June 2019

Indonesia Voluntary National Review 2019: Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality

This report presents the Indonesian government’s Voluntary National Review (VNR) of its implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) as of 2019.


As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourages member states to "conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national levels, which are country-led and country-driven". The voluntary national reviews (VNRs) aim to facilitate the sharing of experiences, including successes, challenges and lessons learned, with a view to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. 

As part of Indonesia’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda, the country submitted its first VNR in 2017. Since then, Indonesia has reassessed its national policies and agendas and has, once again, submitted its VNR in 2019.

This review contains highlights of Indonesia's achievements in implementing SDGs. This VNR specifically focuses on 6 priority goals, namely Goal 4, B, 10, L3, L5, and 1.7. Lessons learned in the 2017 VNR serve as a reference to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Indonesia's national and subnational policies.

The production of the report was coordinated by Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The data used in the report is mainly from Statistics Indonesia and relevant ministries and agencies.

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