MDG, Human Development, and poverty monitoring in Europe & CIS

Millennium Development Goals

The RBEC Regional MDG Report entitled National Millennium Development Goals: A framework for action discusses a set of issues that highlight the priorities, challenges and opportunities presented by the MDGs for the countries of Europe and CIS. These issues include the need to:

• improve governance;
• strengthen national ownership of the MDG agenda;
• align the MDGs with other national development strategies;
• conduct MDG needs assessments;
• align pro-poor policies with MDG objectives;
• link the MDGs and social inclusion in the European Union;
• localize the MDGs;
• break down MDGs by sub-national region, gender, and ethnicity;
• improve MDG reporting, poverty monitoring, and awareness raising;
• improve relations with civil society and the private sector;
• approach the new donors; and
• support the MDGs by investing in regional public goods.

The Bratislava team is focusing on four priority areas:

(1) MDG needs assessment; 
(2) localizing MDGs;
(3) MDG and EU Social Inclusion (specifically for countries with accession aspirations); and
(4) promoting an MDG-consistent macro-framework.