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1 The Sustainable Development Goals A Global Vision for Local Policy & Action Peter Wollaert UNITAR Fellow Managing Director CIFAL Flanders UN City Hall Talk #6, Hasselt Een samenwerking tussen stad Hasselt en CIFAL Flanders, met steun van de Nationale Loterij.

2 FOCUS: BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY FOR AGENDA 2030

3 : UN APPROVES AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

4 SEPTEMBER 201: AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

5 AGENDA 2030: 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

6 OFFICIAL LOGO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

7 1987: GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND (Norway): SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

8 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 8

9 1997: John ELKINGTON (UK): TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE - THE 3 Ps

10 : 8 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

11 MDGs ( ) versus SDGs ( )

12 EXERCISE Persoonlijke prioriteiten Gemeenschappelijke prioriteiten

13 EXERCISE Persoonlijke prioriteiten Gemeenschappelijke prioriteiten

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

15 PREAMBLE AGENDA 2030: Ps OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

16 PEACE

17 UNESCO: BUILDING PEACE IN THE MINDS OF MEN AND WOMAN

18 JUSTICE: BUSINESS ETHICS

19 STRONG INSTITUTIONS: GOOD / CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

20 PARTNERSHIP (PARTICIPATION)

21 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

22 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION: ASSETS Finance Technology Capacity-Building Trade Systemic issues

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

24 BELGIAN SDG CHARTER: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

25 AGENDA 2030: NEW GLOBAL DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

26 OVERVIEW PARTNERSHIP PEOPLE: PROSPERITY PLANET PEACE NO HEALTH, 17 POVERTY (PROFIT) SDGs EDUCATION & ZERO HUNGER & GENDER EQUALITY

27 Ps & 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

28 MDGs ( ) versus POST-201 AGENDA ( )

29 EXERCISE Persoonlijke prioriteiten Gemeenschappelijke prioriteiten

30 SDG SYNERGIES: 17 GOALS, 169 TARGETS & 229 INDICATORS

31 SDGs: GOALS, TARGETS, MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION & INDICATORS 17 Goals (Doelstellingen) 169 Subgoals (Subdoelstellingen) 126 Targets (Meetbare doelen) 43 Means of Implementation (Implementatiemiddelen) (Goal 17) 229 Indicators (Indicatoren) Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)

32 AGENDA 2030: INTEGRATED, INDIVISIBLE & UNIVERSAL

33 SDGs: OPERATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA Human Rights & SDGs Agenda 2030 covers issues related to all Human Rights 16 of the 169 targets are inextricably linked with humen rights instruments

34 SDG INDEX & DASHBOARS: BELGIUM AT PLACE 12 OF 149 COUNTRIES

35 FEDERAL PLANNING BUREAU: PROGRESS TOWARDS AGENDA 2030

36 : ONE YEAR SDGs

37 REFLECTION 2: BUILDING CAPACITY & IMPLEMENTATION AGENDA 2030 Agenda 2030 & 17 Sustainable Development Goals Businesses - Global Compact - UNGP on Business & Human Rights - Paris Agreement on Climate Change Local Authorities - Habitat III: New Urban Agenda - Paris Agreement on Climate Change - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

38 17 SDGs: OFFICIAL DUTCH TRANSLATION

39 BUSINESS ACTION FOR THE SDGs

40 BRINGING A TOPIC TO THE CENTRE OF THE Ps

41 BRINGING A TOPIC TO THE CENTRE OF THE 17 SDGs

42

43 LOCALISING THE SDGs

44 LOCALIZING THE SDGs

45 UN: BY 200, 70% OF THE WORLD S POPULATION WILL BE URBAN

46 1987

47 SHANGHAI 2012

48 POPULATION GROWTH FLEMISH CITIES

49

50 SMART CITY CONCEPT

51 COMMITTED TO THE GLOBAL GOALS?

52 WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY?

53 BELGIAN SDG-INITAITIVES ON NEW WEBSITE:

54 SDG GLOBAL WEBSITES TOP

55 CIFAL FLANDERS ONLINE

56 LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK! CIFAL Flanders UNITAR Grote Markt 1, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium Contact person: Peter Wollaert, UNITAR Fellow Managing Director

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