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National multi sectoral coalitions

SDG Watch Europe is supporting national civil society organisations from different sectors to come together and collaborate more effectively on the monitoring of the correct implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This work is visualised through a simple map now. All these coalitions and alliances bring together organisations from very different backgrounds to work …

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
SDG coalitions

Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in the EU and beyond

Despite the European union’s commitment to leave no one behind, millions of people in Europe are falling victim to widening inequalities. This EU wide report, shines a light on the impact of rising inequalities on people and planet. It maps the reality of various forms of inequality, both nationally and at the European level. It …

Published: June 18, 2019
Goal 10
Austria, Czech Republic, EU, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain
Policy papers

German CSOs declaration during SDG Forum

The German CSOs declaration was handed over to the head of the German chancellery, Helge Braun, on 13 June 2019. The presentation was part of the Forum Sustainability, the annual SDG event hosted by the German government with over 200 participants from civil society, science, business, all branches of government, communal and regional representatives and …

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Germany
Policy papers

The 2018 Peer Review on the German Sustainability Strategy

The German Government invited the International Peer Group to review its Sustainable Development Strategy.

The main RECOMMENDATIONS are:

1. Keep what works, elevate what is good, and change what has failed to deliver.
2. Make the institutional architecture charged with implementing the GSDS more
effective.
3. Raise the level of ambition for …

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Germany
Monitoring & review tools, Policy papers

Germany and the global sustainability agenda 2018: This is how sustainability works!

In Germany and the Sustainable Development Agenda:This is how sustainability works! the authors and interview partners explain how sustainability policy can be actively shaped and where it has already been put into practice. Civil society and trade union initiatives
as well as measures at local level and examples from other countries serve to illustrate …

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Germany
Monitoring & review tools, Policy papers

2018 German shadow report: So_geht_Nachhaltigkei

German 2018 shadow report. Only avaialbe in German.

Mit der Agenda 2030 und den Zielen für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) haben die Regierungen der Welt den Rahmen für die globale Nachhaltigkeitspolitik der kommenden zwölf Jahre gesteckt.
Die Agenda und ihre Ziele haben das Potential, auch die deutsche Politik auf Bundes-, Länderund kommunaler Ebene zu prägen. …

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Germany
Policy papers

The EU’s post-2020 budget: guidelines for investing in Europe’s future

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 …

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EU, Germany
Policy papers

NGO mobilisation around the SDGs

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 …

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EU, France, Germany
SDG coalitions

Sustainability under construction: Germany and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – An Overview

Based on the 17 SDGs, this shadow report formulates analyses, criticism and possible recommendations for action for 17 subject areas, from poverty in old age to German foreign policy (in Part II).

Published by CorA – Netzwerk für Unternehmensverantwortung, Deutscher Bundesjugendring, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Deutscher Naturschutzring, Diakonie Deutschland, Forum Menschenrechte, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Global …

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Germany
Monitoring & review tools, Policy papers

German Almanac of Sustainability: Initiatives and impressions on the social reality of sustainability

The German Council for Sustainable Development has published its 2017 Sustainability Almanac online. The almanac highlights specific projects and initiatives implemented by local authorities, government bodies and the private sector to demonstrate where the transformation towards a more ecological and caring society is already in full swing.

Source: German Council for Sustainable Development

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Germany
Policy papers