Related SDGs: SDG 11, 16, 17
Keywords: Institutions, National to Local, SDG 16

Language: English
 

The learning outcomes for this training toolkit are designed around the often-expressed challenges of strengthening national to local government coordination and institutional effectiveness for the SDGs. Therefore, this toolkit aims to break these barriers for more effective achievement of the SDGs and highlights the role of local government.

Upon completion of the training, learners will have:

• Applied the principle of effective governance to build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, with a view to achieving the shared vision for the people and the planet embodied in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• Enhanced understanding of whole-of-government approaches for strengthening vertical coordination and aligning national to local planning to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Gained an understanding of how to promote a whole-of-society approach for national to local planning to ensure effective stakeholder engagement in public governance and leave no one behind.
• Identified and applied various innovative financing mechanisms to advance local SDG implementation.
• Developed a governance strategy and roadmap on monitoring, evaluating and accelerating SDG implementation at the local level.

The Toolkit is comprised of the following modules and sessions that can be used to conduct regional or national training:

Strengthening Institutional Effectiveness for SDGs
Module 2.1: Effective Institutions
Module 2.2: Institutional Arrangements
Module 2.3: Whole-of-Government Approach
Module 2.4: Whole-of-Society Approach
Module 2.5: Need for Localization of SDGs 

Localizing the SDGs
Module 3.1: Regional and Global Trends of Localization
Module 3.2: Vertical Integration for Policy Coherence
Module 3.3: Consultation Process for Policy Formulation
Module 3.4: Localization from national to Sub-national
Module 3.5: National to Local Planning
Module 3.6: National to Local Governance for Effective Health Emergency Management
Module 3.7: Resource Allocation and Capacity Building 

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting 
Module 4.1: Monitoring and Evaluation 
Module 4.2: Reporting SDGs 

Action Plan for Accelerating Change
Module 5: Action Plan for Accelerating Change

• Government officials, from both national and local government agencies
• Schools of public administration and institutes of public management
• UN Country Teams and UN Agencies
• Other relevant stakeholder, including civil society organizations, private sector, and academia

Additional Information
Terms and Conditions of use for the Curriculum on Governance for the SDGs
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The training toolkit is free of charge. If you have any questions about the toolkit, please send us an email at unpan@un.org.