The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals articulate critical global issues related to economic vulnerability, human suffering, and environmental degradation. These goals offer insights on creating systemic change in pursuit of an equitable and sustainable world. Find out how you can engage your community in this framework and align your service projects with the goals to maximize your impact.

1. Community Well-being:
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
Douglas Worts. WorldViews Consulting, Toronto, Canada
Candace T. Matelic, Ph.D., CTM Professional Serv., Fort Worth, Texas, USA

2. Session Overview: Review the SDGs,
Reflection, and Two Tools (community
engagement and compass/pyramid)

3. UN Sustainable Development Goals
articulate critical global issues related to:
economic vulnerability,
human suffering, and
environmental degradation.
offer insights on creating systemic change
towards an equitable and sustainable world.

4. Environmental issues are deeply entwined
in every one of our areas of focus and
cannot be dismissed as not Rotary’s
concern…
The need for action is greater than ever –
and so is our ability to have a real impact.
RI President Ian H. S. Risley (Rotarian, April 2018)
How are the SDGs connected to Rotary?

5. Rotary’s Current Areas of Focus

6. Rotary’s Focus Aligning to the SDGs

7. What is the most impactful thing
that your club is doing NOW?
Inspired by the SDGs, how could
your club INCREASE its impact in
addressing world issues?
As you learn more about the SDGs…
Two Key Questions for Today

8. ➤ A set of 17 goals for the world’s future, through 2030
➤ Backed up by a set of 169 detailed Targets
➤ Negotiated over a two-year period at the United Nations
➤ Agreed to by nearly all the world’s nations, on 25 Sept 2015
The SDGs are …

9. Living on less
than $1.25
USD / day
1990: 1.9
Billion
2015: 0.8
Billion
#1: End poverty in all its forms
everywhere

10. Undernourished
People:
1990/92: 18.6%
2014/16: 10.9%
#2: End hunger, achieve food security & impr
nutrition and promote sustainable agricultu

11. #2: End hunger, achieve food security and
improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture
Healthy Life
Expectancy:
1990: 56.9 years
2013: 62.3 years
#3: Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages

12. Primary
education
completion:
1990: 81%
2012: 92%
#4: Ensure inclusive and quality education
for all and promote lifelong learning

13. Education
gender parity
1990: 86%
2012: 97%
#5: Achieve gender equality
& empower women and girls

14. Access to safe (improved)
drinking water:
1990: 76%
2015: 92%
Improved Sanitation:
1990: 49%
2015: 67%
#6: Ensure access to water and sanitation fo

15. Lacking access to
electricity: 18%
Lacking access to
clean cooking: 38%
#7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable & modern energy for all

16. Unemployment in 2014: 201 million
(up 15% since start of global financial crisis)
Youth unemployment rate: About 3X adult rate
#8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic
growth, employment and decent work for all

17. Technology gap
between developed
and developing
countries:
Narrowing
#9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote
ustainable industrialization and foster innovation

18. The richest
countries are
100 times
richer than
the poorest
(GDP/capita)
#10: Reduce inequality within and among coun

19. Number of people
living in slums:
1990: 650 million
2015: 840 million
#11: Make cities inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable

20. Earth Overshoot Day,
using ecological footprint:
1990: 7 Dec
2015: 19 Aug
#12: Ensure sustainable consumption
and production patterns

21. Total greenhouse gas
emissions (CO2e):
1990: 34 GGT
2014: 46 GGT
#13: Take urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts*

22. Living Blue Planet Index,
1970-2012:
Life in the sea
Reduced by 49%
#14: Conserve and sustainably use
the oceans, seas and marine resources

23. Living Planet Index,
1970-2010:
Life on land:
Reduced by 52%
15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification
halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

24. 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societie
Worldwide Governance
Indicators: OECD: 90/100
Low-income: 23/100
Change since 1996:
Negligible

25. #17: Revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development
Number of people in
my family who know
about sustainable
development:
1990: 0
2015: ALL

26. • Universality
• Integration
• Transformation
What is new and different about the 17 SDGs?

27. What is the most impactful thing
that your club is doing NOW?
Inspired by the SDGs, how could
your club INCREASE its impact in
addressing world issues?
Sharing with neighbor and with everyone…
Sharing Ideas on Now and Future

28. First Tool: Community
Engagement Process
used by the Rotary Club
of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

29. Rotary Club of Fort Worth
In Search of a High Impact Project

30. needs
metadata
event
logistics
invitations
three teams
jumped into
action
An Amazing, Hard-Working Committee

31. soil warming
taking stock
understanding
conditions
tilling
feeding
and watering
fertilizing
planting seeds
Community Summit: Process, Logistics

32. Community Leaders from Ten Sectors
Social Services, Nonprofits, Seniors, Businesses,
Education, Faith Communities, Arts and Culture,
Youth, Medical and Health, and Government

33. Community Leaders from Ten Sectors

34. PLACE: What is distinctive
about Fort Worth as a place?
PEOPLE: What is special about
the people in Fort Worth?
NOW: What does Fort Worth
care about now?
ALWAYS: What has Fort Worth
always cared about?
What Fort Worth Cares About

35. Everyone
working
very
intensely!
Mapping Fort Worth’s Assets

36. Final
Results
Mapping Fort Worth’s Assets

37. Ninety (90!) people
participated in the
five focus groups
Numerous meetings
held over two months
Projects Defined by Five Focus Groups

38. Identified specific
needs
Agreed on focus
Articulated a
potential project
Prepared a fact
sheet and
presentation
for the Club to
meet eight criteria
Projects Defined by Five Focus Groups

39. Third-grade literacy Career education
Mental health
as affected by
child abuse and
neglect
Permanent supportive
housing for homeless persons
Financial exploitation
of seniors
Five Proposed High-Impact Projects

40. First Assembly:
Club chose focus
groups
Second Assembly:
Club chose high
impact project
Club Assemblies: Voting on Project

41. metadata analysis
10 sources 15 expert interviews
seeded discussions
high impact committee
25-30 members
organized data
5 focus groups
Rotarians +community
community summit
120 leaders, 10 sectors
5 pages of responses
club assembly
100+ members’ input
project
Summary of the Engagement Process

42. broadening focus,
partner commitment
Second Community
Summit, final written
report on process
project
stakeholder and
partner
discussions
Initial project components
Summary of the Engagement Process
back to soil warming…
(organizational development)

43. Walton
Elementary
STUDENTS
Reading
Mentors
Equipment
and Books
Pen Pals
Art Project
for Walls
Alliance
for Children
Counseling
Garden
Re-design
Project: Connect ROTARIANS to Support Third Grade Literacy

44. Project: Connect ROTARIANS to Support Third Grade Literacy
Walton
Elementary
PARENTS
Tarrant County
College:
Career
Education
Scholarships for
Career and
Vocational Training
Tarrant Literacy
Coalition, Workforce
Solutions
Parent
University
High School
Equivalency
Classes
Alliance for
Children:
Education

45. Project: Connect ROTARIANS to Support Third Grade Literacy
Workforce Solutions/
Tarrant Literacy
Coalition
Rotary
Club of
Fort
Worth
Fort Worth Literacy
Partnership
Alliance
for
Children
Third Grade
Literacy
PARTNERS
Tarrant
County
College
Fort
Worth
ISD
FWISD Historic
Stop 6 Initiative
Clayton Yes
Childcare

46. Second Tool:
Compass/ Pyramid
Process
c. AtKisson Group

47. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
c. AtKisson Group

48. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
c. AtKisson Group

49. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
TRENDS & INDICATORS
c. AtKisson Group

50. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
TRENDS & INDICATORS
SYSTEMS
c. AtKisson Group

51. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
TRENDS & INDICATORS
SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
c. AtKisson Group

52. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
TRENDS & INDICATORS
SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
STRATEGIES
c. AtKisson Group

53. The Compass/Pyramid Process
builds understanding, creativity, skill and agreement
Resulting in Trust, Respect, Commitment, & Disciplined Implementation
Shared
VISION
Common Purpose that Brings
All Stakeholders Together
COMPASS – Society, Nature,
Economy, Well-being
TRENDS & INDICATORS
SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
STRATEGIES
AGREEMENTS & ACTIONS
c. AtKisson Group

54. Planning and Assessing for Community
and Systems-Level Impacts
When planning for meaningful impacts that will help address
whole-systems problems, articulate all levels at which you hope
change/impact in well-being will be experienced, e.g.:
Always ask if you are striving to impact a 'symptom'
or the 'cause' of a problem
 Individuals
 Groups
 Neighbourhoods
 Organizations
 Cities
 Regions
 Countries
 Natural Systems
 Social Economic Systems
 Global

55. United Nations and Rotary International Working Together

56. Inspired by the SDGs, how could your club
INCREASE its impact in addressing world
issues?
Your Next Steps: Share and Plan
Let us know if we can help:
Questions?
Candace Tangorra Matelic, Ph.D.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
candacematelic@gmail.com
Douglas Worts
WorldViews Consulting
Toronto, Canada
douglas.worts@worldviewsconsulting.ca

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