Abstract
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been significantly slow at the global level, raising concerns about the ability to achieve the targets proposed by 2030. Several factors have contributed to this poor progress, including the lack of coordination between national and local policies, insufficient financial resources, lack of reliable monitoring systems and persistent inequalities between and within countries. Currently, the international community monitors SDGs using indicators based on available data and various methodological developments. In the particular case of Colombia, the national government developed methodologies to track their progress towards the 2030 Agenda, however at the local level, significant gaps remain as cities, in particular small and poor ones, lack the capacity and resources to collect, analyze, and report data effectively, leading to inconsistencies and incomplete assessments of SDG progress. This research analyzes the contributions to the SDG goals projected to 2027 established in the Territorial Development Plans (PDT), which are documents that guide public policies by directing resources and ensuring that government decisions are aligned with the needs of the local population. In this study, the PDTs of 10 cities and 4 states of Colombia were analyzed and it was found that the majority of local governments have a low understanding of SDGs and capacity in the formulation of public policy, resulting in PDTs that do not address all targets despite of having critical indicators in poverty (SDG 1), inequality (SDG 10), climate change (SDG 13, 14, 15) and gender (OSD 5).
Presenters
Efraim ParraDirector of the Observatory for Regional Sustainability / Researcher, Institute for Sustainability Studies (IEPS), Autonomous University of the West, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Sustainable Development Goals, Public Policy, Monitoring, Sustainable Development
