Madrid, November 2, 2021.- The Secretary General of FEMP, Carlos Daniel Casares, and the Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda, Enrique Santiago, have signed a collaboration agreement between both entities at the Federation’s headquarters for the implementation of the SDGs at the local level. Casares and Santiago highlighted that this further strengthens necessary cooperation, “in the final countdown to 2030,” and agreed that “the role of Local Governments is fundamental for the objective to become a reality, to move from words to deeds in something as sensitive as the 2030 Agenda and its goals and targets.”

The Agreement aims to promote actions and initiatives aimed at strengthening the Network of Local Entities for the 2030 Agenda to contribute to the priorities established in the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy. These are framed within the actions contemplated in the framework agreement between the Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, for the launch and development of actions aimed at the localization and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda at the local level, signed on February 10, 2021.

II Assembly of the Network of Local Entities for the 2030 Agenda

The signing of this agreement, if possible, precedes the celebration in Burgos of the II Assembly of the Network of Local Entities for the 2030 Agenda, on Friday, November 5, and the Conference “The 2030 Agenda in the Action of Local Governments” which will bring together some twenty local elected officials, government representatives and institutions, and experts in the capital of Burgos on November 4 and 5, under the motto #2030IsNow.

These conferences, whose program is attached, will be inaugurated on Thursday, the 4th, at 10:15 AM, by the hosts, the Mayor of Burgos, Daniel de la Rosa, and the President of the Provincial Council, César Rico, who will accompany the President of the Network and Mayor of Palma, José Hila, the Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda, Enrique Santiago, and the Secretary General of FEMP, Carlos Daniel Casares. The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, will also speak at the opening; the COE has joined this Network for the 2030 Agenda as an observer entity.

The meeting will take place around three working tables whose themes are “Keys to advancing the 2030 Agenda from municipalities and provinces,” “Inter-institutional coordination to accelerate the bottom-up implementation process of the SDGs,” the “Panel of Opportunities of the 2030 Agenda as the axis of local policies,” and, finally, “Necessary agents in the local implementation of the 2030 Agenda.”

All sessions will be held at the Fórum Evolución de Burgos (Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca s/n, Burgos) and can be followed via the FEMP YouTube channel at the following links:

Inauguration and morning session, November 4: https://youtu.be/ynANq0wae-Y

Afternoon session, November 4: https://youtu.be/nJLfynJynGU

November 5 session: https://youtu.be/Fg0hHpbCwyw