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WORLD PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Achieving the 2030 Agenda through Inclusive Development
Bali, 6-7 September, 2017
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia
In September 2015, a new set of development goals that succeed the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs):
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
have been declared
by the world leaders in UN Headquarter, New York. The SDGs are people-centered
development goals built under the direction of the sustainable development dimensions. All
with the pledge to set a better change to the world, to everyone and leaving no one behind.
These SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets and are available at
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
Since SDGs are being regarded as the highest form of political commitment of the UN member
states, it is very well expected that they will have an impact that touches the life of society as
a whole. Parliament, as the representative of the society has critical roles in determining the
success of the SDGs.
Parliament is the political institution within national arena which will provide necessary
actions to support the SDGs. Parliament is the one that translate the SDGs into enforceable
laws, hold the government into account, budget the national money in line to the SDGs and
the national development plan. In addition, parliament ensures the national ownership of the
development agenda, and by boosting an active involvement of the parliament in the SDGs,
the accountability of development funds will be checked.
As enshrined in the outcome document entitled "Transforming
Our World: the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development"
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, the roles of parliament were finally recognized in important
aspects such as the implementation (paragraph 45), regular review on the implementation of
the SDGs (paragraph 79) and also the comprehensive involvement of parliaments (paragraph
52). The recognition of the parliament role in the sustainable development goals has provided
a new momentum for members of the parliament alongside the government and other
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Transforming Our World : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20
Development%20web.pdf
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stakeholders to succeed the sustainable development goals; which righteously not different
from the national development trajectory.
In order to provide a full range of comprehensive perspectives to the parliament in terms of
implementation of SDGs, the Indonesian House of Representatives of the Republic of
Indonesia initiates a global parliamentary forum on sustainable development that will
expected to meet regularly in order to develop the global SDGs accountability, examine the
SDGs progress at the national and international levels, strengthen and assess the role that
each parliament play.
The Forum will carry out the vision to facilitate the sharing of policy analysis, experience, best
practices from cross-country and cross-sectors, discuss preparedness and also deepen the
understanding of parliament in each country of SDGs. By emphasizing on the theme
Achievi g the 0 0 Age da through I clusive Develop e t ,
the first World Parliamentary
Forum on Sustainable Development will emphasize the dedicated true meaning of SDGs: for
the people.
FORMAT AND THE AGENDA
The Bali meeting will be the initial meeting that will focus the discussion of three interlinked
issues. These issues will be the main plenary themes of the two-days meeting. Partner
sessions will be held on the second day of the meeting.
Day 1
Plenary session:
Leave no one behind: Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Development
The first session will discuss how the SDGs principle of leave no one behind is being
formulated and apply to all countries, with no exception. Participants will looks ways on how
to formulate national policies that are in line with the inclusive and equitable objectives of
sustainable development goals and the mechanism that allows all stakeholders, especially the
minorities and vulnerable groups, in the decision making process.
Ending Violence, Sustaining Peace
The second session will discuss ways how a country can maintain peace and strengthening
harmony and how the parliament can also play their role in the international community as
peace actors. It will also provide an overview on how a country and its member of parliament
with variety of culture and religions can work together with international organizations to
promote leadership in conflict prevention, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction.
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It will also attempt to draw some perspectives and seek ways to end all kinds of violence and
promote peace from the younger generations.
SDGs and Climate Action
This session will explore necessary steps can be taken from the parliament to address the
negative impact of climate change, especially on how parliament can build effective
legislation for climate change, the importance of climate education for the society and
parliamentary work to oversee the global green climate fund. It will also address several
questions such as how parliament can help to mobilize resources for both climate change
mitigation and adaptation strategy, how can we build effective climate change governance
and how to link SDGs strategy and the Paris Agreement.
VENUE AND DATE
The meeting will be held on 6-7 September 2017 at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC),
Nusa Dua- Bali
PARTICIPATION
The forum will be open to all national parliaments.
LANGUAGE
The working language shall be English. Translation booth are provided.