European Sustainable Development Week: May 30 – June 5
On Friday May 30, the European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) kicks off. This initiative puts SDG projects, activities and events that promote sustainable development in more than 30 different...
View ArticleSDG Roadmap
In collaboration with CIFAL Flanders and with the support of MVO Vlaanderen, Voka, Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, created the ‘SDG Roadmap’, a workshop for sustainable and efficient...
View ArticleThe SDGs as a lever for change in policy practices
At the request of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development Belgium, researchers from the university of Leuven conducted a study on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have led to […]...
View ArticleGood Life Goals – Linking personal action with the SDGs
People around the world are becoming increasingly familiar with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but how many of us really know what we can do to reach them? The Good […] The post Good Life...
View ArticleBelgium ranks 12th in the 2018 SDG Index and Dashboard report
With an index score of 79 on the SDG Index, Belgium currently ranks 12th out of 156 countries in the global annual report produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. […] The post Belgium...
View ArticleUNRIC & FDFA publish new guide on the SDGs
The United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) and the Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) developed a useful guide on the 17 SDGs. The brochure ’17 doelstellingen...
View ArticleBelgium’s Federal Planning Bureau publishes new report on sustainable...
Belgium’s task force on sustainable development (Federaal Planbureau/Bureau fédéral du Plan) published a new report in which it evaluates the implementation of the federal sustainable development...
View ArticleBelgium ranks 16th in the 2019 Index and Dashboard Report
‘Transformations to Achieve the SDGs’ is the 2019 edition of the Sustainable Development Report, prepared by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development...
View ArticleAre you joining the Global Week to #Act4SDGs?
Each September, while world leaders gather at the high-level opening of the United Nations General Assembly, thousands of organisations from civil society, youth groups, national and local governments,...
View ArticleUN SDG Summit results in new Political Declaration
On 24-25 September 2019, the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development took place. This was the very first UN Summit on SDGs since 2015. It resulted in the adoption of […] The post UN SDG...
View ArticleHow to use the SDGs in your organisation? Five tips from our Managing...
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View ArticleCourt of Audit reviews SDG preparedness in Belgium
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View ArticleVizier 2030: update on the SDG dashboard indicators by the Flemish government
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View ArticleOn target? UNECE report highlights need for strengthened commitment to...
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View ArticleMOS lanceert ‘SDGs@school’
Om de SDG’s te bereiken voor 2030 moet iedereen meewerken, ook scholen! Werken aan SDG’s op school gaat niet enkel over “wat” (welke inhouden), maar ook (en vooral) over “hoe”. Met […] The post MOS...
View ArticleUN SDSN launches Sustainable Development Report 2021
On 14 June, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network launched the Sustainable Development Report 2021. The report includes the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states. Intrestingly,...
View ArticleThe High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2021
This year, The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) takes place from from Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July 2021. The HLPF is the core United Nations platform for the...
View ArticleTrend break needed to achieve all SDGs by 2030
What progress has Belgium made towards sustainable development? The assessment of 51 indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN shows that on current trends, few SDGs...
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