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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Partnership for the Sustainable Development from Alava

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Description
Description
Provincial Council of Alava joined early the Agenda 2030 as a strategy to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in its territory and beyond it. Since then, the Agenda 2030 is the reference for public policies, and have been working both internally (capacity building of officials and staff…) and externally (awareness and information carried out towards general citizenship). The Partnership for the Sustainable Development from Alava has been promoted by the Provincial Council of Alava, aware that implementing the 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs requires a shared effort and commitment among the various economic, social, educational, cultural, public and private agents of the province. The PSDA was formally formed on September 24 in 2018 in a public event, presided over by the Deputy General, where around 50 diverse and representative entities of Alava society, committed to the territory and its people. It is therefore a unique opportunity to work towards a common horizon, to join efforts for sustainable development in Álava and the planet, within the framework of the values and principles of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The Partnership highlights the spirit of collaboration between entities towards a safer, more prosperous, inclusive, equalitarian, resilient and sustainable territory that respects human rights and cares for equal opportunities for women and men and respects cultural diversity and natural and cultural heritage. In 2019 a series of meetings and dialogues were made to continue reinforcing the PSDA and extending the Agenda 2030 in Alava. This dialogues seeked to share and support the member organizations to design and advance their sustainable development strategies. During the second semester of 2019, the PSDA Strategic Framework was prepared, with the idea of having a framework document that governs the operation of the Partnership. It also establishes what are its guiding principles, mission and vision of the PSDA, the needs to which it responds, as well as its field of activity, lines of action and core competencies. The Plenary of the PSDA, meets twice a year and has four fundamental functions: 1) to contrast and enrich the strategy: to share, contrast and enrich the projects promoted by the Working Groups; 2) promote relationships and alliances that favor their development; 3) to be a forum for the exchange of information and training on sustainable development; and lastly, 4) attract new organizations to commit with the SDGs and contribute to communication strategies. There is a lead group made up of different people and organizations that were already working on the SDGs, and a Technical Secretariat that Its main function will be coordination and ensuring the development of the strategy. The Working Groups work around an SDG, although two groups have being created with cross-cutting themes: culture, and childhood and adolescence. Each Group chooses a single target and creates a project, autonomous in its operation, although guidelines are proposed by the Technical Secretariat. In the present time, these Working Groups are preparing projects or prototypes within the PSDA to achieve a specific goal in Alava.
Expected Impact

With the idea of moving from commitment to action, this year the Working Groups are preparing projects, called prototypes, within the PSDA to achieve specific SDGs in Alava. The projects are very diverse, they respond to at least 12 SDGs and goals, and very diverse actors, public and private, and from the social, economic, educational, cultural and sports sectors of the territory participate in them. All of them are aligned with the Strategic Framework of the PSDA, respecting the principles and values of the Agenda 2030and generating valuable synergies between different organizations, large and small. At the end of this year, we plan to have 10 prototypes that will run throughout 2021. It is still early to be able to define exactly its impact, but the commitment is true and it is expected that it will benefit the entire territory of Alava, and contribute to achieving the objectives set by the Basque Country and Spain.

Partners
1. ABRA- Rioja Winemakers Association (Private sector partnership)
2. Agurain Town Hall (Local government)
3. Álava Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Private sector)
4. Alavés Sport Society (other relevant actor)
5. Amurrio Town Hall (Local government)
6. Añana Salt Valley FOundation (Local Governments Partnership)
7. Araberri Basket Club (other relevant actor)
8. Araski - Alava Women's Basketball (other relevant actor)
9. Arraia-Maeztu Town Hall (Local government)
10. Arratzua-Ubarrundia Town Hall (Local government)
11. Association of Ikastolas of Alava (Academic partnership)
12. Association of Collaborative Law of the Basque Country (other relevant actor)
13. Association of friends of the SADR (NGO)
14. Azala-Creation Space (other relevant actor)
15. A&B Laboratorios de Biotecnología (Private sector)
16. Basque Country University
17. BIC Araba (Private sector)
18. Cáritas (Philantropic organization)
19. CEAR Euskadi (ONG)
20. Cocina de Guerrilla (ONG)
21. Egibide (Academic institution)
22. Elburgo Town Hall (Local government)
23. Eroski Fundazioa (Private sector)
24. Federation of Agri-Food Cooperatives of the Basque Country (Private sector partnership)
25. Fundación Fernando Buesa (ONG)
26. Fundación Vital (Private sector)
27. Gaztedi Rugby Taldea (other relevant actor)
28. Ikaslan Araba (Academic institution)
29. Kristau Eskola (Academic institution)
30. Kuartango Town Hall (Local government)
31. Kulturbide (Private sector)
32. Labastida Town Hall (Local government)
33. Legutio Town Hall (Local government)
34. Parke ARABA- Basque Technology Parks (Private sector partnership)
35. Peñacerrada Town Hall (Local government)
36. Provincial Council of Alava
37. Network of women from the rural area of Álava (CSO)
38. Red Cross Álava (ONG)
39. RPK Cooperative Society (Private sector)
40. Saski Baskonia (other relevant actor)
41. SEA- Companies from Alava (Private sector partnership)
42. Teatro Paraiso (other relevant actor)
43. UNESCO Etxea- UNESCO Basque Country Centre (NGO)
44. UNICEF Euskadi (NGO)
45. Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council (Local government)
46. World Rural Forum (ONG)
47. Zuzenak Foundation (NGO)

Goal 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Goal 17

17.1

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

17.1.1
Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
17.1.2
Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

17.2

Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

17.2.1
Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

17.3

Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

17.3.1

Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

17.3.2
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

17.4

Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

17.4.1
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

17.5

Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

17.5.1

Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

17.6

Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

17.6.1

 Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

17.7

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

17.7.1

Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

17.8

Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

17.8.1
Proportion of individuals using the Internet

17.9

Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

17.9.1

Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

17.10

Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

17.10.1
Worldwide weighted tariff-average

17.11

Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

17.11.1

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

17.12

Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

17.12.1

Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

17.13

Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

17.13.1
Macroeconomic Dashboard

17.14

Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

17.14.1
Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

17.15

Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

17.15.1
Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

17.16

Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

17.16.1

Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

17.17

Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

17.17.1

Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

17.18

By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

17.18.1

Statistical capacity indicators

17.18.2
Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
17.18.3

Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

17.19

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

17.19.1
Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
17.19.2

Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

Name Description
PSDA presentation public event. More info about the event: https://irekia.araba.eus/es/videos-jornada-2030
Engagement document. See it here: Declaration: https://irekia.araba.eus/documents/2908004/2936969/DOCUMENTO+ADHESI%C3%93N.pdf/79bf0944-e221-4896-2c41-c3abb728babd?t=1537440683977
PSDA dialogues
PSDA Strategic Framework
Staff / Technical expertise
A Technical Secretariat to support the PSDA
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Timeline
01 January 2020 (start date)
31 December 2021 (date of completion)
Entity
Provincial Council of Alava
SDGs
17
Region
  1. Europe
Geographical coverage
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Other beneficiaries
The Partnership for the Sustainable Development from Alava (PSDA), benefits specially to the whole population of the Province of Álava (328.868 hab.) and its future generations, as it is building a fair and sustainable territory. Álava is the southernmost of the three Basque Country provinces (Spain). Alava is well known due to the excellent quality of its wines from Rioja Alavesa, the territory's southernmost region. Alava territory is composed by small, rural villages dotted over the area with relatively few inhabitants, and Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of both the Basque Country and of the province of Alava, that houses over three-quarters of the Alavese population.\\r\\n\\r\\nThe Partnership for the Sustainable Development from Alava is also conscious that we live in an interconnected world with common and difficult challenges to face as a global community, like climate change, ecosystem degradation, pandemias, inequalities... That´s why it seeks to work and contribute locally to these serious global challenges the world is facing.
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Contact Information

Nekane Viota, Sustainability Specialist

n.viota@unescoetxea.org