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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
In September 2000, world leaders came together at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the
United Nations Millennium Declaration, committing
their nations to a new global partnership to reduce
extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound
targets – with a deadline of 2015 – that have become
known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
▪ MDG1 – Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger
▪ MDG2 – Achieve universal primary education
▪ MDG3 – Promote gender equality and
empower women
▪ MDG4 – Reduce child mortality
▪ MDG5 – Improve maternal health
▪ MDG6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
▪ MDG7 – Ensure environmental sustainability
▪ MDG8 – A global partnership for development
Key MDG achievements
▪ More than 1 billion people have been lifted out
of extreme poverty since 1990
▪ Child mortality dropped by more than half
since 1990
▪ The number of out-of-school children has
dropped by more than half since 1990
▪ HIV/AIDS infections fell by almost 40 percent
since 2000
The successes of the MDG agenda prove that global
action can work. The world has the opportunity to build
on the successes and to embrace new ambitions for the
future we want. As the human race, we seek a
sustainable future.
United Nations Summit on Sustainable
Development, 25-27 September 2015, New York
Plan: to formally approve an ambitious new agenda for
sustainable development.
Goal of the plan: to find new ways to improve the lives
of the world’s people, to eradicate poverty, to promote
prosperity and well-being for all, to protect the
environment, and to fight against climate change.
In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the
United Nations adopted a plan for achieving a better
future for all – laying out path over the next 15 years to
end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and
protect our planet. At the heart of “Agenda 2030” are
the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which
clearly define the world we want – applying to all
nations and leaving no one behind.
▪ SDG1 – No poverty
▪ SDG2 – No hunger
▪ SDG3 – Good health
▪ SDG4 – Quality education
▪ SDG5 – Gender equality
▪ SDG6 – Clean water and sanitation
▪ SDG7 – Renewable energy
▪ SDG8 – Good jobs and economic growth
▪ SDG9 – Innovation and infrastructure
▪ SDG10 – Reduced inequalities
▪ SDG11 – Sustainable cities and communities
▪ SDG12 – Responsible consumption
▪ SDG13 – Climate action
▪ SDG14 – Life below water
▪ SDG15 – Life on land
▪ SDG16 – Peace and justice
▪ SDG17 – Partnerships for the goals
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development involves satisfying the needs
of the present population without endangering the
capability of the future population to satisfy its own
needs.
It’s about improving the well-being of everyone
wherever they are and achieving this milestone
collectively.
It’s all about meeting the diverse needs of people in
different communities, social cohesion, creating equal
opportunity to ensure a strong and healthy society.
3 Pillars of Sustainability
Environmental Sustainability means that we are living
within the means of our natural resources. To live in
true environmental sustainability, we need to ensure
that we are consuming our natural resources such as
materials, energy fuels, land, water, etc., at a
sustainable rate.
Economic Sustainability requires that a business or
country use its resources efficiently and responsibly so
that it can operate in a sustainable manner to
consistently produce an operational profit.
Social Sustainability is the ability of society, or any
social system, to persistently achieve a good social
well-being. Achieving social sustainability ensures that
the social well-being of a country, an organization, or a
community, can be maintained in the long term.
SDG1 – No poverty
Goal in action: to end poverty in all its forms
everywhere.
Eradicating poverty is not a task of charity – it’s an act
of justice and the key to unlocking an enormous human
potential.
Nearly half of the world’s population lives in poverty,
and lack of food and clean water is killing thousands
every single day of the year.
Targets
Target 1.1 Eradicate extreme poverty
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people
everywhere, currently measured as people living on
less than $1.25 a day
Target 1.2 Implement social protection systems
Implement nationally appropriate social protection
systems and measures for all, including floors, and by
2030, achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the
vulnerable.
Social protection floors are:
▪ Access to essential health care;
▪ Basic services for children such as nutrition,
education, and care;
▪ Basic income security for people of active age
who are unable to earn income; and
▪ Basic income security for older persons.
Target 1.3 Equal rights to ownership, basic services,
technology, and economic resources
By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular
the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to
economic resources, as well as access to basic services,
ownership and control over land and other forms of
property inheritance, natural resources, appropriate
new technology and financial services, including
microfinance.
Three categories:
▪ Access to basic services
▪ Tenure and legal holdings
▪ General provision for access to finance and
technology
Target 1.5 Build resilience to environmental economic
and social disasters
By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in
vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and
vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and
other economic, social, and environmental shocks and
disasters.
Means of implementation
Target 1.A. Mobilize resources to implement policies
to end poverty
Target 1.B. Create pro-poor and gender-sensitive
policy frameworks
Get Involved:
1. Find a Goal 1 charity you want to support
2. Support campaigns collecting items for victims of
emergencies. Donate your clothes, food supplies, etc.,
to support those in need.
3. Donate what you don’t use. Local charities will give
you gently used clothes, books, and furniture a new
life.
4. Poverty still persists in every country. Over 8% of the
world population lives in extreme poverty. Lend your
voice to the fight against extreme poverty.
Spread the word:
By 2030, nobody will live in extreme poverty anywhere
in the world.
Goal 1 in Action (Philippine Setting)
1. Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan
Communities as leaders. Villagers in Saint Bernard,
Southern Leyte helping build a quarantine facility.
Gender Mainstreaming in the Kalahi-CIDSS National
Community-driven Development Program.
2. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
The Pantawid Pamilya is a human development
program of the national government that invests in the
health and education of poor households, particularly
of children aged 0-18 years old. It provides cash grants
to beneficiaries provided that they comply with the set
of conditions required by the program.
The program aims to break the cycle of poverty by
keeping children aged 0-18 healthy and in school, so
they can have a better future. It is implemented by
DSWD with the Department of Health (DOH),
Department of Education (DepEd), and NEDA
partners.
Targeted areas: Nationwide
Target groups: Children and pregnant women
Eligibility criteria: Beneficiaries are poor households
with pregnant women and/or children up to 18 years
old. They are selected through the National Household
Targeting System (NHTS-Listahan). It covers
households with pregnant women and/or children
aged 0-18 years old who are not registered in the NHTS
but who are poor and vulnerable.
Type of benefits: Cash, training, and services
Modality and its Benefits
Skills training fund. Technical-vocational skills training
fee; basic living allowance; training supplies and
materials; equipment and materials needed for
employment; assessment fees.

Amounts of benefits: Seed capital fund. Working capital for small tools, raw
▪ Education. Monthly grant (provided 10 materials, start-up expenses, permit/s to operate, large
months per year up to a maximum of children and long-lived tangible assets required to start or
per household): PHP300 for children 3 to 14 expand a microenterprise.
years old and PHP500 for children 15 to 18
Cash for Building Livelihood Assets. Employment for
years of age.
11 days, with possibility of extension to a maximum of
▪ Health. Monthly grant (provided every
3 months.
month): PHP500 per household.
▪ Rice subsidy. As of 2017, beneficiary Employment Assistance Fund. Acquisition of
households are entitled to an additional cash employment requirements such as legal documents
grant serving as rice subsidy in the amount of and licenses; meal and transportation allowance within
PHP7,200 per year or PHP600 per month per the first 15 days of guaranteed employment.
household.
▪ Microfinance. Services and training are 5. Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens
available to participants of the SLP program.
MCCT beneficiaries are also eligible for shelter
assistance and specific incentives in terms of
access to jobs and livelihood opportunities or
community income-generating activities.

Payment/delivery frequency: Payments are made

every two months.

Benefit of delivery mechanism: Where feasible,

beneficiaries receive a Land Bank of the Philippines
(LBP) debit card, which they can use in ATM machines.
In areas not covered by this banking system, off-site
payments are made by LBP, Globe GCash Remit (a
mobile payment provider), local rural banks, and
cooperatives are also able to process the payments.

Benefit recipients: Usually the mother in the family.

3. Unconditional Cash Transfer Program (UCT)

It is a mitigating measure for the expected increase in
the prices of certain commodities due to the passage
of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion
(TRAIN) Law. UTC will cover 10 million poor
households. These households will receive
PHP200/month in 2018, and PHP300/month in 2019
and 2020.

4. Sustainable Livelihood Program

To reduce poverty and inequality by generating
employment among poor households and by moving
highly vulnerable households into sustainable
livelihoods and toward economic stability.