A better World one by one
ALDA and the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals
On January 1st, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially came into force. After years of negotiations, the SDGs were outlined in the publication titled “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and officially adopted during the historical United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in 2015 by 193 UN Members States. The SDGs were based on the experience of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but aim at being even more ambitious than the previous Goals. Thus, the achievement of the so-called Agenda 2030 appears to be possible only by applying different principles. Particularly relevant for the work of ALDA are: universality, inclusiveness and localisation.
These three features fully fit with ALDA’s nature and its operational work, reason why the SDGs have become an integral part of our work. ALDA implements actions and projects to support the SDGs’ localisation. Indeed, every single project is strictly connected with one or more targets and all ALDA’s initiatives aim at contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
Through its active participation in European and international networks, its local actions and initiatives, ALDA is actively part of the global plan for the SDGs’ achievements also contributing to policy processes, targeting different EU institutions and citizens, advocating together towards the implementation of the Agenda 2030.
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ALDA and CONCORD for the localization of the SDGs
ALDA supports the SDGs implementation through its active participation as associate of CONCORD Europe. CONCORD Europe is a member organisation representing more than 2600 NGOs and it is the main interlocutor with the EU institutions in development policy. Within CONCORD Europe, ALDA is especially involved in the Cross-Cutting Priority related to Global Citizenship Education which is strictly connected with the target 4.7 of the SDG 4 on quality education.
Synergy with Local Authorities
ALDA works on ad hoc activities with association of local authorities and local authorities in partnerships and projects – aiming at boosting European local and regional governments’ contribution to EU development cooperation policies and international frameworks. ALDA is also supporting UNDP in various forms of activities
SDG Watch Europe
ALDA is among the first associations who joined and constitutes the SDG Watch Europe alliance. SDG Watch Europe is an EU-level, cross-sectoral CSO alliance of NGOs from development, environment, social, human rights and other sectors. Its goal is to hold governments to account for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs). I
ts work is articulated on four key Strands:
(1) Joint advocacy and policy coordination;
(2) Monitoring, accountability and review;
(3) Engaging CSOs and citizens;
(4) Reflection and Innovation. Considering our core mission, ALDA is particularly active in the Key Strand 3.
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