We are further developing Germany’s National Sustainable Development Strategy in an inclusive process to ensure even greater systematic alignment with the 2030 Agenda of all relevant policy areas and decision-making processes. Through this, we are taking up recommendations from the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, including drawing up a concrete action plan for accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

• Strengthening policy coherence through interministerial cooperation and holistic consideration of SDGs across all transformation areas (based on GSDR entry points). The goal of the further development of Germany’s National Sustainable Development Strategy by the end of 2024 is even greater systematic alignment with the 2030 Agenda of all relevant policy areas and decision-making processes.

• Further development of the National Sustainable Development Strategy by the end of 2024. By doing so, we are taking up recommendations in the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, including drawing up a concrete action plan for comprehensive national transformation.

• Incorporation of the SDGs into legislation and policy programmes at an early stage to make them more binding. Review of legislation for impacts on national and global sustainable development goals and targets, including global impacts, especially by using the German government electronic sustainability impact assessment tool eNAP. In doing so, addressing and, where possible, minimising target conflicts. Greater transparency by disclosing data and documents in the framework of international transparency standards and initiatives (e.g. International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI); Open Government Partnership (OGP); ODA notification to OECD; Open Data Charter).