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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 1d

🏆 #2025UNSDGActionAwards Ceremony on 29 Oct
The Award celebrated inspiring individuals and initiatives driving progress towards the 2030 Agenda.
👉 Register online to watch the ceremony: sdglocalaction.org/2025-un-sdg-...
#Act4SDGs #SDGs #LocalAction #ResilientFutures #GlobalGoals

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 2d

🚰 How can local governments turn the water and sanitation crisis into opportunity?
💧 At our latest #SDGLocalSolution webinar, Kumasi 🇬🇭 to Kigali 🇷🇼 showed how #publicservices innovation build #resilience.
🔗 Read : sdglocalaction.org/building-resilient-cities
📺 Watch: youtu.be/3a-qJIdiDiY
#SDG

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 The Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has released a Joint Position, reaffirming the vital role of local action in advancing global sustainability.
📣 Open for endorsement until 25 Oct!
🔗 Read more: sdglocalaction.org/lgma-joint-p...
#COP30

The Local Government Constituency releases a joint position ahead of COP30 - SDG Local Action

Towards COP30, the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA), on behalf of the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, has released a Joint Position that calls for st...

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 From the #OGPSummit: local & regional governments are proving that openness, participation & accountabilitypower stronger democracies and faster #SDG progress
🔗 sdglocalaction.org/ogp-summit-l...
💡 In the same spirit of #OpenGov, check out our campaign #BuildingBridgesEmpoweringCitizens

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 4d

Shama in Ghana 🇬🇭 is leading the implementation of #SDG6!
Local Governments around the world are adopting open government principles to advance the SDG implementation.
📘 Want to discover more city stories?
🔗 Find out more at sdglocalaction.org/bulding-brid...

#BuildingBridgesEmpoweringCitizens

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 4d

💡 How can cities embrace open government to accelerate SDG actions?

👉 Over the next two weeks, we’ll dive into real cases, stories & tools shaping open, inclusive governance.

#OpenGovernment #LocalAction #SDGs #CivicEngagement #Transparency #Participation #UNDP #UCLG #OGP

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 5d

Toronto's Digital Infrastructure Strategic Framework shows how cities can use technology responsibly with people and trust at the centre.
Read their principles, strategic priorities, and implementation considerations now!
📖 sdglocalaction.org/toronto-digi...

#DataEquity #SDGs #LocalGov

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 9d

🚲 Join our #SDGLocalSolutions webinar to learn how #Hermosillo, Mexico, is transforming the city through #Biciclando, empowering women with green jobs, e-bikes, and recycling innovation.

📅 12 November | 🕘 9AM NYT
🔗 More: sdglocalaction.org/biciclando-h...

#GenderEquality #Circularity #Localgov

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 10d

🍅 From Rosario 🇦🇷 to Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷, cities are using #agroecological practices to build food resilience from the ground up.
📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/urban-agroec...
📺 Watch the webinar: youtu.be/NySrnjp3SOw
#FoodSystems #ResilientCities #LocalAction #SDGs #SustainableFood

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 10d

👀Make city innovation visible.

📢 Ms Carla Rey, UNDP Visualizing City Innovation Consultant explains why it matters.

📖 Dive into our new guidelines on Visualizing City Innovation: sdglocalaction.org/visualizing-...

#CityInnovation #LocalGov #Communications

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 #BeatTheHeat Implementation Drive launches!
A new @unep.org Cool Coalition & #COP30 flagship to combat extreme heat in cities. Helping translate the Global Cooling Pledge into local action.
The Drive is inviting participating countries and cities.
📖 More: sdglocalaction.org/beat-the-heat/

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 11d

🔵 #Montevideo reinforces its local commitment to the #2030Agenda!
The city presented its 5th Voluntary Local Review #VLR & launched a new SDG Observatory to enhance data-driven governance.
📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/montevideo-v...
#LocalSDGs #UrbanDevelopment #DataForGood #VLR

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 12d

🌉 Building Bridges, Empowering Citizens

New Campaign by the OGP Local, UNDP, UCLG showcases how cities are using open government + data + storytelling to fuel SDG impact at the local level.

📖 Read more: sdglocalaction.org/bulding-brid...

#BuildingBridgesEmpoweringCitizens #OpenGov

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 16d

💡 From Montevideo to Turin, cities are using digital participatory tools to put citizens at the center of decision-making.
🔍 Read the article: sdglocalaction.org/digital-participatory-tools-2/
📺 Watch the webinar: youtu.be/cDXUSZuKY70?si=0Abml8NX_-fLzmxq
#LocalAction #SDGs #CivicTech #Visualisation

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 17d

✨ Got a tested tech solution for urban challenges?
Powered by UNDP, BOOST x CEF: Green Urban Tech can help you scale it. Selected applicants will partner and cities in Eurasia – and compete for up to $30,000 in funding for piloting solutions.
Apply now: sdglocalaction.org/boost-cef-green-urban-tech/

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 18d

✨ How can cities make innovation visible, trusted & understood?
UNDP's new guidelines Visualizing City Innovation show how local govs can use data and tools to communicate progress.
Featuring ✅ key Do's & Don'ts 📚50+cases
📖Explore it now!
🔗 sdglocalaction.org/visualizing-...

#SDGs #Visualisation

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 19d

🏙️ How can local governments communicate their innovations?

🗣️Visualizing city innovations goes beyond aesthetics. It is about creating narratives that matter.

🔜 Over the next two weeks, SDG Local Action will share stories on how local governments are making change visible.

#SDGs #LocalGovernments

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 New Course Alert! 🚨 Register by 5 Oct
An online course “Localizing the SDGs through Decentralized Cooperation” is open for registration. Designed for local & regional govs to align projects with the SDGs.
🗓 Dates: 6 Oct – 30 Nov 2025
🔗 Register now: sdglocalaction.org/localizing-s...

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 Making Amsterdam a Home for All
Amsterdam’s “Make Amsterdam Your Home” programme helps newcomers connect with the city and build social cohesion.

📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/make-amsterd...

#InclusiveCities #UrbanInnovation #SocialCohesion #Amsterdam #SDG11 #SDGs

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 23d

✨ How can local governments design #inclusivecities?
Our City Plans is UN-Habitat's global toolbox, designed to help cities co-create strategic, participatory urban plans—step by step, with local context in mind.
📖 Delve in it now: sdglocalaction.org/our-city-pla...
#SDG11 #Localgov #Participation

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 24d

🌱 Women-led action is reshaping Rourkela’s food systems & neighbourhoods.

🎥 Watch highlights from our webinar on how empowering women drives inclusive, resilient cities.

🔗 sdglocalaction.org/empowering-w...
📺 youtu.be/C8xyuS-sdIw

#SDGLocalSolutions #GenderEquality #SDG5 #SDG11

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 24d

🌱 "We considered the neighborhood as a common ecosystem to address different aspects of the complexity that local governments face."
— Lucía Soca, Government of Montevideo 🇺🇾
📂 She showcased their portfolio approach to building inclusive city neighbourhoods.
🔔 Follow for more!

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 24d

🏙️ "Much more than just buildings, it is about centering equity and community, and ensuring that new developments serve the people that have been traditionally excluded."
— Roberto Requejo, Chicago🇺🇸
He explained how equitable TOD solutions are fostering truly inclusive neighbourhoods.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 24d

✨Our webinar on inclusive neighbourhoods has just wrapped up!
"How we design our neighborhoods impacts on people’s quality of life, as well as on equality, resilience, and social cohesion." — Adela Pozder-Cengic, @undp.org
🤝 She highlights why it’s high time we co-create inclusive neighbourhoods.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 24d

🌍 How can cities design spaces that are sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful at the same time?
The #NewEuropeanbauhaus is reimagining urban life by blending design, sustainability, and community.
📚 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/new-european...
#Inclusion #LocalGov #SDG11 #Sustainable