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EU’s sustainable growth platform to implement UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Platform was created through an open selection
process; it will support and advise
the European Commission on implementing the SDGs in the EU member states.
Besides, the Platform will provide a forum for exchange of best practice at
local, regional, national and EU level.
Platform for implementing SDGs in Europe
The
creation of the Platform was announced in the Commission’s Communication as another
steps towards sustainable European future, which was adopted on 22 November
2016, more than a year since SDGs’ adoption in October 2015.
The
subsequent selection process for the Platform, launched by the Commission on 22
May 2017 sought an inclusive and balanced stakeholder representation, including
civil society, non-governmental organisations and the private and corporate
sector, and covering the social, economic and environmental as well as the internal
and external policy dimensions of sustainable development.
The
members all have proven and relevant competence and experience, including at
European level, in areas relevant to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable
Development Goals. They have also demonstrated commitment to sustainable
development. The list of members and all other relevant documents, including
the agendas, the minutes and the participants' submissions, will be made
available via the Commission's Register of Expert Groups.
The
17 Development Goals and their 169 associated targets are global in nature,
universally applicable and interlinked. All countries, developed and developing
alike, have a shared responsibility to achieve the Development Goals.
Commission’s
first Vice-President Frans Timmermans commented
on Platform’s creation (12 October 2017) saying that building sustainable future in Europe need’s active “work from the
grassroots up, using knowledge and skills of a wide range of stakeholders”. The
Commission will cooperate closely with the Platform’s experts in order to
develop “the SDGs vision and the tools” need to succeed in delivering on the SDGs.
The Platform will be chaired by the First Vice-President of the Commission.
Another
Commission’s Vice-President Jyrki Katainen added
that circular economy and sustainable
finances are examples of the innovative European way to ensure growth and
investment that do not harm the planet or people, in all economy’s sectors. The
launch of the Platform, he argued, is another milestone in the road to delivering
feasible results.
Two “work- streams” in implementing SDGs in Europe
The
Platform will make an important contribution to the Commission's Reflection
Paper “Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030”, which was announced in the Letter
of Intent on the Commission’s 2018 Work Programme. This Reflection Paper is
both a follow-up of the Sustainable Development Goals and is becoming an
integral part of the Future of Europe
debate. It will also capture the follow up to the Paris Agreement on
Climate Change and the on-going work on resilience and innovation.
The
EU’s implementation of the UN-2030 Global Agenda follows two “work- streams”:
the first is aimed at integrating all pertinent SDGs both into the European
policy framework and into current Commission priorities. A second “work-track”
will aimed at launching a reflection work on further developing the EU’s longer-term
vision and will focus on SDGs implementation in the sectoral policies after
2020.
More information on: = List of
Stakeholder Platform Members; = Commission
Communication next steps for a sustainable European future; = Sustainable
Development Goals; = Letter of Intent
on the 2018 Commission Work Programme.
Source: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-3922_en.htm?locale=en
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