From December 2020 to March 2021, the United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (UNDESA), through its Division for Sustainable Development Goals
(DSDG), led a Second Open Call for good practices, success stories, and lessons
learned in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Building on the success of the First Open Call (conducted by UNDESA in November
2018 - February 2019), the Second Open Call aimed to highlight examples of good
practices, including those that could be replicated or scaled-up by others across the
globe. The practices show how gaps and constraints could be addressed, and what
steps could be taken to accelerate progress in the achievement of the SDGs as well
as support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 700 submissions were received and more than 460 were approved by the
Inter-Agency review team, constituted of 30 experts specialized in sustainable
development from across the UN system.
SDG GOOD PRACTICES, SUCCESS
STORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
2030 AGENDA
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SDG 1 SDG 2 SDG 3 SDG 4 SDG 5 SDG 6 SDG 7 SDG 8 SDG 9 SDG 10 SDG 11 SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 14 SDG 15 SDG 16 SDG 17
APPROVED SDG GOOD PRACTICES BY SDGS - 2ND OPEN CALL
*464 in total(2020/2021)
BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
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HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS
EXAMPLES OF SDG GOOD PRACTICES
Below is a selection of few outstanding examples emerged during the Second Open
Call, featuring practices that are supporting the implementation of the SDGs under
review in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development 2022, to be held from 5-7 and 11-15 July 2022 at UNHQ, under the theme
"Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the
full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development".
In February 2022, UNDESA issued a digital publication (Second Edition) highlighting
twenty-one outstanding examples of good practices during the second open call.
Click here to download the publication: https://bit.ly/SDGoodPractices2ndEdition
To learn more about the SDG Good Practices, please visit the online database here:
https://sdgs.un.org/sdg-good-practices
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Academic Institution
4%
Scientific Community
1%
Local/ Regional Government
7%
Government
12%
Private Sector
15%
Non-governmental
Organization (NGO)
24%
Civil Society Organization
4%
Intergovernmental
Organization
7%
Partnership
3%
Other Relevant Actor
1%
United Nations /
Multilateral body
21%
Philanthropic Organization
1%
Approved Submissions by Region
Europe
18%
Africa
16%
Latin
America and
the Caribbean
16%
North America
3%
Asia
26%
Global
15%
West Asia
6%
Approved Submissions by Sector
Global initiatives comprised 15% of approved submissions. Submissions were also
received from Asia and the Pacific (26%), Europe (18%), Africa (16%), Latin America and
the Caribbean (16%), Global (15%), West Asia (6%), and North America (3%). Proposals
came from sectors including United Nations/multilateral body (21%), nongovernmental
organizations (24%), private sector (15%), governments (12%), local
governments (7%), intergovernmental organizations (7%), and others.
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Promoting youth and female participation in
the delivery of public infrastructure
CoST | Guatemala
CoST-the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST)
promotes transparency, participation and accountability in
public infrastructure worldwide. In partnership with
USAID, CoST Guatemala launched a series of social audit
workshops to build the capacity of young community
leaders to monitor infrastructure projects. The practice
was two-fold: investing in empowering and training the
growing youth generation in Guatemala and
strengthening project oversight and accountability. The
workshops combined theoretical and practical activities
covering access to project information and data portals,
infrastructure transparency as means to ensure
accountability and mechanisms of citizen participation.
#EUBeachCleanup is a worldwide awareness-raising and
ocean activism campaign to mobilize against marine
pollution based on bottom-up local initiatives sharing a
common global message and branding: “The ocean starts
with you!" Partners can engage by participating in one of
the many cleanup events organized by EU staff and
partners or through changing daily consumption and
waste management habits. Organized since 2018, the
campaign has been rapidly expanding.
#EUBeachCleanup is organized annually over 4-6 weeks,
peaking in the second half of September.
#EUBeachCleanup
European Commission | Worldwide
Engineer Girls of Turkey (EGT) Project concentrates on
developing a private sector driven gender equality
mainstreaming program to promote female students
participation in engineering professions, and empowering
female engineering students. The project evolves around
three main components: (1) formulating of an analytical
framework to show obstacles and developing of a longterm
evaluation plan; (2) implementing a support program
for both female engineering students and high school
students and (3) developing institutional inclusive work
models to adopt and advocate gender sensitive approach.
Engineer Girls of Turkey
UNDP Turkey Country Office | Turkey
Rehabilitation of degraded land
ACSAD | Egypt
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The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry
lands (ACSAD) is an Arab organization working within the
framework of the League of Arab States to support Arab
efforts in agricultural development. One of the main tasks
of ACSAD is to address the challenges facing arid and
semi-arid areas in the Arab region, especially the adverse
effects of desertification, drought and land degradation
through the development of scientific research, project
implementation and capacity building to promote the
sustainable management of natural resources and
improve the living conditions of people in affected areas.
ACSAD focus on desertification issues in the Arab region
through conducting research, studies and
implementation of applied projects, in addition to
holding training courses and workshops.
To improve Civil society’s participation in sustainable
development processes and accountability mechanisms, a
Government-Civil Society partnership was established in 2017.
More than 150 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), including
members of the Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development
Cooperation (KCOC) and Korea Civil Society Forum on
International Development Cooperation (KoFID), have
collaborated with the Office for Government Policy Coordination
of Prime Minister’s Secretariat, the Ministry of Economy and
Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EDCF (Economic
Development Cooperation Fund) and KOICA (Korea
International Cooperation Agency). The partnership reached 31
implementation tasks in 2021 through mutual discussion and
agreement, and funds were provided for humanitarian
assistance in response of COVID-19 in 30 countries. To monitor
the status of the partnership, a special meeting is convened
twice a year and the latest results have been included into the
2021 Korean Civil Society Contribution Report for HLPF.
Institutionalization and Implementation of Government-CSO partnership
to effectively fulfill and achieve SDGs
Korean NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation| Worldwide
UN DESA/DSDG will continue to promote the SDG Good Practices in events, publications, and
briefings, as appropriate.
For more information, please check here: https://sdgs.un.org/sdg-good-practices