SDGs

At the beginning of November three-day meeting of 14 representatives of local government networks of the Global Taskforce (GTF) and its partners took place in Barcelona. The meeting was organized in the framework of the newly adopted 2030 agenda and of the run-up to the Habitat III conference to be held in October 2016.

Implementing and localizing the SDGs

Last weekend the UN Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place.

In September 2015 the new Sustainable Development Goals will be finalized. These goals, that will follow up the current Millennium Development Goals, will be more universal, will include environmental challenges and has been more inclusive through involving many stakeholders in their definition. The post 2015 intergovernmental negotiation sessions take place every month since January 2015 and will contribute to the preparations of the Summit. Three further negotiation sessions are envisaged to take place in June and July.