Concept notes and papers
In January 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the main international mechanism for guiding development in all United Nations member states until 2030. These global goals concern a wide range of targets, including poverty alleviation, economic growth and environmental objectives. National governments, however, cannot realise these ambitious goals on their own. Collective and individual efforts at the local, national and international levels are necessary. Moreover, governments will need the broad involvement of other stakeholders, such as the private sector, the general public and civil society organisations (CSOs). This paper identifes four critical roles that CSOs can play in the “localisation” of these goals. These roles were discussed and validated by two African think tank dialogues that involved civil society actors as well as other local and international experts-
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The Metropolitan Capacity Assessment Methodology (MetroCAM) has been developed by GIZ in cooperation with UN-Habitat as a guiding framework for implementing sustainable development agendas at the metr...
Developed by GIZ and UN-Habitat
Posted by Verena Goranko
Tools : Territorial / Multi-Stakeholder Approach
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These recommendations were produced in the subgroup "Delivering Sustainable Development Goals at local and regional level" of the multi-stakeholder platform on the implementation of the SDGs in the EU...
Developed by Subgroup on “SDGs at local and regional...
Posted by Local2030
Concept notes and papers
