ANNEXURES  Annexure 1: Audit Criteria and their Sources  Audit  Questions  Sub  Questions  Audit Criteria  Source  1  1.1  The  SDGs  and  targets  are  aspirational and global with each  government to: (a) decide how the  SDGs should be incorporated into  national  planning  processes,  policies and strategies; and (b) set  their own national targets guided by  the global level of ambition, but  taking  into  account  national  circumstances. UNDP–SDG  Reference  guide-  UNCT (2015) Pg 31  1.2 A  structured  stakeholder  engagement  process  enables  stakeholders  as  well  as  governments to plan ahead, to  assemble evidence, reports and  other  material  to  make  well- researched contributions at the  appropriate time in the policy cycle.  To ensure ownership, a bottom-up  approach should be adopted for the  post-2015 agenda, starting at the  local level. Emphasis should be  placed  on  communicating  the  SDGs and raising awareness of the  universality  of  the  agenda,  to  ensure  full  understanding  and  ownership  by  all  types  of  governments and stakeholders. UNDP  –  SDG  –  Reference  guide-  UNCT (2015) Pg 25 Delivering the post  2015  Development  Agenda:  Opportunities at the  national  and  local  levels, Pg 12  1.3 Enhance policy coherence for  sustainable development Stakeholders have collectively  made the call “for governments to  create spaces and mechanisms for  engagement.” In some countries,  these spaces have been  institutionalized as some type of  formal multi-stakeholder council or  a similar body.  SDGs 17.14  UNDP 2015  2  2.1  The revitalized global partnership  will endeavour to deliver the means  of  implementation  through  “domestic  public  resources,  domestic and international private  UNDP  –  SDG  –  Reference  guide-  UNCT (2015) Pg 7  24 