THE
levels is also to fund development at all
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SDGS AT LOCAL
territorial levels.
LEVEL Purpose of the session
We are aware than this is not a simple
One of the key elements of Agenda 2030
question. Many countries have started
is the recognition that development
their strategies to implement the SDGs
challenges are increasingly complex.
with the creation of dedicated Offices,
The multiple issues included in the
many of them are including local
SDGs go from peace and security to
governments and other stakeholders.
waste collection, touching many areas
But very few are still addressing the key
of government (different ministerial
question about how are they going to align
departments) but also different levels
budgets to make Agenda 2030 a reality for
of government, from local, to regional,
all. We are still in the early days of aligning
to national. New integrated solutions
financial mechanisms with the SDGs, so
are needed to implement Agenda 2030,
we have a lot of possibilities to get things
engaging different levels of government
right.
and aligning political decisions, legal frameworks, policies, practices, and, the
The Thematic trail BLUE: National
most important of all: public budgets.
strategies for financing the SDGs at local
• The SDG targets cannot be met without
level wants to focalise in how the public
reinforcing multi-level governance
sector as a whole is formulating (or not)
mechanisms.
and strategy to finance the localization of
• They cannot either be achieved without
the SDGs.
a clear financial strategy to make them
Governments in many countries have
possible.
already initiated the implementation
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