The success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development hinges on effective collaboration between all relevant actors. Knowledge, resources, skills, and partnerships will need to be mobilized on an unprecedented scale to implement all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Local2030 was launched as an UN-wide initiative that brings together 15+ UN agencies as well as partners such as UCLG, Brookings, Climate Group, WWF, IPI, and others to foster collaboration and build a movement around SDG localization. Meanwhile, UN-Habitat, UNDP, and UCLG launched Localizing the SDGs with a focus on sharing and developing new country-level SDG localization tools and guidance.
As of last year, these two initiatives have joined forces to ensure greater alignment—which is also reflected in Local2030’s new logo, which is a merger of the old Local2030 and Localizing the SDGs logos. Local2030 is now the only multi-partner global platform on SDG localization that brings together partners from the UN, local and regional government networks, civil society, think tanks, philanthropies, the private sector, and other partners.
Local2030: Localizing the SDGs is currently the only global network and platform that supports the on-the-ground delivery of the SDGs, with a focus on that furthest behind. It is a convergence point between local and regional governments and their associations, national governments, businesses, community-based organizations and other local actors, and the United Nations system. Local2030 supports local leaders in collaboratively incubating and sharing solutions, unlocking bottlenecks, and implementing strategies that advance the SDGs at the local level.
Local2030 is a global multi-stakeholder initiative that supports the implementation of the SDGs at the local level by encouraging knowledge exchange amongst local and regional governments and local stakeholders of different nature and sectors, helping to bring them closer to achieving the SDGs through awareness-raising, research, data collection, campaigning and community networking for the development of effective, innovative and results-oriented local government systems for the SDGs. Local2030 mobilizes local actors in support of the Decade of Action.
Core features of Local 2030 include convening for commitment in which the network engages in high-level advocacy with relevant actors for SDG implementation; scaling local-level for finance to support efforts to mobilize direct SDGs related finance; encouraging evidence for change by supporting reporting data in formal SDG reporting processes and the local 2030 hubs.
With the aim of providing a one-stop-shop on SDG localization resources and tools for stakeholders, this platform combines prior work by Localizing the SDGs and Local2030 earlier provided by the UCLG Task Force, UN-Habitat, and UNDP jointly. The UN Foundation and UN-Habitat are the focal points for the hubs, with UN Foundation being the primary focal point for hubs hosted by businesses, civil society, foundations, think tanks, etc, and UN-Habitat for hubs hosted by local authorities.
Current Local2030 partners include the United Nations (UN) system, local governments, national governments, financing institutions, businesses and private sector, foundations and philanthropy, academia and civil society to collaboratively develop and implement solutions, share best practices, monitor that advance the SDGs at the local level.
Local2030 partners are sharing tools, experiences, new solutions, and guides to support SDG localization. A core feature is a toolbox, which contains a range of concrete, practical and adaptable mechanisms and instruments that support the development, implementation, monitoring, and review of locally-appropriate SDG actions.
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