Ethiopia Sustainable Development Platform (ESDP)

Ethiopia Sustainable Development Platform’s mission is to self-organize and coordinate civil society organizations’ contributions towards the implementation,  and follow up and review of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 inline with Ethiopia’s Vision to Ten Years Perspective Development Plan, 2021 – 2030.

Specifically:

• To self-organize, coordinate and document civil society organizations’ contributions towards the implementation, follow-up, and monitoring of Sustainable development in Ethiopia. 
• To  facilitate  sharing  of  knowledge,  experiences  best  practices, and  innovations  among  civil  society  organizations  and  other  actors  engaging  in  sustainable  development implementation in Ethiopia 
• To  create  a  platform  for  government  institutions,  United  Nations,  development  partners, and  other  stakeholders  to  engage  with  civil  society  organizations  on  implementation,  monitoring,  accountability, and  financing  of  sustainable  development in Ethiopia 
• To produce annual joint civil society implementation reports, and national shadow  reports on sustainable development implementation in Ethiopia 
• To  contribute  towards  the  development  of nationally appropriate innovations and  solutions for effective joint implementation, follow-up and monitoring, reviews, and  reporting of the global, regional, and national development agendas 
• – To promote domestication of  Agenda  2063  and  Sustainable Development  Goals in  Ethiopia through national dialogues,  capacity building workshops  (targeting regional hubs/  platforms,  media houses,  local government authorities,  and policymakers). 
• To lobby and hold accountable the central government,  local government authorities, the national parliament, and private sector for their commitments,  policy,  institutional arrangements,  and resources allocation towards the implementation,  follow-up, and monitoring of the  2030  Agenda and  Agenda  2063.
• By increasing knowledge about the SDGs in the Ethiopia CSOs and strengthening national and regional networks, the platform aims to promote and enhance civil society inclusion in and contributions to development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on the SDGs. 

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