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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is actively committed to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. The Dutch government integrates the SDGs into its national policies, ensuring that the principles of sustainability are embedded in various sectors of society.

National Implementation and Monitoring:
The Netherlands has established a robust framework for implementing and monitoring the SDGs:

  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Coordinates the national SDG strategy and ensures alignment with international commitments.
  • Statistics Netherlands (CBS): Monitors and reports on SDG indicators, providing data to track progress and inform policy decisions.
  • Local Governments and Municipalities: Play a critical role in implementing SDGs at the community level, tailoring actions to local needs and contexts.

Public Awareness and Engagement:
The Netherlands promotes public awareness and engagement with the SDGs through:

  • Educational Initiatives: Integrating sustainability into school curricula and promoting lifelong learning on sustainable development topics.
  • Public Campaigns and Partnerships: Raising awareness about the SDGs and fostering collaboration between government, civil society, businesses, and academia.
  • Sustainable Development Forums: Facilitating dialogue and knowledge exchange among stakeholders to drive collective action towards the SDGs.
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Sustainable Development Report

The Sustainable Development Report (formerly the SDG Index & Dashboards) is a global assessment of countries’ progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is a complement to the official SDG indicators and the voluntary national reviews.
› Sustainable Development Report Netherlands

SDG Nederland
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> twitter.com/SDGNederland
> SDG-jaarkalender (PDF)

Netherlands Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Nederland
UNDP

Netherlands Human Development Index (HDI) | Human Development Report

Thirty years ago, UNDP created a new way to conceive and measure progress. Instead of using growth in GDP as the sole measure of development, we ranked the world’s countries by their human development: by whether people in each country have the freedom and opportunity to live the lives they value.
› hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/NLD

High-level Political Forum, United Nations

Voluntary National Review 2017

Netherlands .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform

The four countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands and St Maarten) report jointly to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. While each autonomous country within the Kingdom has its own political reality and is in a different phase of SDG implementation, all of them are committed to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Kingdom’s Voluntary National Review includes the views and positions of all four countries, providing detail on progress made and lessons learned by each autonomous country as well as by the Kingdom as a whole. Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten are all located in the Caribbean, while ‘Dutch’ and ‘the Netherlands’ refer to the Netherlands as a territory in Europe and the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius in the Caribbean.
› sustainabledevelopment.un.org/netherlands