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Europe's approach to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: good practices and the way forward Study commissioned by the European Parliament Hearing DEVE Committee, 7 February 2019 Dr. Ingeborg Niestroy Elisabeth Hege Elizabeth Dirth & Ruben Zondervan ps4sd

at ” My main message, Europe's message .., is: it's also our turn now to step out of our comfort zone . … Ultimately, - it’s all about governance.” EU 1 st VP Timmermans UN SD summit , 27.9.15

Agenda 2030 principles: Universality – SDGs as framework for the different pathways

Universality with a national/regional perspective: 3 tracks to be pursued with SD lens Global drivers External impacts from global (mega)trends / developments / events External policies - domestic impact Domestic Domestic – External External a) Domestic policies b) Domestic policies c) External policies Domestic impacts External impacts External impacts Sustainable development lens: economic, social and environmental objectives Niestroy (2016): How are we getting ready? DIE discussion paper

Coordinate system & objectives 1. SDGs at Member states level - all EU 28 , incl. a light assessment of this ‘institutional response’ 2. SDGs at EU level 3. SDGs in Parliaments Recommendations to the European Parliament - to improve EU-wide implementation of the SDGs by the EU and its member states’ - how the European Parliament its role and cooperation with national parliaments.

Country fiches (Annex 1) Multi-level, multi-sector, multi-actor, + knowledge input / monitoring + long-term & Parliaments -> Analytical framework Governance elements 1. Political commitment & strategy 2. Lead & Horizontal coordination 3. Vertical coordination 4. Stakeholder Participation 5. Monitoring & Review 6. Knowledge input & tools (science-policy interface, tool use) 7.1 Long- term perspective: institutions 7.2 Activities in Parliaments

Chapter 3: SDGs in MSs -> Aggregation of results per theme/governance element

Assessment scheme for country level assessments - Chapter 3 Examples of toprunners 1 2 3 4 Q1. Some cross-sectoral Overarching strategy (or action Overarching strategy or Strategy linked to national 4: DK, FI Commitment long term strategy or plan) for sustainable action plan with some visible budget Planned 4: EE, IT, LV, MT, and strategy some NSDS but with development new or updated operationalisation SI, ES, SE no recent update since SDGs (adopted or work in (measures, actions ...) progress) Q2. Leadership with 1 or Leadership at the centre of Visible coordina-tion Improved coordination 4: BE, CZ, FI, DE, LV SK Leadership & 2 Ministries ( external government (typically Prime mechanism with clear between external and Planned 4: ES, SI, SE horizontal and/or domestic; Minister, or Deputy PM; or engagement across all internal implementation coordination often continued Finance Minister, if cross-cutting departments & ministries since SDGs, with all others separation of the or central lead) (often with leadership at the aspects agenda) centre of government) Q4. Consultation on SDS Enhanced process and/or Institution or mechanism for All previous aspects plus 4: CZ, FI, FR, DE, HU, LT, Stakeholder (and/or VNR) regular participation/ multiple stakeholders (e.g. additional steps (such as, LU, SK participation deliberation, some kind of SD council) (a), also linked/ stakeholder engagement w/ Planned 4: IT, MT, RO, coordination mechanism, forum, with government (b) HLPF, speaking slots, SI, ES or dialogue additional bodies) Q5. regular progress Indicators updated since SDGs Quantified and timebound Recent external review 4: FI, DE (3: DK, LV, LU, Monitoring & reports targets, or (e.g. recent peer review) NL, SI) Review Special attention to Planned 4: SK measuring spillover effects (Planned 3: IE, RO, ES) and/or Special attention to leave no one behind Q6. Some light version of 1 tool in place (SIA / SDGs 2 tools in place 3 tools in place (3: DE, EL) Knowledge & a tool (e.g. science integrated in IA, or budget Planned 4: DK, FI, FR, LV tools involved in SD check, or new science-policy Council) interface mechanism) Q 7.1 Include priority, but A further measure about the Explicit within another A specific institutional FI, HU, MT / DE Institutions no additional steps. long term but is not institution or measure (e.g. measure to address this: for the long- (e.g. strategy for institutionalised (e.g. working constitution/law, a special like Ombudsman for future term 2050), - ['Future in group, strategy), - ['Future is the WG w/in another body), - gen., parliamentary another frame'] dominant frame, not ['Future is within another committee, - ['The institutionalised'] institution'] institution is for the future'] Q 7.2 Debate (typically in 1 or 2 Cie's deal with SDGs new institutional Systematic scrutiny, Activities of Plenary, often the arrangement (a special Cie sustainability check of the parliaments VNR) or working method) budget, or other tool use for A 2030 like SIA in law-making

Summary Country assessments

SDG at Member State level – RESULTS Progress  Challenges  Majority of countries has or plans to update their These strategies are not always operational (half NDP or SD strategy with the SDGs – across the the cases) political spectrum Half of the countries have clear coordination Link between domestic and external dimension mechanisms between ministries , often with remains and vertical coordination remain weak Prime Minister leadership Extensive efforts to improve stakeholder In a small minority of countries, stakeholder participation in most countries participation remains absent Most States have regular progress reports and Room for improvement in the area of target indicators on the SDGs setting and independent review Several countries plan new SIA or budget checks Sustainability impact assessments and budget and some are advanced checks are still rare Increasingly parliaments have special committees Overcoming parliamentary silos, using legislative, or arrangements dealing with Agenda 2030 budgetary and scrutiny role for SDG advancement

SDGs at EU level: timeline Agenda 2030 as taken up in the three EU institutions 2015 – 2018/2019 2014 2015 2016 /1 2016 /2 2017 /1 2017 /2 2018 /1 2018 /2 2019 UN 09: A2030 07: 1st HLPF 07: HLPF 07: HLPF 07: HLPF adoption 4 EU MS VNR 10 MS VNR 10 MS VNR EU report COM 10: New 09: UN speech 12: One Planet 10: New COM Commission FVP Summit (FR) General 07: Juncker 10: CWP’17: 03: White 10: CWP’18 10: CWP’19 03: Brexit 10 Priorities 10: CWP’16: “SDG delivery” Paper Future MFF, Sust. Fin., Still with Refl. Comm. ‘Next EU + 5 Refl. ( 6th) Refl. Paper SDGs Steps’ on SDGs papers Paper SDGs (for Q2) Over- 07: EPSC report 07: EPSC report 05: Comm. 07: Better Reg. 05: Comm. 10: MSP input arching A2030 commis-sioned ‘ Sust . Now’ “SDGs are Guidelines MFF to Refl. Paper (Falkenberg) 04: SDG ISG integrated without SDGs proposals; SDG 01: Reflection 11: Comm. establ. in the 11: ESTAT 2nd MSP several 09: ESTAT Paper SDGs Next Steps Semester” monit. report Papers report + ESTAT 1st SDGs SDG report Dev’t & 02: Comm. 06: EU Global 11: Comm. Consult. on external Global Strategy New Eur. Joint Synth. Partnership; adopted Consensus on Report Eur. Consult. EU Dev’t Consensus Global Strat. (also for EU HLPF 19 rep.) EP 09: Delegation 05: Resol. on 07: HLPF 07: INI Resol. w 03: Resol. 07: HLPF 03: Resolution at UN (DEVE) Agenda 2030 w delegation call for SDG Linking SDGs - joint planned on call for SD (DEVE) impl. strategy Semester delegation A2030 strategy (ENVI); HLPF (DEVE & ENVI) (DEVE) deleg. (DEVE) EP on CWP 09: Resol. with 07: Resol. w 12: Motions on SD as CWP call for impl. SDGs from 2 priority plan SDGs groups (no resol.) Council LV LU NL SK MT EE BG AT RO / FI 06: GAC Concl: New Council 03: WP 1 st 10: EUCO 9.5. Sibiu call for over- WP on Agenda meeting (+2) Concl: call for Summit on arch. SD 2030 SDG impl. Future of strategy established strategy ; Europe WP reg. mtgs