Tanzania has to embrace Social Entrepreneurship to Score UN 17 SDGs by 2016-2030
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By
Henry Kazula,
Founder
&CEO Jielimishe Kwanza
Managing
Director: SEE –Tanzania
Youngpreneur:
WeMotion Network
17 SDSs 2030 from 8 MDGs,
historical perspective
The well-known eight
(8) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which have significantly
influenced development policies and strategies of many low-income nations since
year 2000, came to an end in December 2015. The 8 MDGs were; 1) eradicate
extreme hunger and poverty, 2) achieve universal primary education, 3) promote
gender equality and empower women, 4) reduce child mortality, 5) improve
maternal health, 6) combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, 7) Ensure
Environmental Sustainability, and 8) Develop a Global Partnership for
Development.
In recognition to this, since 2012, the United Nations has
been spearheading the process of developing a successor Global Development
Agenda which will be pursued for another 15 years from 2015 to 2030.
The UN in collaboration with an “Open Working Group” of the member of 70
countries have undertaken a broad consultations and negotiations and come up
with a proposal of new 17 goals namely Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). The new proposed goals are called Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) meant to replace the outgoing 8 Millennium Development Goals. The 8 MDGs
has 18 targets whereas the 17 SDGs have 169 targets.
The process of taking these new goals started with the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro
(Rio+20). Many global conversations were taken place by the difference forums
of the world in difference places.
Ultimately, in 25th to 27th September
2015, the UN Sustainable Development summit, the UN General Assembly
adopted this new set of development goals namely Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) 2030. SDGs 2030 include 17 goals with 169 targets will be started
under the theme of “Transforming the World” from January 2016.
One of the major purposes of 17 SDG goals is to eliminate
the world poverty while protecting the world from environmental degradation.
Most of the goals are related to the poverty eradication, for example, ending
poverty (Goal 1), ending hunger (Goal 2) and ensuring full employment (Goal 8).
These 3 goals are directly based on the poverty reduction. Goal 6(clean water
and sanitation), Goal 11(Sustainable cities and communities), Goal 13(Climate
Action), Goal 14(Life below water) and Goal 15(Life on land) are based on
environmental concern. Other goals are also related more or less to the poverty
eradication and well-being.
Scoring MDGs and way
forward to SDGs 2030 in Developing countries
In most of the developing countries, Tanzania in
particular tried to attain the MDGs that have been closed in December 2015. It’s
very sad to say that the MDGs have not achieved to the maximum as expected due
to limited fund as the country rely on donor funding. Due to political reasons
relating to self-interests than public interest, lack of accountability and
mistrust in spending of the fund; the good number of donors decided to pull-up.
Referring a Closing Session of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals in New York City-September
27, 2015, President
Obama emphasized to caution “fish” beneficiaries that; “It’s about making people self- sufficient but teaching them how to
fish.”
We cannot underestimate the demand of attaining the newly
established goals with the same formula used in 8 MDGs-2015. As to concur
with Albert Einstein when once said; “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results.” In this situation, it will not be an
over statement to say that the implementation process is going to be
unrealistic and unsustainable using the same techniques over and over again.
Currently, there are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, which require more
investment capital to score than before.
If the situation is so, the “social entrepreneurship” (i.e. the idea of applying
entrepreneurship principles and skills to do business or initiative to address social
problems for a social mission, not for individual gain as the central point of
economic entrepreneurs)- is a model that Tanzania can embrace in
implementing and achieve 17 SDGs; sporadic embracing on aid or donor funding
cannot be our response.
The mostly critical question to respond; Is “social entrepreneurship” really being
recognized as critical vehicles for delivering our common goals-social mission?
To answer this question, ‘Yes’, across the globe over the past decade we have
seen a significant shift in the awareness of the power, contribution and
potential of social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship concept and
awareness, if well utilized and disseminated to the grassroots can assist to
have quadruple impacts in attaining social missions rather than individual gain
for social changes while transforming the world.
Attaining
“sustainable development” in Tanzania through securing social and environmental
challenges with inclusion of business principles and innovation has not been
fully addressed i.e. few typical examples of social and environmental
enterprises with quadruple impacts in the society have been identified; such as
Wonders workshop in Dar es salaam- (disabled men use waste materials to create
hip recycled art for sell), Arusha
Women Entrepreneurs Ltd- (provides employment and training opportunities for
low-income disadvantaged women from deprived communities), Diana Women
Empowerment Organisation (DIWEO)- (set up handcraft projects for women living
with AIDS/HIV and a 10 acre farm where they produce their own vegetables to
sustain children and women.) Shanga Shangaa Ltd -a
successful socially conscious for-profit enterprise based at Arusha Coffee
Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania, which employs people with disabilities to create
unique, high quality, handmade jewellery, glassware and home ware using
recycled materials.
Jonathan Wong of DfID in Milan, as to appreciate the
impact of social entrepreneurship stated; “We
need to support social entrepreneurs wherever they are if we are to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals”. Therefore, in this endeavor, youth can play
an important role as social entrepreneurs.
Thinking and appreciating the quadruple impacts and
importance of social entrepreneurship to implement the SDGs 2030 in Tanzania, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship in Tanzania (SEE-Tanzania) under the umbrella
of Jielimishe Kwanza Co.Ltd has organized customized seminar(5hrs-8hours) and short Training courses(Duration: 1-5days) on Sustainable, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship with a focus of establishing Green/Sustainable businesses for Sustainable development.
It is hoped that these seminars and Short training courses will sensitize the audience,
development workers and young and aspiring social and environmental entrepreneurs to run sustainable business successfully with passion to achieve the common world goals
as a changemakers in the community while contributing to SDGs.
More information?
Contact us
Mob: +255 (0) 754 572 143
E-mail: jielimishekwanza@gmail.com
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