Title: 3 - The SDGs: A Challenge for Public Action (6 videos)
Course: Sustainable Development Goals (Advanced)

These videos deal with the appropriation of the 17 Sustainable Development Objectives by the States and by local authorities. Based on examples from all over the world, it shows what the different modalities and tools for this appropriation of the SDGs in the framework of public action can be.

SDGs: a challenge for public policies

Jean-Paul Moatti, Chairman and CEO of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), provides some background information on the ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals by States and local authorities.

Are the SDGs well-adapted to the most fragile nations?

Serge Michailof, a researcher at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) and the Foundation for International Development Research (FERDI), discusses the capacity of so-called "fragile" countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Based on an analysis of the emergencies faced by these countries, he questions the validity of universal indicators designed for all countries, from the richest to the poorest and most fragile. While criticising the shortcomings of the former Millennium Goals, he regretted that they had not been completed and, once adapted, maintained in the case of the most fragile countries. For the latter, he highlights the prior need to rebuild strong and functional states.

General overview of how States will implemnt SDGs

Laura Brimont, a researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), discusses the ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals by States. She presents the different stages of this ownership and illustrates them on the basis of examples from around the world.

Stakeholders dynamics around the development of France's roadmap for the implementation of Agenda 2030

Thomas Lesueur, Interministerial Delegate and General Commissioner for Sustainable Development of France, discusses the development of France's Roadmap for the Agenda 2030 implementation. He points out the dynamics of the stakeholders involved in this process and invites, on this basis, a broad mobilization of society to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Contribution of Global Compact France to the elaboration of France's roadmap for the implementation of Agenda 2030

Fella Imalhayene, General Delegate of Global Compact France, presents the Global Compact France's (GCF) contribution to the elaboration of France's Roadmap for the implementation of Agenda 2030. After a review of the founding principles of Global Compact, she shows how the GCF led the working group on French companies' commitment to achieving Sustainable Development Goals, and illustrates this dynamic with some key initiatives.
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How States gain ownership of SDGs : civil society analysis

Magda Elena Toma, Director of the International Forum of National NGO Platforms (FORUS, ex-FIP), presents the point of view of civil society on the commitment of States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. She combines the criticisms with recommendations to increase the effectiveness of these actions.

SDG Territorialization: towards a local 2030 Agenda

Julie Chabaud, Head of the Agenda 21 mission in the Gironde department (France), discusses the ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals by local authorities. She first retraces the history of this issue before highlighting the elements that today seem essential for territories to best respond to the major contemporary challenges.

Tools to support transition in cities and territories

Amandine Crambes, an urban engineer at ADEME, presents the challenge of the ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals by urban territories, which concentrate more and more people and activities. She discusses planning and then development issues, providing examples of tools used around the world.