Localizing the

Maria Luisa Isabel Lim-Jolongbayan

UNDP Philippines
19 August 2016; DLSU Manila

Achieving the SDGs

1.Public awareness
2. Multi-stakeholder approaches
3. Reviewing plans and adapting SDGs

4. Horizontal policy
coherence
(breaking the silos)

5. Vertical policy
coherence
(localize)

6. Budgeting for the future

7. Monitoring, reporting and
accountability

8. Assessing risks and fostering

adaptability

Why Localize?
A FACE in development work
Real action and evidence of progress
happening on the ground
Broadens and deepens the ownership
Building a strong constituency ensures
continuous support

Poverty Incidence
2014
1991
0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

Source: UNICEF, 2016

Maternal mortality ratio (2011): 221

2015 target: 52
Percentage of pregnant women who delivered
in a health facility (2013)

PHL

Source: 2008 and 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey

NCR

ARMM

60 76

12

Median years of schooling

ARMM- 4.1
NCR- 9.4
PHL - 7.9
NCR- 9.3
ARMM- 3.6

Source:
2013 National Demographic
and Health Survey

Source: World Energy Outlook, 2015

Source: ASEAN Vision on Disaster Management, 2016

Roadmap for localizing the SDGs

Monitoring
Implement
Advocacy
Awareness
raising
getting to
know the
SDGs at the
local level

include a local
perspective in
national
strategies
Form
coalitions!

the SDGs go
local!
Partner and
cooperate!

evaluating and
learning from
experiences

Where do
we go from
here?
Using data
and applying
learnings for
decision
making

http://www.gtf2016.org/

Opportunities : MDG Experiences & Best

Practices
Mainstreaming MDGs in local
development planning, policy
making and project
implementation;
Promotion of broad-based
collaboration among
stakeholders (NGAs, LGUs, and
private sector) in aligning plans
and mobilizing resources

Opportunities : LGU Guide on

MDG Localization
Core Local Poverty Indicator Monitoring
System (CLPIMS) as MDG Benchmarking
and Poverty Monitoring Tool;
Poverty Planning and Resource
Allocation for Basic Social Services;
LGU Options to Address the MDGs
Replicating MDG-responsive Good
Practices.

Opportunities: Accelerating Progress on the

MDGs
numerous opportunities to contribute to
the prioritization and achievement of
lagging MDGs
Endorsement of national MDG
Acceleration Plan for maternal health;
Completion of local MDG5 acceleration
plans;

Opportunities: MDG-FACES
The MDG Family-based Actions for
Children and their Environs in the
Slums (MDG-FACES) implemented in
120 city-slums, since 2008.
MDG-FACES Dossier on Children is a
score-card device which tracks the
development of targeted Children per
slum area from 2008 2015 based on
MDG indicators.

Family MDG
Pangako ng Pagtupad
Family-Based Actions for Children and their Environs in the Slums (FACES)
Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, ako si ______(name of mother) __________________, at ang aking pamilya na nakatira sa
______(address)_______________ ngayong ika 2 ng Hulyo, 2008, ay nagpapahayag ng mga sumusunod:
Na ako at ang aking pamilya ay nangangako na isasagawa ang Millennium Development Goals sa akin at sa aking pamilya:
MDG 1:
MDG 2:
MDG 3:
MDG 4:
MDG 5:
MDG 6:
MDG 7:
MDG 8:

Ang aking anak ay hindi magugutom at mabibigyan ng tamang pangangailangan at pagkain.

Ang aking anak ay papasok sa eskwela at makapagtapos ng pag-aaral sa elementarya.
Ang aking ay aalagaan naming nanay at tatay.
Ang aking anak ay malusog, may tamang nutrisyon at nabakunahan.
Pangangalagaan ko ang aking kalusugan.
Alamin ko ang HIV/AIDS, malaria at nakakahawang sakit at kung paano ito maiiwasan
Ang aking anak ay maninirahan sa isang malinis, malusog at ligtas na kapaligiran.
Ang aking anak ay pwedeng gumamit ng makabagong teknolohiya.

Ako at ang aking pamilya ay gagawin lahat sa abot ng aming makakaya upang maisakatuparan ang mga nasaad na mga naisin para sa
aking pamilya at anak hanggang makamit namin ang kaligayahan at kasaganaan kasama ng aking mga kapitbahay at kapwa tao.
Ako at ang aking pamilya ay nagtatalaga ng aming mga sarili na makikilahok at tutupad sa lahat ng mga alintuntunin at paraan ng
proyektong FACES.
Kasama kayong lahat at sa harap ng Diyos, ako ay nanunumpa..
_____(Signature above printed name)____
Witness (Organization and Position)

___(Signature above printed name)_____

Witness (City Mayor)

Challenges
Strategy

Unfinished business of MDGs especially on poverty

eradication, inequality and maternal health care among others
how to ensure sustainability;

Capacity

Keeping up with the increasing demands for better delivery of

basic services to communities especially those that are
geographically isolated and depressed areas;

Resources

Allocating resources where they matter most especially in

social services

Resilience

Ensuring that our interventions bring about the development

of resilient communities that are better prepared against
impact of economic shocks, climate change and disasters;

Inclusivity

leave no Filipino behind

Localizing the SDGs

.the localization of the 2030 Agenda is not the
implementation of a global or national agenda at
local level; but rather building adequate
conditions at local level to achieve the global
goals. [40].

www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment
www.globalgoals.org