{"id":774,"date":"2020-04-23T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valleflorconsulting.pt\/?p=774"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:58:53","slug":"towards-2030-municipalities-and-sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valleflorconsulting.pt\/en\/towards-2030-municipalities-and-sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards 2030: Municipalities and Sustainable Development Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”778″ img_size=”1000×500″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development comprises an ambitious pledge for \u201cleaving no one behind\u201d and its fulfilment requires a shared responsibility by various development actors at national, regional and local levels. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/strong><\/a> are the guiding framework to everyone\u2019s efforts towards a more socially just world, more environmentally sustainable and more economically developed with less inequality.<\/p>\n Overcoming many of the challenges identified by the SDGs and reaching its targets depends on municipalities and local governments, which are well positioned to meet and respond directly to people\u2019s needs and aspirations, as well as to inform citizens and motivate them to act towards the SDGs. Therefore, it is necessary to inform, mobilise, train, empower, and promote the ownership of SDGs in municipalities.<\/p>\n Within this context, the study \u201cTowards 2030: Municipalities and Sustainable Development Goals\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, by Patr\u00edcia Magalh\u00e3es Ferreira<\/strong><\/a>, elaborated within the scope of the project: \u201cTowards 2030: Campaign for the promotion of SDGs and Development Education and Global Citizenship<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, implemented by IMVF<\/strong><\/a>, the Oeiras Municipality and the Inter-municipality Network for Development Cooperation<\/strong><\/a> (RICD<\/strong>) and financed by Cam\u00f5es \u2013 Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P. provides Portuguese municipalities with groundwork for knowledge and action, through training and mobilisation that enable SDGs\u2019 integration into their local contexts, and therefore to enhance their effective impact on global transformation.<\/p>\n The trainings implemented by VFC are always aligned with the priorities and strategies of each municipality and enable technicians and municipal decision makers to interpret SDGs at a glocal<\/em> scale and to define and implement the 2030 Agenda\u2019s localisation strategies.<\/p>\n