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“Albania in its way to EU accession and SDGs”
2017
Launching of the SDGs
Albania signs the 2030 Agenda – UN Declaration
Sustainable Development Summit New York, 25-27 September 2015
Launching Ceremony of Agenda 2030 for Albania,
Tirana, PMO, 28 September 2015
May : Approved NSDI 2015-2020 – with Annex on SDG linkages
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March : SDG 16 Piloting of GoA (Peace, democracy and Good Governance) • Influenced global indicators • 3 HL indicators fed into NSDI 2015-2020
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November: Joint Executive Committee workshop with line Ministries3
November: Rapid Assessment of SDG indicators in national planning – as first phase of Baseline Report Preparation
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December: Monitoring Reports for 5 National Strategies prepared (PAR, PFM, Decentralization, Employment & Social Policies, Anticorruption, Business & FDIs)
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2016
March:Workshop with line ministries on consulting monitoring methodology of sector strategies
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April: Workshop with line ministries and relevant stakeholders for launching the process and consulting the methodology of the Baseline Report on SDGs.
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May : Approval of the Inter-ministerial Committee for SDGs (PM Order Nº 63, dated 12/05/17)
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May : Approval of the Inter-Institutional Working Group for SDG Road Map (PM Order Nº 70, dated 22/05/17); drafting of SDG Road Map
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2017February: SDG indicators are included in the Official Statistical Programe 2017-2021 (approved by Parliament in February 2017)
May : First Meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee for SDGs, chaired by Deputy PM as SDG National Coordinator
Where does Albania stand?
July : DIP Forum – multi-stakeholders’ dialogue for better converging actions for achieving SDGs77
Approach on SDG achievement
• Ownership on SDG related processes;• Leadership of institutions into SDG achievement
• Inclusiveness: • Pro-active involvement of all stakeholders of the Albanian society (civil society; business; academia; etc); • Pro-active involvement of Development Partners (multi-lateral and bi-lateral DIPs, IFIs)
• Efficiency:• Build upon the experience gained with monitoring MDG implementation;• Harmonisation and streamlining into national planning and monitoring processes;• Build upon existing mechanisms and structures (IPS, IPMGs etc)
• Long term approach: • Beyond the horizon of current GoA strategies and NSDI-II;
• Statistics based:• Based on sound practices of data collection, processing and analysis, according to international best practice
and EU standards;
INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON SDG
ACHIEVEMENT
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
SDG Agenda Issues
Interministerial Technical Working Group on SDG Road Map
DEPARTMENT ON DEV. COOPSecretariat on SPC and SDG
Committee
CORE STRUCTURES
NATIONAL ECONOMIC
COUNCIL (NEC)
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CIVIL SOCIETY
(NCCS)
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL
GOVERNANCE (NCLG)
NATIONAL EDEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE (RDF)
INTERACTIVLEVEL
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS PLATFORM
– DIP - (TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT – DTS)
OPERATIONAL LEVEL
Civil Society; Local Government; Development Partners; Social Partners
THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS
LINE MINISTRIES
INTEGRATED POLICY MANAGEMENT GROUPS (IPMG)
INSTAT CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS
Institutional structures for SDG achievement
UN Organizations
Technical Working GroupMain Responsibilities
Prepare Roadmap for SDG achievement; Identify/develop instruments/tools and
implementing measures to achieve SDGs within Roadmap timeframe;
Coordinate with IPMGs on development / implementation of sectorial plans/policies/measures for SDG achievement;
Report to Prime Minister's Cabinet, periodically, every 3 months on fulfillment of the responsibilities.
Inter-ministerial CommitteeMain Responsibilities
Ensure governmental dialogue with stakeholders on measures to achieve SDGs;
Approval of the Roadmap for SDG achievement (CoM approved and monitoring performance);
Reporting on SDG achievement to the SPC; Ensuring reflection of SDGs in Albania’s strategic
framework;
Formulating recommendations on legislative measures, high-level policy and institutional orientation, and national programmes in support of SDG achievement
Promoting the financing of SDG implementation through the MTBP process and in cooperation with DIPs, through the IPS and the IPMG mechanism
Main responsibilities of main SDG structures
• SDG Baseline Report for Albania – Draft phase • Based on Albania’s assessment of strategic and institutional
frameworks • Harmonization level of SDGs with national policies; details
on current status of available capacities and level of statistics; recommendations on prioritizing SDGs and targets.
• Status: drafting phase• Albania considers voluntary reporting in July 2018, in New
York
• National Action Plan on SDGs• Intervention areas and measures for SDG achievement;
phases of SDG agenda implementation; necessary capacities to implement SDGs; promotion and communication of SDGs
• To be prepared & finalized by the IMWG and approved by the SDG-Committee
• Status: drafting phase
Instruments for SDG Implementation
Preliminary findings of SDG Baseline Report From 232 global indicators - 12 are used for
tracking progress within NSDI II; 14 indicators used in other strategies & policy documents ; 159 are measured by INSTAT
134 SDG targets, or 79% of the total, directly linked to the national strategic policy framework surrounding the NSDI II
33% of global indicators framework are available in Albania; 24% is either available with efforts or partially available; 43% are currently not available; 7% are not applicable to Albania
Challenges ahead and next steps for SDG Implementation process
• Complexity of SDG planning• Global unified high level objectives and targets (one size for all) that reflects crosssectorial
interlinkages and require global and regional response. The national goals setting represents a complex exercise. It requires political action & technical knowhow, and financial resources.
• Lacking long term instruments of planning. • The country has development only medium term instruments for strategic planning (from
5 to max 7 year planning).
• Capacities remain an issue• HR - knowhow and effective resources to support the setup of the available statistical
data; monitoring instruments; policy response to complex intersectorial goals and targets.• Financial resources for achieving SDGs – national budget
Implementation of SDG in environmental sector – excel file
SDGs in the frame of EPR
• The Government has been regularly monitoring progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). • A revision of national MDG targets was carried out in 2009.A slightly different assessment is contained in the NSDI-II, adopted in 2016: • Albania reached five goals (health – MDG 5, education – MDG 2, infant mortality – MDG 4, poverty – MDG 1 and gender equality –
MDG 3), and is close to achieving the other four. • There are ideas about identifying or creating an interministerial forum or committee vested with a more political role in the SDG
implementation process• In July 2016 a stocktaking exercise was carried out, using the United Nations Rapid Integrated Assessment tool, to assess the level of
integration of all goals and targets into the NSDI-II and sectoral programmes.• Albania has, overall, reached all the environment-related targets under MDG 7• The current challenge for the process of nationalization of the SDGs is to propose the vision for 2030, since the current planning
documents in the country have the horizon of 2020 or, in a few cases, 2025. • In July 2016 a stocktaking exercise was carried out, using the United Nations Rapid Integrated Assessment tool, to assess the level of
integration of all goals and targets into the NSDI-II and sectoral programmes. The analysis involved the assessment at the goal, target and indicator levels of the NSDI-II and over 50 other national strategies, plans and policy documents.
• A substantial number of SDG targets and indicators are not covered by the current policy framework of the country. • In 2015–2016, the country implemented a pilot project to develop and test SDG 16 targets and indicators• in July 2016, only 12 of the 50 indicators in the NSDI-II and 14 additional indicators included in other national strategic documents are
also part of the global SDGs indicators framework.
Aligning SDGs implementation and monitoring with the EU accession process
• Mechanisms established as part of the EU accession process, such as the integrated policy management groups (IPMGs) and the Interministerial Working Group for Chapter 27, can also be involved in SDGs implementation and monitoring
• Albania’s current position vis-à-vis target 17.14 . Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
• Target 17.14: Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development - This target covers one of the systemic issues for the achievement of SDGs
The Government has progressed with aligning its national agenda, as set out in the NSDI-II, with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is working on developing a national action plan on the SDGs. It is recommended that:Future efforts to enhance policy coherence for sustainable development could therefore focus on: 1. ensuring the effectiveness of the IPMGs, to be demonstrated by the results they deliver; and 2. improving the functioning of the Integrated Planning System, in particular the aspects of timely planning
and delivery, reporting and transparency
Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for allTarget 6.5: By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundarycooperation as appropriate
• Albania is very active in transboundary water cooperation, especially on shared transboundary lakes.• Not all transboundary waters shared by Albania are covered by transboundary water agreements.• Albania is in the process of approval of the draft framework agreement with Montenegro for transboundary
water management in the Drin-Buna Basin (pending approval of the Council of Ministers) and in the process of drafting bilateral agreements with Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoni
• Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all• Highly relevant for Albania as the country still faces huge difficulties with providing water supply and sanitation
to all and is at the very start of implementing IWRM. • Primary legal and policy framework for water resources management is in place, secondary legislation still
needs to be developed for many aspects, and practical implementation lags behind, requiring stronger institutional cooperation, as well as investments.
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Target 12.1: Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
Most related policy priorities for target 12.1 are identified in NSDI-II pillar 4: • Ensuring growth through connectivity, the sustainable use of resources and territorial development. • Promotion of sustainable production and consumption is one of the sustainability principles mentioned
in the NSDI-II. • Related policy priorities are also included in the draft environmental cross-cutting strategy for the
period 2015–2020.
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