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Voluntary Local Reviews Gain Traction in Uganda's National SDG Reporting Process After ECA's Support

Published by APO Africa Newsroom on Tue, 21 Jun 2022


Download logoThe Government of Uganda has scaled up the practice of voluntary local reviewswhich monitor progress made by local governments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)and is bringing their outcomes to the forefront of its national SDG reporting process.This development builds on the countrys first voluntary local review of the SDGs and African Unions Agenda 2063, which was conducted for Ugandas eastern district of Ngora in 2019 with support from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The review has subsequently led to the mainstreaming of voluntary local reviews in Ugandas SDGs reporting processmanaged by the SDG Secretariat within the countrys Prime Ministers Office.After Ngora, the SDG Secretariat has gone ahead to scale up the voluntary local reviews approach in other local governments, including Ugandas Sheema, Bugiri, Nebbi, Kyotera, Sironko and Kitagwenda districts. Plans are underway to support an additional eight district-level local governments to conduct their voluntary local reviews.As part of this national-wide drive to localise the SDGs, the Government of Uganda last week inaugurated its Annual SDG Conference in Kampala under the theme of Building Effective Models to Accelerate the SDGs in the Post-COVID-19 Era. At the conference, Ms. Edlam Yemeru, acting Director of ECAs Gender Poverty and Social Policy Division, was invited to speak about the role of local authorities in delivering on the SDG promise.In her remarks at the conference, Ms. Yemeru expressed her delight over Ugandas leadership in mainstreaming voluntary local reviews as well as their vital contributions in its national SDG reporting process.Local communities are at the heart of our shared drive to achieve the SDGs. There is no aspect of the SDGs or the Agenda 2063 where local governments do not play a central role. Without the local ownership and action, the achievement of the SDGs at the national, regional and global levels during this Decade of Action is not possibleand that has been the focus of ECAs work, she said.Ms. Edlam Yemeru added: Through its knowledge products and in-country technical assistance, ECA has been supporting local governments across Africa to localise the SDGs and conduct their voluntary local reviews. As of 2022, ECA has supported five local African governments in preparing and presenting their local reviews, with several more on the way.In particular, she shared the ECAs Africa Regional Guidelines for Voluntary Local Reviewsdeveloped in partnership with UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A)with the conference participants. The guidelines offer local governments a common regional template to conduct their voluntary local reviews, involving all stakeholders and linking with national review processes, whilst fostering coherent information gathering and reporting process, and streamlining peer learning.Ms. Yemeru said: Local authorities are at the forefront of planning, financing and implementing the policies and investments needed to achieve the SDG targets and address challenging impending progress. Therefore, a greater focus on their inclusion in the national SDG reporting process as well as in this conference is a step in the right direction, which should be sustained throughout this decade to coordinate efforts locally, share good practices and mobilise action in the face of emerging challenges such as the pandemic and climate change.The conference, held on 16-17 June 2022, aimed to foster greater engagement of stakeholders in the countrys SDG progress report for the year 2021 and to seek their input into the effects of the pandemic on the priorities of Ugandas third National Development Plan. Among the participants attending the conference were senior government officials, UN representatives, business leaders, civil society delegates, academics and local authorities.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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