Final report - Regional Conference “Social Inclusion and (Re-)Integration through 2030 Agenda and SDGs” Brdo, Slovenia, 17-18 April 2018

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The “Regional Conference on social inclusion and (re)integration through 2030 Agenda and SDGs”, took place on 17 and 18 April 2018 in Brdo, Slovenia focusing on the challenges in bringing 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) closer to community level, and looking at the way forward to achieve social inclusion in the countries of Western Balkans and wider in South East Europe. The conference was organised by the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS), supported by the GIZ regional project “Social Rights for Vulnerable Groups (SoRi)”, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The conference was attended by 120 participants including Mayors, local stakeholders, Local Government Associations, Civil Society Organizations and representatives of national government ministries and their agencies. The Conference objectives were to (1) improve mutual learning on successfully implemented community-based approaches to social inclusion and (re)integration, (2) increase awareness on the challenges in the municipalities and acknowledge the importance of collaboration within and between the countries among various stakeholders, (3) create awareness on the SDGs and migration, and (4) recommend approaches on social inclusion and (re) integration in the form of a bottom-up policy advice following the do-no-harm principle.

• Developed by Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS)
• Published In 2018
• Posted by UN-Habitat Local
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