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Local2030 Coalition engagement at the 2024 High-Level Politi(...)

The Local2030 Coalition successfully promoted localization at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum by co-organizing and p(...)

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July 19 2024

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The first ever Local2030 Coalition Steering Committee Meetin(...)

The Local 2030 Steering Committee convened for the first time on 29 April 2022 in New York and online. Ms. Amina J. Moh(...)

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UN

April 29 2022

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Enabling multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable deve(...)

With less than ten years ahead to meet the global goals set on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the need for(...)

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UN

February 4 2022

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The Local2030 Coalition is launched!

New York, United States of America

Under the guidance of the UN Deputy Secretary General, Ms. Amina Mohamed and the leadership of UN-Habitat and UNDP, an u(...)

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UN

September 21 2021

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Food strategy Ghent: Ghent en garde

Ghent is a frontrunner in the promotion of sustainable food and has developed a comprehensive Food Strategy under the ti(...)

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UN Habitat

May 29 2020

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Cities for Global Health: Collective responses to global hea(...)

Cities for Global Health is an initiative co-led by Metropolis and the Euro-Latin-American Alliance of Cooperation among(...)

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UN Habitat

March 24 2020

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Agreement for sustainable development in Lombardy

The UN 2030 Agenda "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" calls for a general reflection(...)

Posted by Serena Ceppi,
Regione Lombardia

March 24 2020

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The Deshpande Foundation Hubbali Sandbox: Innovation and Rel(...)

The Deshpande Foundation Innovation Sandbox, in Hubli, Karnataka, India was launched in 2005 to create a Silicon-Valley(...)

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UN Habitat

March 20 2020

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Can Effective Municipal Governance Save Nigeria?

Lagos, Nigeria

CAN EFFECTIVE MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE SAVE NIGERIA? *Shade Amole   Many countries in Africa are facing various challenge(...)

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March 8 2020

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SDGs in Action Seminar Series

The Local SDGs Program:Charting pathways towards achieving the SDGs in local communities On Wednesday 19 February, The(...)

Posted by Brett Bryan,
Deakin University

March 6 2020

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New guidance document presents towns and cities with 15 path(...)

ICLEI, alongside the City of Aalborg and the Basque Country, recently launched a new publication, which presents tow(...)

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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

December 9 2019

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BiciConecta UGR

From 1th until 9th of October 2019, has been carried out for the first time the ‘Biciconecta Project’. The Biciconecta P(...)

Posted by DAVID CABRERA MANZANO,
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

October 19 2019

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#Red2030Tabasco

2030 Agenda Workshop CINDEHU 10/08/2019   Promote the interest and socialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable D(...)

Posted by Francisco Palavicini Torres,
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

October 15 2019

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2030 Agenda Workshop

DACEA 09/23/2019 Promote the interest and socialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, lead actions in(...)

Posted by Francisco Palavicini Torres,
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

October 15 2019

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Strategic Plan City of Seville 2030

Given the new challenges we face globally from the city of Seville, we decided to promote a Strategic Plan. The Seville(...)

Posted by ESPERANZA CARO,
Ayuntamiento de Sevilla

September 20 2019

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Helsinki first European city to present the Sustainable Deve(...)

In the leading up to the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), held from 9-19 July 2019 in New York, the City of Helsinki h(...)

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July 25 2019

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The role of decentralized cooperation to address rising ineq(...)

Within the framework of the European Development Days (EDDs), which were held in Brussels during the 18-19 of June 2019(...)

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July 9 2019

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Closing and final declaration of the 3rd Regional Forum of L(...)

From May 7 to 9, the city of Barranquilla (Colombia) held the 3rd Regional Forum on Local Economic Development (LED), wh(...)

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June 4 2019

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1st OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the Sustainabl(...)

On the 7th March of 2019, at Paris, numerous stakeholders met at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm(...)

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May 24 2019

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The Voluntary Local Review of the Sustainable Development Go(...)

Helsinki wants to be a pioneering local implementer of global responsibilities and in September 2018, it decided to foll(...)

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May 2 2019

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Your opportunity to shape the Global Alliance’s HLPF Report(...)

The Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies - a coordinating platform for Memb(...)

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May 2 2019

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Cities take up the challenge and report on their advances on(...)

Every year Member States are invited to report their progress on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals(...)

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May 2 2019

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Voluntary Local Reviews LAB

This online platform provides all you need to know about cities and regions taking a lead on “Voluntary Local Reviews.(...)

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UN-Habitat

April 10 2019

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SDG 16+ Technical Consultation on Inclusive Institutions at(...)

On the 26th and 27th of March, the city of Tunis (Tunisia) held the SDG 16+ Technical Consultation on Inclusive Institut(...)

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April 5 2019

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Expo’s Global Best practice & the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl(...)

The Expo 2020 Dubai is proud to organize the first ever World Expo held in the region welcoming the world to learn and e(...)

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March 14 2019

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Consolidating the local-global movement to enhance the imple(...)

Seville, Spain

The localization of the 2030 Agenda calls for the involvement of all stakeholders, and requires a shift in focus towards(...)

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UCLG

March 7 2019

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The Seville Commitment: putting ´Local Action´in the center(...)

From the 25th to 27th of February a high level international meeting was held in Seville (Spain) to discuss the localiza(...)

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UCLG

March 7 2019

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From Policy Transfer to Urban Sustainability Exchange

On 6th March 2019, at the invitation of the President of Metropolis Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin, during a(...)

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March 7 2019

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Global call to share good practices in public management

ORU Fogar and the UNDP have launched the fourth edition of the Regional Best Practices Award The award is intended fo(...)

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January 31 2019

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How are American cities taking on the SDGs?

New York, United States of America

On November 29, 2018, officials from New York City, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles participated in a panel discussion at the(...)

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December 7 2018

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SDSN Italia Launches SDG Cities Index for Italy

On November 29th, 2018, SDSN Italia hosted a conference entitled “For a Sustainable Italy: Local Leadership as a Driver(...)

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December 7 2018

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The quest for cities of peace

Local governments are the primary actors that can tackle the roots causes of violence and conflict, and reduce inequalit(...)

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November 26 2018

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How the SDGs became the solution for merging municipalities

Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg (in the middle), and Lene Conradi, mayor of Asker municipality (to the left, holdi(...)

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November 26 2018

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The University of Piraeus celebrates the UN Day and calls fo(...)

On Wednesday 24 October, the United Nations day was celebrated at the University of Piraeus with an exceptional event ti(...)

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United Nations

November 16 2018

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[OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] Good practices, success stories(...)

Submit your contribution! Three years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals(...)

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November 12 2018

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The III Good Practices Award goes to Antioquia, Nariño, Tren(...)

During the closing of the annual meeting of ORU Fogar, celebrated last October 23rd, in Rabat, Morocco, the five good re(...)

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November 1 2018

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Regions take the lead in implementing the SDGs

In the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, celebrated from the 8th to 11th of October 2018 in Brussels(...)

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October 23 2018

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The municipality of Ouled Ben Abdelkader lays the foundation(...)

In the framework of the first operation of the type inscribed, for the benefit of ten pilot municipalities of Algeria, u(...)

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October 17 2018

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UN Public Service Day and Awards

Call for Nominations for the 2019 United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) is now open. Nomination(...)

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September 24 2018

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Human rights cities and the Sustainable Development Goals: t(...)

Departing from the human rights city criteria established in the Swedish platform developed by the Swedish Association o(...)

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September 4 2018

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Call for expressions of interest to become a pilot city

United Nations ESCAP and UN-Habitat invite cities and towns in Asia and the Pacific to join the project “Integrating the(...)

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August 31 2018

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Local and Regional Governments’ 2nd Report to the HLPF: Towa(...)

During the 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional(...)

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August 23 2018

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New people-centred approaches needed to ensure no one is lef(...)

Siem Reap – While there has been extraordinary economic progress in the ASEAN region, pockets of multi-dimensional pover(...)

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August 23 2018

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Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG I(...)

Three years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), many Governments, U(...)

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August 23 2018

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Sharing learnings on Bristol’s experience of localising the(...)

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a globally-agreed agenda for sustainable and inclusive prosperity that(...)

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August 15 2018

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How the civil society is organized in Brazil for the locatio(...)

Brasilia, Brazil

Charter of Principles and Organizational Model of the SDGs Brazil Network. WHO WE ARE? The SDGs Brazil Network is a su(...)

Posted by Santiago Martin,
CNM

August 13 2018

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2018 high-level political forum: the territorialisation of t(...)

Pour la première fois cette année, des élus locaux et régionaux français se sont joints  à la délégation  française cond(...)

Posted by Lisa Bonnet,
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international

July 31 2018

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Sustainable Development Goals Report on Cities - Launch of S(...)

16 July—IGES is pleased to announce the launch of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Reports today on the side(...)

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July 16 2018

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Regional governments report their efforts for the territoria(...)

The Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD) in collaboration with the University of Strathc(...)

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July 13 2018

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New York City is the first city in the world to submit a Vol(...)

On July 11,  during the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the city of New York (NYC) presented its Voluntary Local(...)

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July 12 2018

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Gender priorities are part of the domestic and cooperation p(...)

In the framework of the European Development Days 2018 (EDDs) , organized by the European Commission in June of this yea(...)

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June 29 2018

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Distance education on the Sustainable Development Goals

During the XXI March to Brasilia in Defense of the Municipalities, an event that brings together mayors, and government(...)

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June 18 2018

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2nd Child Street Festival of Art and Acceptance ,(...)

The network of art and action People With Balloons, under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens and with the suppor(...)

Posted by Vasiliki Strataki,
1st Primary School Nea Ionia

June 13 2018

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The registration for the SDGs Brazil Award is open!

The SDGs Brazil Award aims to encourage, recognize and give visibility to the best practices promoted by all levels of g(...)

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June 12 2018

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Social and Solidarity Economy to localize the SDGs: the maps(...)

Socioeco.org is a resource web site on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) which tries to present in one place the docum(...)

Posted by Françoise Wautiez,
Ecosol/socioeco

June 11 2018

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Local economic development as a vehicle to localize the SDGs

The fourth edition of the World Forum of Local Economic Development, which started in 2011, took place from October 17 t(...)

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June 1 2018

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From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient s(...)

In support of the 2018 session of ECOSOC, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations De(...)

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May 28 2018

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Youth and Sustainable Development

The role of young people is fundamental for the implementation and fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals, th(...)

Posted by Alvaro Andrade,
Grupo FARO

May 9 2018

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NYC takes historic step in local tracking of progress toward(...)

By: Alexandra Hiniker, Strategic Relationships Manager, NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs On April 20, Mayor(...)

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May 2 2018

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National Council for Development and French International So(...)

Paris, 22.02.2018 The National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI)   is a framework for(...)

Posted by Lisa Bonnet,
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international

April 26 2018

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What are the current and emerging challenges to building sus(...)

If the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to be truly transformative – an Agenda “of the people, for the people,(...)

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March 28 2018

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Intermediate Cities of Latin America towards the 2030 Agenda(...)

From February 28 to March 2, 2018, Cuenca, Ecuador hosted the Continental Forum of Intermediate Cities: Latin America "(...)

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March 21 2018

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Four Ways Cities are Localizing the SDGs in North America

What do Hawaii, Kelowna, Baltimore and Winnipeg have in common?   Not much, you might think. But actually, each of the(...)

Posted by Jennifer Temmer,
IISD

March 16 2018

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Spread your goals with SDG wings!

Angel Wings campaign launched on social media and 6 German cities The UN SDG Action Campaign and media company Weischer(...)

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March 16 2018

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French decentralized cooperation in favor of achieving the S(...)

At the last Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) of 8 February 2018, France(...)

Posted by Lisa Bonnet,
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international

March 15 2018

Perspectives

GOLD V Report to inform about the localization of the SDGs a(...)

The Global Observatory on Decentralization and Local Democracy (GOLD) is launching, from March to the end of April 2018,(...)

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UCLG

March 13 2018

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SDGs seminar for Greek Public Administration Executives

A training and informative three-day seminar for executives of the Greek public administration  took place in November 2(...)

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March 6 2018

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The “Ficha Limpa” (Clean Record) Campaign of the 2030 Agenda(...)

Several goals of the 2030 Agenda highlight the importance of adequate public policies and legislation to ensure their ef(...)

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February 23 2018

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Spanish local and regional governments are driving the local(...)

The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) has developed together with UCLG a dedicated webpage about(...)

Posted by Fabienne Perucca,
UN-Habitat

January 5 2018

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SDGs Project in the Municipalities of Parana receives award(...)

The second vice president of the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) of Brazil, Marcel Micheletto, and presid(...)

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December 14 2017

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Local practices on the SDGs from 20 Flemish municipalities

In May 2017, VVSG kicked off a pilot project on localizing the SDGs. Together with 20 Flemish municipalities, we experim(...)

Posted by Hanne Albers,
VVSG vzw

December 14 2017

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Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN calls(...)

In Hangzhou (China) on 7 December 2017, at the occasion of UCLG World Council, H.E. Ms. Amina Mohamed, Deputy Secretary(...)

Posted by Fabienne Perucca,
UN-Habitat

December 12 2017

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Launch of the second ODS localization learning module within(...)

Within the framework of the Mercocities Summit , in Córdoba, Argentina, the Latin American network Mercociudades togeth(...)

Posted by Fabienne Perucca,
UN-Habitat

December 12 2017

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I Global Forum of Local Governments

The city of Seville, Spain hosted the First Global Forum of Local Governments from November 22 to 24. During the event,(...)

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November 28 2017

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Countries from the Commonwealth of Nations share their visio(...)

Ahead of the Commonwealth Local Government Conference, which is about to start in a few hours in Valletta, Malta (21-24(...)

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November 21 2017

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Local and regional actors share visions and strategies for t(...)

Representatives of regional governments, prefectures, civil society and the private sector, have participated in several(...)

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November 17 2017

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Nearly 500 people participated in the XII Ibero-American Con(...)

The City of Manizales, in the Department of Caldas, has gathered more than 450 people in the XII Ibero-American Congres(...)

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November 14 2017

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UN DAY in Paris : Engaging youth to support the Sustainable(...)

Organisers expected around 300 visitors, mainly students, but an hour after opening, the main hall of UNESCO’s headquart(...)

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November 9 2017

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At the 4th World Forum of Local Economic Development, local(...)

The fourth edition of the World Forum of Local Economic Development, which started in Andalusia (Spain) in 2011, took pl(...)

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October 25 2017

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New Askers work on the SDGs

The new Asker municipality (1) has formally decided to utilise the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals as a(...)

Posted by Vibeke Sand,
The new Asker municipality

October 24 2017

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Play the simple part: connecting the SDGs and our communitie(...)

We selected 50 participants as SDGs champions for awareness workshop at Goverment Girls Secondary School, Abubakar Kigo(...)

Posted by Dennis Ekwere,
Children and Young People Living for Peace

October 23 2017

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Three ways to ‘localize’ financing for sustainable urban dev(...)

The Financing for Development process made possible a broadly participatory discussion on urban sustainable developmen(...)

Posted by Fabienne Perucca,
UN-Habitat

August 16 2017

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POLICY TRANSFER PLATFORM: access case studies from cities ar(...)

The Policy Transfer Platform is a tool created by the City of Berlin and supported by Metropolis and other partners to s(...)

Posted by Camille Toggenburger,
Policy Transfer Platform

July 31 2017

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SDG Game 2017

Recap: SDG Game, April 6-9 About two months ago, Kazan UN Club (Academy of Youth Diplomacy) organised the «SDG Internat(...)

Posted by Daria Zharova,
Academy of Youth Diplomacy

July 20 2017

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Using bricks to build SDGs awareness

Since 2003, Lego, the toy manufacturing Company, started working together with United Nations through the Global Compact(...)

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July 19 2017

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Local actions in Europe and beyond

The need for local governments to participate not only as implementors but as actors for development has been increasing(...)

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June 6 2017

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Become an SDG Pioneer 2017

The UN Global Compact launches a call for nominations for the SDG Pioneers 2017 edition. Individuals engaged with achiev(...)

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May 22 2017

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UCLG held the first Training Module on the Localization of t(...)

Building on the partnership on “localizing the SDGs” between the Global Taskforce and UN organizations, United Cities an(...)

Posted by GOLD ,
UCLG

May 2 2017

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Sixty young leaders to localize the SDGs in more than 50 cit(...)

60 young leaders, 52 cities The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth) has se(...)

Posted by Anastasiya Kostomarova,
SDSN Youth

April 28 2017

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Is Asia-Pacific on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030?

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has published some fascinating infographics, which explore Asia-Pacific's l(...)

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April 4 2017

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Bioloos: Eco-friendly Sustainable Sanitation

Sanitation facilities, globally and in India, are alarmingly poor. India has nearly 600 million people (half of the popu(...)

Posted by Sanjay Banka,
Banka BioLoo

March 25 2017

Perspectives

Papua New Guinea Documentary ‘Driving The Change’

A unique and powerful documentary, which focuses on the struggle and success of the remote highlands community of Domil(...)

Posted by Local2030,

February 22 2017

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Teens Dream - Youth video competition on the SDGs

TEENS DREAM ENGAGES TEENS ACROSS THE PLANET TO CONNECT THEM ON THE SDGs! Teens Dream, inspired by Dr. King, is a collab(...)

Posted by Fabienne Perucca,
UN-Habitat

February 17 2017

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Academic discourse on opportunities and challenges for Small(...)

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Country Office Suriname in collaboration with the Institute of Internation(...)

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February 8 2017

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In Ghana UN Volunteers embark on community advocacy on the S(...)

The launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was accompanied by the need for increased awareness and knowledge(...)

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January 30 2017

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Share One, Plant One

Last year, Youth Of Siliguri initiated The Pocket Money Campaign, which involved sensitizing youngsters to contribute a(...)

Posted by Sailesh Singhal,
United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth and Gender Equality

January 16 2017

Perspectives

The Proactivists Inspire Hundreds Across Europe, Middle East(...)

Over the course of 2015 we have worked across Amsterdam, Budapest, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Korea, London, Ras Al Khaim(...)

Posted by Stephen King,
The Pro-Activists

January 6 2017

Perspectives

Local Pathways Fellowship

By 2050 almost 70% of global population will live in urban areas. The success of the SDGs rests in our ability to transf(...)

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January 3 2017

Perspectives

VVSGs efforts in Localising the SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals are an important tool for Flemish local authorities and their partner towns in the glo(...)

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December 23 2016

Perspectives

A new app turns the “SDGs in Action”

A new mobile application is available to get to know the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and engage all actors to j(...)

Posted by Local2030,

October 26 2016

Perspectives

2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders: SDGs Locali(...)

Local and regional governments, their associations and International Organizations discuss together about  their experie(...)

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October 20 2016

Perspectives

HLPF Side Event: Localizing the SDGs

New York, United States of America

From 11 to 20 July 2016, the United Nations Member States together with a wide array of stakeholders participated in the(...)

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September 28 2016

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