Euskadi 2030 Gunea: A practical Guide for Basque Organizations to Implement the 2030 Agenda and Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals
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The Basque Country is firmly committed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the targets of the Agenda 2030. This Agenda offers all the levels of the government administrations a common language for improving public policies. It also inspires them to incorporate the logic of multilevel governance and respect for the responsibilities and competencies held by each of the different government levels. With this spirit, the Inter-Institutional Committee for Foreign Action agreed to launch the work process to define and create the Euskadi Basque Country Multilevel Agenda 2030, based on inter-institutional collaboration, and on each institution defining a common contribution to the Agenda in the Basque Country.
The Guide offers a first filter that allows Basque organizations to limit the analysis to the 84 Goals that have been identified as Reference Goals for Basque organizations. These 84 reference goals have been classified into two groups: 28 common goals that should be adopted by all Basque organizations and 56 sector-based targets. This Guide focuses on three approaches to address the 2030 Agenda: through the Strategic Plan, the organization's Annual Report, or Management System(S) implemented in the organization. The approach is done in a methodological progressive manner following a model based on three phases. Phase 1 Analyze the organization's role in the 2030 Agenda Phase 2 Aligning the organization's activity with the SDGs Phase 3 Incorporate the 2030 Agenda as a central axis of the organization From the Strategic Plan Step 1: Map the organization's activity against the SDGs. Step 2: Align the existing strategic plan to the SDGs. Step 3: Identify scorecard indicators to track contribution to the SDGs. Step 4: Develop a report outlining the contribution of the organization's strategy to the SDGs and a follow-up plan. Step 5: Develop the organization's strategy based on the structure of the 2030 Agenda. From the organization's Annual Report Step 1: Map the organization's activity against the SDGs Step 2: Incorporate references to the organization's contribution to the SDGs in the report. Step 3: Structure the report according to the Agenda 2030 From the Management Systems implemented in the Organization Step 1: Map the organization's activity against the SDGs. Step 2: Incorporate references to the SDGs in the system(s). Step 3: Include in the system(s) all Benchmarks and Indicators for monitoring.
In order to achieve specific objectives and tangible results, the following expected results were proposed to the Euskadi 2030 Gunea working group: • A publishable guide • Best Practices • Common projects • Analyze the feasibility of an alliance of all sectors at the Basque Country level. The first tangible result of the working group was the publication of the guide addressed to any Basque organization that wants to take the first steps to implement the 2030 Agenda. Moreover, the differentiating element of this guide is that it is ‘territorialized’, this is, adapted in content and language to the economic, social, and environmental reality of the Basque Country. It also promotes the participation of organizations of the working group, who have contributed with their vision from different fields. Finally, it is structured in such a way that allows access to the chapters of greater interest with a visual style and layout, and with figures and graphic messages avoiding long texts.
‘Territorialization’ of the Agenda: adapted to the reality of the Basque Country. Other differentiating elements of the Guide are: -The eight arguments to implement the Agenda 2030: experience and opinions of organizations that have already embarked on this path to motivate or lead others. -Reference goals: pre-selection of 84 Goals that make sense in Basque organizations, which have also been adapted in their wording to the Basque context. -How to address the process: recommendations and steps so that every organization can approach the process according to its internal mechanisms and plans. -Real cases: the objective is to provide concrete examples of similar organizations or entities.
The last working session was scheduled for March 17, 2020, but had to be suspended due to the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the group did not stop working. While waiting for the last working session to be held, progress was made with the final drafting of the guide and its layout and it was shared with all the organizations in the group. On July 1, 2020, the fifth working session was held with capacity limitations due to Covid-19 to finalize the process.
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The beneficiaries of the guide are any Basque organization, public or private, wishing to take the first steps to implement the 2030 Agenda within their scope of responsibility. Around 20 institutions public and private were the key stakeholders that met to make the Gunea guide. During the meetings, special emphasis was put on the need to create partnerships known as Alliance 2030 Agenda. A short, medium and long-term roadmap with specific actions was created for this effect.
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