«Democratic Governance and Sustainable Development»

«Sustainable Development Goals»

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«Accountability»na Agenda Pós-2015

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Acaba de sair  o relatório da imagem.  De sublinhar a forma como está estruturado o caminho para atingir a tão desejada «DIGNIDADE» até 2030: à volta de seis elementos (ver imagem seguinte retirada do documento):

A propósito do documento, desde já,  trazemos para aqui também o que IBP - International Budget Partnership -  escreveu, nomeadamente:  

«A New Post-2015 Report, but What about Transparency, Participation, and Accountability? by Ryan Flynn, International Budget Partnership

With the Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda hot off the press, the world is one step closer to agreeing to a set of goals for tackling the most pressing issues facing humanity. IBP welcomes the report, along with its core commitment of ending poverty by 2030. There is still, however, much to play for in how this is to be achieved.
IBP, together with our partners, has been campaigning for transparency, accountability, and participation to be at the heart of post-2015 development agenda. We have called on the UN to adopt three interrelated recommendations:

• Include a target guaranteeing full transparency on government revenues, aid, and spending targeted to each of the development goals. This includes governments committing to publishing a minimum of five key budget documents.
• Establish government commitments to increase space for public participation. This includes legislatures committing to holding public hearings on the budget.
• Monitor government spending towards each of the post-2015 goals. This includes the UN establishing a global finance tracker to keep tabs on government spending toward development goals.

While there is much positive language in this latest report, we are still waiting to see some firm commitments from governments on the table.

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Why Transparency, Accountability, and Participation need to be Strengthened
IBP recently presented at a UN session on development and domestic public finance. The presentation highlighted a brief by IBP, Development Finance International, and Oxfam which found that countries with more transparent budgets tended to produce better information on millennium development goal (MDG) progress. The brief was based on a recent IBP paper which concluded that “increased budget transparency globally should be expected to improve our ability to track spending on development goals.”

But higher development spending and better outcomes depend on a complex web of factors: transparency is insufficient without accountability; and accountability depends on participation in governance from a broad range of stakeholders. Without information on how money is being spent, many can be left unable to meaningfully participate. Thus, a virtuous circle consisting of these three elements is needed.

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«Corruption Perceptions Index 2014»

 

 

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«Reporting matters»

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«Reporting Matters 2014 is the outcome of the second review of the WBCSD members’ sustainability or integrated reports covering 162 world-leading companies from more than 20 sectors and 35 countries. The publication aims to help businesses realize the value of reporting by showcasing how progressive companies are using the reporting process to drive change inside their businesses, and ultimately impact the way capital markets allocate financial resources». Continue a ler.