World Public Sector Report 2018 Highlights Integrated approaches to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and SDG audits: Informal discussion around the World Public Sector Report 2018 SAI Leadership and stakeholders meeting 2018 20 July 2018
World Public Sector Report 2018 How can governments, public institutions and public administration foster integrated approaches to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs?
Integration Level of integration Integrated policy-making Coordination (joined-up government) Collaboration (cooperation) Source: Meijers and Stead, 2004
Vertical integration 3 dimensions of integration in the report Governance level Whole-of-Society Global Regional National Sub-national Horizontal integration Stakeholders Local Different Sectors / Line Ministries Policy issues
WPSR 2018: Structure Chapter 1 The case for integration Dimensions of integration Chapter 2 Horizontal integration Chapter 3 Vertical integration Chapter 4 Engagement Thematic examples Chapter 6 Integrated approaches to health Chapter 5 Integrated approaches to migrations Chapter 7 Integration in post-conflict situations
National institutional arrangements to coordinate and lead SDG implementation Existing arrangements Newly created arrangements Type 1 Inter-ministerial entity with Head of State or Government leadership Type 2 Inter-ministerial entity with ministry leadership Bhutan, Estonia, Germany, Venezuela (4) Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Turkey (4) Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Japan, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (17) Botswana, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Samoa, Slovenia (7) Type 3 Head of State or Government Office Hungary, Moldova, Slovak Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu (5) Jamaica (1) Type 4 Specific ministry Belize, Cambodia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Rep. of Korea, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sweden, Tajikistan, UK, Uganda, Vietnam (20) Benin, Sri Lanka (2)
Relationships across levels of governments National level National plans and policies with implications for local governments National SDG mechanisms that integrate local governments Sub-national level Coordination coordination Coordinated SDG plans and policies Local SDG plans and policies with potential for integration into national frameworks
Chapter 3 - Approaches and tools for vertical integration Alignment or integration of SDGs in sub-national plans & strategies Analytical tools to identify priorities and prepare for implementation at local level National coordination/decision making structures include LG or are multilevel Multi-level budgetary processes Localizing indicators Vertically integrated monitoring and evaluation structures Participation of local authorities in voluntary national reviews at the UN Vertically integrated oversight and auditing
Engagement: identifying the right stakeholders?
Migration-sustainable development linkages Access to water, energy, housing 9.c Access to Internet 10. 4 3.8 Social protection 6.1, 7.1 11.1 Universal Health Coverage Reduce inequalities End discrimination Economic 1.3 10. 3 Services Inclusive Education 1.4 1.1 4.7 Access to basic services 4.b 3.7 Scholarships Reproductive health 11. 5 Equal Access to Education Eradicate extreme poverty 4.5 End hunger 2.1 Reduce disaster-cased Equality, deaths, loss to GDP social protection Safe, orderly, responsible migration 10. c Remittances 8.6 Work for youth Environment 13.1 Resilience, adaptive capacity 10. 7 Employment 8.5 8.8 Decent work for all 17. 18 Data Migrant workers rights Health workforce 3.c End abuse, trafficking, exploitation of children 5.1 Security 2 End discrimination against women Nondiscriminatory laws 9 Legal identity for all b 7 1 Rule of Law 3 End violence and Human Rights Participatory Governance 10 Protect freedoms death End violence, trafficking, exploitation of women 8.7 5.2 End forced labour, modern slavery, etc. 10. 2 Social, Economic, Political Inclusion
Integration in post-conflict contexts Primacy of politics and the critical importance of inclusion SDGs more difficult to achieve.. But also tools for peace Using the SDGs to align strategies and actions could help prioritize and allocate resources Critical importance of budget processes Rebuilding public administration Which levels of government to support? Potential tension Secure quick gains Restore physical and human security Alleviate extreme poverty and hunger Restore access to basic services Restart the economy Reintegrate former combatants Rebuild basic functions of the State Rule of law and justice system Protecting human rights and freedoms Executive decision-making and coordination Public revenue and expenditure management (incl. aid) Government employment and public administration Security functions Local governance Inclusion Address root causes of conflict Sustainable development (all SDGs) Address social inequality, poverty Address discrimination of certain groups Expand the economy and fiscal space Preserve the environment Optimize management of natural resources Importance of engaging minorities, women, youth
Messages for SAIs The three dimensions used in the report provide a robust framework for analyzing integration at the national level All play a role Can be used to analyze other SDG areas Integration difficult to measure What should be the aim? What is the benchmark? Benefits and costs of integration High level of idiosyncrasy in national institutional contexts, change over time More integration is not always synonymous with better outcomes for people E.g. migration and refugees and cross-agency/ cross-level enforcement, exchange of data E.g. tensions between national and local levels (chapters 5, 7): to some extent, irreducible (different sources of legitimacy, accountability mechanisms) Trade-off coherence / innovation Beyond institutional arrangements and formal structures, crucial role of: Strategies that take SDG linkages into account Budget processes Monitoring and evaluation systems Information, data Crucial importance of the political dimension