STEP ONE

Identify the specific goals and targets you will monitor.

Choose your goals

In step one we will:

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Learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals.

Explore young people’s priorities in YOUR country.

• The SDGs replaced the Millennium Development Goals.

• Consulted over 7 million people.

SDGs: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

Data revolutionThe rapid increase of new forms of data; how they are shared and how they are used.

TransparencyWhen governments, companies, organisations and individuals operate in a way that is easy for others to see their actions, plans, processes, rules and the information they hold.

KEY TERMS

September 2010The UN General Assembly meeting on the MDGs held to accelerate progress and consider what would follow them.

June 2012SDGs first discussed at Rio+20.

2013Widespread consultations at global, national and local levels.

KEY EVENTS

Nov-March 2013High Level Panel meetings: young people call for a role in monitoring SDGs reflected in Bali Communique.

March 2014Report published states post-2015 world will be powered by data revolution and more transparent governments. Promise to ’Leave No-one Behind.’

July 2015First proposal for the SDGs: 17 goals with 169 targets.

KEY EVENTS

Sept 2015SDGs are adopted by the UN.

March 2016Indicators for each target are set (230 in total).

Next fifteen yearsCitizens to ensure governments implement SDGs in their countries.

KEY EVENTS

ACTIVITY

Compare MDG2 vs SDG4

GovernanceHow a state or organisation is governed.

KEY TERMS

CASE STUDY

Young people demanding better governance

AdvocacyAn activity by a group or individual that aims to influence political, economic or social decisions.

KEY TERMS

“Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development , provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.”

Targets include:• End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms violence and torture of children.• Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.• Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.

THIS IS ADVOCACY AT WORK.

GOAL 16. PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

“Young people will be the torch-bearers of the next sustainable development agenda” - Ban Ki-moon, UN General Secretary.

Young people have a right to participate, as stated in:

• The International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights. • The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child .

HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE THE SDGs?

Selecting your accountability focus

ACTIVITY

We are going to do this by:• Looking at what young people want in YOUR country.• Feeling confident about the 17 SDGs.• Choosing YOUR focus.

• Choose goals that young people in your country have identified as their priorities.

• Choose goals and targets that you are passionate about.

• Choose goals and targets related to a cause you are already working on.

• Make your decisions as a team.

• Reach out to partners and colleagues for advice.

TOP TIPS

RECAP

Researched young people’s priorities in YOUR country.

In step one we have:

Chosen your ACCOUNTABILITY FOCUS!

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication ‘Accountability in action training’ reflects the views of the author, and the Commission

cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

This project is led by Restless Development and draws together a consortium of youth-led and youth-focused organisations from around the world.

Together they have a wealth of experience in supporting young people to play a leading role in governance and accountability.