Views & Actions - Scotland's Sustainable Development Goals Network

It’s a fact – collective noise is more likely to be heard, by Mhairi Snowden

Speak to anyone who has been to a child’s birthday party, to a pipe band competition or a demonstration, and they’ll tell you that more ‘voices’ make you sit up and take notice. This is something that the Scottish voluntary sector knows well. ...

Trudi Elliott of RTPI: Why we’re all responsible for the goals

A year ago, 170 nations met to agree how they would address critical global urban challenges – from the rapid growth of cities to the threat of climate change, writes Trudi Elliott, chief executive of the RTPI. The UN Habitat III conference in...

Launch of the business and management writing competition

The UKI PRME Regional Chapter and Oxford Brookes University seek through this competition to promote understanding of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Every year...

Trust: the tool of all tools to end poverty, by Paul Bradley (Open Government Network)

This blog was written by Paul Bradley, Project Coordinator for Open Government at SCVO, for The Poverty Alliance for this year’s Challenge Poverty Week. It becomes clear after flicking through the pages of Poverty in Scotland that the knowledge...

Carol A Adams CA: Integrated reporting framework: one step closer for organisations to contribute to the SDGs

The long-term future of some industries and businesses depends on the achievement of one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in 2015 as the sustainable development agenda for the world to 2030. Climate action is...

ICAS: New approach for aligning doing business to the SDGs

A new approach that supports businesses looking to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of their value creation process has been published today by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)...

The Global Goals: it’s time for you to get involved! by Paul Bradley

On this day in 2015, 193 UN member states gathered in New York to sign up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It’s the closest the world has come to a global strategy for tackling poverty, inequalities and climate change, and the SDGs have...

We need to mobilise in order to challenge the culture of secrecy, by Ruchir Shah

Ruchir Shah is Policy Manager for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and Director of the Open Government Pioneers UK Project. He feels we need to mobilise in order to challenge the culture of secrecy, and proposes a number of...

Photo of business leaders supporting the Global Goals

Dr Alec Wersun: Academics fight for a better world

In January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit – officially came into force. It means that until 2030, countries across the...

What does open government offer the Global Goals? by Paul Bradley

My role consists of promoting not just one but two multilateral agendas here in Scotland – the Sustainable Development Goals and the Open Government Partnership. It’s some test, but one of the most exciting challenges I’ve faced. In being a member...

Universities and Colleges leading the way in commitment to global transformation

A pioneering global initiative to embed Sustainable Development Goals across post-16 education has been launched today (Saturday 09 September). Announced at the World Congress on Environmental Education (WEEC) held in Vancouver, ‘The SDG Accord’ is...

SDGs Training for Multipliers coming to Edinburgh

If you’re interested to getting involved in the Sustainable Development Goals movement, why not take part in some free training? Join the vitally important conversation about how to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations’ 17...

Take part in Edinburgh’s #GlobalGoalsJam 2017

Are you a designer, developer, data scientist, creative or person passionate about making a difference in the world? Do you want to be part of a small group of committed people who will spend a weekend hacking innovative solutions to specific...

Scots pupils to learn how to spot fake news, by Georgina Harris

This story was originally posted on Third Force News A new resource produced by Oxfam Scotland and Christian Aid Scotland will teach Scottish school pupils how to identify fake news. Pupils will learn about aid and development, such as how the UK...

Meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals Network

Global Goals: what’s in it for you? by Paul Bradley

We’re all busy. Busy working on projects, policies and campaigns in the hope that they’ll make a big impact to our organisations. I’m no different, busy promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)to third sector organisations across Scotland...

Calling Scotland’s circular pioneers – Innovators Magazine

This article was originally posted at Innovators Magazine. View the original here. Scotland has been recognised as a leading circular economy nation. It picked up the Circular Government Award at this year’s Circulars and was the first country to...

CEMVO Equalities Event attendees posing with SDG cards

How can we make the development goals sustainable for everyone? by Allan Young

Reducing inequality, ending poverty and providing good quality education – no one argued that these weren’t the correct goals to aim for, but translating the Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs) into a Scottish context with clear actions and...

Can we achieve the Global Goals by eating an elephant? By Doreen Grove

Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was one of the first national leaders to acknowledge the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs or Global Goals) and to commit her government to working towards their delivery, both at home...

Young Citizen Advocates off to a flying start – IDEAS

This article was originally posted by IDEAS. The Young Citizen Advocates series of events, planned by IDEAS as a way to engage directly with young people and support them to develop their views and voices on global issues, got off to a flying start...

Global Game Changers Awards launched, Iain Robertson of Innovators Magazine

This article by Iain Robertson was originally posted at Innovators Magazine. View the original here. Innovators Magazine is delighted to announce the launch of the Global Game Changers Awards in partnership with The Herald newspaper. The inaugural...

Are the Global Goals taking off in Scotland? by Paul Bradley

In 2015, Nicola Sturgeon conﬁrmed that the Scottish Government would be one of the ﬁrst anywhere in the world to commit to meeting the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, both at home and overseas. Since then, all 193 UN member states have...

Exploring UN Sustainable Development Goals and Business at GCU

This press release originally appeared on the Glasgow Caledonian University Newsroom site that can be accessed here. The United Nations Global Compact UK’s Steve Kenzie joined businessman Jim McColl OBE to encourage Scotland’s business...

Screen shot of video featuring First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland backs global goals for a better world, Susan Smith of Third Force News

This article was originally posted by Third Force News MSPs pledged to support the world’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals at both home and abroad during a recent Scottish Malawi Partnership campaign. Nearly 100 MSPs have pledged their...

Protecting the environment should be a cross-party goal, by Daphne Vlastari of Scottish Environment Link.

This blog originally appeared in Third Force News. On 8 June, the people of Scotland will have to go to polling stations for the second time this year. This time to vote for their representatives in Westminster, for what is arguably one of the most...

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