Management and Governance of the Coalition
A Leadership Group of high-level political representatives sits at the top of the Coalition’s governance structure. It serves the activities of the Coalition by identifying key learning needs for the achievement of the SDGs, to secure broad participation and ownership, and to ensure the communication and uptake of findings and lessons.
Each synthesis pillar is co-led by different partners and supported by a Management Group, who lead on setting the scope and terms of reference, engage strategic stakeholders, support resource mobilization, ensure timely delivery of the synthesis, and asssist with communication and engagement.
- The Partnership Pillar is co-led by UNDP, Canada, Ireland, Spain, OIOS, UNFPA, WFP, UN Joint SDG Fund, UNICEF and IDEAS
- The People Pillar is co-led by UNICEF, UNESCO, UN Women, UNDP, and WFP
- The Planet Pillar is co-led by UNEP and GCF
- The Prosperity Pillar is co-led by ILO, UNIDO and EBRD
- The Peace Pillar is co-led by OIOS, PBSO, UNFPA, UNODC and UNDP
Key priorities
This multi‑agency initiative brings together partners to synthesize rigorous evaluative evidence across the five pillars of the SDGs—People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership. Its participatory approach helps ensure that each synthesis reflects the policy and thematic priorities relevant to each pillar. Multiple syntheses are produced under each pillar to consolidate learning and support collective efforts to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by 2030.
- Supports multi‑agency SDG evidence synthesis across the five SDG pillars through coalition‑facilitated, participatory processes.
- Facilitates pillar‑level syntheses co‑produced with Pillar Management Groups and, where relevant, sectoral hubs.
- Implements a dynamic prioritization process to identify and sequence evidence synthesis topics over time.
- Strengthens demand‑side engagement through the development of an Engagement Playbook and related engagement activities.
- Supports UNEG‑led methodological and infrastructure efforts, including alignment of multilateral evaluation repositories and revision of UNEG Synthesis Guidance.
- Engages regional and national evaluation capacity networks to strengthen awareness, capacity, and use of synthesis at national level.
- Sets out medium‑term ambitions, including an SDG Evaluation Evidence Dashboard and a synthesis learning module for national and multilateral partners.