Lessons Learned & Best Practices | High-Level Political Forum

Issue: Identifying and presenting gaps

Year: 2018Income Group: Upper middle incomeSource: VNR

Finding: In its first VNR report, submitted in 2016, Mexico presented information on territorial-based gaps (between regions and federated states) without providing more detail. As part of Mexico’s second report, submitted in 2018, it included an analysis of inequality gaps associated with each Goal in a much more straightforward way. It refers, for example, to a “salary gap of 5.1 per cent between women and men” and highlights that the ten richest Mexicans have the same wealth as the poorest 50 per cent. As a result, the second VNR Report looks more robust than the previous one, demonstrating progress made by the country in identifying and measuring gaps.

Issue: Facilitating multistakeholder engagement

Year: 2021Income Group: Upper middle incomeSource: VNR

Finding: The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve has been a protected area in the state of Querétaro since 1997. The Sierra Gorda Ecological Group is a participatory conservation system working to reconcile economic development and biodiversity conservation in the region. The Group is a multistakeholder and interdisciplinary forum highlighting cultural practices in favor of a safe environment, advocating regional sustainable public policies. The innovative, low-cost, efficient and participatory management model of the Group has led it to obtain the One World Award 2021, as a recognition of its role in promoting a sustainable culture through educational and waste management programs, wildlife protection, the establishment of fire and illegal logging prevention brigades, and for building a regenerative economy throughout sustainable tourism services delivery.