Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - Voluntary Local Review

As the first municipality in the Netherlands, Amsterdam presented a report on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are 17 goals set by the member states of the United Nations in 2015, which function as the new global sustainable development agenda for 2030.

The report, a so called Voluntary Local Review (VLR), maps out 6 of the 17 goals in total. In order to make these studies into specific goals possible, we first looked at the broader framework, at the way in which the goals of the UN can be linked to Amsterdam's principles in the field of sustainable economic development and broad prosperity.

The research, carried out by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences on behalf of the municipality, is presented to the SDG Netherlands on September 27 during the SDG Action Day.

Colofon:

Amsterdam, June 2022

The Municipality of Amsterdam;
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Centre of Expertise for Economic Transformation
(CET) and Centre of Expertise for Urban
Governance and Social Innovation (UGSI);
AMS Institute

Research team AUAS (authors):
Maarten Hogenstijn
Marie Morel
Karin de Nijs
Willem van Winden

City core team (authors):
Gerard den Boer
Tamara Grujic
Juan-Carlos Goilo
Sabine Gimbrère
Otto Buurma

City working group (reviewers):
Jeroen Grooten
Jeroen Slot
Kees Dignum
Johanna Lagarde
Pieter Leendertse
Rita Molenkamp-Szucs
Arjan Ploegmakers

AMS Institute (reviewer):
Lieke Dreijerink
Art Direction & Design:
van Lennep Amsterdam
Silvia Sani
Beatrice Tonetto
Hugo Zwolsman
Till Kramer

Still life photography:
Annegien van Doorn

The city team has written the introduction of the report. The research team has written all data chapters in this report. The chapters on constructing the VLR and the conclusions and re'ections are jointly written by the research team and the city team. The City Working Group and the AMS-Institute have reviewed the report.

Six students participating in the AUAS minor programme Entrepreneurship for Society provided input for texts: Roché Mahase, Samil Sariaslan & Leon Schulte (SDG 8), Pieter Jacobs, Soufiane Tahiri & Bryton Wolff (SDG 13).

Special thanks to Eline Vermeer at the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) for providing a draft overview of relevant local indicators; to Lieke Willemsen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for advice on connecting to the Voluntary National Review (VNR); and to both for advice on constructing the VLR.

Image credits

Icon image: Bronnen_Rapport_SDGs 2- gemeente Amsterdam

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