Don’t miss this exciting webinar: Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Lessons from South Africa

ICLEI: Local Governments for Sustainability- Africa has recently launched a weekly webinar series (https://africa.iclei.org/webinars/) on Building sustainable African cities during and after a pandemic, in collaboration with a range of partners, including RISE Africa (https://riseafrica.iclei.org/). As part of the Roadmap to RISE Africa in 2021 (https://riseafrica.iclei.org/roadmap/), one of the themes we are  exploring in this webinar series is around the Localisation of the SDGs.

We invite you to join us in the first Webinar on the Localisation of the SDGs, titled:

Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Lessons from South Africa

Date: 4 August 2020
Time: 14.00 – 15.30 SAST (GMT+2)
Register Now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_id6lPdWBTPCQNDLgAXSokA

The webinar will explore the South African SDG landscape, and reflect on the experiences of South African cities on localising the SDGs, in order to draw out key learnings and insights to inspire localisation of the SDGs across the African continent.

This webinar will form the first of a two-part series. The second webinar, scheduled for 1 September 2020, will build on the South African case study and seek to present an approach to understanding the localisation of the SDGs on the African continent more broadly.

Localisation of the global sustainability agenda is increasingly recognized as critical to its success. It is in and around cities where the interconnections between the different elements of sustainability find expression, especially in a world where our collective future is increasingly urban. Our ability to achieve the SDGs by 2030 will depend on the extent to which the global goals and associated targets find meaning in local planning, development, budgeting, and monitoring and reporting processes, and are matched with ambitious action at the local level.