Progressing National SDGs Implementation

As outlined in the 2030 Agenda, this follow-up and review process is meant to promote accountability to citizens, support effective international cooperation and foster exchange of best practice and mutual learning.1 This review documents and analyses the 42 English, French and COUNTRIES REPORTING TO THE HLPF IN 2017 Spanish VNR reports submitted in 2017 to the HLPF, as well as a Afghanistan, Arge [...] The review of VNR reports includes recommendations Netherlands (including Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten), for improving the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the VNR Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, Sweden, process and reports, and strengthening the accountability mechanisms Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe. [...] The review sets out what governments reported in terms of awareness It also provides recommendations on how countries can improve their raising, incorporation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs into national VNR reporting to the HLPF by meeting and building on the Secretary policies and plans, development of institutional mechanisms for General’s common reporting guidelines for VNRs at the HLPF. [...] LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND and by all countries to meet the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda, and INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS realise the SDGs. [...] BASELINE OR GAP ANALYSIS • Operationalise the principles of the 2030 Agenda in approaches Most countries (38) state that they are making use of policy and/ to implementation – recognising the universal, rights based or data assessments to inform their policies and approaches to and interlinked nature of the agenda that seeks to leave no one SDG implementation, though information on the results of