Parliamentarians acted as convenors of stakeholders while researchers and civil society, as part of the secretariat, facilitated the localising process. The primary activities included an exercise to map issues at the local level and to identify solution initiatives to address the prioritised issues. The objectives of APPGM-SDG included a strong research focus, including to assess the impact of policy interventions on issues related to the achievement of SDGs at the parliamentary level and to evaluate the process of development delivery to understand the underlying and root causes of bottlenecks in achieving the goals.

This book compiles the findings of the issue mapping and assessment of the delivery challenges under the pilot phase of the APPGM-SDG. It consists of findings in 10 constituencies where a situational analysis was conducted. The analyses were conducted by locally based researchers, 1 building upon their knowledge and expertise at the ground level.