- at the global level, namely, whether it would concern the reporting period in question or the moment of joining the Convention, or perhaps another approach. It would, however, understand if this reflection were to take place at a later stage, but it just wished to flag the importance of this aspect.
- 320. The delegation of the Netherlands had participated in the Chengdu working group on the draft overall results framework and it thanked China for hosting this meeting, as well as all the countries that had participated in drafting this framework. It considered the work on good governance as a very important issue and in that spirit, it welcomed the overall results framework. The delegation hoped that this would become an effective instrument at national and international levels for the monitoring and evaluation of the results and impacts of the Convention in such a way as to make visible the initiatives from the different actors, communities, groups, NGOs, civil society and the State. It was also an ambitious results framework, but it was hoped that it would also serve as a practical tool in terms of implementation and execution so that it would make reporting easier and thus help raise the number of timely reports. The implementation of the overall results framework and the integration of the periodic reports would take time and required capacity building at all levels. The delegation hoped that this would improve the process of dialogue and the participation of the various stakeholders, also at the regional level, and it looked forward to working on preparing the reports that would not only provide results but also fruitful cooperation among all the stakeholders. The delegation wished to know whether all twenty-six indicators needed to be fulfilled by every Member State.
- 321. The delegation of Sweden thanked the Chairperson for her efficient chairing of the session. Sweden supported the proposal for the draft overall results framework and thanked both the Secretariat for the inclusive process and everyone who had participated in its development. It was particularly grateful to China for hosting the working group. A results framework was a prerequisite to measuring the impact of UNESCO's normative work and it would be seen as a model for other areas of work within UNESCO. Bearing in mind the difficulties in measuring this type of work, the delegation saw this framework as a tool to increase the usefulness and quality of the periodic reports as it improved the reporting process by providing national baselines and targets for the reporting. Sweden welcomed the participation of civil society actors in monitoring and noted the special attention attributed to gender-related issues. It fully agreed that special attention should be given to the reporting mechanisms on the SDGs, as well as the contribution of culture to the 2030 Agenda. In this vein, it took the opportunity to invite the delegations to an event that it was hosting later that evening on creatively communicating the SDGs and how to translate the targets and indicators into a language that was understandable to a broader audience.
- 322. The delegation of Belgium thanked and congratulated the Secretariat, the expert meeting, the open-ended intergovernmental working group facilitated by China, and the Committee for their hard work and remarkable achievements. The overall result of this work and consensus- building was balanced, empowering and wise. Belgium hoped that it could adopt the framework as a whole. Even in its present form, the framework had a positive impact. As Finland had already indicated, it was already inspiring strategic plans of actors, ranging from governmental policy workers to NGOs. The delegation appreciated that due attention had been paid to the new instruments included in the Basic Texts since 2016, notably the sixth chapter of the Operational Directives, the 2030 Agenda and the twelve ethical principles. It noted with satisfaction that 'Transmission and e ducation ' was very high on the agenda of core indicators 4 - 6, and that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was present throughout the instrument, but especially in core indicators 13, 15 and 16, including the very important footnotes 7 and 8, and core indicator 20 on ethics, which was interesting. The delegation welcomed the new impulses for awareness-raising, notably assessment factor 17.5 on the use of new social media, and of course the incentives to involve NGOsin reaching those goals. As far as performance indicators were concerned, it appreciated the suggestion that the results-based framework could function as a source of inspiration at both global and country levels. As far as the global level was concerned, the delegation requested that the Secretariat be ambitious, inspiring, but above all, realistic in crafting the reporting mechanism.