AFRICA SNAPSHOT: - Stakeholder engagement around the SDGs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Print AFRICA SNAPSHOT: Stakeholder engagement around the SDGs during the COVID-19 pandemic This paper presents some key findings from a survey addressing the current and future impacts of COVID-19 on stakeholder engagement and partnerships for implementation, follow up and review of the SDGs. [...] As with the results at the global level, these challenges threaten to undermine the capacity of stakeholder to make the important contributions identified above.==========ʼ Figure 3 Figure 3 percentage of respondents 3 Respondents were asked about the effects of COVID-19 on progress towards the SDGs for vulnerable and marginalised groups. [...] all vulnerable and marginalised groups (see figure 4 below), including women (86% ‘severe’ and ‘significant’ combined), children and youth (also 86%), the homeless and slum dwellers (81%), and migrants and displaced persons (78%).======== Figure 4 percentage of respondents 4 Respondents see COVID-19 as decreasing the engagement of virtually all groups in SDG review and implementation, as shown in. [...] The equally negative perceptions of effects on the engagement of business and industry (60% ‘decreasing’), and workers and trade unions (55%) are also of note.======================== == 5 Figure 5 percentage of respondents That some groups are perceived as ‘left behind’ in both progress and participation reinforces the need for meaningful and inclusive approaches to stakeholder engagement. [...] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =.