Global Report Launch: Progressing National SDGs Implementations | Lancement Rapport Mondial: Progression de la mise en œuvre des ODD au niveau national - 30.01.19 Register here for the global report launch – the 3rd edition of an independent assessment of the Voluntary National Review reports submitted to the United Nations High-level Political Forum in 2018 … Continue reading Global Report Launch: Progressing National SDGs Implementations

Share your inputs on the SDGs under review at the 2019 HLPF! Deadline: 8 February 2018 Background: When adopting the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States decided to undertake thematic reviews of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including cross-cutting issues. Member States have also decided that the HLPF, under the … Continue reading Stakeholders E-consultation On the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under review at the 2019 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

As part of the project Make Europe Sustainable for All, financial support is available to local level civil society groups campaigning on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We welcome applications for local project proposals in 15 countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain) before the … Continue reading Apply for MESA grants!

Recently we have seen how changing demographic trends, a rise in inequality and populism, increasing consequences of climate change, concerns over structural safety, are changing the political, social, infrastructural and environmental landscapes, including housing. Housing and how (and, indeed, where) we live will be a decisive factor in the shaping of our future(s), and so … Continue reading European Responsible Housing Awards 2019 – Submit your projects & join dozens of innovators across Europe

Since the adoption in 2015 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and of the 17 SDGs, the 193 signatory countries are expected to report regularly on the implementation of this universal agenda, which covers all policies and requires the involvement of all stakeholders. Regional and local authorities are essential partners in this … Continue reading Take part in our survey on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!

The Fair Trade Advocacy Office will be leading with other civil society networks (e.g. CIDSE, IFOAM-EU, RIPESS-EU) an elections campaign on Sustainable Consumption and Production ahead of the EP elections in May this year. In order to support civil society organisations taking an active role in this campaign at national level, Fairtrade International has launched … Continue reading European Parliament elections campaign on Sustainable Consumption and Production (and small grants)

Call for Submissions: Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG Implementation - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)   Three years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), many Governments, UN entities, international and regional organizations, Major Groups and other Stakeholders, are planning … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG Implementation

How to prepare in this year of transition? Panel debate 10:00 - 12:30 @ EEB (Tweekerkenstraat 14-16, Brussels) Please register by 25 February by emailing to sdgwatcheurope@gmail.com In 2019, a new European Parliament will be elected, and the political leadership of the EU will change. This year of transition provides opportunities to reshape the overall … Continue reading Making sustainable development the political priority for the EU’s new political leadership