TRAINING ACADEMY ON THE LOCALISATION OF SDGs

Halfway point towards 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report shows that just 12% of the SDG targets are on track. Progress on 50% is weak and insufficient. Worst of all, we have stalled or gone into reverse on more than 30% of the SDGs. With around 65% of the SDGs targets related with competences at local and regional level, we need to tailor SDG implementation to local context and priorities. It is important to continue raising awareness on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, provide adequate capacity building support, involve stakeholders and mobilize sufficient financial resources.

To support cities accelerating the implementation of the SDGs, the Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities (RFSC) offers an online training academy seeking to support interested cities in “localising” the SDGs. This means tailoring the SDGs to place-based contexts and understanding how they translate in their territorial specificities and realities, providing guidance to mainstream the SDG lens into territorial planning, strategy setting and policymaking, and monitoring progress against SDG targets.

This online training academy aims to reinforce the work that contributes to supporting cities in effectively localising the SDGs based on an integrated and participatory approach, promoting capacity-building and peer-to-peer exchange between cities.

OBJECTIVES
This online training will provide support to selected cities in assessing how their local strategies are integrating the SDGs and what could be improved to ensure good interlinkages between SDGs and local actions, by using the Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities tool. By completing this training, participating cities will:

• Translate Global Goals to their local context,
• Identify local actions contributing to each or several of the SDGs and
• Learn about monitoring and indicators and measuring progress

The online training will prioritise a space for peer learning and exchange, allowing participants to benefit from others’ experience on policy alignment and priorities, concrete actions being implemented and contributing to the SDGs. Through different communication channels, cities will get promotion for the work they are conducting which will be presented in a final online event and compiled in a report which will be promoted and disseminated to a large audience.

FORMAT
• This online training academy consists of 4 sessions with a duration of 60min each.
• Each session will include an introductory part and a guided peer learning moment. The final session will be a moment to present the progress achieved.
• In each module, participants will receive guidance on how to use the Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities tool to progress on each of the steps.
• Materials will be shared with participant cities after each training session.

TIMELINE
11.07.2024 | 10.00 – 11.00 CET | Session 1: Translating Global Goals to the local context
18.07.2024 | 10.00 – 11.00 CET | Session 2: Local policies and actions to achieve the SDGs
20.09.2024 | 10.00 – 11.00 CET | Session 3: Monitoring the progress of the SDGs
27.09.2024 | 10.00 – 11.00 CET | Session 4: Presenting the local SDG strategy

APPLICATION
The training targets technical staff in the municipalities responsible for the SDG implementation. Applications are open until 30 June 2024 and can be done through this link:
https://forms.office.com/e/UtUdc1syTC