Explain the co-ordination between Ministers/ Departments
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Explanation:
An inter-ministerial working group, consisting of SDG focal points
from all ministries and co-chaired by the Federal Chancellery and the
MFA, coordinates SDG- implementation, presents progress reports
and aims for information sharing. As all ministries are part of the inter-
ministerial working group, it takes into consideration both domestic and
international objectives related to the implementation of the SDGs. For
international policies in selected areas the department responsible for
the Three Year Programme is also responsible for PCSD.
Belgium
The IMCSD, composed of federal, regional and community ministers
responsible for SD and development co-operation is the central co-
ordination mechanism. Some representatives attend both the IMCSD
and ICSD. Additional co-ordination platforms exist between different
ministries on themes such as gender, poverty, and sustainable peace
or the link between peace and climate. Federal and regional actors
gather in multilateral co-ordination meetings where trade-offs and
synergies among economic, social and environmental but also political
policy objectives are identified and discussed.
Czech Republic
The governmental body responsible for PCSD, the Government
Council for Sustainable Development (GCSD), seeks to engage the
support of political representatives through a participatory process.
Chaired by the First Deputy Minister and Minister for the Environment,
with the participation of the Minister of Industry and Trade, the GCSD
is the main forum for consultations, building new partnerships and
developing the national strategic framework . Future ideas for co-
ordination include the establishment of PCSD focal points in relevant
ministries and building institutional capacity for strategic work by
applying quality management methods.
Denmark
The Ministry of Finance is responsible for the coordination of the
national implementation of the SDGs. Line ministries are responsible
for integrating the SDGs in policy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
responsible for other international SDG activities, including in the
context of the UN, as well as implementing the SDGs in Danish foreign,
security, trade and development policy. In addition, an interministerial
coordination group has been established, in which every line ministry is
represented. Efforts are mainly coordinated through the interministerial
SDG coordination group and bilaterally between the Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the line ministries on an ad
hoc basis.
Estonia
The Government Office Strategy Unit co-ordinates work on sustainable
development and fosters information sharing among bodies such as
the interministerial working group, with representatives from all
ministries and Statistics Estonia working on an ad-hoc basis, and the
Estonian Sustainable Development Commission, a non-governmental
stakeholder organisation. As the Government Office Strategy Unit is
co-ordinating not only the implementation of Agenda 2030 but also
other strategies (Estonia 2020, Estonia’s EU policy), it is able to ensure
coherence in various horizontal planning documents.
Finland
Led by the Prime Minister’s Office, an inter-ministerial network supports
horizontal coordination between line ministries. The NCSD, chaired
by the Prime Minister, strives to integrate the strategic objectives of
sustainable development into all sector policies and measures, and
supports decision-making for sustainable development nationally
and in international cooperation. The mandate for these mechanisms
extends to information sharing, capacity-building and coordination
rather than arbitration. Nevertheless it has been successful in building
common understanding and consensus, thus preventing deadlock
situations in the administration and in broader society.
Germany
The State Secretaries’ Committee (SSC), headed by the Federal
Chancellery, is the central steering institution of the German
Sustainable Development-Strategy/SDG implementation. A standing
working group on Sustainable Development (“UAL-AG” – at Deputy
Director General’ level) chaired by the Federal Chancellery prepares
the SSC’s meetings with participation of all ministries. The SSC
meets regularly to address relevant cross-cutting or sectoral topics,
e. g. setting a new political frame or announcing concrete actions,
and decisions are taken on a consensus basis. The coordination