Ronald Wiman: Innovative solutions to the implementation of Agenda 2030, Finland

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Innovative solutions to the implementation of Agenda 2030

Finland By

Ronald Wiman, THL

www.thl.fi/gsp-info In Focus

CSocD 55th Session / [email protected]

http://www.thl.fi/gsp-info

Basic facts of Finland• Population 5,5, Mill• Unemployment rate 7,9• Long term U (> one year) 2,3%• Poverty line: 1180 €• Poverty ( below 60% of median)

rate 11,7%• Universal access to basic social

security and essential services• Taxation funded• Dual systems:

– public and private Health care– Non- contributory and

contributory social security (+private insurances)

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Winter (Ro-THL)

Summertime (Ro-THL)

Sustainable development• Sustainable Development has four dimensions: The Ethical, the Social,

the Environmental and the Economic; in this order of priority.• Sustainable development is a value-based agenda. The ethics of human

dignity should determine the goals and processes of sustainable development.

• Economy is a means, not a goal of sustainability. The goal of the sustainable development agenda is to ensure, within and between generations, equitable access to contribute to and to benefit from development, within the limits of long-term ecological constraints, by means of appropriate technology and efficient economic institutions and action.

• Social development means institutional transformations towards improved empowerment, human security, inclusion and cohesion. It is both valued goal in itself and a fundamental prerequisite for the sustainability of developments in the other dimensions of sustainable development.


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THE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC

SOCIAL(Societal /

institutional)Ethical Dimension (ultimate goals)

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A participatory society for all is our instrument for sustainable development• Finland has emphasized

the role of the social dimension of sustainable development.

• Sustainable development agenda is meant to protect the humankind - Therefore we must protect the environment.

• Put people at the center of sustainable development as beneficiaries and as agents of action.


RW-1997

The value base of the Finnish agenda

The “Nordic Welfare State, A Society for All “ Human rights, the fundamental freedoms, rule of law Societal equality, including gender equality Democracy Universal access to social security and essential services etc.In practice e.g. :

Tuition-free quality education Cost-effective quality health care system Universal Social Protection/Social Security Etc.


Agenda 2030 implementation strategiesby Finland

Government Report on the Implementation of SDGs Febr. 2.2017• Goals:

– achieve a carbon-neutral and resource-wise Finland by 2030– secure non-discrimination, equality and a high level of

competence• A key tool in the implementation of the action programme is

the Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development launched in 2013.– companies, corporations, educational institutions, administration,

political parties, cities and other actors can make their own concrete commitments to actions that will contribute to the implementation of the shared goals of sustainable development



The goals of the social commitment:

1. Equal prospects for well-being

2. Participatory society for all

3. Work in a sustainable way

4. Sustainable society and local commnities

5. A carbon neutral society

6. A Resource-wise econmy

7. Lifestyles that respect the carrying capcity of nature

8. Decision making that repsects natureo

Agenda 2030 Sustainable Developmnt Goals:

The Finland WE want

There are already 400 commitments to practical action for realizing sustainable developmentThis is a participatory, concrete instrument that is “born in Finland but can be used in any country”

Examples of commitments by societal actors• Society's

Commitment to Sustainable Development. Finland we want by 2050 (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS_yVUp52es





E.g. The City of Espoo in Southern Finland is “the most sustainable city in Europe”. The study measured sustainability very broadly, looking into economic, sociocultural and ecological sustainability of 114 European cities.• “We promote the partnership and collaboration between the city,

its residents, enterprises, Aalto University and other stakeholders in all our operations," the Major, Mr. Mäkelä said. "Being a responsible trailblazer is one of Espoo's values, and it involves the commitment to develop Espoo in a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable manner.”

• Strengthening the rights and status of girls and women •Developing the economies of developing countries to create jobs, industries and well-being.

•Strengthening of democracy and the functioning of societies

•Improving food security and sustainability of natural resources

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The Priorities of Finland’s Deveopment cooperation policy are also aligned to the SDGs

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Conclusion• It is not necessary to be rich

in order to reach a sustainable path of development

• But sustainable development is necessary if the country wants to get rich

• The key is: involve the people as stakeholders, shareholders of future

• Children first !

• The “future generation” is already here.

• Children will shoulder the gravest consequences of climate change despite they contributed least to the emergence of the problem. Children belong at the center of the sustainable development agenda.

• Climate Change and Children. A Human Security Challenge (pdf, 540 kb) Policy Review Paper by UNICEF (2008)


Photo Shutterstock -THL

Reference material

The • Global Social Policy Information Package by National Institute

for Health and Welfare, THL• www.thl.fi/gsp-info In Focus page• Contains links to reference material (and the Power Points in

a week’s time from now) • National Report on Implementation of the SDGs

https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/75188• Society's

Commitment to Sustainable Development. Finland we want by 2050 (video)


http://www.thl.fi/gsp-info

https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/75188








Thank you !


Finnish archipelago (RW)

Contact information

Ronald [email protected] Specialist /Global Social Policy

National Institute for Health and Welfare www.thl.fi Mobile +358 405564812

Chief Social Policy Expert in the EU – Social Protection Systems (EU-SPS) -Programme


http://www.thl.fi/

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