WEEK 8: Roles of Institutions for Sustainable Development

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 For week 8, we're back to physical class. Today's focus is on SDG Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and 17: Partnership for the Goals.

SDG 17 refers to the need for cross sector and cross country collaboration in pursuit of all the goals by the year 2030. It calls for all countries to align policies and strengthening and streamlining cooperation between nation-state, both developed and developing.

Global initiatives such as UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) is an example of institution that act to serve high-level forum for joint policy formation and decision-making. Some UN entities are International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nation Federal Credit Union (UNFC) and United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP).

Roles of institutions in further advancing Sustainable Development is important to ensure the main pillars for sustainable development and crosscutting issues like gender, health and climate change are mainstreamed into national development programmes and policies. It also helps foster integration, further boosting cooperation amongst institution at all level. It also align with the nature of 2030 Agenda that urges governments engage, rather than act separately.

Through SDG 17, we can strengthen cooperation and partnership on international level, stabilize governance, receive and offer help financially and increase data and monitoring efficiency.

That's all from today. Luckily, IIUM are one of institutions that are involved with SDG 17 and is actively making a difference!

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