3. Background:
• One of the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals established by the United Nations
• Established in 2015
• Supported by United Nation and
owned by community
• Mission statement: “Strengthen the
means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for
sustainable development”
4. Introduction:
• SDG 17 is a vision for improved and more equitable trade, as well as
coordinated investment initiatives to promote sustainable
development across borders.
• Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
• Mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial
resources between multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all
countries, in particular developing countries
5. • The Goal has 19 targets to be achieved by 2030, broken down into
five categories:
• Finance
• Technology
• Capacity building
• Trade and
• Systemic issues
• Policy and Institutional coherence
• Multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Data, monitoring and accountability
• Progress towards targets will be measured by 25 indicators.
6. Importance:
• A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships
between governments, the private sector and civil society.
• Innovation can’t happen without universities and scientists, and certainly
not without exchange of knowledge across continents.
• Gender equality on participatory approach
• Building inclusive partnerships upon a shared vision and shared goals at
the global, regional, national and local level.
• To build a better world, we need to be supportive, empathetic, inventive,
passionate, and above all, cooperative.
• To monitor global macroeconomic stability and equitable rules for
governing international trade.
7. The targets:
• Target 17.1: Mobilise resources to improve domestic revenue
collection
• Target 17.2: Implement all development assistance commitments
• Target 17.3: Mobilise financial resources for developing countries
• Target 17.4: Assist developing countries in attaining debt
sustainability
• Target 17.5: Invest in least developed countries
• Target 17.6: Knowledge sharing and cooperation for access to science,
technology and innovation
8. • Target 17.7: Promote sustainable technologies to developing
countries
• Target 17.8: Strengthen the science, technology and innovation
capacity for least developed countries
• Target 17.9: Enhance SDG capacity in developing countries
• Target 17.10: Promote a universal trading system under the WTO
• Target 17.11: Increase the exports of developing countries
• Target 17.12: Remove trade barriers for least developed countries
• Target 17.13: Enhance global macroeconomic stability
• Target 17.14: Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
9. • Target 17.15: Respect national leadership to implement policies for
the sustainable development goals
• Target 17.16: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable
development
• Target 17.17: Encourage effective partnerships
• Target 17.18: Enhance availability of reliable data
• Target 17.19: Further develop measurements of progress
10. Indicators:
• Indicator 17.1.1: Government revenue
• Indicator 17.1.2: Domestic taxes
• Indicator 17.2.1: Development assistance to least-developed
countries
• Indicator 17.3.1: Foreign direct investment
• Indicator 17.3.2: Volume of remittances
• Indicator 17.4.1: Debt service
• Indicator 17.5.1: Investment promotion for least-developed countries
• Indicator 17.6.1: Science and technology cooperation
11. • Indicator 17.6.2: Fixed broadband subscriptions
• Indicator 17.7.1: Sustainable technologies in developing countries
• Indicator 17.8.1: Individuals using the Internet
• Indicator 17.9.1: SDG support for developing countries
• Indicator 17.10.1: Weighted average tariffs
• Indicator 17.11.1: Exports from developing countries
• Indicator 17.12.1: Tariffs for developing countries
• Indicator 17.13.1: Macroeconomic Dashboard
• Indicator 17.14.1: Policy for sustainable development
• Indicator 17.15.1: National results frameworks
12. • Indicator 17.16.1: Progress in multistakeholder development
• Indicator 17.17.1: Public, private and civil society partnerships
• Indicator 17.18.1: Statistical Capacity
• Indicator 17.18.2: National statistical legislation
• Indicator 17.18.3: National statistical plans
• Indicator 17.19.1: Resources for statistical capacity
• Indicator 17.19.2: Completeness of census, birth and death
registration
13. Organizations:
The following United Nations organizations are involved in SDG 17, being
custodians of one or several indicators:
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• World Bank (WB)
• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNTAD)
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UNESCO-UIS)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• United Nations Environmental Programme-Climate Technology Centre and
Network (UNEP-CTCN)
14. World Trade Organization (WTO)
International Trade Center (ITC)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Department of Economic and Social Affairs-Statistics Division (DESA-
UNSD)
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15. SDG 17 in context of Nepal:
• The socio-economic shock of COVID-19 has caused unprecedented
disruption in transportation, service sector, tourism, hospitality
industry, revenue, and remittances.
• SDGs have been integrated in the Sub-National Governments'
periodic plans with effective monitoring and evaluation guidelines.
• Partner-ships are being strengthened with the private sector,
cooperatives, civil society, development partners and the
international community to meet the large capacity building needs.
16. Targets Indicators Baseline 2015* Target 2019* Progress 2019* Target 2030*
Target 17.1 (Mobilise resources to improve
domestic revenue collection)
a) 17.1.1 (Total government revenue as a
proportion of GDP, by source)
b) 17.1.2 (Proportion of domestic budget funded
by domestic taxes)
19.1
76
22
77.1
24.8
73.9
30
80
Target 17.3 (Mobilize additional financial resources
for developing countries from multiple sources)
a) Official development assistance as a
proportion of total domestic budget,(%)
b) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a
proportion of total domestic budget
c) FDI as a proportion of GDP (Inward stock) (%)
d) 17.3.2 (Volume of remittances (in United
States dollars) as a proportion of total budget)
15.1
1.9
4.8
29.1
15.8
-
7.3
30.7
11.2
1.94
6.2
25.4
18
-
20
35
Target 17.4 (Assist developing countries in attaining
long-term debt sustainability)
a) 17.4.1 (Debt service as a proportion of exports
of goods and services)
b) Outstanding Debt to GDP Ratio (%)
12.6
26.5
13.2
28.8
8.89
30.3
15
35
Target 17.6 (Knowledge sharing and cooperation
for access to science, technology and innovation)
a) Internet Density (per 100 person) 49.8 65 73 95
17. Challenges:
• Trade wars
• Bellicose rhetoric and the deliberate erosion of international
institutions
• Coronavirus crisis
• Wide ranging and explicit targets aimed at governments and civil
society
18. Conclusion:
• SDG 17 is perhaps the most important and most versatile of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals, as it focuses on the means by which to
achieve the other goals listed.
• Stepping up for the collaboration and partnerships for a revival of
multilateralism is the best route for tackling both the pandemic and the
still ongoing climate crisis.
• There is also a call to improve access to science, technology and
innovation, with a particular focus on “environmentally sound
technologies” that can help developing countries build capacity to
implement the SDGs.
• Nepal also needs technological support including smart technology
for small-scale agro-based entrepreneurs and low carbon emission
engineering for its industries.
19. References:
• United Nations official website on SDGs:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg17
• “The sustainable development goals report 2020”
• “Sustainable Development Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development”. SDG Tracker. Retrieved 24 September
2020.