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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 BAHASA & ENGLISH SAMPLE DESIGN LAYOUT ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 1 On Sustainable Development Goals 2 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 3 On Sustainable Development Goals Contents WORD OF GREETINGS LOCALISING SDGs YBM Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department 8 Overview by Prof Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria YB Dato’ Sri Hajjah Rohani Abdul Karim 9 (Chairperson) Research Methodology & Findings by Mr. Alizan Mahadi 15 17 YB Maria Chin Abdullah (Deputy Chairperson) Solutions Methodology and Solution Projects 24 10 by Dr. Lin Mui Kiang Speaker of Parliament 11 Localising SDG Agenda At the UN Resident Coordinator 12 Parliamentary Constituency Level Head of Secretariat 13 by Lead Coordinators Capability Building programs by Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi Solution projects & SDGs by Mr. Anthony Tan Review and Evaluation by Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli 28 50 55 57 4 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION TABLES n APPGM-SDG Committee Members n APPGM-SDG Secretariat Team n APPGM-SDG Key Partners n Pilot Phase 2020 Lead Coordinators n Pilot Phase 2020 Researchers 59 60 62 62 62 n Dates of APPGM-SDG Committee Meetings 63 n Dates of APPGM-SDG Field Visits n Dates of Meetings with EPU, DOSM, Speaker of Parliament, UN & EAC n Pilot Phase 2020 Solution Projects & Solution Providers n Pilot Phase 2020 Capacity Building Programme & Service Providers n Dates & Details of Key National Seminar/ Workshop 63 64 67 71 73 n Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance & The Society for The Promotions of SDG 73 AUDITED STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS n One Page Extract of The Audited Statement of Accounts 79 Table 1 Six Steps in Mapping Exercise Table 2 Major Themes & Characteristics by Constituencies Table 3 Targets groups among those left behind by constituencies.
Table 4 Timeline for MEG Implementation Table 5 Lead coordinators (Pilot Phase 2020) Table 6 Researchers by Constituencies (Pilot Phase 2020) Table 7 Details of APPGM-SDG Committee meetings Table 8 Date of Field Visits (Pilot Phase 2020) Table 9 Key Meetings date (Pilot Phase 2020) Table 10 Solution Projects & Providers by Constituencies Table 11 Capacity Building Programme & Providers by Constituencies Table 12 List of Key National Events Table 13 Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance 2020 Members Table 14 Malaysian CSO Discussions & Conversations (Pilot Phase 2020) 18 19 20 58 61 61 63 63 64 67 71 73 74 76 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 5 On Sustainable Development Goals 6 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA WORD OF GREETINGS APPGM-SDG ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 7 On Sustainable Development Goals Chairperson of APPGM-SDG Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) YBM Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Congratulations to the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG) on the publication of this 2020 Annual Report.
peace, and cooperation) for the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP).

The increase in allocation from RM2 million in 2020 to RM5 million this year shows the Malaysian The highest appreciation to the Chairman of government’s support for the work of APPGM- APPGM-SDG, YB Dato ‘Sri Rohani Abdul Karim and SDG.
The Prime Minister’s Department, especially Vice Chairman, YB Puan Maria Chin Abdullah, the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and the and all APPGM-SDG Committee Members and the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) as well as Secretariat led by Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria.

the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has A notable effort has been shown by APPGM-SDG in established close partnerships with APPGM-SDG.
implementing the Sustainable Development Goals This cooperation is very important to achieve the 17 at the local Parliamentary constituency level.

As we goals.

face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, APPGM-SDG continues to make strides in fulfilling its The solution projects and capacity-building programs responsibilities in localising Sustainable Development carried out in the 10 Parliamentary constituencies Goals.
across the country in 2020 have been adapted according to the suitability of the local community Towards the end of Phase One in upholding the across race, ethnicity, and gender.

These projects Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia, we will not only help the communities affected by can see the country’s SDG performance continue COVID-19.

It is the continuous efforts in ensuring the to improve.
The role played by the APPGM-SDG is sustainability of the projects that make the work of very important in helping to achieve the global 2030 APPGM-SDG unique.

At once, it positions Malaysia as Agenda.

a country committed to achieving the SDGs.

The Malaysian Government has always been Once again, I would like to congratulate APPGM- committed to achieving the goals of the SDGs SDG and wish the team continued success!
by focusing on the five key areas (community development, stewardship of the earth, prosperity, 8 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Chairperson of APPGM-SDG DATO SRI ROHANI ABDUL KARIM Chairperson of APPGM-SDG & Member of Parliament Batang Lupar Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh & levels, partners of civil society organizations, non- Selamat Sejahtera My highest appreciation to the APPGM SDG Committee and the Secretariat team for publishing this 2020 Annual General Report.
It gives a governmental organizations and individuals which have involved directly or indirectly with APPGM-SDG work throughout the year.

The responsibility and trust that I bear in leading clearer overview of the APPGM-SDG work and efforts this organization with a dedicated team, insyaAllah undertaken in 2020.

I will give my very best to make sure that APPGM- SDG work goes well and accordingly as planned.
Year 2020 was a very challenging year for everyone Once again, I would like to express my deepest as a result of the COVIC-19 pandemic.

Thanks to congratulations to the APPGM-SDG Secretariat Allah S.W.T with His Grace, APPGM-SDG continues to team for the trust that was executed brilliantly.

The take steps to carry out all the planned work despite new norms of the Covid-19 require a high level of facing various obstacles.
I believe that our team has endurance and determination for continuing the done our best in carrying out the responsibilities and right track in realizing the APPGM-SDG work and the trust given in undertaking the field visits, capacity Secretariat team thus far has proven its capability.

To building and solution projects in the parliamentary many more successfull milestones in the future.

constituencies involved.

Thank You.
On behalf of APGM-SDG, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to the Government of Malaysia & Parliament of Malaysia for trusting the Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance as the official Secretariat to fulfill this great trust, the Ministry of Finance Malaysia which has given the mandate for the allocation to APPGM-SDG to implement the localization of SDGs, fellow MPs, Government agencies at the Federal, State and local ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 9 On Sustainable Development Goals Deputy Chairperson of APPGM-SDG Maria Chin Abdullah Deputy Chairperson of APPGM-SDG Member of Parliament Petaling Jaya Salam Sejahtera.
It is unbelievable that we are already one year old and our solution projects are moving along in the midst of an unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic.

This pandemic has placed even more pressure to fast speed economic recovery as most economic sectors were either facing closure or struggling to ride over the economic crisis.
Our APPGM-SDG projects, therefore, come at this testing time and it is our intention to show case how with creative and innovative solutions, there can be some glimmering light for challenges.

While we only began with ten parliamentary constituencies, the projects have brought life to the akar umbi who have been desperately looking for resolution to their challenges.
We have projects that build on resilience and sustainability that increased income for the poor farmers and communities such as organic farming Bentong; building paddy infrastructure at Kg.
Rampazan to enable double cropping with the intention of making the project to be a strategic blueprint for agro projects; initiating a community- based litter-clean-u and installation of buy-back centre to address the unsustainable livelihoods and litter problem in the water settlements at two kampung at Tanjung Piai; and activating ecotourism in Pendang with a focus on community centered business ecosystem.
Other projects involved inter-agencies consultation and joint efforts to bring the various departments, corporates and civil society together to turn polices into actions and goals into impactful outcomes.

10 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Diverse capacity building discussions were carried out, touching on education, women rights, migrants, refugees, housing, agriculture, waste management and local governance.
Innovative involvement of the communities were tried out such as cultural mapping of challenges with eventual outcomes and given the pandemic, online breakout groups were used to draw out views from the communities.

The key success of these projects is that they started with the people where their needs are captured to shape the project proposals and their collective involvement with agencies have helped to make bottom-up decision making a reality.
We are now at our final completion of the projects and I can confidently say that the results will bring lessons learnt and meaningful outcomes that will show how sustainable goals can be broken down to reach those who are in need of the ideas, support and change.

We are also looking forward to another twenty more new partners who will definitely enrich the APPGM-SDG community-based solution and capacity building projects.
Lastly, sincere appreciation to all those who have made these projects possible – YB Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim, Chair of APPGM-SDG, the ten members of parliament who have generously allowed their constituencies to be visited, dissected, and yet remain open to new ideas and suggestions; Datuk Denison, APPGM secretariat, ISIS, Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance, government departments and agencies and volunteers who have given more than their call for duty.

Thank you.

Dignity for all.


ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Speaker of Parliament FOREWORD DATUK AZHAR AZIZAN HARUN Speaker of the House of Representatives Parliament of Malaysia Warmest congratulations to the APPGM-SDG for parliamentary constituencies and has undertaken 22 publishing its first annual report.

I am pleased with capacity-building exercises with members of local their continued advocacy and support for greater communities at constituencies.
It is inspiring to hear governance that encompasses accountability and that 34 local solution projects have been identified transparency within Parliament and Malaysia as a and are being implemented to address and achieve whole.

the goals of the SDG fully.

The 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge represents an important national and global agenda and appreciate the active role played by all 10 – ‘leaving no one behind’.
The Parliament of parliamentarians of the APPGM-SDG which is chaired Malaysia acknowledges and fully supports the efforts by YB Dato’ Sri Rohani binti Abdul Karim and the of the APPGM to localise the objectives at the grass- deputy, YB Maria Chin Abdullah.

In addition to this, root levels, ensure proper representation, and finding I would like to extend my gratitude and thanks to solutions that put the welfare of people first.
the Secretariat which is headed by Prof. Datuk Dr. Dennison Jayasooria for the exemplary work thus far.

In this context, the APPGM provides a brilliant platform for the parliamentarians in identifying Significantly, the Ministry of Finance has allocated the grass-root issues that affect the people of their constituencies, that would later drive RM 5 million for the APPGM-SDG in 2021 to add an additional 20 parliamentary constituencies, better economic empowerment, environmental alongside the existing 10.
This is a landmark sustainability and social development.

Therefore, achievement brought on by the success of the finding workable solutions at a local level is vital for APPGM-SDG and a vital show of support by the the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies government for the continued success of the that would translate onto a larger national scale.

program throughout Malaysia.


Over the year, the APPGM has carried out a I wish the APPGM-SDG all the best in its future remarkable job in undertaking field visits to 10 endeavors.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 11 On Sustainable Development Goals UN Resident Coordinator Mr Stefan Priesner United Nations Resident Coordinator for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam and an additional 20 parliamentary constituencies in 2021.
This has bolstered the proactive efforts of the APPGM-SDG in creating awareness on SDGs, identifying issues and solutions and implementing pilot projects.

The collaboration between APPGM- SDG with Federal, State and local governments with the support of CSOs is in line with SDG 17 (Partnership for Development) and sets a new benchmark for multi-stakeholder engagement on the SDGs.
There is just nine years to the 2030 deadline for the achievement of the SDGs and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy a blow to the progress that countries have made.

An inclusive whole of society approach from policy making to addressing real gaps and challenges at community levels has become increasingly imperative if we are to achieve our shared goals of leaving no one behind, addressing climate change and protecting the environment and biodiversity for this and future generations.
The United Nations in Malaysia looks forward to deeper engagement at a programmatic level to help accelerate progress on the SDGs.

We call on the APPG-SDG to count on our support as it pursues its outstanding work.

Thank you.

On Behalf of the United Nations in Malaysia, I would like to congratulate the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia (APPGM-SDG) for their impressive inaugural Annual Report.
The APPG-SDG has made significant strides in localising the SDGs at the subnational level, through the leadership of YB Dato’ Sri Hajjah Rohani Abdul Karim as Chairperson, YB Puan Maria Chin Abdullah as Deputy Chairperson and the Malaysia CSO-SDG Alliance as its Secretariat.
Malaysia’s APPG-SDG is an exemplary model of bi-partisan parliamentary engagement towards the attainment of our shared aspirations under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its implementation framework, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with civil society, academia and community representatives.

The United Nations in Malaysia has been happy to be involved in APPG-SDG’s journey since its formation in early 2018.
I warmly recall presenting on the “Role of Parliament in achieving the SDGs” in a seminar held at Dewan Rakyat in December 2017, which I understand contributed to inspiring the formation of the APPG-SDG.
I commend the Government of Malaysia for allocating MYR2 million in its National Budget 2020 and MYR5 million in 2021 to support the excellent work by the APPG-SDG and Malaysia CSO-SDG Alliance to drive its SDG localisation efforts and pilot projects in 10 parliamentary constituencies in 2020 12 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Head of Secretariat Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria Head of Secretariat APPGM-SDG I am happy to share a word of greetings in our First Annual Report of the APPGM-SDG.
We were formed in October 2019 and with the special allocation through the 2020 Budget, we were able to undertake the pilot phase of the SDG localization project in 10 parliamentary constituencies.

It is an amazing journey of working in close partnership with the parliamentarians, Economic Planning Unit as well as the local community leaders and civil servants at the district level.
CSO leaders who are part of the Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance have been active partners in this process and The United Nations Country Team who has played a very strong supporting role.

The objective of this APPGM-SDG Annual Report 2020 is to document our work in the pilot phase and to share our partnership and multi stakeholder engagement that have taken place thus far.
We felt that it was necessary to document our experiences and provide an accurate account of the work, findings and recommendation on localising SDGs.

In addition to the narrative of the work, we also felt that it was necessary to present an audited statement of the funds that we have received.

In 2020, we were allocated RM 2 million but due to many delays during the MCO period because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have utilized only RM1.6 million.
The delays were not only affecting the utilization of the funds but for us to accept the fact that some of the projects implementations have had to be extended until 2021.

In light of this, we have received an approval from the Ministry of Finance to use the 2021 allocation to settle all outstanding payments which was committed for in 2020.

We have the support of an excellent team of the Members of Parliament who serves in the APPGM- SDG Committee.

They are also part of the pilot phase project.


We had the full support of the former speaker, Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof and the current speaker, Datuk Azhar Azizan in all our undertakings.

We also have the support of the staff in the administration, finance and research sections of Malaysian Houses of Parliament.

We have an amazing team of CSO volunteers and our two full time staff in 2020 who have been very committed to SDGs and have played a major role in the pilot project.
They are all mentioned in this report.

It is their patience, encouragement, endurance, hard work and support which has ensured that we succeed in this project.

On behalf of the Secretariat I would like to take this opportunity to thank the EPU Minister; the Director General of EPU; the Speaker of Parliament; the APPGM-SDG Chair & Deputy Chair and the UN Resident Coordinator.
I also take this opportunity to thank all members of the Secretariat and the two APPGM SDG Staff Puan Nur Rahmah Othman and Mr. Anthony Tan Kee Huat for their services in 2020.

My humble prayer is that as you read this Annual Report 2020, you will be inspired to ensure that “No One Is Left Behind” in Malaysian society.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 13 On Sustainable Development Goals LOCALISING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 14 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 1 Overview By Prof Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria (Head of Secretariat, APPGM-SDG) This Annual Report 2020 is a record of the activities carried out by the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia for Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM- SDG) over 12-month (from January to December 2020).
The objective is to give an accurate account of the work undertaken.

It is also to provide awareness on how Members of Parliament (MPs) are local SDG champions in their parliamentary constituencies.
In the ten parliamentary constituencies which are part of the pilot project of localising SDGs, we recognise that the MPs have a very good understanding of the local issues and they all played a major role in the identification of needs, determining the local priorities and the short-term SDG based solution projects.

In this report, we provide details on key aspects and these sections are written by members of the APPGM- SDG Secretariat.
Research methodology and findings Mr Alizan Mahadi (The Head of Research) provides a comprehensive description of the methodology adopted which is grounded research methods in mapping local needs and issues.

He provides an analysis of the research findings linking them to the five Ps – People, Prosperity, Planet and Partnerships.

He also draws lessons which have the policy implications.

Solution projects at the local level Report provides the full details of the 34 projects and service providers.
We have illustrated the feasibility to undertake SDG-based solution projects.

However, we also recognize that more sustainable and long-term solutions are required.

Brief description of the ten pilot phase parliamentary constituencies Eight Lead Coordinators provides detail and hands-on descriptions of the work undertaken during the field visit, drawing local priorities, selection of service providers and projects.
Capacity building for local actors Dr Zainal Abidin provides an overview of the capacity building programme which were undertaken in the ten parliamentary constituencies.

He has received input from Prof. Dato Dr. Rashila Ramli and Mr. Khalid Al-Walid who also undertook capacity building programs.

A total of 22 programme were undertaken and the details are provided in the institutional section of this Annual Report.
We recognize that at the grassroots, knowledge on SDGs was limited, especially among the civil servants, CSOs and local communities.

These programme were organized to create a deeper awareness of the 17 SDGs, especially their cross-cutting nature.

Mapping of Solutions Based on SDGs Mr. Anthony Tan Kee Huat maps out the 34 solution projects and their relations with the 17 SDGs.

The mapping also includes identifying the issues based on the five Ps.
It is interesting to note that the projects are reflecting the cross-cutting nature of the 17 SDGs.

Dr Lin Mui Kiang (The Head of Solutions) provides a review of how RM120, 000.00 was allocated to each of the ten parliamentary constituencies.

A total of 34 projects were reviewed by the Secretariat and presented to the APPGM-SDG Committee for approval.

While some projects have been completed, some have been delayed to mid-2021.
She provides a thematic overview of the solution projects and service providers.

The institutional section of this Annual Review and evaluation of the pilot project Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramali leads a team of academic volunteers to review all the 34 APPGM-SDG projects.

It was an independent reviewing process.

The initial objective of the reviews was to examine the gender aspect of the projects.
The results of the reviews have widened the initial scopes of the objective, which give useful input and lessons learned for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 15 On Sustainable Development Goals efforts in localising the SDGs.

The section describes the methods and on-going review processes.

The findings of the review will be released by the middle of 2021. groups and service providers that works together to address the local issues in a sustainable way.
Institutional Data Ms. Nur Rahmah Othman provides basic data on the APPGM-SDG Committee; the Secretariat; the ten parliamentary constituencies; the lead coordinators; the researchers; the solution projects and the service providers.

This documentation demonstrates the dynamic potential of multi-stakeholder engagement in localising SDGs.

Audited Statement of Accounts We believe in the principle of public accountability for public funds.
Hence, we have depicted an audited account that has been conducted by an external auditor.

The account statement provides detail of how the funds were used for this APPGM-SDG pilot phase 2020.

Potential & uniqueness of the APPGM SDG Model The unique aspect of the APPGM-SDG is its bipartisan nature.

The MPs, irrespective of their political party, work together to enhance the resources available to provide solutions for the grassroots.
The theme of ‘Leaving No One Behind’ and the recognition of the cross-cutting nature of the SDGs demand a multi- dimensional approach in resolving the grassroots concerns.

We, therefore, draw lessons from the APPGM-SDG pilot phase 2020 to localise the SDGs.

The APPGM-SDG model for the year 2021 will be an improved version.

We have also expanded the localising projects in which to include another 20 constituencies.

We have been allocated RM5 million in the 2021 Budget for this purpose.
The SDGs require a whole society approach.
The APPGM-SDG illustrates the significance of partnership with multiple stakeholders – parliamentarians, civil society, academics, federal agencies, civil service at the district level including local CSOs, neighbourhood 16 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 2 Research Methodology & Findings By Mr. Alizan Mahadi (Head of Research, APPGM-SDG) Towards the objective set out under the APPGM SDG to monitor SDG related implementation and d. Support national planning, policies and development processes through understanding the mechanisms for successful localisation of SDGs including to raise parliamentary questions.
delivery to the local level, one of the key components Research Methodology for Localising the SDGs is to research the current situation of each of the constituencies concerning SDGs.

This is in line with The methodology adopts a Human Rights-Based the activities of APPGM-SDG, to play an active role Approach (HRBA) to conduct the analysis.

HRBA in localising SDGs at the parliamentary constituency is used in various United Nations and international level.
This includes mapping local issues, solutions research as it is a useful programming tool that is and networks.

The APPGM-SDG also includes a anchored in international norms and standards.

The policy research component that aims to draw out HRBA approach puts equal attention on the process local ground issues for policy discussion among chosen to achieve these goals, as on the attainment Parliamentarians.

of the goals themselves.


The overall objectives of the research component are In the context of the SDGs, it has been used as to: a methodology specifically for assessing the Leave No One Behind principle under the SDGs a.

Improve the understanding of decision-makers and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
and other stakeholders on the current status of Operationalising the analytical framework consists of delivery of development at the parliamentary a set of six steps that cover issue mapping (what?

), area based on the SDGs.

stakeholder identification (who?

), prioritisation of issues and solutions (which?

), analysis (why?

), solutions b. Assess the impact of policy interventions on to address the identified issue (how?)
and monitoring issues related to the achievement of SDGs at the and evaluation of the project solution parliamentary level.

c. Evaluate the process of development delivery to understand the underlying and root causes of bottlenecks in achieving the SDGs.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 17 On Sustainable Development Goals Table 1: Six Steps in Mapping Exercise Step Output / Activity STEP 1: What are the most crucial cross-cutting issues across social, economic and environmental within the parliamentary location?
STEP 2: Who is being left behind?

STEP 3: Which?

Prioritization of issues STEP 4: How?

How should we resolve the issue Issue Mapping Prioritisation of Solutions and Solutions Project Proposal STEP 5: Why?

Analysis on why these issues occur Situation Analysis STEP 6: Execution and Monitoring of progress and impact Solutions Project execution and Monitoring Field visits and issue mapping In the first phase, field visits were held to map the issues.
The field visits were typically 3-day visits consisting of the following: - a.

Community Profiling exercise by MPs b.

Site visits to areas identified by MPs c. Focus group discussions on issue mapping with local stakeholders, NGOs and community leaders d. Dialogue with government agencies The field visits are as per Table 8, Page 63.

18 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Summary of findings Major Issues are based on local characteristics and setting contextually.
A major finding is that the issues identified are mainly cross-cutting and contextual to the local characteristics and setting.

Although many of the issues are relevant to broad development issues, they manifest themselves contextually.

These challenges, therefore, require unique solutions.

In other words, both identifying the development issues and identifying the solutions require a bottom-up and participatory approach as they require knowledge and delivery of those in the specific contexts.
Table 2: Major Themes & Characteristics by Constituencies.

Economic status dominates target groups left behind but are also highly contextual.
No Parliamentary Constituencies Major Themes Characteristics 1 Bentong (P089) Sustainable Agriculture 2 Selayang (P097) Migrant 3 Petaling Jaya (P105) Urban Poverty 4 Tanjung Piai (P165) Sustainable Tourism Semi-urban Semi-urban Urban Semi-rural 5 Papar (P175) Development Impact on Agriculture Semi-rural 6 Pensiangan (P182) Youth & Women’s Empowerment Rural and semi-rural 7 Kuching (P195) Squatters Urban 8 Batang Sadong (P200) Connectivity and Accessibility Semi-rural and rural 9 Pendang (P011) Agriculture and Land Ownership 10 Jeli (P030) Smallholder Schemes and Decent Work Rural Rural ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 19 On Sustainable Development Goals Table 3: Targets groups among those left behind by constituencies.
Common issues are found across most constituencies and are relevant to the SDGs.

No.

Parliamentary Constituencies Who is left behind?

(Target Group)* Due to?
** 1 Bentong (P089) Farmers, Orang Asli, B40 Economic status and identity 2 Selayang (P097) Migrants, Orang Asli, B40 Identity, economic status and legal status 3 Petaling Jaya (P105) B40, low cost housing, PPRs Economic Status 4 Tanjung Piai (P165) B40, Fishermen, youth Economic status, Geography 5 Papar (P175) Paddy farmer, fishermen Geography, Economic Status 6 Pensiangan (P182) Youth & Women Gender, age and geography 7 Kuching (P195) Squatters legal status Identity, economic status and 8 Batang Sadong (P200) Youth (Schools) & Farmers Geography and Economic status 9 Pendang (P011) Farmers, Rubber tappers Geography and Economic status 10 Jeli (P030) B40, Smallholders, Women, Youth Orang Asli Identity, Geography (connectivity) and Economic status Despite the differences in geography and status (i.e.
urban/rural and economic status) of the various constituencies, common issues are also observed.

While the issues are contextual, many of them are highly relevant to the SDGs.

People Poverty – pockets of poverty still exist and even increasing in many areas particularly among certain target groups despite improvements at the national and aggregated level.
Poverty is multidimensional, and a multiplier resulting in the achievement of other areas (SDG1 and interlinked with all SDGs) Education, skills and training of youth and women – to improve their livelihoods.

This issue is particularly prominent in areas that are geographically distant (i.e.

rural and semi-rural areas).

The individuals involved are mainly in B40 groups (i.e.

Petaling Jaya).
Petaling Jaya).

Lack of relevant skills have inhibited them to attain other higher-order goals of the SDGs and improve their socio-economic status (SDG4,5 and 8) Health and nutrition – Many communities living in isolated geographical areas are facing a major challenge in accessing healthcare facilities.

This issue is found across all constituencies.

Cases such as TB and polio are still occurring in these areas.

Access to healthcare for undocumented and stateless persons is also a pressing issue.
(SDG3, SDG16 and interlinked Youths and women are derived from opportunities with all SDGs) 20 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Gender equality - Gender equality cuts across many Peace, Justice and Partnerships issues, and it is also one of the root causes for some Institutions play a key role in localising the SDGs.

various of them.
various of them.

For example, in Pensiangan, the practice issues are described further below towards localising of child marriages is still occurring while in Petaling development (SDG16 and interlinked with all SDGs).

Jaya, the potential of income from women in PPRs is relatively untapped as a potential income for B40 Multi-stakeholder Partnerships are crucial towards households (SDG5 and interlinked with all SDGs).

addressing the SDGs.


Many of the issues identified Prosperity Inequality - Delivery of development does not require partnerships and collaboration across many stakeholders, as identified further below.

necessarily reach many that are in the low income (B40) Lessons Learned from APPGM-SDG Research and Issue economic status as a target group.
Geographically, Mapping delivery is unbalanced on various issues including waste management, healthcare and dissemination of Policy lessons learned social welfare benefits.

(SDG 10 and interlinked with Issues are crosscutting but delivery is siloed.

Delivery is all SDGs) mainly driven by mandates at the federal level.

While mandates are often fulfilled, issues are often found to Infrastructure development Many geographical not be contextualized based on local needs.
Cross- areas do not have access to basic services such as cutting issues are often not attended to because they waste management.

This has resulted in difficulties in are not under the mandate of any particular agency.

accessing markets (SDG9 and interlinked with all SDGs) Planet The federal-state relationship is a challenge for delivery to the local level.
The three-tier hierarchical The environment in some areas is deteriorating and structure in Malaysia aims to translate development affecting the income (i.e.

fishermen, farmers), health delivery from federal to local levels.

However, the and livelihoods of those that depend on it.

The issues structure has imposed challenges for delivery.

are often linked to unsustainable planning and The federal or state agencies that are responsible development.

However, the mandated agencies for implementation.


because responsibilities and have little evidence of linking environmental issues obligations are divided according to the constitution.

with other development concerns.

Additionally, Furthermore, stakeholders often highlighted the natural resources are a state matter.
This has problematic implementation and delivery processes imposed challenges in resolving the issues because due to the politicisation of delivery, such as when the of the situation of federal-state relationship constituencies are in opposition to their state or the (SDG13,14,15,16,17 and linked with all SDGs).

federal government.

Lack of integration or partnership Floods have been highlighted as a major issue in is evident.

various areas.
various areas.

However, few have linked the incidents There is a lack of data (disaggregated data), at the to climate change.

(SDG13) local level for monitoring progress at the aggregated level (national or state.

This has resulted in poor Waste management was also highlighted as an issue understanding of development issues and challenges across most areas.

Mandates and responsibilities at the constituency level.

Many decisions made are fragmented (SDG12 and linked with all SDGs) not evidence-based.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 21 On Sustainable Development Goals Institutional lessons learned The APPGM-SDG unearthed many challenges in localizing development by identifying issues and Lack of access to and participation in decision- solutions.

The multi-stakeholder process provided making.

The decisions made include local action space and platform to catalyse a whole-of- plans and processes of consultation for infrastructure society approach to problem-solving.

To ensure projects.
To ensure projects.

Issues that arise due to lack of consultation the sustainability of the process itself, the APPGM- with local stakeholders, experts, CSOs and community SDG should be institutionalised to ensure continuous leaders.

may result in an adverse impact on the local participation and improvement towards a whole-of- community.

society approach.
society approach.

The SDGs needs to be institutionalised at the local It must also be recognized that the APPGM-SDG level by multi-stakeholder, to achieves the principle alone could not and has not been, the only initiative of Leaving No One Behind.

There is a need for a that takes a bottom-up approach to development mechanism for bringing various stakeholders together, delivery.

To ensure no one left behind, the nation to discuss the common issues in various areas.
SDG should seriously look into mechanisms and programme 17 focuses on partnership, which demonstrates that decentralize development wherever suitable, as the importance of partnerships whole-of-society a model of development.

approach to achieve the SDGs.

The APPGM-SDGs catalysed such a process of establishing partnerships by bringing together Parliamentarians, CSOs, academia and local stakeholders.

Moving forward, the process must continue in ensuring progress on resolving the issues.
The continuity enables monitoring and improvements of the existing systems..

Although many local issues are not the mandate of the MPs directly, they play an important role in coordinating development issues at the local level.

The APPGM- SDG structure strengthens the coordinating role of the MPs and ADUNs in delivering development is crucial in many areas because local governance in Malaysia mechanism for political accountability is weak.

Many target groups are relying on their initiatives.
Future Challenges and Remedies Malaysia has performed well on various development issues.

However, the SDGs ensures that the benefits of development are distributed evenly across various target groups and society.

They also ensure the need for achieving multiple goals are keep in balance.
22 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA N A T A P M E T U S I - ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 23 On Sustainable Development Goals 3 Solutions Methodology and Solution Projects By Dr. Lin Mui Kiang (Head of Solutions, APPGM SDG) In preparation for the implementation of the projects of the solution, capacity sessions were carried out for government agencies from federal, state and local The APPGM Solution Projects are designed to address levels, NGOs, community leaders and communities, in the issues and challenges identified during the field raising awareness of the SDG principles and relevance visits to constituencies.
The issues and challenges were to their work and daily lives.

The programmes include derived from a series of discussions with the Members joint sessions to increase understanding among of Parliament (MPs)’s office, government agencies, them and to mainstream the SDGs.

There were also NGOs, community leaders and the community.
sessions to resolve issues on specific subject matters After obtaining a list of issues for a constituency such as health and well-being, women and youth and prioritisation process with the YB, APPGM-SDG empowerment, needs assessment for community called for proposals for solutions from interested and development, problem-solving for squatter competent parties.

An allocation of RM120,000 for communities, rights and responsibilities of flat dwellers, this purpose, for each constituency.
The APPGM- community health screening, increasing youth SDG sought to maximise the contribution from the readiness for employment, natural farming principles expertise, experience, dedication and commitment for sustainability and quality products, and dialogues of related organizations to assist the communities with agencies to discuss specific issues.

on the ground.
on the ground.

They range from CSOs/NGOs, local universities, community associations and private The 34 solutions projects that were implemented in sector firms.

Proposals were then reviewed by the 2020 addressed the diverse and prioritised local issues.
Solutions Committee which emphasises the criteria of They were aimed at increasing the wellbeing and their effectiveness in addressing the issue(s) that they income of the B40 groups – women, youths who are purport to resolve, their sustainability, and replicability unemployed or retrenched, Orang Asli/Asal who lack or scalability.

The suitability and capacity of the project access to economic opportunities, and the general proponents are also assessed.
The reviewed projects community including squatter communities who lack were then endorsed by the respective MPs before access to social welfare benefits, infrastructure and presented to the APPGM-SDG Executive Committee services.

They covered many sectors and were cross- for final approval.

cutting.

They included farming and aquaculture, eco-tourism, entrepreneur development, technical In 2020, 34 solution projects were approved and skills training, education/language skills development, implemented.
They were wide-ranging and covered health and wellbeing, waste management, national many sectors and SDGs.

Our partners were 2 city unity and partnerships, and community development.

councils, 3 municipal councils, 5 district councils, 6 public universities (UKM, UUM, IIUM, UNIMAS, UMS, The projects were: UMK), a private university (UCSF), a think tank (ISIS Malaysia), 32 partners in 10 locations, and 3 private a.

Farming and aquaculture – organic farming firms.


Solution providers with expertise and local knowledge were crucial in achieving the objectives of projects in Bentong, paddy planting in Papar, mushroom farming in Jeli, siakap farming in the projects.

They were local universities, specialised Papar, and catfish farming in Jeli CSOs, and local NGOs such as SAWO, PSPK, SADIA, ROSE, MyPJ, and Youth Clubs in Pensiangan.
Close b. Eco-tourism projects in Tanjoung Piai, Jeli and collaboration among the partners was crucial for the Pendang smooth implementation of the projects.

24 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA c. Entrepreneur development in Selayang, agencies which had not addressed and met the Pensiangan, indigenous craft project in Jeli, needs of the local communities effectively.
sewing and marketing of local produce in Batang Sadong As such, it is important to review public development policies, service delivery modes, and the performance d. Technical skills training in bakery, café of front-line agencies for improvement.

Another management, digital marketing, air-conditioning requirement to enhance the effectiveness of projects in Selayang, and wiring in Kuching, for the grassroots communities is connectivity in ensuring no one is left behind.
e. Education/language training for English language teachers in Batang Sadong, and tuition As a newly launched APPGM for SDG, the uptake by for children in Petaling Jaya, Bahasa Malaysia MPs was slow in 2020.

Efforts were made to advocate and cultural sensitiviities course for refugees and and invite MPs to join as voluntary members for 10 migrant workers in Selayang constituencies.
The last 2 constituencies came on board in October 2020, which resulted in the delay f. Health and wellbeing in Pensiangan and Petaling of the projects implementation process for the Jaya constituencies.

g. Waste management in Tanjung Piai and Papar The planning and implementation of the 2020 solutions projects have been much interrupted and delayed by h. National unity and partnership in Bentong the COVID-19 Movement Control Orders (MCOs).

As i.
As i.

Community development which included many completed and the remaining 24 are in various stages components such as health screening, tuition of implementation, These projects are expected to for children, skills training and entrepreneur be completed between January and April 2021, development in 2 squatter communities in subject to the COVID-19 pandemic and MCO by the such only 10 of the projects of the solution have been Kuching; flat refurbishment and census for low- government.
cost flat residents in Selayang, and further action plan for Petaling Jaya The efforts and achievements made in 2020 have encouraged MPs for the additional 20 constituencies Project implementors were required to submit monthly for 2021 to join the journey.

Work has started on the progress reports and feedback from the participants.

issue mapping and field visits.


Solutions projects are Feedbacks were very positive with the completed expected to be completed before the end of the activities and the achieved objectives.

Many NGOs, year.

The experience from 2020 will serve to enhance local communities and government agencies were their implementation and impact for this year.

energized in improving and resolving local issues that were addressed by the projects of the solution.
This clearly shows the effectiveness of the bottom-up approach in designing and implementing projects to address the specific needs of the communities, and in achieving the respective SDGs.
It is to be noted that many of the projects covered grounds that were under the purview and responsibility of government ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 25 On Sustainable Development Goals Photos Gallery Jeli, Kelantan Bentong Pahang Selayang, Selangor Petaling Jaya, Selangor Tanjung Piai, Johor 26 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Papar, Sabah Pensiangan, Sabah Bandar Kuching, Sarawak Pendang, Kedah Batang Sadong, Sarawak ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 27 On Sustainable Development Goals 4 Localising SDG Agenda At the Parliamentary Constituency Level 4.1 JELI, KELANTAN By Dr Juita Mohamad (Lead Coordinator) represented in the Orang Asli communities.
On the other hand, the women from Kampung Jerimbong eagerly participated in sharing their issues as well as solutions.

In hindsight, the APPGM-SDG team needs to be more strategic in approaching local communities.

Culture and hierarchy within a society play an important role in engagements with outsiders especially for the Orang Asli communities.

Unfortunately outsiders or strangers are not necessarily welcome by the community even with the best of intentions.
A longer period of time for engagement is needed for us to build trust so they are forthright or rather more candid in sharing their opinions, problems, and solutions.

The APPGM-SDG team visited 5 different kampungs in Jeli on 8th and 9th, August 2020.

The team consisted of the APPGM-SDG secretariat, researchers and representatives from CSOs and NGOs from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor along with the local research team from UMK.
On the first day of the engagement, the MP for Jeli who is Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamad and the APPGM- SDG secretariat gave a presentation on SDG17 to the local leaders.

This is to inform and subsequently raise their awareness on how the SDG goals are localized through solutions projects.

These projects are to be implemented in the community for the next few months.
The local leaders were receptive of the Nonethless, the presence of the research lead from presentation and were very helpful in connecting the UMK somewhat instilled assurance among the Orang APPGM-SDG team to the local community.

Asli communities as thyey recognised a familiar partner in the fight to reduce poverty within the community.

After the presentation, the APPGM-SDG team was divided into two groups.
with Group A visited On the second day, the team held two separate Kampung Sungai Rual and Kampung Jerimbong engagement sessions with the government agencies which are Orang Asli communities and Kampung and the local leaders respectively.

Robust discussion Jerimbong which is a Malay community.

Group B took place in both sessions where the participants visited Kampung Air Chanal and Kampung Legeh.

shared with the APPGM-SDG team about their concerns and explore ways to move forward.
These It was observed that the communities were outspoken two sessions somehow gave the APPGM-SDG team a in sharing their issues whilst being proactive in providing firm understanding on the most pressing and crucial solutions.

Unfortunately, women and youths were not problems that the local communities are facing in Jeli.
28 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Five clusters of issues were identified during the In a prioritisation session with YAB Mustapa Mohamed engagement sessions throughout the whole field visit and APPGM-SDG team, there were four solution in Jeli.

The issues are 1) Cost of Living 2) Employment projects and two capacity building programmes 3) Clean water problem 4) Internet connection, proposed by the team.

The Solution Projects are and 5) Human Capital Development.
Three clusters 1) Mushroom cultivation 2) Social enterprise inno of issues were prioritised which are: 1) Economy 2) indigenous products - Orang Asli Women trained 3) Basic Infrastructure 3) Human Capital Development.

Social enterprise + Eco Tourism 4) Aquaculture - Ikan The Economy issue emphasises cost of living, Talapia rearing.
The capacity building programs are 1) career opportunities and sustainable living through Roundtable discussion between the locals and FELDA sustainable projects and rigid income sources.

The 2) Roundtable discussion between the locals and Basic Infrastructure issue on the other hand gives FELCRA.

emphasis on clean water and internet access, while the Human Capital Development issue highlights on the overall effort towards developing the human capital in Jeli.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 29 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.2 PENDANG, KEDAH By Mr. Khalid Al-Walid (Lead Coordinator) & Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashilah Pendang is situated between two developing districts which are Kota Star and Kuala Muda.

Due to this geographical factor, it is expected that Pendang will be left behind as the interest of the two districts will dominate the state’s development plan.
On the other hand, the location allows for it the potential to be a place for tourism development and entrepreneurship.

The first field visit to Pendang was an eye-opening experience.

The community were hoping that this trip is not merely another political visit, but a trip that will result in actions to address the problems faced.
One of the community members recounted that there have Localizing the SDGs to the local community in been too many times when problems were expressed Pendang is challenging yet exciting.

This is due to to the authorities but there are still no solutions.

Despite the language barriers that hinders the message to the prior engagement with the authorities, they are still be effectively delivered.

Nonetheless, the APPGM- unaware of the issues affecting the community.
SDG team were able to overcome these barriers by localising the language instead of using the normal Among the issues identified are land ownership by formal language.

Apart from that, the team took a the Siamese community, communication breakdown creative approach to gamify the content of SDGs between the rubber planters and the authorities, and via storytelling, quizzes, games and play cards as an ex-plantation workers being squatters.

Additionally, alternative to formal lectures.


the local community is facing lack of job opportunity in the district, while paddy farmers are lacking in Besides the language barrier, at the initial stage, the insurance coverage and there are middlemen local community were not ready to share their stories collecting local fruits.

and open up.
and open up.

However, they got excited as they 30 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA heard about the opportunity to be part of the global citizen who applies the principles of SDGs in their lives and communities.

This helps the local community to eagerly participate in the activities.

By the end of the field visit, the local communities found that they were able to relate to the SDGs and they are excited to apply the principles of SDGs in their daily life.
For the team, it was exciting to translate the formal language of SDGs to the local language using layman terms and creative methodology.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 31 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.3 BENTONG, PAHANG By Dr Muralitharan (Lead Coordinator) individual, targeted manner.
This means focusing on different goals for different communities- providing ‘little bites’ of the SDGs to them in terms of capacity building or solution projects so that they see obtain some benefits which later hooks them on to becoming more agreeable to be exposed to and imbibe more of the content in terms of SDGs.
This is one of the reasons The constituency of Bentong covers a wide area and contains within it diverse different communities ranging from the residents of the Genting Highlands resort areas right up to the FELDAs of Lurah Bilot or Chemomoi.

Contained within it also are pockets of Orang Asli settlements and towns such as Bentong and Karak and various estates which are still home to many Indian residents.
The constituency’s width and breadth is also a reflection of its rich natural heritage, with multiple economic activities clustered around tourism and agriculture, especially with it being known for throughout Malaysia for its ‘Bentong ginger’ and ‘Bentong durians’.
The wide diversity of the populace and its geography has necessarily created diverse, different needs from the different communities within the constituency, and localising a global idea such as the SDGs in an area such as this has had to be approached in an 32 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA for why the team focused on projects specifically communities have, over time, grown slowly apart.
in the agricultural sector engaging with more rural That has made it difficult, to be honest, for adequate communities.

resources to be channelled to the different communities by local and federal agencies- and The Bentong MP, YB Wong Tack is an interesting unfortunately the sad results of this can be seen quite individual, having come to politics from the clearly.

Many of the smaller communities visited during background of being a social activitist.
His energy the field trips had little idea of government social and is boundless and infections, at times, with his spirited welfare aid programmes that were available for them; enthusiasm on engaging and transforming the with even less understanding on how to apply for them.

community permeating most of his thoughts and On the other hand, government agencies reported actions.
But it has been challenging for him to drive that they were unable to reach across to every ‘little’ actual change, with an opposition state government community within the constituency to offer them what (and now he himself back to being in the opposition) these residents needed and the government was with the inability to harness the giant machinery of able to provide.
This has caused quite a few within state and bring it in tune with a different set of federal even this constituency which is so close to the city of agencies, each with their own objectives and KPIs.

Kuala Lumpur, to have many residents who have been left behind.
One of the biggest challenges for the local APPGM- SDG team has been the sad reality that the diverse ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 33 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.4 SELAYANG, SELANGOR By James Raj (Lead Coordinator) Localising of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been a continuous ethos that has made inroads in the minds of the Lead Coordinators who are tirelessly working hard to ensure ground projects are addressing and fulfilling the SDG targets.
The SDGs serve as the overall framework to guide global and national development action until 2030.

Parliament Selayang has taken the task to fulfil the global agenda and has moved further to localised SDGs and I must record that YB William Leong the elected representative for Selayang constituency, a people-centric person has gone an extra mile to ensure the projects sanctioned by APPGM-SDG reaches the actual target group with an aim ‘ leave no one behind’ the mantra of SDG.
I had an opportunity to work along with YB William and the service provider, Association of Social Service and Community Development or widely known in Selayang as PSPK.

My journey with the founder Rev Henry and his passionate team members has taught me several lessons during the monitoring of the solution projects entrusted to this group.

34 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT First, Rev Henry and his team have established excellent community engagement with the local community of all races and local stakeholders.
The team is a friend to the poor and the centre is strategically located where the marginalised community could access and get connected to their many empowering projects.

The Rohingya community, in particular, is also the primary beneficiary receiving aids and counselling from PSPK.

One participant of the project said to me that his community could feel at home whenever they are invited to take part in the development programs.
ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA This is one fine example of a constituency that has the people on the ground.

At first, I was apprehensive people-centric agenda and the service users never whether they would be able to complete the projects felt demoralized and devalued but always left feeling within the given period.

important, dignified and respected.


Honestly, I was amazed at the commitment of the Secondly, the PSPK has been entrusted to undertake team and the Member of Parliament to push beyond 8 solution projects and 2 Capacity Building programs.

limits to ensure the projects meet its dateline and Due to the Covid -19 pandemic and unprecedented identifying the right target group to enrolled in the of the Movement Control Order, the team had respective projects.
Now it has been acknowledged continuous challenges to implement the projects.

by the APPGM-SDG Solution Head, Dr Lin that the Nevertheless, with the support of YB William and the Selayang constituency is leading the way and this has determination of the team members and with the inevitably added pressure to the other Parliamentary regular guidance and motivation from the APPGM constituencies to complete the projects.
Staff team of Mr Anthony and Mrs Rahmah, they were able to reschedule the program dates and were This saying is rightly for the Selayang team; able to complete 9 projects out of the 10 approved Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get projects.

tired of doing the hard work you already did.


Kudos to all who have given their best and continuously Finally, what is noticeable and commendable here labouring to see the poor and marginalised gets the is the ability of the team to gather local participants right access to break their cycle of hardship and in whatever circumstances and all this due to the poverty and live a dignified life.
excellent interpersonal communication with the ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 35 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.5 PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR While all these issues are closely related to the unique circumstances of PPR and low cost flats, it manifests By Mr Alizan Mahadi (Lead Coordinator) itself in various cross cutting outcomes that are similar to other constituencies and areas around the country, Petaling Jaya, in comparison with other constituencies no matter if they are urban or rural.
This includes in APPGM-SDG 2020 is the most urban, in terms of its socioeconomic status as a root cause of issues (i.e.

density as well historically as being established as B40) with PPR flats and low cost housing areas being a satellite city to Kuala Lumpur.

In this sense, when left behind the more affluent areas.
This manifest itself Petaling Jaya was selected as one of the constituencies to issues such as poverty, education and access to for APPGM-SDG, it was expected that issues mapped healthcare of which leads itself to challenges in terms would be different than other constituencies with of social mobility more generally.

This is where the issues more related to urban issues.
assumption was incorrect in which the outcomes in terms of poverty and social mobility are cross-cutting This assumption was both correct and incorrect at issues that are similar in other constituencies.

the same time.

It was correct in the sense that when mapping communities that are left behind, it is mostly The issue mapping also highlighted that one of focused on Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) and low the major challenges is due to the silo approach cost flats.
These include the overall management of in development delivery in Malaysia.

Many of the the PPR and low cost flats that includes maintenance challenges highlighted required cooperation from of the flats as well as the socioeconomic issues faced multiple agencies and stakeholders.

For example, such as on high unemployment.

It also includes issues in PPR flats and low cost housing require environmental issues such as on waste disposal.
collaboration between Joint Management Body 36 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA in nature, the projects were designed to catalyse actions that can hopefully be sustained with stronger partnerships moving forward.

In this sense, the APPGM-SDG process that adopted (JMB), Commissioner of Buildings (COB), Majlis a bottom-up approach was important to identify Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ), Social Welfare issues at the granular level.
Through the process, Department, National Anti Drugs Agency, and other it highlighted that there are no silver bullets and it department and agencies.

However, there was often requires understanding of the ground level to find a lack of clear mandate or partnership mechanisms solutions towards these challenges.

On the other hand, to address these cross-cutting issues.
Furthermore, it demonstrated that failing to resolve these issues will in terms of process, the participation of residents to manifest itself in the broader and global development address these challenges was found to be lacking.
issues as enshrined within the Sustainable Development The solutions projects sought to address these terms of localising the SDGs through efforts by YB Maria challenges, focusing on access to education, Chin as well as MBPJ, the APPGM-SDG methodology economic empowerment of women as well as having highlighted the need for this bottom up approach to Goals (SDGs).

While Petaling Jaya is advanced in an inter agency dialogue to address issues in PPR flats ensure no one is left behind.

and low cost housing.


While the issues are systemic ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 37 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.6 TANJUNG PIAI, JOHOR By Mr. Kiu Jia Yaw (Lead Coordinator) The APPGM-SDG team consisting of academics and able to take a bottom-up issue focused approach volunteers from the Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance from the perspective of parliamentary and national network went on a field visit to Tanjung Piai with level.

Secondly, there is a profound aspect of optimism excitement and trepidation.
The field visit was focused in the approach undertaken by the team despite the on identifying most pressing socioeconomic and various dysfunctions encountered.

ecological issues on the ground by mapping out the resources and stakeholders required to address these The APPGM-SDG approach allowed for stakeholders issues.

to convene from various levels to identify issues concerning specific communities.
By having all the In Tanjung Piai, the livelihoods of fishermen and stakeholders convened, all the relevant information coastal villagers have been destroyed by various land reclamation projects and the lack of proper waste disposal and management system.

Essentially, there are minimal access to sanitation services available to the marginalised communities.

They further highlighted that remediation programmes were ill-suited to the people’s situations, and protests and petitions merely fell on deaf ears.
While there are innovative programmes that were introduced, there are still challenges faces by civil servants.

Most of us on the team have got substantial field experience, so these encounters were not new to us.

However, the field visit was an exceptional experience due to two reasons.
Firstly, the APPGM-SDG team were 38 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA can be discussed especially, those pertaining to the actual needs of the communities, the processes at the municipal level, and the jurisdiction of the government agencies.

This discussion is crucial to refine and frame the problem and identify focused solutions as well as establishing the process for working collaboratively towards a solution.
Through this collaborative approach, new forms of interaction and dynamics between agencies, local communities, and the local authorities were explored as everyone’s purpose was aligned.

This also resulted in the optimism in approaching the cross cutting issues experienced by the communities in Tanjung Piai.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 39 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.7 PAPAR, SABAH By Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashilah (Lead Coordinator) Papar is a parliamentary constituency with a population of approximately 76,000 where 66.4% are Muslim Bumiputra, 26.% Non- Muslim Bumiputra and 31.2% Chinese The field visit in Papar took place from 21-23 February 2020.

The APPGM-SDG team conducted issue mapping during the three-day field visit.

They had the opportunity to meet with the officers from state agencies and the NGOs.
The Member of Parliament, YB Hj.

Ahmad Hassan too were present almost throughout the field trip.

He is a member of WARISAN, the party in power when he came into office.

YB Hj.

Ahmad Hassan has expressed concerns on the wellbeing of the people in Papar.

The APPGM-SDG team discovered common challenges experienced by the people of Papar.
Namely, there are the lack of maintenance of infrastructures such as roads and waste collection facilities, lack of interagency communications and cooperation, and lack of opportunities for the youth.

The construction of the Pan Borneo Highway causes misery especially to the paddy farmers as it affects the availability of regular water supply.

40 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA For Papar, there were five major issues identified.
First, Localising SDGs in Papar through the Aqua Hatchery poverty and inaccessibility to education which is and the Agro projects provides opportunities for prevalent among children in the rural areas.

Second, youth, paddy farmers and fishermen.

The paddy the impact on agricultural sector especially on paddy farmers intend to create an organization that will farmers due to the construction of the Pan Borneo allow their voices to be heard.

On the other hand, the Highway.


Third, livelihood of fishermen was diminishing fishermen intend to build a hatchery that will provide due to the activities of trawlers and the restriction a source of income through fish rearing activities.

on fishing areas imposed by the state government.


From the field visit, it was observed that the grassroots Fourth, inappropriate garbage disposal by many communities, especially the paddy farmers are villagers and the lack of proper waste management enthusiastic about making changes in the way they system.

Thus, resulting in unhygienic living conditions.

deal with the government agencies.


Additionally, Finally, water supply problem due to illegal water CSOs participation is stronger among the fishermen pipe destruction by irresponsible parties.

From the compared to the paddy farmers.

Nonetheless, five issues, two issues which were prioritized together there are other pressing long term issues that cannot with the MP’s officers.

Subsequently, the Agro project be undertaken by APPGM-SDG.
Inaccessibility to and the Aqua Hatchery project were selected as the education for all, especially girls in the rural areas is proposed solutions.

rooted in poverty and the lack of facilities.

In order to address this issue, a robust systemic approach involving multi-stakeholder partnerships is required.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 41 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.8 PENSIANGAN, SABAH By Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashilah Ramli (Lead Coordinator) Pensiangan is rural area with a population of enduring gravel and muddy roads, thus making travel approximately 32,000 sparely scattered across the difficult and hazardous during the rainy season.

There constituency.

It is made up of two districts which are are short term issues concerning the marginalised Nabawan and Suk.
The ethnic groups residing within communities which includes the rural youth, women Pensiangan are mainly Murut and the Lundayeh.

The and poor farmers.

These issues are identified as APPGM- SDG field visit took place from 24 – 26 February unemployment among youth, school drop-out, 2020.

The team mainly visited the areas of Keningau underage marriages, and health issue concerning where it is also the location of YB Arthur Kurup’s office.
women, children and the old-aged groups, including YB Arthur is a member of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah as low income farmers who lack entrepreneurial skills and well as the Deputy Ministry of the Ministry of Economic vocational skills.

AffairsThe journey to Keningau took two and half hours where we crossed the Crocker Range.

YB Arthur After the prioritization session, the solution project was not able to join the team during the field visit.
related to women empowerment through health and However, he was in constant communication with the waste management project was selected.

YB Arthurs team through mobile phone conversation and the was able to facilitate in creating awareness among WhatsApp his staff at the Pensiangan office and at the Ministry level.
Although the he was unable to join the team in Two key themes that persist within the issues highlighted the field visit, he was present at one of the workshops are poverty and marginalised communities.

These organised by SP09 and SP12 targeted to youth and key themes cuts across the parliamentary areas of women.

Pensiangan.

The characteristics of Pensiangan are semi-rural and underdeveloped.
Its people are still 42 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Nonetheless, there are still challenges present in Pensiangan’s development.

In order to address these challenges, there is a need to prioritize long-term issues and to work towards greater interagency cooperation between government agencies.

Prioritization of long- term issues must be tackled accordingly, and these must be given attention within the development policies and the 12th Malaysia Plan.
This is because long term projects need bigger funding and resources.

The distance is seemingly a profound challenge towards various development issues, including the delivery of services and utilities (which includes clean water and energy and waste management).

The roads connecting Pensiangan and the surrounding areas are often cut off when riverbanks eroded, subsequently deepens the issues of accessibility to farms, rural schools, and healthcare services.
Gaps in digital connection and infrastructure are obvious issues which further deepens the urban-rural divide.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 43 On Sustainable Development Goals 4.9 BANDAR KUCHING, SARAWAK By Mrs. Omna Sreeni Ong (Lead Coordinator) waste management and generally left behind in development delivery.

Three field visits were conducted at Kampung Chawan, Selangan Batu and Kampung Kudei Dunggun.
All three areas are populated by squatters who have lived in the area Reading the Local Reality Our project is headed by YB Dr Kelvin Yii who convened for an average of 40 years.

These three communities are among the 1000 squatters identified by the State our project site visit in February 2020.

His overview of Government in the city of Kuching.


While the state his constituency brought to light many of the issues government has instituted the zero squatter policy raised at the two initial multi-stakeholder consultations to be achieved by 2025, there still remain numerous we held with both state and government agencies challenges which have made little or no progress over as well as two sessions with civil society orgnisations.

many years.
The consequence of the impasse and The key issues of concern highlighted include the the non-legal status of these squatter communities lack of access to information on government aid and have resulted in multi-generational families living services; juvenile drug addiction; teenage pregnancy; in self-managed communities, in extremely poor child sexual abuse; statelessness and undocumented living conditions, lacking basic utility services and population; government agency-CSO-community making them highly vulnerable to economic and coordination and collaboration.
environmental shocks.

Communities in the Heart of the City Our field visits to specific areas identified by YB Kelvin While so, our conversations with the residents revealed a community who have aspirations for their families introduced us to the realities of slum communities just as their neighbours in the more privileged quarters living in poverty with poor sanitation, hygiene and of the city.
Amidst their daily struggles, the community 44 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA various issues of concern which were consulted in town hall settings to deliberate on the issues and collectively co-create solutions.

A Community That Works Together The needs assessment results were shared with the communities and solutions developed in a participatory manner.
The issues identified were women’s health, income generation, infrastructural repairs, education, community farming, financial literacy, nationality rights, statelessness among others.

Various members of the community worked together on the programmes through the able leadership of a local community coordinator.

Chawan Champions : Women Rising The Hallmark of the project in Kuching was the struck us as resilient, hardworking, determined and emergence of five highly capable local women and hopeful.
It was clear that these slum communities a male youth who stepped forward to undertake would continue to live in their settlements for some the projects in Kg Chawan closely accompanied by time to come.

In identifying the community or issues the SADIA Team including Nicholas and RuKeith.

As we would address in this project we took into account community project coordinators, they conducted the need to very important SDG strategy ie to reach door-to-door surveys, led community town hall the farthest first.
Thus developed the Slum Incubator consultations and currently manage several Project in Kg Chawan and Kg Selangan Batu.

initiatives in the community.

Their immersion into the The Slum Incubator Project The aim of the projects is to build the capacity of their local residents’ group to effectively manage community affairs and empower the squatter community to address their own needs and concerns.
project allowed them to identify and understand their community’s issues more deeply, co-create interventions and coordinate the initiatives.

Recognizing Capacity Recognizing the capacity of the individual to be able The modality of the project was participatory in nature to contribute to the betterment of their community - based on identifying the issues and needs of the guided the project team’s work in the community.
community, consulting with the residents groups to The community collaborators’ capabilities were identify and prioritize issues and consult on possible honed through their immersion in all the initiatives solutions.

We identified two grassroots NGOs to they undertook.

It was important to recognize their undertake the projects namely ROSE (Selangan Batu) individual experience and capacities which meant and SADIA (Kg Chawan).
project planning and reflection meetings were non- hierarchical, allowing all to participate equally.

YB Identifying Needs Identifying needs through a gender responsive survey Kelvin’s hands-on style of leadership was critical in steadily driving the project.

The encouragement helped us read the realities of the families.
124 and guidance of the CSO partner is noteworthy and households in Selangan Batu and 56 households in Kg contributed greatly towards the empowerment of the Chawan participated in the survey which highlighted community collaborators.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 45 On Sustainable Development Goals Reaching Out to Agencies Bringing the agencies into the project mid-way allowed Challenges and Resolve One of the project locations was particularly for a thorough bottom up consultation between challenged for various reasons when there was a government – civil society and community members.

change is resident organization leadership.


The CSO This gathering was coordinated by our third CSO partners, project team in close consultation with Partner REDEEMS.

Two young women representing YB Kelvin were able through close monitoring and the Chawan Champions articulately presented the planning to shift to Selangan Batu which is the current critical issues facing their residents based on the project location.
While the impact of the pandemic findings and analysis of the needs assessment – they set the projects back, the project team, CSO partners shared what they saw and heard during their door including the community collaborators convened to door visits with the families, they explained the consultations to rework and adapt the projects to the participatory process of the community townhall new realities.

Plans are being put in place to ensure consultation and the solutions projects underway.
This the sustainability of the programmes which will now experience was empowering.

Following this session, need to be taken forward by the resident groups the Chawan Champions drafted a letter to JKM that whose experience in this participatory project has resulted in an online meeting.

Subsequently, another honed their capacity to support the needs of their letter was drafted to the municipality explaining their community.

challenges with waste management and requesting for the needful larger bins.
46 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 4.10 BATANG SADONG, SARAWAK By Ms. Omna Sreeni Ong (Lead Coordinator) The P200 Parliamentary constituency stretched across key roles in implementation of the project on the 103,004 hectares of semi-rural districts of Sadong Jaya, districts.

It was also important to have a local Assistant Simunjan and Gedung is home to 37,068 population.
Lead Coordinator (Dr Zaim who could attend all in- Our initial site visit revealed issues such poor physical person consultations and programmes as well as access, lack of digital connectivity, English teachers’ meetings with Government agencies.
It was also language proficiency, facilities and infrastructural Critical in These local influencers along with the Lead setbacks, low economic activity and capacity to Coordinator formed the project team which proved reach external markets and specific health related to be a significant catalyst in connecting the dots conditions.

Our 12 month project addressed the core between APPGM + MP + Government Agencies + issues of concern through six initiatives conducted in local CSOs + Community.
all three districts.
Understanding Needs : Turun Padang Local Leadership Team YB Nancy Shukri, the 2019 Co-Chairperson of the The solutions projects were advised by the site visit in February but its design was concretized by the APPGM was instrumental in setting the stage for needs assessments conducted by each of our localising the SDGs in Batang Sadong by convening CSO partners MYReaders, PESAKMA and Yayasan a joint introduction and consultation with the local Salam who turun padang along with our project district officers and agencies at the first session on team to dive deep through conversations with local the project.
This leadership was necessary to get agencies and community understand the issues the buy-in of the local leaders.

Subsequently En better.


Meetings were held with school teachers Kamaluddin Effendi (P200 Political Secretary) and En and administrators (English programme), doctors (TB Awang Safri (P200 Parliamentary Secretary) played Awareness programme) and surveys conducted with ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 47 On Sustainable Development Goals community (income generation and online marketing which were originally meant to be conducted in programmes).
Engagements with the ADUNs together schools were then conducted in community locations.

with the feedback from communities of interest Other projects like the English language programme provided valuable input.

Then in consultation with was swiftly conducted before the lockdown after the Project Team, capacity building and solutions which online programmes were held and teacher projects were fine tuned to better serve the needs of engagement conducted via telegram chat which the community.
proved to be a good channel of communication and consultation among the teachers.

Rising Above the COVID Situation The pandemic posed a multitude of unforeseen circumstances which threatened to delay or halt Fostering Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration This collaboration was seen in all the capacity building the project.
It impacted the potential numbers who and solutions projects where our Project Team could have participated in the programmes and representatives, YB Nancy’s Shukri’s Officers, the CSO caused some delay in the timelines.

The project team partners engaged, partnered and worked in a smart swiftly convened consultations with each CSO partner partnership.

A SDG Awareness and Consultation to rework the project e.g.
the TB Awareness project was organised by our CSO partner REDEEMS which 48 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA allowed a bottom up sharing of issues with government agencies.

It must be mentioned that YB Nancy Shukri’s Reflection on Outcomes and Impact • There was a strong participation of women in all officers played a pivotal role in engaging ADUNs, the projects whose challenges and barriers were government agencies as collaborators.
• Special Initiatives – o Private Sector (CELCOM) was also engaged by the Project team through a series of conversations highlighting the lack of digital access in Batang Sadong.

This resulted in Kg Jemukan receiving 4G services much to the identified during the needs assessment.

• YB’s office played a major role in fostering multi- stakeholders engagement in consultation and action in all solutions projects throughout the project cycle.
A series of final meetings with agencies will take place before the project ends in March 2021to share the outcome of the activities, findings, emerging issues and consult relief of local residents who previously had on next steps.

to travel 3Km to get data connectivity.

• There is a need to further engage with local CSOs o UNIMAS stepped forward to provide two in the localisation of the SDGs in Sarawak.

computers to SMK Sadong Jaya when the Project Team raised the issue with the University.
• Despite the challenges with internet connectivity, the project team and CSO partners maintained close contact with the participants through whatsap, telegram and meeting platforms.

• Making local issues and concerns visible to various government and private stakeholders has seen to foster greater engagement and ownership.

• The Project Team’s regular planning, action, reflection and learning supported the monitoring and adjusting the activities in mitigating the impact of the pandemic.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 49 On Sustainable Development Goals 5 Capacity Building Programmes By Dr. Zainal Abidin, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli & Mr. Khalid Al- Walid Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an ambitious and comprehensive framework for addressing the development needs on a global, regional, and national scale.
For the SDGs’ targets to be achievable, diverse stakeholders need the technical, institutional, and organizational capacity to implement the wide variety of actions and initiatives enshrined by these goals.

Furthermore, all these capacities need to be contextualised to local socioeconomic conditions a particular society and community.
The failure to deliver effective and impactful capacity building has been an important factor why many international agendas remain a noble intention and rarely implemented on the ground.

In many cases, although the agenda has successfully been cascaded to national level, it merely stays at the planning stage.

Hence, it takes more time for the SDG targets to be achieved or they may not be achieved at all.

were held.
were held.

They are SDG Awareness by PSSM, Women and Girls Empowerment through Health by SAWO, and Youth Empowerment for Employment by TYC.

For the SDG Awareness programme, there were eight participants (four women and four men).

Participants were from the following agencies: Jabatan Perangkaan, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran, Jabatan Kesihatan, Jabatan Perpaduan Negara, Pejabat Belia dan Sukan, Jabatan Tenaga Kerja and SAWO.
In Pendang: 31 participants from 12 government agencies and four NGOs took part in the programme.

The participants were from KEJAP, PPK Kg Panjang, RISDA, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Pendang, PDRM IPD Pendang, MADA, JKM Pendang, APM Pendang, PAWE Pendang, Pejabat Tanah Pendang, Pejabat Daerah Pendang, and Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah.

The NGOs are Nisa’, PEWANGI, MADAD, and Rabitah Anak Pendang.

In Tanjung Piai there were 29 participants representing 20 agencies including NGO and community members.
While in Bentong, 29 participants joined the session representing 16 agencies.

In 2020, the APPGM-SDG team carried out five clusters of capacity building programmes in five respective constituencies namely, Tanjung Piai, Bentong, Pendang, Papar and Pensiangan.

In total, there were at least 100 participants joined the programme representing 50 agencies.

The success of capacity building programmes for the SDGs is dependent on several factors.
Throughout the process of delivering the above programmes, there are at least three significant aspects worth to be highlighted.

Specifically, in Papar, two capacity building programmes took place.

Firstly, it is the SDG Awareness programme (CP15) by Malaysia Social Science Society (PSSM) and secondly, it is the Advocacy on Dam by PACOS.

For CP15, there were six participants (four women and two men) although originally, the local organizer had planned for 15 participants.
However, many civil servants had to attend to urgent departmental programmes as part of the preparation for the Sabah Election.

The six participants were from Jabatan Komputer Negeri and PDM Buang Sayang.

In Pensiangan, three capacity building programmes First, the design of the program must be customised to the need and nature of each target community.

As the SDGs covers a wide range of issues and social actors, it requires a multi-stakeholder approach.
Any capacity building programme then must recognise the diversity among them and bring them into an agreement to act on the issues identified.

For this purpose, there are four specific components to be included in the programme design – knowledge for and about SDGs, attitude towards SDGs, values critical to SDGs and most importantly action for SDGs.
Considering these components, all the capacity building programmes for APPGM-SDG were conducted by subject-matter 50 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA experts and with the involvement of researchers who episode or music to address the agenda of SDG) has conducted community profiling which identified important issues from particular constituencies.
This is very critical in order to contextualise and provide Module 2: Lokalpreneur which covers the introduction to social necessary parameters to the broad coverage of the business concept, its importance and how does it SDGs.

differs to typical capitalist business.

Delivery method (i) Case Study (Share and discuss on the real successful In Tanjung Piai and Bentong, the capacity building model of community businesses) (ii) Mapping the programmes conducted focused for mainstreaming inputs.
and localising the SDG agenda.

The module has three components – general introduction of SDG; local context of SDG; local issue and possible action plan to solve the local SDG issues.

Module 3: Blueprint Workshop which covers the activity of input collection involving verification and discussion with In Papar and Pensiangan, the module has three main the participants.

Delivery method: (i) SWOT Analysis topics: based on 3 main elements of SDG i.e.
Economic, Social and Environment (ii) Analysing the inputs and prioritise Getting to know SDGs: Facilitator provided short input thereof based on the collective discussion made with on APPGM and on SDGs.

The 5Ps and the importance participants (iii) Conducting Hope x Promise analysis of the basic principles were discussed.

with the participants as an activity to balance the unnecessary influence/bias on any particular issue Sharing of Issues and Linking to SDGs: Using FGD, and sentiment.
participants were able to share their work and map it with appropriate SDGs with the help of facilitators.

A The second important component is pedagogy Gallery walk allows other participants to share inputs or delivery of the program.

It is expected that the of the FDG discussion audiences will range from very young community till senior citizens, government officers and local agencies Using SDGs for my Work Place.
PSSM develops the who may have different approach and opinion on SDG Personal Action Plan ( SDG PAP) Matrix where SDG issues.

Hence, conducting an effective session each individual can outline his/her plans to link their with such group of attendance requires not only work with SDGs at their work place.

master in content but also good trainer or facilitator skills.
The five programs carried out in 2020 were run by In Pendang, the modules are divided into 3 both – subject matter experts and trained facilitators.

components as below: Methods being used are both heads-on (introduction to basic concept of SDG) and hands-on(practical.

Module 1: Kita Adalah Dunia which covers the introduction, The third highlight is to have a balanced representation history and general concept of Sustainable among the participants of the program.
SDG issues is Development Goals to the participants.

The delivery multidisciplinary and multisectoral.

Silos working culture method (i) gamification via online platform Kahoot, among the implementing agencies has been one of play cards (group discussion), (ii) case study (question the most important reason that impede solutions to and answer session) based on the relevant scenario local SDG issues.
Hence, in all the capacity building which they can relate with daily life i.e., single use program conducted for APPGM-SDG, best attempts plastic bag, (iii) music (play the specially produced have been made to ensure representation from four ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 51 On Sustainable Development Goals stakeholders of SDG – the community/civil society, understanding.

SDG is a complex and interconnected government agencies, universities, and business issues even among the educated members.

But this players.
But this players.

In these APPGM-SDG program for capacity does not mean that the common people cannot building, we have secured participations from at least understand it fully.

The challenge is the ability of three group – the community members, the NGO the trainer to speak layman language which hinder and government officers from both state and federal.

such important topics to be understood by the Participation from these three groups has enabled community member.
Such was the challenge during better understanding and more practical possible the mainstreaming program at Tg.Piai and Bentong.

solutions to the issues faced in the community.


The challenge was overcome by allowing flexibility in Throughout the process of delivering the capacity the content delivery, not to strictly use the SDG terms, building program in different constituencies, there but making sure that the spirit and values of SDG are were several challenges encountered that need to conveyed to the participants using the local concept be addressed for a more effective and impactful such as Sejahtera.

program in 2021.
program in 2021.

The fourth challenge is to cascade the capacity First – while quality of participation is definitely more building program to lower level or other group of critical that number of participants, but a small people so that ultimately awareness and action for number will affect the outcome of the planned SDG accumulate for better impact in the community.

module and motivation of the trainer.


Therefore, it However, the job of spreading awareness on SDG to is suggested that participation to the program must other members can be very challenging until there be made compulsory for the government agencies is strong buying in and a good showcase within the as part of their required on the job training program.

vicinity for everyone to evaluate the impact.


As for the community member, although there is an encouraging participation from them, but the challenge is to contextualise the issue to their sphere of influence, moving up from awareness level of training.

In Tg.

Piai and Bentong, a certificate with International Islamic University Malaysia’s logo has served as good attraction that encourage wider involvement from the community.
Second challenge faced is to segregate the level of contents to suit different level of participants.

The module may be designed to address inter-group diversity but not intra group such as different level of background knowledge among the community members.

Hence, one of the possible solutions to this challenge is to group them into different training level which is possible but requires the CB program to be run several times.
This will post logistical issues to the training team although it can be an effective solution.
Third challenge is to ensure that change take place after the training, even though at the level of 52 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Jeli Kelantan Pendang KEDAH Bentong PAHANG Selayang SELANGOR Petaling Jaya SELANGOR ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 53 On Sustainable Development Goals Tanjung Piai JOHOR Papar SABAH Pensiangan SABAH Bandar Kuching SARAWAK Batang Sadong SARAWAK 54 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 6 Solution Projects & SDGS By Mr. Anthony Tan Kee Huat (Finance Officer, APPGM-SDG Secretariat) & Economic Empowerment”.
After the project was concluded, the issue identified were mapped out to a few other SDGs, namely poverty (SDG1), hunger (SDG2), health (SDG3), inequalities (SDG10), cities There are on average three solution projects approved (SDG11), consumption and production (SDG12), in each constituency.

Selayang is the outstanding governance (SDG16), and partnerships (SDG17).
constituency with eight projects approved while Pendang, Papar, and Tanjung Piai implemented two Lastly, example 3 reflects the project that was projects each.

In total, there were 34 Solution projects implemented in Kampung Chawan, Jeli.

The project confirmed for implementation.

involves four series of training on social economic with the aim to enhance their overall well-being.
This At the Issue Mapping phase, the issues identified were project was initially proposed to address the issue of assumed to be related to the SDGs directly.

However, poverty (SDG1) and inequalities (SDG10).

But towards at the Solution Projects phase, as they are approved, the end of the project implementation, the issues being implemented and completed, the cross-cutting identified were mapped out to include education nature of the SDGs became apparent.
In its initial (SDG4), clean water (SDG6), energy (SDG7), jobs stages, the solution project started off to address (SDG8), cities (SDG11), consumption and production an issue related to a single SDGs or its target, but in (SDG12), governance (SDG16), and partnerships the end, it was found that the solution projects have (SDG17).

addressed from four to ten issues related to the SDGs at once.
It would be correct to assume that the issue of poverty (SDG1) is the most pressing issues among the urban There are three examples provided below reflecting and rural poor communities.

This particular issue was the cross-cutting nature of the SDGs that was observed prevalent through the background research and in the Solution Projects stafe.

It suffices to say that the issue mapping exercise.
However, at the Solution 34 Solution Projects in APPGM-SDG 2020 provide an Projects phase, there are three other issues that insight to the complexity of SDGs-related issues and became apparent as cross-cutting issues which how to address them in a holistic manner.

are inequalities (SDG10), governance (SDG16) and partnerships (SDG17).

One of the common factors For example, in PPR Desa Mentari, Petaling Jaya, contributing to the issues identified was inequalities.
the issue of poverty (SDG1) came out strongly from More often than not, the issue of social inequalities the issue mapping exercise.

Therefore, the solution was linked to governance and partnerships.

It was implemented to address this issue was to establish observed that the issue of governance appeared due a soup kitchen in the PPR.

On top of addressing the to the lack of multi-stakeholder partnerships within a issue of poverty, the solution also leaves an impact community.
In other words, good partnerships lead and provided insight to the area of education (SDG4), to good governance which reduces inequalities in a gender (SDG5), jobs (SDG8), infrastructure (SDG9), community.

inequalities (SDG10), cities (SDG11), governance (SDG16), and lastly, partnerships (SDG17).

This suggests the need for critical discussions in The second example highlights Kampung SInaron in and national level.

Furthermore, it is also observed Papar.


The issue of waste disposal was identified and that one of the key contributors to the successful connected to the SDG15 – Life on Land.

Thus, the implementation of the solution project is good solution project proposed was “Waste Management partnerships.
The active role that was taken by the addressing these prevalent SDGs issues at the local ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 55 On Sustainable Development Goals pertinent stakeholders, namely, constituent’s MPs Nonetheless, despite the common and cross-cutting inclusive of their ground staff, the officers from local, issues identified, no two constituencies have the same state, and federal government, CSOs, enterprises, challenges.
Thus, no two solutions are exactly the as well as the local communities produced valuable same.

The issues and solutions are uniquely dependant outcomes.

Good multi-stakeholder partnerships to the circumstances of the local communities.

lead to positive outcomes to the communities thus, Despite this, there are no silver bullet to address all achieving the SDGs’ targets.

identified SDGs issues within a particular constituency.
Issue mapping exercise and prioritisation of issues are Conversely, when good partnerships are lacking important to identify the direst issues to be addressed.

in which cooperation and collaboration between While only one SDGs may be in focus during the stakeholders were difficult to foster, the community project implementation, if it follows the principles of will suffer and ultimately, it will impede sustainable SDGs it will have an impact on other SDGs’ target.

development.
development.

For example, when one community Through the implementation of 34 Solution Projects in leader or the community’s representative was unwilling the 10 Parliamentary constituencies, it can be seen to collaborate with an NGO or their MPs for the that all stakeholders are doing their best in ensuring solution project implementation, the project is bound no one is left behind.

to be ineffective.

As a result, the local communities do not obtain any benefit, and their issues remains unaddressed.
APPGM-SDG Projects & The 5 P’s APPGM-SDG Projects and the 5P’s 34 34 34 34 26 PEOPLE PROSPERITY PLANET PEACE PARTNERSHIP 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 l e p o e p f o .

o N 56 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 7 Review and Evaluation By Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli • To evaluate the Solution Projects upon its completion The success of localising the SDGs is reflected at the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) phase.
Through the APPGM-SDG, Malaysia has taken the initiative to localise the SDGs at 10 Parliamentary constituencies with the cooperation of 10 Member of Parliament taking a bipartisan approach.
The operationalisation of the APPGM-SDG consists of four phases of intervention: Phase 1, Issue Mapping and Prioritisation; Phase 2, Proposal Design for Capacity Building and Solutions Projects; Phase 3, Solution Projects Implementation and Mid-Term Review; and Phase 4, Impact Assessment through Monitoring and Evaluation and Final Reporting.

The M&E starts in Phase 3 of the APPGM-SDG cycle which is the Solution Projects Implementation phase.

This process ultimately contributes to the impact assessment.
All Solution Projects implementation must be monitored in order to provide necessary feedback to the stakeholders involved as well as for realignment of project design when required.

Generally, M&E has four components: Design, Planning, Implementation, Impact Assessment.

The uniqueness of APPGM-SDG M&E phase is the consideration of the gender dimension which contributes value-add.

It is argued that gender dimension will provide relevant insights on inclusivity at all levels.
The framework is also built on the concept of valorisation which relates to the availability (of documents), accessibility (of activities to stakeholders), and usability (of materials by evaluators) of all 34 Solutions Projects.
The objectives of M&E are: • To develop the SDGs Module from a gender- inclusive perspective • To develop the capacity of APPGM-SDG Evaluators • To conduct the Mid-Term Review for all Solutions Projects A recruitment process was put in place where APPGM-SDG received 26 applicants for the evaluator role.

A total of 19 evaluators were selected and they went through online workshops on 7 & 8 January 2021.

One evaluator had to withdraw their participation.


Most evaluators were academicians with at least a Master’s degree.

Two of them were undergraduates with strong knowledge and understanding of SDGs and the gender perspectives.

The SDG-MEG module covers the following topics: Introduction to the APPGM-SDG, MEG Framework, “Getting Your Feet Wet” which consists of a small group trail interview with Solution Projects’ leaders, and lastly, Reporting Needs.
At the end of the training session, evaluators were able to explain the nature of assessment within the scope of M&E, apply a gender perspective in relation to M&E and conduct interviews with Solutions Project partners in order to evaluate the project implementation processes and its impacts.

Upon completion of their training, evaluators are assigned with one or two Solutions Projects.
Initially, they had to study all primary documents relevant to their assigned projects (proposal, monthly reports, photos and videos).

Then, they were given one month to complete their tasks (online interview and report writing).

Evaluators were also provided with the template of Questionnaire (MEG-T1) and template for Report Writing (MEG-T2).
Table 4 provides details on the timeline for MEG implementation within Phase 3: ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 57 On Sustainable Development Goals Table 4 Timeline for MEG Implementation Time Line Activities Outputs Oct 2020 Inception Meeting Timeline of Activities Nov-Dec 2020 SDG- MEG Module Development Recruitment of Evaluators APPGM SDG-MEG Module Jan -Feb 2021 Online Training of Evaluators Workshop Trained Evaluators Report Submission by Evaluators 34 Evaluator Reports Evaluators Debriefing Session List of challenges faced by Evaluators Mac 2021 Preparation of Integrated MTR Report by MTR Integrated Report for APPGM-SDG Core M&E Team Secretariat April- May 2021 Completion of Solutions Projects Cohort 1 June- July, 2021 Online Training of Evaluators Workshop for Final Assessment Report Submission by Evaluators Evaluators Debriefing Session August 2021 Integrated Report Writing SDG-MEG Integrated Report for Cohort 1 There are three challenges faced by the M&E team.
cover the Design and the Planning stages.

Finally, First challenge pertains to the development of the the third challenge takes into account that online Monitoring and Evaluation with a Gender Focus for interviews will depend on good technical connectivity SDGs ( SDG-MEG) Module requires a conceptual in the areas where Solutions Projects partners are framework that takes into account elements of M&E, located.

The Core team has provide three alternative gender and intersectionality.
All elements must be connectivity to overcome this challenge.

reflected in the Questionnaire which is the main instrument used by the Evaluators.

The challenge was We would like to acknowledge the National overcome by getting inputs from strategic partners Commission of UNESCO Malaysia (NATCOM) the including UNDP and gender experts in NCWO.
organization that has provide seed funding for the The second challenge deals with the 34 Solutions the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies ( projects which at different levels of implementation IKMAS), with the Malaysian Social Science Association due to Covid-19 lockdowns and restricted movement ( PSSM) and the SDG- Academic Network ( SDG-AN) orders.

As such, for some projects, the MTR can only based at UNU- IIGH as strategic partners.

M&E of APPGM.
M&E of APPGM.

The lead implementing partner is 58 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Institutional Information By Nur Rahmah Othman (Program Officer, APPGM-SDG Secretariat) APPGM-SDG Committee Members: 1 APPGM-SDG Committee Members comprises of Members of Parliament (Both Houses) from both the government parties and opposition parties.
They are as follows: YB Dato’ Seri Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim Chairperson MP of Batang Lupar (P201) YB Puan Maria Chin Abdullah Deputy Chairperson MP of Petaling Jaya (P105) YB Tuan William Leong Jee Keen Secretary MP of Selayang (P097) YB Dr. Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen Treasurer MP of Bandar Kuching (P195) YB Tuan Ahmad Hassan Member (Dewan Rakyat) MP of Papar (P175) YB Tuan Wong Tack Member (Dewan Rakyat) MP of Bentong (P089) YB Senator Adrian Bannie Lasimbang Member (Dewan Negara) Sabah YB Senator Datuk Paul Igai Member (Dewan Negara) Sarawak ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 59 On Sustainable Development Goals APPGM-SDG Secretariat: 2 APPGM-SDG Secretariat team comprises of the following members: Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria Head of Secretariat Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi Head of Research Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli Commitee Member Dr. Lin Mui Kiang Head of Solution Ms. Nur Rahmah Othman Program Officer Mrs. Omna Sreeni Ong Commitee Member Ms. Lavanya Rama Iyer Head of Finance Mr. Anthony Tan Kee Huat Finance Officer Mr. Alizan Mahadi Head of Research Mr. Kon Onn Sein Treasurer 3 APPGM-SDG Partners: Tan Sri Michael Yeoh Kingsley Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific (KSI) Mr. Muhammad Faisal Aziz Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) Mr. Khalid Al-Walid PHILANDURE Malaysia Mr. Jeffrey Phang MyPJ 60 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 4 Pilot Phase 2020 Lead Coordinators: Table 5 Lead Coordinators (Pilot Phase 2020) Name Mr. Alizan Mahadi Mr. James Raj Dr. Murallitharan Constituency Petaling Jaya Selayang Bentong Dr. Juita Mohamad Jeli Mr. Khalid Al-Walid Mr. Kiu Jia Yaw Pendang Tg.
Piai Organization ISIS Malaysia CSO Alliance National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) ISIS Malaysia PHILANDURE Malaysia Malaysian Bar Council on Environment Mrs. Omna Sreeni Ong Bandar Kuching & Batang Sadong ENGENDER Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli Papar & Pensiangan IKMAS-UKM 5 Pilot Phase 2020 Researchers: Table 6 Researchers by Constituencies (Pilot Phase 2020) Name Constituency Organization Mr. Calvin Cheng Kah Petaling Jaya ISIS Malaysia Dr. Lau Zhe Wei Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Khairul Azami Sidek Selayang Bentong IIUM IIUM Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Wan Amir Wan Zal Jeli Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Zaheruddin Othman Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Irina Safitri Zen Pendang Tg.

Piai Universiti Utara Malaysia IIUM Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Zaimuariffudin Shukri Nordin Bandar Kuching & Batang Sadong Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Murnizam Halik Prof. Dr. Junaenah Sulehan Papar Pensiangan Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 61 On Sustainable Development Goals APPGM-SDG Project Teams Mr. Alizan Mahadi HEAD OF RESEARCHER/LEAD COORDINATOR Petaling Jaya ISIS Malaysia Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi HEAD OF RESEARCHER Sejahtera Centre, IIUM 62 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rashila Ramli LEAD COORDINATOR Papar & Pensiangan IKMAS-UKM Prof. Dr. Junaenah Sulehan RESEARCHER Pensiangan University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Murnizam Halik RESEARCHER Papar Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Mrs. Omna Sreeni Ong LEAD COORDINATOR Bandar Kuching & Batang Sadong Engender Dr. Murallitharan LEAD COORDINATOR Bentong National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) Mr. Kiu Jia Yaw LEAD COORDINATOR Tg.

Piai Malaysian Bar Council on Environment Mr. Khalid Al-Walid LEAD COORDINATOR Pendang PHILANDURE Malaysia Dr. Juita Mohamad LEAD COORDINATOR Jeli ISIS Malaysia Mr. James Raj LEAD COORDINATOR Selayang CSO Alliance Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Zaimuariffudin Shukri Nordin RESEARCHER Bandar Kuching & Batang Sadong Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Khairul Azami Sidek RESEARCHER Bentong IIUM Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Irina Safitri Zen RESEARCHER Tg.

Piai IIUM Assoc.

Prof. Dr. Zaheruddin Othman RESEARCHER Pendang Universiti Utara Malaysia Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Wan Amir Wan Zal RESEARCHER Jeli Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Dr. Lau Zhe Wei RESEARCHER Selayang IIUM ALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 6 Dates of APPGM-SDG Committee meetings: A total of seven meetings were held in 2020 Table 7 Details of APPGM-SDG Committee meetings Meeting 1st Committee Meeting 2nd Committee Meeting 3rd Committee Meeting 4th Committee Meeting 5th Committee Meeting 6th Committee Meeting 7th Committee Meeting Date April 9th, 2020 June 23rd, 2020 July 21st, 2020 Aug 17th, 2020 Oct 16th, 2020 Nov 25th, 2020 Dec 17th, 2020 7 Dates of APPGM-SDG field visits: Table 8 Date of Field Visits (2020) Venue Parliament of Malaysia Zoom Meeting Parliament of Malaysia Parliament of Malaysia Zoom Meeting PAUM Clubhouse Parliament of Malaysia No.
Constituency Name of MPs Date of visit 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Bentong, Pahang YB Tuan Wong Tack 14-16 January 2020 Tanjung Piai, Johor YB Dato’ Sri Dr. Wee Jeck Seng 18-20 January 2020 Selayang, Selangor YB Tuan William Leong Jee Keen 18-20 January 2020 Kuching, Sarawak YB Dr. Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen Papar, Sabah YB Hj.
Ahmad Hassan 2-4 February 2020 21-23 February 2020 Batang Sadong, Sarawak YB Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri 24-26 February 2020 Pensiangan, Sabah YB Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup 25-27 February 2020 Petaling Jaya, Selangor YB Puan Maria Chin Abdullah 19 and 23 February 2020 Pendang, Kedah YB Tuan Awang Hashim 18-20 July 2020 10.

Jeli, Kelantan YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed 7-8 August 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 63 On Sustainable Development Goals Table 9 Key Meetings Date (2020) No.
Meeting Description Date Venue 1 Implementation Meeting with ICU Deputy Director February 12th, 2020 ICU, Putrajaya Coordination General - Sharing session on APPGM- Unit (ICU) SDG Meeting with YB Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup - General Discussion on APPGM- June 9th, 2020 EPU, Putrajaya SDG & other matters Meeting with YB Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup & team - Sharing session on July 9th, 2020 EPU, Putrajaya APPGM-SDG research input for 12th Malaysia Plan Input Sharing with EPU on Final Poverty 2 Economy Report by UN Former Special July 21st, 2020 Planning Unit Rapporteur (EPU) EPU, Putrajaya Input Sharing with Equity Development Division of EPU August 18th, 2020 EPU, Putrajaya Meeting with YAB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamad & team - Jeli Prioritization Parliament of Malaysia Session & APPGM-SDG matters in August 26th, 2020 general.
DG of EPU and core team was involved too.
Meeting with EPU on August 27th, 2020 EPU, Putrajaya Budget 2021 Meeting with YDP Speaker of Dewan February 28th, 2020 Parliament of Rakyat and team Malaysia 3 Parliament of Meeting with YDP Speaker of Dewan June 26th, 2020 Parliament of Malaysia Rakyat and team Malaysia Meeting with Parliament Research Team July 2nd, 2020 Parliament of Malaysia 64 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Meeting with YDP Speaker of Dewan Aug 14th, 2020 Parliament of Rakyat and team Malaysia Meeting with YDP Speaker of Dewan Aug 26th, 2020 Parliament of Rakyat and team Malaysia APPGM-SDG Engagement Session with Parliament of the YDP Speaker of Dewan Rakyat & Dec 9th, 2020 Malaysia MPs 3 Department DOSM on the localization of SDGs August 25th, 2020 Malaysia Statistical sharing by Parliament of of Statistic Malaysia (DOSM) Meeting with Vice Chief Statistician - Sharing session on APPGM-SDG & future October 1st, 2020 DOSM cooperation with DOSM 4 UN Country Meeting with UN Country Team - Team Sharing session on APPGM-SDG & future September 9th, 2020 UN Office cooperation with UNCT 1st Working Group Committee Meeting: August 5th, 2020 EAC, Putrajaya Post Covid-19 Development Agenda 2nd Working Group Committee Meeting: Post Covid-19 Development August 11th, 2020 EAC, Putrajaya 5 Economic Agenda Action Council Working group committee meeting: Planning for the RTD on Eradicating September 18th, 2020 EAC, Putrajaya Poverty Working group committee meeting: Planning for the RTD on Eradicating September 23rd, 2020 EAC, Putrajaya Poverty ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 65 On Sustainable Development Goals Meeting with UN Malaysia Country Team 9 September 2020 Prioritization with YB Tuan Awang Hashim - MP of Pendang 26 August 2020 Economic Action Council Workshop - Post Modernisation & New Socio Culture 18 August 2020 APPGM-SDG 4th Committee Meeting 2020 Meeting with YB Dato’ Sri Wee Jack Seng - MP of Tg.
Piai 15 July 2020 Meeting with Dato’ Sri Wan Junaidi - Minister of Entrepreneur Development & Cooperatives 30 December 2020 APPGM-SDG 3rd Committee Meeting 21 July 2020 Meeting with Former Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat -Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusoff 27 Feb 2020 Meeting with the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun 14 August 2020 Meeting with YB Tuan Arthur Joseph Kurup (Deputy Minister In The Prime Minister’s Department) 9 July 2020 Meeting with Parliament Research Team 2 July 2020 Prioritization with YAB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed - MP of Jeli 25 August 2020 66 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 9 Pilot Phase 2020 Solution Projects: APPGM-SDG Pilot Phase 2020 has undertaken 34 solution projects in total throughout 10 parliamentary constituencies.
The solution providers varies from one constituency to another and they are ranged from CSOs, NGOs, Social Enterprises, Public and Private Universities.

They are as follows: Table 10 Solution Projects by Constituencies Constituency Solution Solution Project Solution Providers Project No.
Name/Details SP 27 Aqualculture - Talapia rearing Institut Penyelidikan dan Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) SP 28 Mushroom Cultivation in Kampung Institut Penyelidikan dan Jeli Sungai Rual, Jeli Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) SP 29 Social Enterprise + Eco-Tourism in Institut Penyelidikan dan Kampung Gunong Reng, Jeli Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) SP 30 Social Enterprise Inno Indigenous Institut Penyelidikan dan Products in Kampung Sungai Rual, Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Jeli Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) SP 31 SDG Solution Dialogue & Action Economic and Financial Policy Plan for Pendang Parliamentary Insitute (ECoFI), UUM Pendang Community SP 32 SDG Solution Project for Community Muliabudi Consulting PLT Development Programme at Kampung Linchan, Pendang (Eco-Tourism) SP 01 Bentong Kg.
Orang Asli Sungai Olak, Yayasan Kajian Pembangunan Karak, Pahang Masyarakat (YKPM) Bentong Bentong" Generasi Daerah Bentong SP 02 Pembikinan "Telefilem Generasi Pertubuhan Pembangunan SP 33 Impart knowledge and skills to Persatuan Penggerak Hijau implement organic farming to Malaysia (PPH) & SEEDS generate income & enhancement for their families and communities.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 67 On Sustainable Development Goals Constituency Solution Solution Project Solution Providers Project No.
Name/Details SP 18 Refurbishment of Taman Selayang Pengurusan Taman Selayang Makmur Flat Makmur SP 19 Café and Bakery Skills Training – Pertubuhan Perkhidmatan Sosial Bakery dan Pembangunan Komuniti Daerah Gombak, Selangor (PSPK) SP 20 Micro Entrepreneurship Social Pertubuhan Perkhidmatan Sosial Enterprise dan Pembangunan Komuniti Daerah Gombak, Selangor (PSPK) SP 21 2-Day Skills Fair Exhibition for MySKills Foundation Holistic Transformation Skills Training Program Selayang SP 22 Skills Fair Exhibition MySKills Foundation SP 23 Digital Marketing Workshop Pertubuhan Perkhidmatan Sosial dan Pembangunan Komuniti Daerah Gombak, Selangor (PSPK) SP 24 Basic Malay Spoken Language Pertubuhan Perkhidmatan Sosial Learning for Refugees dan Pembangunan Komuniti Daerah Gombak, Selangor (PSPK) SP 25 Housing Census Pertubuhan Perkhidmatan Sosial dan Pembangunan Komuniti Daerah Gombak, Selangor (PSPK) in collaboration with Pusat Sejahtera IIUM SP 14 Women Economic Empowerment Persatuan Penduduk Petaling Programme - By Setting up Soup Jaya 2017 (MyPJ) Kitchen in PPR Desa Mentari Petaling Jaya SP 15 Education Project in PPR Lembah Yayasan Generasi Gemilang Subang 1 SP 16 Inter-Agency Government Dialogue Pertubuhan Pembangunan Komuniti dan Pembelajaran Berterusan 68 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA Constituency Solution Solution Project Solution Providers Project No Name/Details Petaling Jaya Post-Covid Community Crisis (PPR-PJ) SP 17 Production on a Guide on Persatuan Penggerak Rakyat Management SP 03 Litter Clean-Up & Installation of Buy-Back Centre to Address the Impact Revolution Enterprise Unsustainable Livelihoods & Litter Problem in the Water Settlements Tg.
Piai of Kg.

Air Masin & Kg.
Melayu Jalan Benteng Papar Pensiangan SP 13 Development “Go Tanjung Piai” The Malaysia Ecology & Eco-tourism Biodiversity Restoration Society (RESTORE) and Raleigh International Kuala Lumpur SP 10 Aqua Project for the Fishermen Fakulti Psikologi & Pendidikan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) SP 11 Agro Project for the Farmers Fakulti Psikologi & Pendidikan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) SP 09 Waste Management & Economic Kelab Belia Kampung Sinaron Empowerment (KBKS) SP 12 Women Empowerment Through University College Sabah Entrepreneurship Training Foundation (UCSF) SP 08 Health & Wellbeing Sabah Women ‘s Action Resource Group (SAWO) SP 06 Social Economic Related Training & Persatuan Pemangkin Daya Pilot Project – Kg.
Selangan Batu Masyarakat (ROSE) SP 07 To Conduct 4 Series of Social Sarawak Dayak Iban Association Economic Related Training for the (SADIA) Bandar Kuching Community of Kg.

Chawan to Enhance Their Self-Value & Overall Well-Being ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 69 On Sustainable Development Goals Constituency Solution Solution Project Solution Providers Project No Name/Details Bandar Kuching factors for residents of Selangan Masyarakat (ROSE) SP 34 Uplifting the socio-economic Persatuan Pemangkin Daya Batu.
SP 04 Project to Enhance Marketing & Persatuan Mahasiswa Fakulti Promoting Small Farmers and SME Sains Kognitif & Pembangunan activities Manusia (UNIMAS) Batang Sadong SP 05 Enhancement of English Persatuan Literasi Anak Malaysia Languange Proficiency (MYReaders) SP 26 Women’s Income Generation Yayasan Salam Malaysia Sewing and Breast Cancer Awareness Project in Batang Sadong 70 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 10 Pilot Phase 2020 Capacity Building Programs: There were 22 Capacity Building Programs that have been undertaken in 10 parliamentary constituencies: Table 11 Capacity Building Programs by Constituencies Constituency Capacity Capacity Building Service Provider Building No.
Name Jeli Pendang Bentong Selayang CB 21 CB 22 CB 23 CB 24 CB 01 CB 02 CB 03 CB 04 CB 17 CB 18 Roundtable Discussion with RISDA and the Locals Roundtable Discussion with Felcra and the Locals Institut Penyelidikan dan Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) Institut Penyelidikan dan Pengurusan Kemiskinan (InsPeK), Universiti Malaya Kelantan (UMK) We Are The World: Embracing World Citizenhood & Localising SDG Workshop PHILANDURE LOKAL Prenuer Workshop on Community Centred Business or Economy for a Sustainable Community Economy Mainstreaming SDGs for Community Leaders & NGOs as Agent of Change Mulia Budi Consulting PLT Sejahtera Centre IIUM Mainstreaming SDGs for Civil Servants as Agent of Change Sejahtera Centre IIUM Agro-Forestry Concept Which Includes Natural Farming Processes.
Focusing on 18-days Hot-Berkeley Persatuan Penggerak Hijau in collaboration with SEEDS Malaysia Accessing Social Scheme in Healthcare National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) Mainstreaming SDGs: Society as agent of change Sejahtera Centre IIUM Empowering communities, strengthening social support system Pertubuhan Pembangunan Komuniti dan Pembelajaran Berterusan ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 71 On Sustainable Development Goals Constituency Capacity Capacity Building Service Provider Building No.
Name Petaling Jaya CB 16 Building Leadership Through Cultural Mapping Persatuan Penggrak Rakyat (PPR) CB 05 Mainstreaming SDGs for Civil Sejahtera Centre IIUM Tg.
Piai Servants & Community Leaders as Agent of Change CB 15 SDGs Awareness & Application in Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia Work Among Civil Servants & NGOs (PSSM) Papar CB 20 Public Forum on Papar Dam & PACOS Trust Sustainable Water Management in Sabah CB 12 SDGs Awareness & Implementation Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia in Work Among Civil Servants & (PSSM) NGOs Pensiangan CB 13 Kesedaran Hak Wanita & Kanak- Sabah Women’s Action- kanak: Undang-undang & Resource Group (SAWO) Kesihatan CB 14 Memperkasa Golongan Belia ke Tulid Youth Club (TYC) Arah Kerjaya CB 09 CB 10 Slum Incubator: Needs Assessment (SADIA) Sarawak Dayak Iban Association Needs Assesment – Kg.
Selangan Persatuan Pemangkin Daya Bandar Kuching Batu Masyarakat (ROSE) CB 11 Multistakeholder Consultation Associations Of Research And Development Movement, Singai, Sarawak (REEDEMS) Batang Sadong CB 08 Multistakeholder Consultation Associations Of Research And Development Movement, Singai, Sarawak (REEDEMS) CB 19 Community Health Screening Yayasan Salam 72 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA 12 Dates & Details of Key National Seminars/Workshops Table 12 List of Key National Events No.
Key National Seminar/Workshop Date Venue 1 UN@75: The Future We Want & The UN We Need May 14th & 15th, 2020 Virtual 2 Economic Action Council August 13th, 2020 KBS Building Workshop: Post Modernisation and New Socio Culture 3 Economic Action Council August 27th, 2020 KBS Building Workshop: Balance Growth & Sustainability 4 MASA Institute: Round Table Discussion September 2nd, 2020 KL 5 6 on Social Capital Malaysia Urban Forum September 28th - 30th 2020 Bangunan Sulaiman, KL Economic Action Council Round September 29th, 2020 EPU Table Discussion on Eradicating Poverty 12 Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance & The Society for It is a known fact that during the early days of the The Promotions of SDG: establishment of All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on Sustainable Development Goals by The Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance has been active Parliament of Malaysia, Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance since October 2015 on SDG matters as a network has played a major role through its many discussion of organizations involved in economic, social and with the Speaker of Parliament at that time.
Being environment development concerns.

The Alliance the key player in pushing and advocating the SDGs has been engaging with the Economic Planning Unit localization forward, the Alliance has been appointed (EPU) since the beginning as the EPU is the focal point as the official Secretariat for APPGM-SDG, headed by for SDGs.

The Alliance was also listed as a member of Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria.
the National SDG Steering Committee established by EPU in 2016 and have been actively participated at all The Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance is a consolidation national seminars in 2016 and 2019 including providing of partnership among the CSOs, Academicians, Think input to the Malaysian VNR (2017 & 2021) and the Tanks, and Individuals.

As of to date, there are about National SDG Roadmap.
56 group members with 9 of them were listed as the ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 73 On Sustainable Development Goals umbrella bodies to the Alliance.

The group members and expertise but moving forward with the same vary from each other with their own respective focus subject of interest.
The Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance 2020 members are as follows: Table 13 Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance 2020 Members MALAYSIAN CSO-SDG ALLIANCE 2020 MEMBERS UMBRELLA ORGANISATIONS 1 Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) 2 Malaysian Environmental NGOs (MENGO) 3 4 National Council of Women Organisations (NCWO) Jaringan Orang Asal Se Malaysia (JOAS) 5 CSO SDG Alliance in Sarawak 6 7 8 Penang Forum UN Global Compact Malaysia FOMCA Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations 9 MyCommunity4SDG INDIVIDUAL ORGANISATIONS 1 2 3 4 ABIM Association of Women with Disabilities Malaysia Asylum Access Malaysia Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee 5 CRIB Foundation 6 C4 Centre 7 Centre for Research, Advisory & Technology (CREATE) 8 CETDEM 9 Childline Foundation 10 COMMACT Malaysia 11 Civil Society Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) 12 DHRAA Malaysia 13 ENGENDER Consultancy 14 Forest Stewardship Council 15 Foreign Spouses Support Group 16 Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy 17 PACOS, Sabah 18 My PJ 19 Impact Hub KL 20 International Youth Centre, Kl 74 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA MALAYSIAN CSO-SDG ALLIANCE 2020 MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL ORGANISATIONS 21 Sudeep Inc 22 Islamic Renaissance Front 23 JKOASM 24 Junior Chamber International Malaysia (JCIM) 25 Justice for Sisters 26 KSI- Kingsley Strategic Institute 27 KOMAS 28 Koperasi Alam Hijau Perak Bhd 29 Malaysian CARE 30 Malaysian Association of Social Workers (MASW) 31 Malaysian Humanitarian Movement (MHM) 32 Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD) 33 NCSM National Cancer Society, Malaysia 34 Non-Communicable Diseases Malaysia (NCD Malaysia) 35 Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia ( PSSM/ MSSA) 36 Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor EMPOWER 37 Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia (PEKA) 38 PHILANDURE 39 Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (PROHAM) 40 Reef Check Malaysia 41 Sarawak Orchid Society 42 WAO- Womens Aid Organisation 43 WWF Malaysia 44 YKPM - Yayasan Kajian & Pembangunan Masyarakat 45 Youth Society Hunger Hunter 46 Challenges Foundation 47 Caritas Malaysia Subsequently, the funds allocated to APPGM-SDG The group members of the Alliance were kept closely are being managed by the Secretariat with a direct with APPGM-SDG work throughout the year.
Whatsapp accountability and approval from the Committee groups were created for the purpose of disseminating members of APPGM-SDG.

The Secretariat is also information to all the members.

For instance, they required to submit monthly activity and finance were informed of every decision made and invited reports to the Parliament of Malaysian which is then to most of the APPGM-SDG official events and site forwarded to the Ministry of Finance as part of their visits at the parliamentary constituencies.
They were supervision towards the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 n 75 On Sustainable Development Goals also became the service providers for APPGM-SDG review the development and jointly collaborates on Capacity Building Programs and Solution Projects.

any SDG related discourses.

The Alliance has also been This has given a very strong emphasize to the Goal very active in hosting discussions and conversations for 17 of the SDGs which upholds the importance of policy input purposes.
They are as follows: partnership.

The members meet from time to time to Table 14 Malaysian CSO Discussions & Conversations (Pilot Phase 2020) No.
Event Multi-Stakeholder Conversation - Post Covid-19 Recovery: Development Plans, Policies and Programs Multi-Stakeholder Conversation - Post Covid-19 Recovery Agenda Based on SDGs: Building the Local Economy in Rural Areas Multi-Stakeholder Conversation - Post Covid-19 Recovery Agenda Based on SDGs: Building the Local Economy in Urban Areas Build Back Better for Health, Resilience & Sustainability: Corporate Malaysia’s & Global Proposals for Post Covid-19 Recovery -In Collaboration with Climate Governance Malaysia (CGM) Post Covid-19: Global Partnership & Cooperation - A conversation Among CSOs in Preparation Towards “The People Forum on The United Nations We Need” Date April 20th, 2020 April 27th, 2020 April 29th, 2020 May 12th, 2020 May 6th, 2020 UN 75 National Conversation: Our Shared Global Visions & Collective Agreement to Multilateralism - In Collaboration with UN Malaysia July 3rd, 2020 Online Conversation with Prof. Philip Alston (Former UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty & Human Rights) on the Final Poverty Report of Malaysia - In Collaboration with PROHAM July 10th, 2020 Online Conversation on Nelson Mandela Day: Building a Peaceful Society for All of Humanity - In Collaboration with PROHAM July 17th, 2020 UN 75 National Youth Conversation - In Collaboration with International Youth Centre Foundation September 291st, 2020 Online Policy Forum: 2020 Census & Relevance October 6th, 2020 11 Online Conversation: Watered Down Development in Selangor October 30th, 2020 12 Global Community Builders Summit 2020 (GLOBS20) - In Collaboration with IIUM & Philandure November 11th - 17th, 2020 76 n 2020 ANNUAL REPORT KUMPULAN RENTAS PARTI PARLIMEN MALAYSIAALL PARTY PARLIMENT GROUP MALAYSIA While the localization of SDGs at the parliamentary constituency level is a major task of APPGM-SDG as a whole, the constructive role played by the Alliance in pushing the agenda forward should be applauded as much.
The Alliance has been providing a lot of valuable input with grounded evidences and analysis to the Government in strengthening the direction for the SDGs strategies and road-map to date.

The multi- dimensional approach and flat-based institutional structure of the Alliance gave strong indicator of the possibility to move beyond the silo understanding in delivery and implementation of services especially at the local level.
This kind of structure fosters the social inclusion among the various actors to work together for the common goods.

Key partners and members representing different interest and target groups is a key development within the Alliance in the process of SDGs localization.

Legal Entity The Alliance is a network and does not have a legal entity even though all the partners are legally registered bodies.
As one of the compliance requirements by Ministry of Finance for the fund transfer to APPGM- SDG through Parliament, it was necessary to register a new society called Society for the Promotions of SDGs which is now the legal entity as secretariat for the Malaysian CSO SDG Alliance.

The first Annual General Meeting was held on July 9th, 2020 where the election of the office bearers were made.
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