SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #15

Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above We advocate for accelerated implementation of the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda at EU level, including by making SDG achievement a central focus in European policy planning, aligning European budgets to the 2030 Agenda, promoting policy coherence in line with the 2030 Agenda, improving EU monitoring of SDGs and effectively enforcing sustainability standards in future trade agreements.

At European level, Germany advocates for promoting coherent European policy-making and a cross-cutting approach to topics and regions to foster the 2030 Agenda. For example, Germany is committed to:

• a strategic, comprehensive approach of the European Commission to implement the 2030 Agenda, in coordination with the Council, European Parliament and civil society, that informs the EU budget and ideally is adopted in the form of an EU SDG comprehensive implementation strategy

• improved EU monitoring of SDGs (e.g. in the Eurostat SDG monitoring report), including by enhancing the system for monitoring spillover effects

• coherent shaping and implementation of European initiatives such as the European Green Deal, Global Gateway, Next-Generation EU, European Semester, EU Better Regulation Framework, Team Europe Approach etc. at local, regional, national and European level

• ensuring that EU trade policy effectively lays down and enforces sustainability standards in existing and future agreements – including to prevent negative spillover effects – while promoting diversification and resilience and contributing to development and the environmental dimension of sustainability