Sustainable Development Goals Law, no. 2 of 2019. País/Territorio Nigeria Subdivisión territorial Ekiti Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2019 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoA Law to provide for the mainstream sustainable development goals across the workings of the government, to raise awareness of sustainable development goals and practices across Ekiti State and to promote the adoption thereof. Materia General Palabra clave Negocios/industria/corporaciones Institución Gobierno local Monitoreo Entidad no gubernamental Procesamiento/manipulación Participación pública Investigación Protección social Desarrollo sostenible Área geográphica Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental Resumen The purpose of this Law, consisting of 14 sections, is to create a framework through which Sustainable Development Goals is to be mainstreamed across Government workings, and to raise awareness among private sectors and civil society of the principles of Sustainable Development Goals. The Law identifies the competent authority for adopting Ekiti’s Sustainable Development Goals strategy and for establishing a direction to revise it in line with national and international developments. The Law defines other functions of the competent authority, including: ensuring that the provisions of the strategy are implemented in a timely manner by the responsible actors; developing a set of indicators for measuring the progress achieved in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and their progressive revision; advocating Sustainable Development Goals across Ministries, Departments and Public Agencies, the private sector and society in general; reviewing government and specific Ministry policies, plans, programmes and projects to ensure that they are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; performing audits to evaluate how the Ministries, Departments and Agencies has integrated the principles of Sustainable Development Goals in their policies, plans, programmes and projects; working closely with Local Government Councils and other stakeholders for the promotion of Sustainable Development Goals at a local level. Other matters defined by the Law include: powers of the competent authority; duties of Ministries, Departments and Agencies; roles and responsibilities of the inter-ministerial committee on Sustainable Development Goals; mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals; general provisions. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.https