FAO's Role in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
FAO plays a vital role within the UN system in contributing to the SDGs, focusing on objectives like eliminating hunger, promoting sustainable agriculture, reducing poverty, and enhancing food security. This involves strategic alignment, managing for results, and fostering partnerships to address global challenges.
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The Sustainable Development Goals The role of FAO and a perspective from a United Nations internal audit practitioner
Characteristics of the SDGs Ambitious Inclusive Wide in scope Transformative Universal Diversely resourced Express solidarity Impulse to action Partnership oriented Country led
FAO within the UN System United Nations Organization Political, Legal, Economic and Social Affairs Humanitarian Affairs Peacekeeping Operations UN Funds and Programmes Specialized Agencies incl. FAO Related Organizations PEACE AND SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT Economic Social Environmental HUMANITARIAN FAO
FAO and the SDGs FAO and the SDGs
Key Opportunities and Challenges: Parallels at Country Level Key Opportunities and Challenges: Parallels at Country Level Strategic and Programmatic Alignment Managing for results Data collection, quality and dissemination Partnerships UN System coherence and interoperability
FAO to contribute substantially to achieving many targets under 14 of the 17 SDGs SDGS SDGS FAO STRATEGIC FAO STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES . . SO1 help eliminate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity OBJECTIVES SO2 - Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable SO3 - Reduce rural poverty SO4 - Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems SO5 - Increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters
UN Joint UN Joint Programmes Programmes Auditable Entities Auditable Entities Governance Level Joint Governance /Fund operations Steering Committee UN Country Audit 1 (DaO) Team Fund design and administration 2 Audit Secretariat Administrative Agent Fund Joint implementation Separate implementation implementation PUNO #1 PUNO #2 PUNO # 3 PUNO # 4 4 4 Consol idation5 3 Audit Audit Audit
IA Collaboration with SAIs IA Collaboration with SAIs For now: Single Audit Principle v receding boundaries Audit report disclosure most IA reports are either public or available to SAIs through their country representatives Opportunities for collaboration between SAIs and UN IAS for capacity building and for reliance per ISSAI 1610 In future: Collaboration on joint programmes where the UN System is a major partner accountability and assurance along whole chain of actions
