On November 27, 2020, Secretariat for Sustainable Development
Goals presented results at a round table regarding its work in the
framework of the United Nations Joint Programme on aligning policy and
financing with SDGs in Kazakhstan.
As part
of this work, Secretariat for Sustainable Development Goals, together
with international expert Gregory De Paepe, did a lot of work to
identify main sources and volumes of development financing in
Kazakhstan, followed by a rapid comprehensive assessment to identify
scope of SDG tasks and adequacy of their funding.
During
the round table, experts of the Secretariat for Sustainable Development
Goals noted that Kazakhstan is working systematically to implement SDGs
in all program and strategic documents. Main conclusions reached by
Secretariat experts:
- Сoverage of Sustainable Development
Goals in strategic and policy documents is 79.9% (Rapid Integrated
Assessment, 2019). In the context of medium-term strategies and programs
up to 2022 - 76.3%. SDG 13 has a high level of coverage; while SDGs 1,
5, 14 and 15 have a lower coverage. It should be noted that the Rapid
Integrated Assessment only shows how well the SDG goals are reflected in
SPS documents, and not the extent to which they are achieved, nor its
underlying targets.
- For all three categories of planning
documents (state plans, strategic programs, and territorial development
plans), little or no government funding is allocated for the seven SDGs.
Moreover, these seven SDGs also fall short of the 2030 deadline.
- "Planetary
" aspect of SDGs is underfunded, with the exception of SDG 6 on clean
water. This aspect includes SDGs on sustainable consumption and
production, climate change, life on land and in the oceans.
- At the "target level" of SDGs, the bulk of Government expenditure is largely focused on several SDG targets.
Reference:
United
Nations (UN) Joint Programme on aligning policy and financing with SDGs
towards an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) in
Kazakhstan. Programme is funded by the Joint United Nations SDG Fund and
implemented by three UN agencies, namely UNDP, UNICEF and UNESCAP. This
project is a continuation of ongoing support of the Kazakhstan
Government from the UN in implementation of the global agenda for
sustainable development for the period up to 2030.
The
Joint Programme in Kazakhstan aims to develop a vision of priority
reforms needed to implement Integrated National Financing Framework of
SDGs and build the capacity of government agencies to enhance their
ongoing efforts to develop supporting ecosystems (institutions and
actors) in order to increase the impact of various forms of financial
resources on achieving SDGs in the country.
