Mapping Joint Programming contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals

This study offers a more comprehensive picture of how the EU and EU Member States work on Joint Programming is supporting the SDGs, as well as to identify remaining gaps. ​

Recommendations for country-level work in the study include:

- Ensuring linkages between national priorities and SDGs within the Joint Programming Strategy

Possible actions: organise joint data field missions; option to introduce a web-based 'SDG Data Tool'; map existing SDG and data collection capacity; use planned reviews to integrate SDG; take into account the UN SDG gap analysis; use SDG indicators as performance indicators (check for means of verification when selecting indicators)

- Joint Programming and SDG monitoring/follow-up

Possible actions: centre Joint Programming discussions around SDG progress; act as an EU/European group when reaching out to SDG Secretariats/Units of partner countries; link Joint Programming discussions to Voluntary National Review process

- EU policy dialogue influence on national SDG progress

Possible actions: undertake a joint stakeholder and SDG entry point analysis by identifying key influencers; discuss joint (EU Joint Programming group and UN) messaging around SDG progress; supporting local "SDG transformers" (e.g. civil society, private sector)

- Joint Programming and its effect on joint implementation

Possible actions: use a pilot (cross-sector ideally) case study to start a multi-stakeholder partnership; Joint Programming to explicitly identify cross-sector financial and non-financial joint implementation