Regional : Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2021-2024
The Asia and the Pacific region is off-track in achieving every one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has set the region back even further, especially for women, exacerbating vulnerabilities related to socially focused SDGs particularly poverty and inequality, health, education. Progress against environmental SDGs (for example, climate change action, promoting responsible consumption and production, and protecting life on land and below water) has been particularly slow. Fiscal constraints compounded by COVID-19 further impede the ability of developing member countries (DMCs) to address the SDGs in a holistic manner alongside short-term crisis-response measures.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Ferreira, Carla Cristina D.
Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department
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| Project Name | Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2021-2024 | ||||
| Project Number | 55177-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cook Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Mongolia Nauru Niue Palau China, People's Republic of Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Multisector / ADB's corporate management, policy and strategy development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The Asia and the Pacific region is off-track in achieving every one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has set the region back even further, especially for women, exacerbating vulnerabilities related to socially focused SDGs particularly poverty and inequality, health, education. Progress against environmental SDGs (for example, climate change action, promoting responsible consumption and production, and protecting life on land and below water) has been particularly slow. Fiscal constraints compounded by COVID-19 further impede the ability of developing member countries (DMCs) to address the SDGs in a holistic manner alongside short-term crisis-response measures. Achieving the 17 SDGs is a focus of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Strategy 2030. The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) cluster will--through practical research and analysis, policy advice, and capacity building--support DMCs to advance SDG implementation by enabling them to develop and deliver more effective results-based programming. Each of the four subprojects of the TA cluster will support: (i) enhanced DMC knowledge and capacity to align programs and financing with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (ii) increased DMC awareness of experiences and lessons to strengthen development programming that advances the SDGs; and (iii) strengthened DMC capacity for result-based project design and management. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The emphasis on the SDGs in DMC national development planning and financing processes is uneven. DMCs' capacity to better manage results by designing and monitoring programs that will support progress in achieving the SDGs also remains limited. Good practices and lessons for ensuring that development partner and national government operations are effective in achieving the SDGs are not collected, disseminated, or applied regularly. Although most DMCs have established SDG coordination institutions and are reporting on their efforts to achieve the SDGs, integration of the SDGs into critical national systems remains uneven. Significant gaps remain when it comes to integrating the SDGs into planning, budgeting, and financing, and developing SDG-targeted programs. Weaknesses in results-focused project design and monitoring have impinged on project success rates, signaling a need to help DMC counterparts develop and use more effective design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs). Surveys of stakeholders in ADB DMCs suggest a strong need and demand for continued work on implementing the SDGs, including through sustaining, expanding, and ramping up partnerships. Gaps also remain in understanding lessons related to strengthened project design and results management from previous projects; ensuring that projects are effective and sustainable; and strengthening projects' contribution to the SDGs. There is also a need to continue to synthesize and disseminate lessons from completed operations for advancing the SDGs, and to continue to build DMC capacity for results focused project design and implementation. |
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| Impact | DMCs' effective and sustainable achievement of the SDGs increased. |
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| Description of Outcome | Higher-quality programs and projects that advance the SDGs developed and delivered by ADB DMCs. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | DMC knowledge and capacity to align planned programs and financing with the SDGs enhanced DMC's knowledge of good practices and lessons from operations increased DMC's capacity for results-based project design and management strengthened |
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| Geographical Location | Mongolia - Nation-wide; Sri Lanka - Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | 1. Firm: SDG and COVID 19 Research: Competitive Recruitment based on CV; CQS, QBS, QCBS 2. Individual: SDG Financing Specialist: International Consultant; ICS 3. Individual: SDG Implementation Analyst: National Consultant; ICS 4. Results Communication Specialists: International Consultant; ICS 5. UNDP Administrative Agreement: Administrative Arrangement 6. UN ESCAP Administrative Agreement: Administrative Arrangement |
| Procurement | 1. Databases and electronic resource (data subscription), micro data, or publications: direct contracting 2. Information and communication technology software |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Ferreira, Carla Cristina D. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | SPRA |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 28 May 2021 |
| Fact Finding | 26 Apr 2021 to 26 Apr 2021 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 27 Jul 2021 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 05 Aug 2021 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | - | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2021-2024: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Jul 2021 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Building Forward Together: Towards an Inclusive and Resilient Asia and the Pacific | Reports | Mar 2022 |
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