1. Please list a limited number, preferably between five and ten, of the important priority areas that must be addressed through the SDGs to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development
1. water resources, agriculture, food security and combating desertification and land degradation;
2. the eradication of poverty and poor housing;
3. waste management;
4. health coverage;
5. education, training and scientific research;
6. the rational and integrated management of natural resources;
7. the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems;
8. renewable energy and energy efficiency.
2. How might the SDGs strive to balance the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development?
a. Reflect social, economic and environmental dimensions within each SDG, possibly through the associated targets
eflect social, economic and env
b. Integrate the MDGs, suitably modified/updated for post-2015, into a larger sustainable development framework
b: integrate the MDGs suitably modified / updated after 2015, in a larger sustainable development framework,
c. Expand MDG7 (‘environmental sustainability’) into a number of goals with a natural/environmental resource dimension (water, food, energy, etc.)
d. Other (please describe)
3. Based on your experience with MDGs or other existing goals, what would be the key use of SDGs for your country (select at most two)?
Key use #1
a. Defining national policies
Key use #2
b. Influencing national budget allocations
If g. Other (please describe)
4. How can “universally applicable” SDGs be made practically relevant for countries at different levels of development? (Please refer to your country’s situation as appropriate.)
We have to take into account the specificities of each country in terms of particular national circumstances, capacities, priorities and level of development.
5. The SDGs are supposed to be “global in nature”. Should targets associated with those goals be: