many countries have reported the involvement of ministries with crosscutting influence such as ministries of planning or finance and the mainstreaming of the sdgs targets into sectoralline ministries as well as the integration of sdg targets within the countrys development plans and other relevant urban strategies countries have also reported efforts to engage several partners including civil society academia and private sector in shaping policies and plans to implement the urban related sdgs in some countries and for several targets efforts are still at an early stage and others are completely stalled