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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Development planning using geospatial information and geodesign

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Description
Description
To assist governments and citizens to gather and use data point-based data to visualize their community using geospatial information and geodsign
Expected Impact

1. Conduct a needs assessment to determine needs for GIS data, staff, software, and hardware and use this to create as the base for a GIS Strategic Plan. Through multi-sectoral involvement, all activities in each country will be done under the supervision and direction of the Ministry of Planning, or the closest associated agency, in the government; <br />
2. Collect raw GIS data at the local level, organizing it and making it quick and easy to access. To build capacity, we will work alongside employees of government agencies to allow their participation in all stages of the project. Hands-on technical training will ensure the GIS system will continue to develop even after our project is delivered;<br />
3. Collect high priority SDG data at a local level. This can be taken from either existing datasets or streamlining collection methods to allow cost-effective maintenance of data. Using Participatory GIS (PGIS), an innovative approach increasingly being used by governments to support its data collection and management operations will be introduced for consideration, evaluation, and adoption. Given that some governments lack the resources to collect the data required to support operations, some data sets do exist in the private sector and with citizens and with all parties working together to the mutual benefit of the sustainable development of the country;<br />
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4. Using Participatory Geodesign we will involve all parties with a stake in the sustainable development and growth of an area to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard and all have a hand in the design and construction of the future. <br />
5. Open Source and methods promote universal access and redistribution via low or no-cost licensing for software to accomplish routine, distributed tasks within the workflow. This avoids massive costs associated with licensing advanced commercial software to every workstation where GIS tasks are carried out.

Capacity

Through multi-sectoral involvement, all activities in each country will be done under the supervision and direction of the Ministry of Planning, or the closest associated agency, in the government;

Partners
The Institute for Conscious Global Change (ICGC); Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD)

Goal 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Goal 17

17.1

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

17.1.1
Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
17.1.2
Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

17.2

Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

17.2.1
Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

17.3

Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

17.3.1

Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

17.3.2
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

17.4

Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

17.4.1
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

17.5

Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

17.5.1

Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

17.6

Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

17.6.1

 Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

17.7

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

17.7.1

Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

17.8

Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

17.8.1
Proportion of individuals using the Internet

17.9

Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

17.9.1

Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

17.10

Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

17.10.1
Worldwide weighted tariff-average

17.11

Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

17.11.1

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

17.12

Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

17.12.1

Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

17.13

Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

17.13.1
Macroeconomic Dashboard

17.14

Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

17.14.1
Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

17.15

Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

17.15.1
Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

17.16

Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

17.16.1

Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

17.17

Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

17.17.1

Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

17.18

By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

17.18.1

Statistical capacity indicators

17.18.2
Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
17.18.3

Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

17.19

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

17.19.1
Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
17.19.2

Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

Name Description
17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
• Prepare geodesign and implementation plans and refine the scope of work, budget and timeline for additional phases • Work with and strengthen the technical capacity of National Planning Agencies, National Mapping Agencies, local governments, Statistical Offices and other parties
• Collect and compile data to create initial maps showing the current landscape, assets, and resources and statistical data to get a better sense of site-specific challenges and issues • Visualize the study area landscape using maps and models showing pre-existing data • Engage citizens and other involved parties with data compilation
• Determine site-specific parameters and methods for collection of SDG related data • Develop and implement an on-the-ground canvassing strategy to collect data relevant to specific issues relating to the SDGs • Develop cost efficient workflows allowing government agencies to report high priority SDG data quickly; and familiarize government agencies with the geodesign process
• Provide a plan to collect and report remaining and on-going SDG data • Visualize and propose sustainable development plans/proposals with partners • Work with all parties to create a robust and transparent roadmap for future growth and development
Staff / Technical expertise
ICGC together with our partner RCMRD in Nairobi will provide the training needed to execute a comprehensive pilot.
In-kind contribution
ICGC will use its GIS softwares and technologies needed will be offered.
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01 July 2019 (start date)
30 June 2020 (date of completion)
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SDGs
17
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New York, New York USA
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Contact Information

Etta Jackson, Founder/CEO

ejackson@icgc.ngo