Support in developing digital platforms and organizing events and training on SDG Localization

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Mission and objectives

OUR VISION The UN-Habitat’s vision of “a better quality of life for all in an urbanizing world” is bold and ambitious. UN-Habitat works with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities. UN-Habitat promotes urbanization as a positive transformative force for people and communities, reducing inequality, discrimination and poverty. OUR MISSION UN-Habitat works in over 90 countries to promote transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance and collaborative action. UN-Habitat’s new strategic plan 2020-2023 adopts a more strategic and integrated approach to solving the challenges and opportunities of twenty-first century cities and other human settlements. Our mission embodies the four main roles of the organization, which can be summarized as: think, do, share and partner. THINK: UN-Habitat’s normative work, including groundbreaking research and capacity-building, sets standards, proposes norms and principles, shares good practice, monitors global progress and supports formulation of policies related to sustainable cities and human settlements. DO: UN-Habitat’s operational work takes various forms of technical assistance, drawing on its unique expertise in sustainable urbanization and crisis response. UN-Habitat implements projects to provide value-added and tailored support to countries. SHARE: Through advocacy, communication and outreach, UN-Habitat mobilizes public, political and financial support and collaborative action to inspire qualitative change in national development plans, policy frameworks, development practice and investment choices for sustainable urban development at the local, national and global level. PARTNER: UN-Habitat collaborates with governments, intergovernmental, UN agencies, civil society organizations, foundations, academic institutions and the private sector to achieve enduring results in addressing the challenges of urbanization.

Context

The full involvement of local and regional governments, local economic and social actors as well as communities is necessary to ensure the achievement of national development outcomes, by grounding development choices in the will of the people through popular participation and ownership. In this context, localization does not only mean defining tools and mechanisms to efficiently implement and monitor development policies at the local level, but also putting the territories and their people's priorities, needs, and resources at the center of sustainable development. Therefore, the search for the most appropriate tools and strategies for ‘localizing’ the SDGs is critical to the design, implementation, and optimizing the success of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. In the spirit of supporting countries and territories in facing these challenges and capitalizing on their alliance, the UN-Habitat's SDG Localization and Local Governments Team is currently developing digital platforms that will make available key information, tools, and resources on SDG localization. Likewise, the Team is constantly organizing crucial debates to highlight the role of local actors to accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the Decade of Action. These processes will allow concrete engagement and enhanced bottom-up and inclusive processes to apply the 2030 Agenda at the local level as a roadmap to overcome the present crises and their subsequent effects.

Task description

The SDG Localization and Local Governments Team is seeking the support of one online volunteer to assist in developing digital platforms and organizing events and training on SDG Localization. Concretely, he/she is expected to: - Assist the development process of UN-Habitat's SDG Localization and Voluntary Local Review digital platforms. - Assist in communication efforts, updating relevant information on the internal communication tools and digital platforms (e.g., online platforms, social media). - Assist in planning, preparing, and implementing events (meetings, workshops, conferences, Expert Group Meetings, etc.), including developing speeches and background documents. - Assist in developing and implementing training programs related to local governments, SDG localization, and Voluntary Local Reviews. Once the volunteer is selected, he/she is expected to finish the assignment in 12 weeks. The volunteer will be in direct contact with the SDG Localization and Local Governments Team to solve any doubts or questions during the process. Due credit will be given to the volunteer.