Strengthening review and implementation processes for the 2030 Agenda in Asia and Latin America

Context

By adopting the 2030 Agenda, the member states of the United Nations agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The countries are now responsible for implementing the goals, monitoring implementation and reporting on progress by submitting Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs).

To achieve the goals, the countries must develop cross-sectoral policy programmes that have an international, national and local impact and command broad support from society.

Objective

Partner countries in Asia and Latin America improve their implementation of integrated strategies and their reporting on the 2030 Agenda.

Approach

The project uses the following measures to achieve its objective:

• It advises decision-makers in China, Colombia, India and Indonesia on developing their capacity for taking an integrated, honest and partnership-based approach to implementing the 2030 Agenda.
• It organises national and regional dialogues and exchange to involve all stakeholder groups.
• It designs and implements the conferences in preparation for the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLFP), where representatives of various stakeholder groups from Germany and the German Government discuss positions on the 2030 Agenda.
• It accompanies the German delegation to the HLPF in New York, where global sustainable development topics and progress on the SDGs are discussed.
• It advises and supports the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) on implementing German sustainable development policy at international level.
• It assists in establishing the secretariat of the Global Forum, a network that connects the SDG councils of various stakeholder groups.
• It designs and implements regional workshops on the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) in Latin America and Asia to disseminate the recommendations made in the GSDR and mainstream them at a practical level.

In the event of the measures having any negative impacts, partner can submit complaints via the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Last update: October 2024