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On 11 July 2019 Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the findings of the CDP analysis of the 2018 Voluntary National Reports in a HLPF side event entitled: “National Reports on the 2030 Agenda: What do they (not) tell us?”. The report analyses how countries addressed three key issues: leaving no one behind (LNOB); pursuing global partnership as means of implementation (SDG17); and quality education (SDG4).
While the 2018 VNRs contain many interesting examples for mutual learning and sharing of good practices, the analysis also identifies a need for more attention to these issues and more explicit discussions on strategies for their implementation. The CDP paper was launched together with this year’s global Spotlight Report by Social Watch and Global Policy Forum on governance arrangements and the VNRs.
