Renewal: A New Era for International Development Professionals
2016 Annual Conference, May 9 - 10, 2016
Hellenic Meeting & Reception Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
| Session: | Economic Development – Rich and Poor in the SDG’s Worldview |
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Speakers: |
Mr. John Sinclair, McLeod Group Prof. Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa Ms. Jennifer Topping, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office |
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Objective: |
This session will be one of several in the CAIDP conference ( May 9-10, Ottawa) framed around how the SDGs as the building blocks of Agenda 2030 (the renamed Post-2015 Agenda) will be implemented. It is not so much about the 17 goals per se, but the actors involved and effected: western countries, the still billion plus poor mainly in Africa and Asia, and not least, under the Universality principle, a key innovation of Agenda 2030, the poor of so-called rich societies such as Canada. The panelists will focus on the economic context in which Agenda 2030 will be implemented, specifically their own analytical perspective on the interface of rich and poor. Will, can, the SDGs, effectively delivered, break the impasse on inequality in the world? The chair will lead off, setting out the context, the unique pro-poor focus of the SDGs, including its ‘economic‘ goals. He will outline today’s situation on poverty and the aspirations for 2030, most notably the core objective of ‘no one left behind’. He will also introduce the implications of the SDG principle of Universality for Canada’s own poorest, notably our indigenous population. The two core speakers when identified, will (in informal consultation with the chair) define/set out specific dimensions that they wish to present. They might explore: how the SDGs can break the lock-hold of inequality between and within countries, the politics of rich and poor as nations, the new geopolitics of today’s world, in which BRICS as much as DAC members set the tone and pace of economic development. They could explore the capacity of the existing institutions to deliver the SDGs. Are they, most specifically the UN as SDG ‘lead’ able to do the job? Are they ‘fit for purpose’? |
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Biography(ies): |
John Sinclair, McLeod Group
He is a member of the advocacy, McLeod Group, working on Canadian development issues. He writes blogs and opeds for various publications, including Embassy/Hill Times, HuffingtonPost and the Ottawa U CIPS website. He has his own website: https://jsinclair43.wordpress.com He is an Associate of the former North-South Institute and was a Senior Fellow at Ottawa University. He teaches from time to time on international development issues at Ottawa and Carleton universities. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, AsDB, IFAD, Ford Foundation and UNICEF. He has lived in and/or worked professionally on India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Ghana, Egypt and Fiji. His current professional interests include: global development architecture, including IFIs and G20, poverty/inclusiveness reduction, Agenda 2030, Global Partnership, fragile states, emerging economies, institutional effectiveness (including Canadian development cooperation), gender, CSOs. Presentation: Implementing Agenda 2030 Will be the Biggest Challenge
Prof. Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa
Ms. Jennifer Topping, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
Jennifer holds an BA and MA in Political Science and International Studies from the University of British Columbia. She is married with three children. |
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John Sinclair, born in the UK, has lived in Canada since 1974. After studying economics at Cambridge University, he has worked as an international development practitioner, as a senior staff member of DFID, CIDA ( now GAC) and the World Bank. He has been involved in strategic policy issues as well as leading country programs. He was active in high level reviews on policy and operations, pro-poor programming, quality assurance, and decentralisation.
Stephen Brown is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa. He worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for several years and has served as a consultant for several development-related organizations, including UNDP, the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/DAC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, as well as the editor of Struggling for Effectiveness: CIDA and Canadian Foreign Aid (2012) and co-editor of Rethinking Canadian Aid (2014) and The Securitization of Foreign Aid (2015). Further information can be found atwww,stephenbrown.xyz.
Jennifer Topping is the Executive Coordinator of the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office. Hosted by UNDP, this office is the centre of expertise and management of Trust Funds and innovative financing across the UN System. Operating in 107 countries, it has administered over $9.6 billion since its establishment in 2006. It plays a key role in UN policy formulation for financing of the 2030 SDG Agenda, crisis and humanitarian financing.