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WWF helps implements SDG monitoring tools in the DRC
In the DRC, WWF worked with the Ministry of Rural Development to design a tool for indigenous and local communities to monitor progress on SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) implementation.
For a better integration of the SDGs into the five-year national planning 2017-2021, the Ministry of Planning, with the support of the United Nations System, conducted a process of contextualization and integration of the SDGs and targets in the national planning framework.
From this assessment, DR Congo has learned lessons to capitalize on, including the context of implementation, planning, and monitoring. The need for a coherent programmatic monitoring and evaluation system was noticed. While it is clear that monitoring the implementation of the MDGs has been very difficult, it is clear that the SDGs will no doubt be even more difficult because of the complexity of this program and its broad thematic and sectoral scope.
Monitoring the implementation of the program is complex and multidimensional as the SDG Agenda 2030 requires reliable and quality data.
Considering also the fact that in the Democratic Republic of Congo the rural population, mostly poor and completely disconnected from decision-making process at the local level, represents approximately 80% of the total population, monitoring & evaluation system of the SDGs implementation, should be designed using the bottom-up approach.
WWF DRC has worked with the Ministry of Rural Development to design a participatory community SDG monitoring tool for indigenous and local communities to monitor progress on SDGs implementation. The system is an easy-to-use tool, the 169 targets have been analyzed and the most relevant ones for local community have been selected and formulated under local indicators in a way local communities and IP could understand.
The overall goal of this practice is to provide the DR Congo with a SDG community monitoring tool and a national coordination unit to implement this tool.
We believe that this tool could be used in a way to strengthen local governance and become a catalyzer of peace, sustainable development and conservation in the DRC. The Project team is made of staff from the Ministry of Rural Development, the Congolese Observatory of Sustainable development and WWF. Local community and Indigenous people are at the center of this project. In the Mai-Ndombe, Tshuapa, and Equateur provinces, 20 communities have been trained to use the tool to assess current SDG implementation progress in their villages. They have said that the insights captured by the SDGs monitoring tool provide them with a holistic view of development in their communities. This will support decision-makers to create interventions that contribute to protecting the environment, promoting quality of life for community members and enhancing economic growth.
