The European Commission has launched the first ever European Sustainability Award to recognize the efforts and creativity of European people, businesses and organisations who work towards reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The press announcement can be read here. Applications can be submitted until 14 September 2018 via the following website. The award has been … Continue reading European Sustainability Award
14 September 2018 in Brussels (Cercle de Lorraine, Place Poelaert 6) The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE, German Development Institute) and Southern Voice hereby have the pleasure to invite you to an international dialogue on policy coherence for sustainable development. It will take place on 14 September … Continue reading International dialogue on policy coherence for sustainable development
Are you from a youth organisation and working on the SDGs? Help us collect best practices, map your projects & actions and together we can show the world how youth organisations are contributing to the 2030 Agenda and how young people are making a better future today. Let us know what your organisation has been … Continue reading Call for your inputs – mapping youth organisations contributions in the 2030 Agenda By European Youth Forum
In the European Consensus on Development, the EU and Member States committed to produce a joint synthesis report on the Consensus on Development including the impact of their actions in support of the 2030 Agenda in developing countries, as a contribution to EU reporting to the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF), when meeting at … Continue reading The Joint Synthesis Report – stakeholder consultation
The science behind the case for postgrowth or degrowth has grown rapidly in the past decade. Members of the European Parliament from 6 political groups will now use this science to challenge European Policymakers at a major postgrowth conference on 18 and 19 September. The EEB is one of the co-organisers and the driving forcé … Continue reading European Parliament debates on postgrowth and the SDGs
3 years since the adoption of the SDGs - a day of global action around the SDGs
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is pleased to invite you to the event on “Standards for the SDGs” to be held in Geneva on 26th September 2018. Organized as a side session to the 41st ISO General Assembly, this event will be convened at the Centre International de Conference Genève (CICG) in Geneva, … Continue reading “Standards for the SDGs” event by UNECE
Partners for change: Civil society engagement in ICPD+25 in the UNECE region Venue: Warwick Hotel Rue de Lausanne 14 1201 Geneva Switzerland Sunday, 30 September 2018 08.30 – 18.00 A civil society consultation will be held on Sunday 30 September, the day before the ICPD+25 Conference for the UN Economic Commission for Europe Region, with … Continue reading UNECE Regional Meeting on ICPD+25 CIVIL SOCIETY CONSULTATION
It is only a few weeks since Europe has suffered from another record breaking summer of heat waves and draughts, making climate change very real for millions of Europeans. With the Paris Agreement and the SDG’s the global community has put in place the framework to act jointly on climate change and combat its impacts. … Continue reading ACT: Your voice on Europe’s long-term climate action