The localisation of the SDGs in Europe: local and regional indicators and multilevel governance - Report launch
Date and Time: Wednesday, 16 June 2021 | 14:30 - 16:00 Central European Time (CET)
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission presents three methodological reports on the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Europe.
Under the coordination of the JRC, three international experts have elaborated specific analyses, based on the experiences of European local and regional governments that use monitoring as a tool to localise the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.
The three reports provide evidence and insights on different elements and scales of these first-generation voluntary reviews.
· The first report explores the use of local indicators in European Voluntary Local Reviews between 2016 and early 2021.
· The second report (in publication) suggests a set of regional indicators for the monitoring of the SDGs in Europe, based on the analysis of three subnational case studies.
· The third report focuses on the SDG localisation and multi-level governance, starting from lessons learned from the Basque Country to elaborate recommendations and insights which could contribute to the creation of SDGs ecosystems in other countries.
The main findings of the reports will be presented and discussed during the event, with the goal to identify additional methodological gaps and ways forward.
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AGENDA
5’ Welcome and introduction
Mikel Landabaso, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
30’ Presentation of the three reports
- European SDG Voluntary Local Reviews: A comparative analysis of local indicators and data
Andrea Ciambra, EC expert, Laboratory of Cartographic Engineering, University of A Coruña
- Regional indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals. An analysis based on the cases of the Basque Country, Navarre and Flanders
Ainhoa Gea Aranoa, EC expert, ADOS Sostenibilidad y Clima
- SDG localisation and multi-level governance: lessons from the Basque Country
Andoni Hidalgo Simón, EC expert, Managing Director, Euroiker
25’ Feedback from international experts
- Geir Graff, P3O / Innovation Strategist, Centre for innovation and learning, Asker Kommune
- Inmaculada Herrador, Directora de la Oficina Técnica, Fundación Estrategias;
- Agnieszka Widuto, European Parliamentary Research Service
Reactions from the authors
25’ Open debate
5’ Conclusions
Alessandro Rainoldi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Moderator: Alice Siragusa, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Contact point: Alice Siragusa
Background of the URBAN2030 – II project
The project URBAN2030 – II builds on the knowledge and experience gained in the preparation of the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews1 and the URBAN2030 project developed with the support of DG REGIO (2018 – 2024). The Project aims at fostering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in European cities and regions providing knowledge and technical support for the design and implementation of SDG Voluntary Local Reviews. The project has the ambition to upscale efforts, working approaches and solutions through the setup of several Pilot cities and sub-national case studies.
The JRC has been working since October 2024 with a group of European cities to validate the proposed methodology: Bratislava, Oulu, Porto, Reggio Emilia, Seville, Valencia, Turku and Helsinki. Knowledge and insight from this work will feed the second edition of the European Handbook, which is planned for publication in 2022. This edition of the European Handbook will include an update on the state of the art on local reviews, a consolidated framework indicator set and policy recommendations on viable strategies for the future.