Despite the European Union’s great legacy and mission, the response of European decision makers’ to the financial crisis, to combating climate change and environmental degradation, to halting growing inequality and undermining women’s rights, to scandals such as those in our food system and Dieselgate, and to increased migration by closing our borders to those in …
Following the publication of the EC Refection Paper, SDG Watch Europe published this reaction to express its disappointment.
SDG Watch Europe deeply “regrets that the paper stays very vague and does not contain any concrete plan, targets or timeline. Five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the EU is …
Result of the review in preparation of the 2019 edition of the EU SDG monitoring report
The EU SDG indicator set, used to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an EU context, is open to annual reviews to incorporate indicators from new data sources and to take into account new EU policy …
SDG Watch Europe as an active member of the SDG Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) and following its joint and coordinated work providing inputs to the MSP on the Reflection Paper “Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030”, in December 2018, decided to publish an Open letter on the need for the EU to fully implement the 2030 …
This SDG Watch Europe letter addressed to First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, calls the EC to report on the EU’s SDG performance in 2019.
Source: SDG Watch Europe
Call on European Commission to report on SDG performance in 2019
SDG Watch Europe, a cross-sectoral coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations together with the campaign Make Europe Sustainable For All, which 25 partner organisations run across the EU reaching out to policy makers and citizens alike, advocate for the ambitious implementation of …
According to this position paper, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) constitutes the European Union’s crucial financial instrument, not only for the budgetary discipline but also for investing into ground-breaking projects.
Before the new MFF begins in 2021, the European Union must seize the opportunity to purposefully set the monetary course for sustainable development, effective …
Video from the #FightInequalities campaign part of the Make Europe Sustainable for All project.
For a peaceful world we need an equal World.
During the European Development Days, under the #FightInequalities campaign of the Make Europe Sustainable for All project, the 17 steps to equality game was launched. It follows the logic of a typical “snakes and ladders” game, each player will throw a die and advance following the arrows on the board. If they fall into …
NGO mobilisation is required to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are implemented at the national level. This study investigates how NGOs mobilise in European countries, with a special focus on
France and Germany, in order to encourage action and to identify obstacles and ways forward. It appears that although NGOs are increasingly aware …