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1 The Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Vision for Local Policy and Action Peter Wollaert UNITAR Fellow Managing Director CIFAL Flanders UNICA GREEN Workshop Brussels,

2 CIFAL FLANDERS UNITAR

3 CIFAL GLOBAL NETWORK: HQ GENEVA & 17 REGIONAL HUBS

4 CIFAL GLOBAL NETWORK: BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY FOR AGENDA 2030

5 THE AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

6 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

7 CIFAL FLANDERS AGENDA 2030 SUSTAINABILITY TOOL

8 AGENDA 2030: IS YOUR UNIVERSITY FUTURE PROOF?

9 : UN APPROVES AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

10 ALL 193 MEMBER STATES

11 TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD

12 TRANSITION THEORY: MULTI LEVEL PERSPECTIVE (MLP)

13 OFFICIAL LOGO: THE GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

14 VISION & PRINCIPLES Reflected in declaration RESULTS FRAMEWORK SDGs Sustainable Development Goals Global Partnership Means of Implementation (MoIs) IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOW-UP & REVIEW

15 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD

16 THEN Two parallel processes NOW One holistic 2030 agenda MDG TRACK Strong focus on social dimension Completing the unfinished business of the MDGs and leaving no one behind SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRACK Focus on environmental sustainability Revising sustainable development with an integrated and balanced view of all key dimensions

17 1962: Rachel CARSON (USA) SILENT SPRING

18 1972: CLUB OF ROME THE LIMITS TO GROWTH

19 1987: GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND (Norway): SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

20 1987: DEFINITION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Gro Harlem Brundtland

21 MEETING THE DUAL GOALS OF SUSTAINABILITY

22 1992: EARTH SUMMIT IN RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL): AGENDA 21

23 : 8 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

24 MDGs ( ) versus SDGs ( )

25 1997: John ELKINGTON (UK): TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

26 PROFIT PEOPLE PLANET

27 INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Development 1987 Gro Harlem Brundtland Triple Bottom Line (3 Ps) 1997 John Elkington Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 201 Ban Ki Moon

28 PROSPERITY PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

29 PARTNERSHIP PROSPERITY PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

30 AGENDA 2030: NEW GLOBAL DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

31 PARTNERSHIP PROSPERITY PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

32 DUTCH TRANSLATION OF THE 17 SDG ICONS

33 PLANET

34 PEACE PLANET

35 PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

36 PROSPERITY PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

37 PARTNERSHIP PROSPERITY PEACE PEOPLE PLANET

38

39 GOAL 17: CLUSTERS MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION Finance Technology Capacity-Building Trade Systemic issues

40 JULY 201: ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

41 SDGs: GOALS, TARGETS, MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION & INDICATORS 17 Goals (Doelstellingen) 169 Subgoals (Subdoelstellingen) 126 Targets (Meetbare doelen) 43 Means of Implementation (Implementatiemiddelen) (Goal 17) 232 Indicators (Indicatoren) Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)

42 MDGs ( ) versus AGENDA 2030 ( ) PLANET PEACE PEOPLE PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

43 SDGs AS A NETWORK OF TARGETS

44 LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND

45 AGENDA 2030 & 17 SDGs: INTEGRATED, INDIVISIBLE AND UNIVERSAL

46 SDGs: OPERATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA Human Rights & SDGs 16 of the 169 targets are linked with the human rights

47 SDGs & HUMAN RIGHTS

48 2011: UN PROTECT, RESPECT AND REMEDY FRAMEWORK (UNGP) UN Special Representative John Ruggie proposed a framework on business & human rights to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2008, resting on three pillars: 1. the state duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business; 2. the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and 3. greater access by victims to effective remedy, both judicial and non-judicial.

49 OECD: MEASURING DISTANCE TO THE SDGs (JUNE 2017)

50 SDG INDEX & DASHBOARD 2017: BELGIUM AT PLACE 12 (OF 17)

51 UN WORLD POPULATION PROSPECTS (2014)

52 GLOCALISING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

53 TAKE ACTION: GETTING STARTED WITH THE SDGs (DECEMBER 201)

54 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR): DEFINITION EU (2011) CSR is the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society Respect for applicable legislation, and for collective agreements between social partners, is a prerequisite for meeting that responsibility. To fully meet their corporate social responsibility, enterprises should have in place a process to integrate social, environmental, ethical, human rights and consumer concerns into their business operations and core strategy in close collaboration with their stakeholders, with the aim of: - maximising the creation of shared value for their owners/shareholders and for their other stakeholders and society at large; - identifying, preventing and mitigating their possible adverse impacts. Link:

55 SDG COMPASS: STRENGTHENING CSR BY IMPLEMENTING AGENDA 2030

56 MATERIALITY INDEX (EXAMPLE: MONCLER) (VERSUS: GREENWASHING)

57 1984: Edward FREEMAN (USA) STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT A stakeholder is a person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies. Stakeholder Engagement Standard (SES) AA html

58 SDGs AS MULTI STAKEHOLDER PANEL: OUTSIDE IN APPROACH

59 ROSY BLUE: THE 17 SDGs HAVE BECOME THE UNIVERSAL CSR AGENDA

60 2017: KATE RAWORTH: DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS

61 AGENDA 2030: IS YOUR UNIVERSITY FUTURE PROOF?

62 INSTITUTIONAL SELF ASSESSMENT

63 AGENDA 2030: IS YOUR UNIVERSITY FUTURE PROOF?

64 CLIMATE ACTION IN SDG WHEEL: IMPACT ON OTHER SDGs

65 SDG STRATEGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TOWARDS SDG UNIVERSITY

66 SDG MAPPING AT KU LEUVEN

67 SDG MAPPING AT ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL

68 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AT GHENT UNIVERSITY

69 AGENDA 2030 & GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI)

70 AGENDA 2030 ABSTRACT

71 LEARN AT UNITAR: ONLINE COURSES ON AGENDA 2030 AND THE SDGS

72 SDG ONLINE LIBRARY LINK

73 UN DESA: SDG REPORT 2017

74 CIFAL FLANDERS SDG TRAINING PORTFOLIO 2018

75 CIFAL FLANDERS SDG TRAININGS SDG TRAININGS SDG Lectures, Workshops & Action Learning Days SDG Training package of 1 year: START TO SDG SDG Training package of 3 years: SDG CHAMPION CONTACT US T: E: info@cifal-flanders.org

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