17.03.2025

Ten at a stroke

How South Africa is driving the process of SDG localisation

At the suggestion of the UN and as part of a comprehensive multi-stakeholder approach, the government of South Africa, together with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and 14 municipalities, initiated a remarkable process to localise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, resulting in ten Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) with many other very positive downstream impacts in just eight months.