Engaging the Private Sector and Developing Partnerships to Advance Health and the Sustainable Development Goals Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2017) / Chapter Skim
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3 Public-Sector Strategies and Plans for Sustainable Development
3 Public-Sector Strategies and Plans for Sustainable Development
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, countries have been mapping out their national action plans, updating health and development information, reviewing national priorities and current international development assistance, and determining which policies and strategies align with SDG targets as well as what changes are needed. Through this process, many countries are identifying opportunities for greater effectiveness in reaching their goals through partnerships with the private sector.
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This chapter summarizes presentations and discussions during the workshop series on how countries are developing and aligning their priorities with the SDGs, the rationale for public–private collaboration to achieve national-level sustainable development priorities, and the establishment of platforms for ongoing discussion on cross-sectoral alignment in support of the national sustainable development priorities. The chapter first describes the approaches of two high-income countries, Norway and Switzerland, to implementing the SDGs agenda and how they envision the role of the private sector in supporting their priorities.
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provided an overview of the Swiss implementation process for the 2030 Agenda, and how SDC is approaching collaboration with the private sector. Switzerland has two parallel implementation processes for the SDGs -- a national implementation process based on the existing national strategy for sustainable development that will be adapted to align with the 2030 Agenda, and a global implementation process for the 2030 Agenda, outlined in the Dispatch to Parliament on International Cooperation (Swiss Confederation, 2016)
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Regarding the global implementation process, Schulze stated that there are overlapping priorities and objectives among different national policies and international frameworks such as the 2030 Agenda, the Swiss Health Foreign Policy, and the SDC health policy. Based on these reference documents, specific to health and private-sector engagement, SDC's Global Health Program focuses on five key components -- research and development (R&D)
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PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION During the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era, positive development outcomes were achieved in the Americas, including a decrease in extreme poverty and infant mortality, and an increase in life expectancy.
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Fortune mentioned Mexico as a case study of a partnership methodology that was successful in bringing together different actors, clearly defining roles and responsibilities from the outset, and developing a common objective to achieve concrete health outcomes. In 2010 Mexico introduced its National Agreement for Nutritional Health in an effort to combat an alarming rate of obesity and overweight prevalence in the country (Mexico Secretariat of Health, 2010)
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Christian Acemah of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) opened a panel discussion on Uganda's experience in multisectoral collaboration to advance its sustainable development priorities by pointing out that Uganda was the first country to mainstream the SDGs into its national planning frameworks, which it did in 2015 through its second National Development Plan (NDP)
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Recognizing that multisectoral collaboration was needed to effectively attract foreign investment, UIA developed a forum to advance dialogue between the government and the private sector. While the dialogue advanced through the forum was considered successful to an extent, it largely focused on the needs of the private sector and their demands from government.
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This initiative evolved into FOTA, which UNAS launched in 2016. The ongoing forum has been established as an intermediary platform for discussing multisectoral engagement to advance Uganda's development priorities.
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Kigozi emphasized the importance of science and research. Academia, civil society, and national academies conduct research that can be critically beneficial to the private sector, so she believes that partnering with these stakeholders is the way to drive the SDGs and overall development forward.
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Kigozi acknowledged that there will be a great deal of sensitization required to build effective partnerships. Civil society can be an effective partner for the private sector by providing understanding and access to communities; however, the private sector has limited information on what civil society does or how it can benefit from civil society's work.
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Pan American Health Organization: Washington, DC. http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/bitstream/ and h le/123456789/10016/9789275118634_eng.pdf (accessed September 29, 2017)
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