Handbook for Parliamentarians to Improve Oversight in the Management of Development Aid and Implementing the SDGs - United Nations Partnerships for SDGs platform

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Handbook for Parliamentarians to Improve Oversight in the Management of Development Aid and Implementing the SDGs

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SDGs & Targets
Deliverables & timeline
Resources mobilized

Description/achievement of initiative

To strengthen the capacity, engagement, and mechanisms for parliamentary oversight of national resources including development aid, in both donor and recipient countries, to ensure that national resources and aid are managed effectively and with integrity to attain national development priorities, with specific reference to the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals.Goal 16 calls on Member States to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”. This places parliaments at the forefront of the SGDs’ implementation and monitoring.

Implementation methodologies

The objective of the project is to develop and pilot an assessment tool, which can be applied by parliamentarians globally. The tool will be piloted firstly in Indonesia and Jordan, two prioritized countries of the SEAPAC and ARPAC Regional Chapters and ISDB Group member countries.The project comprises:a. The development of a knowledge product consisting of an assessment guide/handbook for parliamentarians for succeeding the SDGs challenge through parliamentary oversight of national resources including development aid.b. The piloting of the assessment guide/handbook in the two priority countries. Two-day workshops for parliamentarians will be held in Jordan and in Indonesia. A small delegation of parliamentarians from Indonesia will be invited to participate in the workshop in Jordan, and vice versa.c. Final reports presenting the finding of the assessment produced at the occasion of the parliamentary workshops and integrating strategic plans to correct the weaknesses.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

In order to achieve goal 16 and more broadly ensure the implementation of the SDGs, it is crucial to strengthen the role of parliaments in holding their governments to account for the results of development spending. This is the reason why ISDB, GOPAC and UNDP are partnering to develop an assessment guide/handbook on parliamentary oversight of resources for development.The guide will be developed as a tool for parliamentarians to explore the current frameworks in place for oversight of the development efforts in their countries (namely to ensure that support for development is delivered to those who need it), identify areas for improvement, including capacity-building requirements, and propose potential solutions. Regional and national GOPAC chapters will be encouraged and supported to develop local handbooks.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The Senior Expert will liaise with ISDB, GOPAC and UNDP to establish an agreed timeline and workplan including the following main outputs:1. Development of the handbook2. Validation of the handbook.3. Supporting the organisation of the two pilot workshops.4. Facilitating the two pilot workshops.Technical Review and Clearance - Olivier Pierre-Louveaux, UNDP and Abdihamid Mao, ISDB; Final Approval - Emilie Lemieux, GOPAC and Abdihamid Mao, ISDB.

Partner(s)

Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC); Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); SEAPAC and ARPAC Regional Chapters of GOPAC; World Bank Parliamentary Network

Progress reports

Goal 1

1.b - Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

Goal 3

3.3 - By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

3.6 - By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents

3.7 - By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes

3.c - Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States

3.d - Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks

Goal 4

Goal 5

Goal 8

Goal 9

Goal 10

Goal 13

Goal 14

Goal 16

16.3 - Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all

16.5 - Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

16.6 - Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels

16.7 - Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels

16.8 - Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance

16.10 - Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

16.a - Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime

16.b - Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development