the un agenda 2030 for sustainable development - the relevance of the sdgs to the rabat process
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The relevance of the SDGs to the Rabat Process
Anna Knoll, Policy Officer ECDPM
Porto, 2 December 2015
The UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
From the MDGs to the SDGs
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• Marked shift from the MDGs: migration explicitly included in the new global development framework
• SDGs embrace the potential of migration to contribute to inclusive growth and sustainable development
From the MDGs to the SDGs – the role of Migration
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How is migration reflected in the Agenda 2030?
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• Declaration:• Impact of humanitarian crises and forced displacement
of people on development progress• Empowerment of vulnerable groups including refugees,
IDPs, migrants• Access by all (including migrants) to life-long learning
opportunities• Eradication of forced labour and human trafficking• Recognition of positive contribution of migrants for
inclusive growth and sustainable development
• Overarching Principle: Leave no one behind
How is migration reflected in the SDGs?
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• Target 10.7 - Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies
• Target 4 b – Increase number of scholarships available (student mobility)
• Targets 5.2 / 8.7/16.2 – Focus on ending human trafficking (women/children/forced labour)
• Target 8.8 – workers’ rights (including migrants)• Target 10.c – Remittances costs (< 3%) • Target 17.18 Data disaggregation by migratory
status (capacity-building support)
How is migration reflected in the SDGs – specific targets
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Migration in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda
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• Reduce transaction costs of remittances to less than 3% and address obstacles to flows of remittances
• Provide access to and portability of social benefits for migrants
• Recognition of qualifications, education and skills
• Lower costs of recruitment
• Other references
Relevance of SDGs for Rabat process
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Mobility and legal migration
Border management/addres
sing irregular migration
International Protection
Orderly, safe,
regular migration
Leave no one
behind
facilitate remittances
Rabat Pillars
Portability of social rights
Eradicating trafficking
Migration and development
Scholarships
Drivers of
Displacement
• Global Indicator framework currently being developed by IAEG-SDG (Inter-agency expert group)
• UN Statistical Commission will consider the group’s proposal in March 2016
• Additional and complementary indicators will be developed at country/regional level adapted to context
Development of Indicators - Process
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Development of Indicators - Migration
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• Institutional Capacity – institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks
• Migrants rights and integration (e.g. access to basic services)
• Migration management (incl. border management, resilience for unexpected migration flows, fighting trafficking)
• Labour, economics and investment (labour migration policies)
• Regional and international cooperation and partnerships
A migration governance index?
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Follow up and Review of SDGs – Institutional framework
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Principles:
• Country-led (ownership)• Inclusive (multi-
stakeholder)• Transparent• Building on existing
mechanisms
• Role in advancing adoption of migration-related indicators for SDG implementation
• Support implementation and monitoring of the
migration-specific targets of the 2030 Agenda in regional context
• Support countries in conducting baseline assessments, share experiences with monitoring indicators, identify data gaps, encourage whole of government approaches
• Feed into global and thematic review and monitoring structures
Potential Role of the Rabat Process for SDG implementation and follow-up
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• What would be required to ensure relevance of Rabat process to SDG review and follow-up (e.g. inclusivity, coverage of issues, development of indicators, coordination structures)?
• How to better link to and enhance dialogue and coordination with global fora, such as the GFMD?
• How to better bridge the migration, development and other policy communities in the context of the Rabat process?
• How to encourage greater coordination among relevant national stakeholders for SDG implementation in relation to migration?
Further issues and questions
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