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The Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD)is committed to localizing the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda and the other major global agendas. With the start of the SDG acceleration decade, the GOLD is putting its efforts in supporting local and regional governments in the processes of monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
UCLG, on behalf of the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, has already facilitated and presented five reports called ‘Towards the localization of the SDGs’ at the United Nations' High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that takes place yearly in New York. Other initiatives include developing and disseminating materials, participating in discussion groups and directly supporting local and regional authorities in their efforts to localize the SDGs and, particularly, to monitor and report on the achievements and challenges. Country-wide, bottom-up Voluntary Subnational Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews are becoming crucial tools with which local and regional governments report on the state of SDG localization in their territories. Through the publication of the two volumes of the ‘Guidelines for VLRs’ along with UN-Habitat and the ‘Guidelines for VSRs’ with the CIB Working Group; the facilitation of the communities of practice on local SDG reporting; and the publication of the ‘Comparative study on SDG monitoring systems at local and regional levels’ with several partners, the GOLD, consistent with the overarching strategy of UCLG, aspires to contribute to achieving the SDGs and empowering local and regional governments in their endeavor.
These Country Profiles are an important complement to the report that the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments presents yearly to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum: Towards the Localization of the SDGs. They share the goal of this report: to encourage action at the local, national and international levels by indicating both areas of progress and remaining gaps in the recognition of LRGs’ role, based on the principles of subsidiarity and autonomy, and in their integration into decision-making and the implementation of the SDGs.
The 137 Country Profiles are available in two formats: all together in one report, or by country, presented below by region.
UCLG’s Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD) aims to:
- Share information on local democracy and decentralization throughout the world and evaluate the progress and setbacks.
- Raise the international profile of UCLG members and contribute their perspective to global debates.
- Promote dialogue and partnership between local authorities and national governments, international institutions, academia, the private sector and local stakeholders.
On this website, you can access our flagship GOLD reports on local democracy and decentralization, as well as the different initiatives developed by UCLG aiming for the localization of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda, information about the Emergency Governance Initiative for Cities and Regions developed with Metropolis and LSE Cities, a myriad of reports and policy series on different aspects and dimensions of local governance, and the page dedicated to the Global Observatory on Local Finance.
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