The document discusses localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the local level. It provides an overview of several SDGs and their targets. It also discusses enablers for local governments to implement the SDGs, including developing policy and legal frameworks, stakeholder engagement, establishing data systems, mobilizing finance, and promoting innovation. Examples are provided of China establishing SDG pilot zones and the Philippines using a community-based monitoring system to collect household data. The document also outlines UNDP Malaysia's support for localizing the SDGs, including projects to promote low carbon cities, empower youth as innovators, and establish an urban observatory to collect data for smart city planning.

1. Empowered lives.
Resilient Nations.
Asfaazam Kasbani, Assistant Resident Representative (Programme),
UNDP Malaysia
LOCALISING THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

2. Economic Growth Social Development
Environmental
Protection
Sustainable Development =

3. Empowered lives.
Resilient Nations.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
1
Goal 1. No Poverty
3
Goal 3. Good Health
5
Goal 5. Gender Equality
6
Goal 6. Clean Water
and Sanitation
7
Goal 7. Clean Energy
8
Goal 8. Decent Work
10
Goal 10.
Reduced Inequality
13
Goal 13. Climate Action
16
Goal 16. Strong Institutions
11
“Access to basic services, protecting everyone
from natural disasters”
“Deaths and illnesses from hazardous
chemicals and air, water and soil pollution”
“Violence against all women in
the public and private spheres”
“Clean drinking water and toilet
facilities for all”
“Access to affordable, reliable and
modern energy services”
“Decent job creation, entrepreneurship
and growth of micro enterprises and
SMEs”
“Reducing the gap between the
richest and the poorest”
“Resilience and adaptive capacity
to climate-related hazards and
natural disasters in all countries”
“Effective, inclusive, participatory and
representative decision-making”
Goal 11.
Sustainable Cities
and Communities

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SDGs & NUA (New Urban Agenda)
SDGs
+
NUA
Aligning New Urban Agenda (NUA)
with the urban-related SDGs, in
particular SDG 11 on Sustainable
Cities and Communities is essential
SDGs
+
NUA

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ENABLERS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Adoption/ revision of laws and
regulations for sustainable
development, coordination among
stakeholders.
Stakeholder
engagement
Working together with the
private sector, youths,
communities. Forming new
partnerships.
Policy and
institutional
environment
Best practices: China
SDG Pilot Zones as part of China’s SDG Localization
Strategy
• Local governments can pass new legislation, explore
institutional reform, restructure public expenditure in line
with SDGs, test innovative solutions
• 3 zones in first batch: Guilin, Shenzen, Taiyuan; to be
replicated in other parts of China

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ENABLERS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Data systems
Reliable data helps in
monitoring, tracking,
evaluating, and reporting
on the SDGs.
Finance
Mobilizing both public and
private resources, through
dynamic and new types of
financing. Measures to enhance
cost-effectiveness.
Innovation
Usage of technology to create
efficiencies, and establishment
of collaborative spaces for co-
designing and testing solutions
for the SDGs.
Best practices: Phillipines
Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) is used to
collect and process poverty data of households through a
census
• Focuses on disaggregation by sex, age, geographic area,
ethnic groups for households
• Used in 104 cities covering 77 provinces
• Helps local governments to diagnose extent of poverty at
local level, determine cause of poverty, formulate policies
and programmes, identifying eligible beneficiaries

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UNDP Malaysia’s Support in
Localizing the SDGs

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CITIES IN MALAYSIA- BARRIERS TO
LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT
Incomplete policy
and regulatory
frameworks for low
carbon planning
States and local
governments lack
the awareness
and capacity on
low carbon issues
High cost of finance for
green technologies, few
incentive mechanisms to
promote low carbon
investments
Urban settings account for more than
50% of Malaysia’s GHG emissions. Major
sources of emissions: electricity (26%),
transportation (16%), waste (12%).
Several barriers prevent efforts to
reduce emissions in cities:
50%

9. LOW CARBON CITIES
Green Technology Application for
the Development of Low Carbon
Cities (GTALCC) Project
• To reduce the growth rate of GHG
emissions and facilitate low
carbon initiatives among cities in
Malaysia
• 5 pilot urban areas: Cyberjaya,
Iskandar Malaysia, Melaka,
Petaling Jaya, Putrajaya
• Implemented by MESTECC,
executed by SEDA, over 5 years
Sustainable Cities

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LOW CARBON CITIES
Policy support
• Development of policies and guidelines
for low carbon cities
• Establish a GHG accounting framework
for cities & develop decision-making
tools
• E.g. National Low Carbon Cities Policy
Roadmap & Masterplan
Awareness and capacity development
• Strengthening of coordination
mechanisms for low carbon planning
• Training programs for policy makers,
local governments, green practitioners
• E.g. LCCF Train the Trainers module
development, MS1525 training
Low Carbon Technology Investments
• Facilitation of financing and incentive
mechanisms
• E.g. Scaling up of incentive scheme for
households in PJ, enhancing of BRT
design, green tech demonstration
projects in cities

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INNOVATION
Young people in Malaysia have
inherited many development
challenges- climate change,
income inequality, urbanisation.
However, they are seldom part of
the solution-making processes.
Youths as a driving force for
innovation and a major partner
in achieving the SDGs
Youth Co: Lab Malaysia
• What? 3-day boot camps for young
entrepreneurs and youth leaders to
create solutions for the SDGs in
Malaysia
• Where? Cyberjaya, Sabah, Penang
• How? Support to develop new ideas
and business models for social
impact, connecting young innovators
to subject matter experts, leaders
and businesses

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DATA FOR SMART CITIES
Iskandar Malaysia Urban Observatory
(IMUO) Project
Urban data (in
line with SDG
indicators)
Inform regional planning and
policy-making to meet the
needs of citizens, and drive
the digital economy. Iskandar
Malaysia as a sustainable,
inclusive and smart regional
corridor.
Iskandar Malaysia
Urban Observatory
• Data collection &
analytics
Outputs:
 IMUO business plan with proposed service area and knowledge
knowledge products strategy developed
 Data landscape review to map data needs and sources conducted
conducted
 Data management policy developed
 Continuous stakeholder engagement & partnerships building
building

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THANK YOU
asfaazam.kasbani@undp.org