“Local and regional governments in Spain and throughout Europe are paving the way for the active implementation of the global goals,” wrote Carlos Martínez Mínguez, Mayor of Soria, Spain, Vice Chairman of CEMR and spokesperson for the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (Sustainable development Goals).He signed A study just released by PLATFORMA and CEMR.
Sustainable development is increasingly associated with a new trend concept: sustainable recovery. The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt such a heavy blow to Europe and continues to affect us, but it is still necessary for local and regional governments to be at the forefront of crisis management and recovery plans, involving not only health issues, but also citizens and local governments.
In order for us to better build a stronger and more resilient Europe together, we need to make full use of and nurture the power of the 2030 Agenda and all the values it demonstrates: inclusiveness and diversity; promote new multi-sectoral and multi-level Partnership; policy coherence; gender equality; and territorial cohesion, with special attention to a declining Europe. In order to achieve effective localization, all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must be addressed as a whole, as a set of indivisible goals that need to be achieved from the bottom up.
A new localization strategy needs to be developed to promote the synergy between the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda, because this political commitment will lay the foundation for the overall urban and rural design of Europe in 2030: a territory that improves lives.
This year, Spain will submit a voluntary national review at the United Nations High-level Political Forum, which includes the recently approved 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy, which recognizes and promotes the important role played by Spanish local governments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the ten-year action. In front of me.
At the local level, periodic reports have been published (for example, voluntary local reviews in Valencia, Barcelona, Córdoba and Malaga). With the Spanish government’s 2030 Agenda Secretary of State and national think tank, progress has been made in the definition of indicatorsSpain Sustainable Development Network). All of this is supported by our national association, the Spanish Federation of Provinces and Municipalities (FEMP).
Local and regional governments in Spain and throughout Europe are paving the way for the active implementation of global goals, but we need to have a dedicated space in these national and international reporting and decision-making processes to show the reality of our territory: our differences, our The challenge and most importantly are our strengths.
