Network updates - Scotland's Sustainable Development Goals Network

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Localising the Global Goals, by Jessica Lobo

August 2021 The role of local government, local partnerships, and local action has never been more important. At a time when the country is looking to build back from the Covid-19 pandemic, local leadership will be critical to shaping the future of...

Chris Leakey: Ocean science and policy coherence for progress towards the SDGs

By Chris Leakey, MASTS Research Forums Officer, June 2021 Our lives, communities and economy are inextricably connected to the ocean. The twin emergencies of climate change and biodiversity loss are major environmental challenges for the ocean, but...

SDG Research Network: Bringing people together using the SDGs

Emma, Kim and Zak attended a virtual PhD workshop run by the University Alliance for Sustainability (UAS), in which participants were able to discuss their research in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here they...

SDG Network Scotland announce new Chair and Vice-Chairs

SDG Network Scotland has announced a new Chair and Vice-Chairs. SDG Network Scotland is an open coalition of over 600 members that any individual and organisation can join and is here to make Scotland a more sustainable nation by facilitating...

Open letter – bring forward a Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

Over 70 organisations across Scotland have added their support to SDG Network Scotland’s open letter to Scotland’s First Minister and other Party Leaders in Scotland asking them to bring forward a Wellbeing and Sustainable Development...

Coordinator’s blog: a social approach to partnership on the SDGs (August 2020)

By Paul Bradley Scotland and the SDGs: a national review to drive action, has been a big part of my working life for the past two years. The feelings of joy and relief were expected when it was finally published. There was a big gap in Scotland’s...

Network update: latest developments and events (May 2020)

By Paul Bradley | May 2020SDG Network Scotland Coordinator If you’re like me, then you’re probably receiving far too many emails from organisations right now. I hope this one, though, is a useful update on matters relating to COP 26, the SDG agenda...

Our new vision, mission and more! (February 2020)

By Paul Bradley | February 2020 SDG Network Scotland Coordinator Our forum for SDG Network Scotland will soon hit 500 members, having set up this online space 18 months ago. We’ve got some good outlets too, such as @SDGScotland on Twitter and...

Group photo of participants at SDG Network Workshop holding the SDGs Boards

May East: What happens after a vibrant network forms?

Networks are dynamic, living realities, in constant evolution. From its inception through its unfoldment, every network forges its own path, partly predictable, partly unexpected. A cross section of the SDGs Scotland Network gathered in Edinburgh to...

Draft Scottish SDG review chapters ready for public comment

Thank you to everyone who was able to respond to our call for evidence (survey, 14 Feb) on the Scotland’s progress with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG Network Scotland’s VNR Working Group would now like to invite you to comment...

Register to join Network workshop: Shaping our community together

Together, members of SDG Network Scotland have helped mobilise people and organisations to take membership of the network to more than 230 organisations and people. Through collaborating on briefings, letters and events, the network has secured a...

Update from SDG Network Coordinator: Sustaining the Network

Scotland’s SDG Network has grown to nearly 230 members and is now a key group when it comes to discussing the SDGs and National Outcomes in Scotland. But where do we go next? We spent our first 18 months setting up the Network and involving...

Update: UK approach to the national SDG review

Our Network’s Voluntary National Review (VNR) Working Group have been working hard since the start of November to inform the engagement process for Scotland’s contribution to the UK review on SDG progress. This update looks at the UK approach and...

Network update: Voluntary National Review

By Network Coordinator, Paul Bradley. Originally sent via SDG Network’s forum. Scotland’s SDG Network has almost hit 200 members! Numbers do not mean much, but it does feel like a solid footing to move us into 2019 and begin engaging...

Autumn Highlights: Scotland’s SDG Network at a glance

A lot’s been happening in recent weeks and months so we’ve pulled together some highlights and a look ahead for you. Last month saw Scotland’s SDG Network meet with both the UK and Scottish Governments, we set up an open working...

Scotland’s SDG Network: Responses to its Open Letter and the new National Outcomes

Scotland’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Network has been running for just over a year, and thanks to the support of its members, including many organisations and individuals that make up the Alliance, we have been able come together and make...

Paul Bradley: Parliament consults on Scotland’s revised National Outcomes

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been with us for well over two years, and now in our third year of action, my most recent blog looked at whether Scotland is moving towards a National Implementation Plan for the Goals. It’s been some...

SDG Network Meeting: 11th June 2018

This meeting has been postponed due to a clash with the Scottish Government’s conference on the National Performance Framework and SDGs. The session will be rearranged. The next meeting of Scotland’s Sustainable Development Goals Network...

Paul Bradley: Is Scotland moving towards a national plan for the SDGs?

The pace of progress must accelerate to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That’s according to the latest report from the UN on progress across the world. Now in our third year of action, these words ring true for Scotland as well...

Gareth Jones: The time is now for Sustainable Development Goals

Organisations from across the country have come together to call on powerbrokers to show their commitment to creating a fairer and healthier planet. The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity...

Press release: SDG Network publishes open letter

National network publish open letter to ScotGov on Sustainable Development Goals A national network co-ordinated by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has issued an open letter to government bodies asking them to evidence their...

Sign our open letter on Scotland’s commitment to the SDGs!

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

New timetable for Scotland’s SDG Network Meetings

Scotland was one of the first nations to sign up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Scotland has a good history of policy and action in relation to sustainability issues. There is widespread desire across sectors to respond...

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...

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...