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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

United Nations Pacific Interagency Task Force on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control (UN PIATF)

World Health Organization (WHO)
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    Description
    Description
    The UN PIATF coordinates the activities of the relevant United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies in the Pacific to support the realization of the commitments made by Heads of State and Government in the UN Political Declaration on NCDs, the commitments made by Pacific Ministers of Health in the Honiara and Apia Communiqus and the declaration of a NCD crisis in the Pacific issued by Pacific island Forum Leaders at their 42nd meeting in Auckland, New Zealand in 2011. The partnership works toward supporting Pacific island countries and areas in achieving the global and Pacific specific voluntary targets for NCD prevention and control by 2025.
    Implementation of the Project/Activity

    Within their respective mandates, the responsibilities of the PIATF members are to support the implementation and monitoring of relevant policy options and proposed actions in line with the objectives of the task force. The task force may undertake resource mobilization and plan and implement joint work on NCD prevention and control in line with agencies mandates and areas of work. The partnership supports coordinated systematic support to Member States at national level in efforts to support responses to prevent and control NCDs and mitigate their impact as well as to support processes and institutional mechanisms for whole of government and whole of society approaches for health and well-being to address social determinants of health.

    Capacity

    The partnership facilitates multisectoral in-country support to Member States in the Pacific in the area of NCD prevention and control. The partnership also facilitates systematic and timely information exchange amongst members about existing and planned programmes and activities in relation to NCDs, governance of health and social determinants of health.

    Governed

    The PIATF is convened and led by WHO Division of Pacific Technical Support (DPS), which also provides the secretariat for the task force. Its responsibilities are to:- Convene and lead meetings of the task force- Facilitate communication, coordination and exchange of information between members of the task force- Act as point of entry for enquiries and information regarding activities of the task force

    Partners
    Membership of the task force is open to UN system agencies, funds and programmes in the Pacific region. This includes:

    - World Health Organization (WHO)
    - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
    - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
    - International Labour Organization (ILO)
    - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
    - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
    - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (UNESCAP)
    - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
    - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

    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

    Improved collaboration, coordination, communication and exchange of information between UN agencies
    In-kind contribution
    Members contributing with staff time and existing resources
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Members provide technical expertise in line with their mandates and respective areas of work
    Title Progress Status Submitted
    Partnership Progress 2017-07-26 On track
    Partnership Progress 2016-07-13 On track
    False
    Action Network
    Small Island Developing States
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    Timeline
    01 January 1970 (date of completion)
    Entity
    WHO
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Asia and Pacific
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    Fiji
    Fiji
    Contact Information

    Corinne Capuano, WHO Representative to the South Pacific