The NGO Major Group is tasked with facilitating the participation and enhancing the engagement of non-governmental organizations in the processes directly and indirectly related to the High Level Political Forum.
When possible, they work to organize positions on behalf of the members to be delivered in various United Nations spaces.
Toolbox for localizing the sustainable development goals
The focus of this toolbox is to be simple, providing applicable guidance in changing environments. It is also to remain flexible, yet concrete. We work to provide practical direction in assessing, planning, implementing and monitoring local policies, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals’ attainment strategies.
This guide is a first and preliminary guide on how to “get started” with implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to help stakeholders, including governments at all levels (national, regional, and local), to understand the SDG Agenda, to start an inclusive dialogue on SDG implementation, and to prepare SDG-based national development strategies (or …
in 2016, twenty-two countries presented voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and particularly the sustainable development goals (SDGs), over a day and a half during the Ministerial Segment of the HLPF under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
This report synthesizes some of the findings of the …
The full comic book with a nice cartoon for each SDG, explained to kids, is here: http://margreetdeheer.com/eng/globalgoals.html
This document is the product of a broad discussion within Together 2030 and is organized in two sections:
Principles that should be upheld by governments and stakeholders during the implementation and follow up of 2030 Agenda and Principles to be upheld within Together 2030 in the promotion of its joint work Those are the principles …
This study examines how high-income countries are currently performing in this regard: Are the rich countries holding up their end of the global deal on sustainable development? Are they doing their homework? It ought to be a fi rst systematic assessment of developed nations on what are likely to become the global policy goals for …
Presentation from the System of Environmental Economic Accounting. More info on seea@un.org