Raising awareness among citizens about their socio-economic and political rights and entitlements and ensuring access ূo information related to national policies and public services are the two important elements of good governance and accountability.
Availability of required data at disaggregated level is a critically important ingredient for proper tracking of the progress A of SDG implementation. This is more so, particularly if the ambition of ‘leave no one behind’ is to be fulfilled.
Coordination among the various government ministries and divisions as well as between government and non-state actors (NGOs, CSOs, CBOs) are critically important to ensure the best use of limited resources, particularly in view of attaining such an ambitious agenda as the SDGs.
Social accountability strategies enable citizens to help enforce social and state rights, and put the demands of citizens before government officials and concerned service providers. The social accountability strategy is based on three principles: Transparency, Responsibility, and Participation.
Social protection programmes are widely recognised as key enablers to attain the majority of the SDGs at the country level. This is particularly pertinent when one keeps in mind the implementation of the SDGs in line with the spirit of ‘leave no one behind’. SDG 1.3 specifically states,
An effective tool to raise the quality of implementing the SDGs, is to contextualise their delivery by taking into account the local perspective. The 'localisation' concept emerged from experience of the MDGs which generally followed a top-down approach, consequently undermining the aspirations of inclusive development.
