Strategy Paper on CSCSD

INTRODUCTION

In the decades preceding the turn of the new millennium, there were hopes and expectations that year 2000 would provide a magic wand that would provide solutions to many if not all of the intractable challenges facing humanity. It was a period where commonplace were slogans such as “health for all by the year 2000”, “education for all
by the year 2000”, “food sufficiency for all by the year 2000”, “housing for all by the year 2000”, “prosperity for all by the year 2000” and several other slogans. Poverty, hunger, starvation and diseases seemed to be the major challenges facing the developing nations while the developed economies seemed to be enjoying the benefits of
development including human rights, democracy, and good governance. Continue Reading


Draft Strategy UN-SDG Campaign

  1. Situational Analysis

 Problem Analysis- Lessons learnt from MDG implementation

The evaluations of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress undertaken in in 2015 indicated that performance was mixed with both success and failures recorded within countries as well as among the different Goals. Successes are largely associated with national leadership in mainstreaming MDGs into the national development planning process, adequate financial investments and broad-based stakeholder participation. Continue Reading


Inclusive Participation In The Implementation Of Sustainable Development Goals

“INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: OYO STATE AS A PILOT STATE”. A Concept Paper By Civil Society Coalition On Sustainable Development

INTRODUCTION

SDGs are a veritable development tool that could transform the society by impacting positively on the generality of the people provided the operators are committed and focused. The SDGs’ focus on human development coupled with the time-bound target makes them amenable to evaluation thus easily subjecting them to SMART test within the time frame. Since both the governments of the developed and developing countries are committed to SDGs achievement by 2030, then SDGs become a tool that members of the civil society could constantly use to ask their respective governments to account to since they did not sign the 17 SDGs under duress. Continue Reading


Communiqué Issued at the end of the South-West Zone Stakeholders Expanded Meeting on Strategy of Engagement with the Public and Private Sectors on the SDGs’ Implementation Process and Progress Monitoring

Communiqué Issued at the end of the South-West Zone Stakeholders Expanded Meeting on Strategy of Engagement with the Public and Private Sectors on the SDGs’ Implementation Process and Progress Monitoring, Organized by the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) Held at Maria Ebun Foundation Building, CAFSO-WRAG for Development Secretariat, New Ife Road, Ibadan Nigeria on Friday 17th March 2017

Introduction

Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) is a coalition of over 190 registered civil society and nongovernmental organizations committed to citizens’ empowerment, human rights protection, development and peace in Nigeria. CSCSD is founded on the three elements of development – society, economy and environment – and believes in the fulcrum of SDGs including dignity, people, planet, partnership, justice and prosperity. Continue Reading


Case Study Compilation Nigeria SDGs

The case studies gathered by Together 2030 represent only a small amount of the work being done by civil society organisations around the world to engage with follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda. They are a small, but we believe, representative sample of a civil society that has thrown its weight behind the implementation of the new vision of sustainable development, and there are a number of interesting insights we can gain by looking in depth at CSO engagement in this way. Continue Reading


Institutional Measures for CSO Strategy Group on the SDGs

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. Continue Reading


CSO Strategy on the SDGs

The challenge of eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty and inequality; and ensuring sustainable development is arguably the greatest challenge facing humankind. Over the years, scholars, activists, politicians, development workers as well as local and international institutions have engaged with this challenge. Continue Reading



Open SDGclub: Nigeria Workplan

Annex to Short Summary of Open SDGclub.Berlin meeting 21 – 23 November 2016

Ideas for action that came up during the meeting.

Please note that we have written down these ideas mentioned either during the official meetings or in informal rounds, without any obligation imposed on anybody. The aim is to share a kind of aide-memoire where you can add, delete, comment, subscribe to ideas. Continue Reading


Gender Equity Movement in Schools

This training manual aims to support facilitators to initiate discussions on gender and violence in schools. This is based on the intervention research project – Gender Equity Movement in Schools (GEMS) – that was implemented in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools by International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Committee of Resource Organizations (CORO) for Literacy and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Continue Reading


Gender Mainstreaming

UNDP hopes that this manual will ‘demystify’ gender mainstreaming for environment and energy practitioners and their colleagues, and make a case for the relevance of gender considerations to UNDP staff directly or indirectly involved in work related to environment and energy. Continue Reading



Goal 16 Advocacy Toolkit

The Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network is a broad network of civil society organisations (CSOs) that works to ensure that open, inclusive, accountable, effective governance and peaceful societies are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and that civil society are recognized and mobilized as indispensable partners in the design, implementation of and accountability for sustainable development policies, at all levels. Continue Reading