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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 11h

🍅 From Rosario 🇦🇷 to Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷, cities are using #agroecological practices to build food resilience from the ground up.
📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/urban-agroec...
📺 Watch the webinar: youtu.be/NySrnjp3SOw
#FoodSystems #ResilientCities #LocalAction #SDGs #SustainableFood

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14h

👀Make city innovation visible.

📢 Ms Carla Rey, UNDP Visualizing City Innovation Consultant explains why it matters.

📖 Dive into our new guidelines on Visualizing City Innovation: sdglocalaction.org/visualizing-...

#CityInnovation #LocalGov #Communications

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 #BeatTheHeat Implementation Drive launches!
A new @unep.org Cool Coalition & #COP30 flagship to combat extreme heat in cities. Helping translate the Global Cooling Pledge into local action.
The Drive is inviting participating countries and cities.
📖 More: sdglocalaction.org/beat-the-heat/

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 1d

🔵 #Montevideo reinforces its local commitment to the #2030Agenda!
The city presented its 5th Voluntary Local Review #VLR & launched a new SDG Observatory to enhance data-driven governance.
📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/montevideo-v...
#LocalSDGs #UrbanDevelopment #DataForGood #VLR

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 2d

🌉 Building Bridges, Empowering Citizens

New Campaign by the OGP Local, UNDP, UCLG showcases how cities are using open government + data + storytelling to fuel SDG impact at the local level.

📖 Read more: sdglocalaction.org/bulding-brid...

#BuildingBridgesEmpoweringCitizens #OpenGov

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 6d

💡 From Montevideo to Turin, cities are using digital participatory tools to put citizens at the center of decision-making.
🔍 Read the article: sdglocalaction.org/digital-participatory-tools-2/
📺 Watch the webinar: youtu.be/cDXUSZuKY70?si=0Abml8NX_-fLzmxq
#LocalAction #SDGs #CivicTech #Visualisation

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 7d

✨ Got a tested tech solution for urban challenges?
Powered by UNDP, BOOST x CEF: Green Urban Tech can help you scale it. Selected applicants will partner and cities in Eurasia – and compete for up to $30,000 in funding for piloting solutions.
Apply now: sdglocalaction.org/boost-cef-green-urban-tech/

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 8d

✨ How can cities make innovation visible, trusted & understood?
UNDP's new guidelines Visualizing City Innovation show how local govs can use data and tools to communicate progress.
Featuring ✅ key Do's & Don'ts 📚50+cases
📖Explore it now!
🔗 sdglocalaction.org/visualizing-...

#SDGs #Visualisation

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 9d

🏙️ How can local governments communicate their innovations?

🗣️Visualizing city innovations goes beyond aesthetics. It is about creating narratives that matter.

🔜 Over the next two weeks, SDG Local Action will share stories on how local governments are making change visible.

#SDGs #LocalGovernments

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 12d

🌍 New Course Alert! 🚨 Register by 5 Oct
An online course “Localizing the SDGs through Decentralized Cooperation” is open for registration. Designed for local & regional govs to align projects with the SDGs.
🗓 Dates: 6 Oct – 30 Nov 2025
🔗 Register now: sdglocalaction.org/localizing-s...

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 12d

🌍 Making Amsterdam a Home for All
Amsterdam’s “Make Amsterdam Your Home” programme helps newcomers connect with the city and build social cohesion.

📖 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/make-amsterd...

#InclusiveCities #UrbanInnovation #SocialCohesion #Amsterdam #SDG11 #SDGs

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 13d

✨ How can local governments design #inclusivecities?
Our City Plans is UN-Habitat's global toolbox, designed to help cities co-create strategic, participatory urban plans—step by step, with local context in mind.
📖 Delve in it now: sdglocalaction.org/our-city-pla...
#SDG11 #Localgov #Participation

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14d

🌱 Women-led action is reshaping Rourkela’s food systems & neighbourhoods.

🎥 Watch highlights from our webinar on how empowering women drives inclusive, resilient cities.

🔗 sdglocalaction.org/empowering-w...
📺 youtu.be/C8xyuS-sdIw

#SDGLocalSolutions #GenderEquality #SDG5 #SDG11

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14d

🌱 "We considered the neighborhood as a common ecosystem to address different aspects of the complexity that local governments face."
— Lucía Soca, Government of Montevideo 🇺🇾
📂 She showcased their portfolio approach to building inclusive city neighbourhoods.
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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14d

🏙️ "Much more than just buildings, it is about centering equity and community, and ensuring that new developments serve the people that have been traditionally excluded."
— Roberto Requejo, Chicago🇺🇸
He explained how equitable TOD solutions are fostering truly inclusive neighbourhoods.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14d

✨Our webinar on inclusive neighbourhoods has just wrapped up!
"How we design our neighborhoods impacts on people’s quality of life, as well as on equality, resilience, and social cohesion." — Adela Pozder-Cengic, @undp.org
🤝 She highlights why it’s high time we co-create inclusive neighbourhoods.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 14d

🌍 How can cities design spaces that are sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful at the same time?
The #NewEuropeanbauhaus is reimagining urban life by blending design, sustainability, and community.
📚 Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/new-european...
#Inclusion #LocalGov #SDG11 #Sustainable

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 15d

🤝 How can cities & foundations work together to drive local SDG action?
A new @datasmartcities.bsky.social report explores the Municipality–Foundations Partnership — with guidance on aligning funding, building capacity & scaling impact.
📖 sdglocalaction.org/municipality...
#SDG17 #LocalGov #SDG11

Released: A new report “What foundations look for in municipal partners” - SDG Local Action

Data-Smart City Solutions released a new guideline titled “Partnership Ready: What Foundations Look for in Municipal Partners” in September 2025. This guideline addresses relationship-building steps f...

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 15d

⏳ Just 1 days to go!
🌍 #SDGLocalSolutions webinar: Inclusive Neighborhoods for Equitable Cities
📅 24 Sept | 🕘 9 AM (NY time)
🔗 Register now: sdglocalaction.org/inclusive-ci...
Discover how local governments creates inclusive neighbourhoods and advances #Aagenda2030 from the ground up.

Webinar: developing inclusive city neighborhoods - SDG Local Action

Join us for the upcoming SDG Local Solutions webinar, organized by UNDP SDG Local Action, focused on how local governments are promoting inclusive neighborhoods. The session will highlight solutions t...

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 20d

🚀 Shenzhen Innovation Week 2025 is happening 23–28 September 🇨🇳.
This year’s theme, “Reimagining the Future of Megacities” invites participants to share perspectives and co-create the future of #megacities through the lends of #SDGs
📖 sdglocalaction.org/2025-shenzhe...
#SDG11 #Innovations #LocalGov

2025 Shenzhen innovation week - SDG Local Action

UNDP in China and World Innovative Cities Cooperation Organization (WICCO) will co-host the 2025 Shenzhen innovation week: reimagining the future of megacities from 7 to 10 November. This event is a f...

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sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 21d

🌱 “While on a small scale, targeting low-income households with limited budgets through nature-based solutions had the greatest impact on the community.”
— David Musonera, Kigali Mayor Challenge 🇷🇼
💡 Even small, low-cost innovations can drive transformative change.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 21d

🙌 “Our project created a facility that brings dignity to poor and vulnerable households, and ongoing awareness helps incentivize youth participation.”
— Joshua Nii Noye Tetteh-Nortey, Kumasi Mayor Challenge 🇬🇭
📢 Building facilities + awareness = lasting community impact.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 21d

💧 “Access to clean water and sanitation systems that protect the community from disease is the most basic human right and dignity.”
— Asa Jonsson, Head of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance, UN-Habitat
🌍 A reminder that inclusive services are at the core of resilient communities.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 21d

🚰 Our webinar on innovating public service delivery just wrapped up!
👀 Here are some highlights from the panel on how cities are tackling water, sanitation & community health.

sdglocalaction.bsky.social @sdglocalaction.bsky.social · 21d

⏳ One week to go!
Don't miss our webinar on inclusive city neighbourood.
📆 24 Sep | 🕣 9AM NYT
🔗 sdglocalaction.org/inclusive-ci...

#InclusiveCities #SDG11 #SocialCohesion #LocalGovernments #LocalAction #UrbanDevelopment #UNDP