MDGs AND SDGs

Millennium Development Goals and

Sustainable Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
• MDGs are commonly described as a “Roadmap for world
development by 2015”
• In September 2000, leaders of 189 countries gathered at the
United Nations headquarters and signed the historic Millennium
Declaration, in which they committed to achieving a set of eight
measurable goals that range from halving extreme poverty and
hunger to promoting gender equality and reducing child mortality,
by the target date of 2015.
The 8 Millennium Development Goals
GOAL 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
GOAL 2 Achieve universal primary education
GOAL 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
GOAL 4 Reduce child mortality
GOAL 5 Improve maternal health
GOAL 6 Combating HIV/AIDs, malaria, and other diseases
GOAL 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
GOAL 8 Develop a global partnership for development
 RESULTS
• The MDGs were revolutionary in providing a common language to
reach global agreement. The 8 goals were realistic and easy to
communicate.
• At least 21 million extra lives were saved due to accelerated progress
• Lower-income countries accelerated faster
• Between 8.8 to 17.3 million of the lives were saved due to faster
progress on child mortality
• 8.7 million due to expanded treatment for HIV/Aids
• 3.1 million due to declines in TB deaths, and approximately half a
million due to improvements in maternal mortality.
Sustainable Development Goals
• The 2030 agenda of
sustainable
development adopted by all
United Nations Member States
in 2015, provides a shared
blueprint for peace and
prosperity for people and the
planet, now and into the future.
• The 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) are
an urgent call for action by all
countries - developed and
developing - in a global
partnership.
 5 Elements of SDGs
• People
• Planet
• Prosperity
• Peace
• Partnership
he overall goal of sustainable
development is the long-term stability
of the economy and environment; this
is only achievable through the
integration and acknowledgement of
economic, environmental, and social
concerns throughout the decision
making process.
17 Sustainable Development Goals
• On 1 January 2016, the world officially began implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the transformative plan
of action based on 17 Sustainable Development Goals: to address
urgent global challenges over the next 15 years.
• All 17 Goals interconnect, meaning success in one affects success for
others
• In short, this is the greatest chance we have to improve life for future
generations
At present not a single one of
the 193 member countries can
be said to be progressing at the
needed extent and speed.
In total 16 sub-regions are
currently following a more or
less business as usual-track or
some have even moved
backwards not really taking the
SDGs into consideration at all.
5 of the sub-regions have seen
some political action towards
fulfilling the SDGs, but the
speed and the extent is still far
from enough. Not a single sub-
region has sufficiently embraced
the SDGs.