20 November 2017
SDG Watch Europe criticises today’s Eurostat Report on Sustainable Development in the EU for failing to adequately illustrate progress and failure in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the Union.
For future monitoring, SDG Watch Europe calls on the European Commission and Eurostat to:
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Joint letter from SDG Watch Europe, CEEweb for Biodiversity, CEE bankwatch network
SDG Watch Europe input to the Reflection paper on EU finances asking for sustainability proofing the future EU budget based on a set of sustainability principles.
Source: SDG Watch Europe
25 September 2017- Two years after signing up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EU still has no clear plan on how to achieve them and the clock is ticking.
Embracing the SDGs would lead to substantial improvements in the lives of Europeans and many others around the globe. EU political leaders …
A handbook for civil society
This handbook aims to provide guidance to civil society organisations (CSOs) on how to engage with parliaments and parliamentarians to promote, support and track the implementation of the United
Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda). The 2030 Agenda is not solely a government agenda and cannot …
More than 250 non-government organisations from across Europe have released an alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable Europe.
Intended to influence the debate on the future direction of Europe, this alternative vision is endorsed by organisations representing a multitude of public interest issues, including labour rights, culture, development, environment, health, women’s rights, …
In April 2017, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, including 5 possible scenarios for discussion at European and Member State levels. The CSOs’ alliance SDG Watch Europe in collaboration with Friends of the Earth Europe has developed an alternative “Scenario …
Even though the EU budget has changed a lot in the last decades, it still requires ambitious reform to enable it to be a positive driver of change, meet the expectations of the people for an ambitious future for Europe, and accordingly support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainability principles for the future …
On 24 March, 24 hours before the 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome celebrations, SDG Watch Europe and its members ran an online #SDGAmbassadors Campaign featuring Members of the European Parliament who stand for the Sustainable Development Goals in their parliamentary work.
SDG Watch Europe is proud to count 30+ Supporters in the European …
In this document you will find the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) recommendations on the implementation of the SDGs in and by the EU. The Various Interest Group has published the recommendations after its recent conference “The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a new frontier of rights and progress for the EU”.
SDG Watch Europe welcomes the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) recommendations on the implementation of the SDGs in and by the EU.
SDG Watch Europe agrees with the EESC that the EU must show international leadership while the Agenda 2030 must become the strategic framework for the future of Europe. They …