Why Goal 16 Plus
No Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) can or should be evaluated or implemented in isolation from the others and SDG 16 is no exception. It's been witnessed that the countries having a conflict history are lagging behind in SDGs progress. As the core of the 2030 Agenda’s Peaceful, Just and Inclusive pillar, SDG 16+ offers a catalytic opportunity to fully realize the 2030 Agenda, as an integrated and mutuallyreinforcing whole focused on advancing government accountability, building trust, and sustaining peace.
Aim and Objective
The report aims at looking at the regional variation in SDG 16 plus progress reporting and progress in Asia over the last 5 years since the implementation of SDGs of Agenda 2030, based on national case studies.
What is SDG 16+ (Plus)?
No Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) can or should be evaluated or implemented in isolation from the others. SDG 16 is no exception. 24 targets from seven other goals directly measure, using a total of 33 additional indicators, at least one aspect of peace, inclusion, or access to justice. Though not directly, SDG 16 is also inseparably linked with all other SDGs; their related targets
and not disaggregated by country. The efforts will be made for looking at national indicators available to measure 16 Plus progress and past five years and the missing indicators apart from using supplementary indicators
Technical Support
Technical Support will be provided to all the participating organizations in the form of 4 Capacity Development Workshop (CDW)s as part of ADA’s Glocal Advocacy for Leadership academy (GALA)- 2020 There will be 4 altogether such trainings in the next few months
CDW I - October 23, 2020 , Friday
CDW II - November 13 , 2020 , Friday
CDW III - December 11, 2020, Friday
CDW IV - January 08, 2021, Friday
and indicators are leveraged to enhance all facets of SDG 16+
This is the shift from SDG 16 to SDG 16+
The SDG 16+ Community is highly collaborative and responsive, and as a collective, dedicatedly works, interdisciplinarity and cross-sectionally, to achieve the 2030 Agenda and implement all 17 SDGs, with SDG 16 as the keystone. The SDG 16+ Community is guided and enabled by:
- Evidence and Data
- Finance
- Learning and Exchange
- Communication, Advocacy and Movement-Building
Sources: Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, and The United Nations (UN)
What to Measure:
There are 36 targets for SDG16+, which become 56 indicators in total. However, 16.8.1 and 10.8.1 are measured globally
Countries Covered
India, Pakistan, Nepal Bangladesh - South Asia Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Malaysia and Myanmar (special reference)- South East Asia Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan- North East Asia Kazakhstan - Central Asia