Root Policy Causes that impede the progress towards SDGs
The lack of progress in achieving the SDGs is due to a multitude of factors, with policymaking playing a major role in this failure. Addressing the following issues can have a very positive impact on the government's efforts towards the SDGs
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Emphasis
Too much focus on SDG data gaps, but little attention was paid to the lack of systematic assessment of policies
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Framework
Agenda 2030 is not often used by governments as policy framework which may lead to conflicting and incoherent policies
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Standards
Lack of standard approach to implement SDGs across government. SDGs Custodians don't use the same tools
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Accountability
The absence of follow-up on VNR recommendations due to unclarity in attributing roles & responsibilities in SDG related policy making
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System thinking
Lack of Whole of Government approach in policymaking with ministries devise public policies in a silos without involving relevant stakeholders
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Coherence
Institutional, horizontal & vertical policy coherences unchecked leading to inefficient policymaking
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Stakeholders
Poor involvement of stakeholders in the whole policymaking cycle as well as poor coordination and follow up of the engagement process
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Multi-level Governance
The localisation of SDGs is not systematically performed by local authorties leading to the failure of operationalising "leave no one behind" principle
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Tools & Systems
Civil servants in charge of policy analysis don't have the adeaquate tools to systematically assess public policies across all level of governance to inform policymakers
