Press Release: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017

Published on Mon, 2017-07-17 17:34

Reflection Group launches Report: Reclaiming policies for the public
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017

World Bank plan to mobilize “trillions” will not help the poor
Global Spotlight Report says that the proposed “cascade” of private financing for infrastructure will result on more corruption, high fees for essential services, and massive resource transfers to the rich from the poor

Poverty eradication is possible with existing resources, but not with present policies, argues civil society at the UN
Global Spotlight Report says that the Agenda 2030 proposal to eradicate poverty by 2030 is achievable but tax policies need to change.

Corporate power threatens women's human rights
New independent Spotlight report points out that women´s lower wages and poorer labor conditions have resulted in unfair advantages for corporations

Tackling food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms require public investments and supporting policies in favor of small scale food producers
Global Spotlight Report says SDG2 is only achievable if present food systems change towards agroecological diversification and food sovereignty.

PPP: Corporations divert UN agenda, claims civil society report
Global Spotlight Report warns against risks of Public-Private Partnerships

Means of implementation or means of appropriation?
Global spotlight report challanges the notion that "trillions of private finance" are needed to advance SDG implementation.

"We don't need 'trillions' to achieve the SDGs"
Civil Society activist critique first week of deliberations at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Whose Economic Empowerment?
Will national partnerships with private sector accelerate implementation if global obstacles remain?

Stalled implementation at national level – unhelpful international environment
Civil Society sees ‘room for improvement’ in national implementation of 2030 Agenda as well as an unfavourable international environment

Inequality will not be solved by attention-grabbing private sector initiatives – it requires serious transformation of power relations and resource distribution
On the last official day of the UN High-Level Political Forum, civil society express concern that ‘vision without implementation is hallucination’.

The Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017 Report is published by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Global Policy Forum (GPF), Public Services International (PSI), Social Watch, Society for International Development (SID), and Third World Network (TWN), supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. It provides the most comprehensive independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For more, see www.2030spotlight.org

The Spotlight Report is published by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Global Policy Forum (GPF), Public Services International (PSI), Social Watch, Society for International Development (SID), and Third World Network (TWN), supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. It provides the most comprehensive independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017

Reclaiming policies for the public.
Privatization, partnerships, corporate capture and their impact
on sustainability and inequality - assessments and alternatives.

Report of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Beirut/Bonn/Ferney-Voltaire/Montevideo/New York/Penang/Rome/Suva, July 2017

www.2030spotlight.org - #SpotlightSDGs

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