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 THE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs), based on a series of international conferences and summits that took place in the 1990s, are today the framework agreed upon at the international level for monitoring progress in development. Eradication of poverty through sustainable development is at the core of the MDG philosophy.
ROMANIA’s MDGs
Romania’s MDG framework was designed in 2002-2003 and presented in the baseline Report released in February 2004. Romania has adapted some of the global Goals to reflect its profile and priorities. All associated targets are also country-relevant and many were regarded as highly ambitious. However, several targets have been met in advance or exceeded, whereas others were achieved on time.
| MDG achievements snapshot |
MDG 1: Reduce severe poverty
Target 1: Halve the severe poverty rate by
2009, as compared to 2002 |
Achieved in 2005 |
MDG 5: Improve maternal health
Target 12: Reduce by half the maternal mortality
rate between 2001 and 2009 |
Achieved in 2005 |
MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
Target 13: Maintain by 2007 the incidence of HIV/AIDS at the level of 2002 |
Achieved |
Target 14: Stop the increase of TB incidence by 2005 and achieve a decrease from there on |
Achieved |
View Romania’s MDG framework here.
For additional background information browse through the Millennium Development Goals, a publication of the United Nations System in Romania. |
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THE MILLENIUM DECLARATION
In September 2000 at the Millennium Summit, by resolution 55/2, 189 UN member states, including Romania adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
The MillenniumDeclaration sets out within a single framework the key challenges facing humanity, outlines a response to these challenges, and establishes concrete measures for judging performance through a set of inter-related commitments, goals and targets on development, governance, peace, security and human rights. These goals are named the Millennium Development Goals.
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |
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Achieve universal primary education |
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Promote gender equality and empower women |
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Reduce child mortality |
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Improve maternal health |
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Combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases |
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Ensure environmental sustainability |
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Develop a Global Partnership for Development |
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The first seven Millennium Development Goals are inter-related and focus on eradication of poverty in all its forms. The last goal – develop a global partnership for development – considers the means by which the first seven goals are to be achieved and ensures responsibility for achieving the goals is undertaken by both the developed world and the developing world.
THE UN STRATEGY FOR THE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The UN strategy for the Millennium Development Goals has 4 components:
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The Millennium Project, which analyzes policy options and will develop a plan of implementation for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. |
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The Millennium Campaign, which mobilizes political support for the Millennium Declaration among developed and developing countries. |
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Country-level monitoring of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. |
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Operational country-level activities coordinated across agencies through the UN Development Group, which help individual countries implement policies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. |
HOW IS PROGRESS MONITORED?
18 targets and 48 indicators were established to measure progress towards the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals. The eight goals have a general character (e.g. improve maternal health), while most of the 18 targets are quantitative expressions of the goals (e.g. reduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality ratio).
The 18 targets are the outcome of intergovernmental negotiations and are highly relevant at the global level. However, their applicability is not universal. That is why, to maximize the relevance of the MDGs in each of the 191 Member States, it was agreed to set targets in line with national circumstances, where targets agreed at the global level are already met or when applicability of those targets is very low.
| Examples of indicators irrelevant for Romania: |
 Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria; |
| Proportion of population living on less than $ 1 per day. |
For more information select the Questions & Answers section.
EU’s CONTRIBUTION
The European Union, as the largest aid donor (55% of global ODA), has an important role in the fight against world poverty.
Read “Speeding up progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The European Union’s contribution”, a publication of the European Commission. |
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