2019 Voluntary National Review: SDG Awareness And Involvement

Background
As a full member of the UN, the UK is responsible for submitting its Voluntary National Review (VNR) on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) to the UN in July 2019. The UK Government is currently working with devolved administrations to agree on how they will contribute to the overall review. Scotland's SDG Network has set up an open Working Group that comprises of civil society and the Scottish Government to guide the Scottish contribution and ensure the SDGs can be used for a better Scotland. You can find out more about the Working Group here.

What are we asking?
The review provides the perfect opportunity to start a conversation with citizens and organisations to build greater awareness and involvement around the SDGs in Scotland and what can and should do to increase this. That's why this page has been set up to crowdsource ideas and information and reach out to a much wider group of people and organisations across Scotland.

The aim of this initial engagement is to gather ideas and suggestions for how we can progress awareness of and involvement with the SDGs. In doing so, we hope to be able to understand and discuss further what people and organisations are currently doing to increase awareness and involvement in the SDGs and use this to develop a plan for Scotland.

Why this approach?
We want to make this initial discussion as deliberative and participative as possible, ensuring that anyone can contribute to planning for Scotland's contribution to the review on SDG progress and the delivery of the SDGs more generally. By collecting your input online, we hope to facilitate further discussion with Scotland's SDG Network and other groups and use this page to support wider engagement plans for the SDGs in Scotland. We also see this as a useful tool to share learning with local and national civil society groups and governments.

How do I use the wiki?
Anyone can edit, add and share information on this page simply by clicking the 'actions' box in the top right corner of the page and selecting 'edit'. Just remember to save your edits before leaving the site. You do not need an account to make edits, but by creating one your contributions will be attributed to you - it's a personal choice! If you do encounter any problems, just get in touch with the Coordinator for Scotland's SDG Network. Please treat others’ inputs respectfully: feel free to use links and add the name of your organisation where appropriate.

Now, add your voice to the conversation
ADD NEW TEXT Anyone can edit, add and share information on this page simply by clicking the 'actions' box in the top right corner of the page and selecting 'edit'. Just remember to save your edits before leaving the site. You do not need an account to make edits, but by creating one your contributions will be attributed to you - it's a personal choice! If you do encounter any problems, just get in touch with the Coordinator for Scotland's SDG Network

What happens next?
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