SDG Documents in foreign languages

Here you can find all our publications, recommendations, tools, ​and so on that have been translated to English, French and/or Spanish.

Many of these materials have been developed in the context of our SDG Pilot Project. You can find more information on the approach and lessons learned of the pilot project (2017-2019) in this document titled 'VVSG SDG pilot project with local governments 2017-2019: approach and lessons learned'. 

NEW! VVSG released its first SDG-report ('Voluntary Subnational Review') in 2023, together with the Association of Flemish Provinces (VVP). The report shows how cities, municipalities and provinces contribute to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda , using both data (indicators) and practical examples. Consult the full report, or read through the synthesis and infographic.

a. Awareness raising

• Inspirational paper on our annual campaign 'Sustainable Municipality Week': format, lessons learned and roadmap. Available in English, French and Spanish.
• Publication SDG's in your municipality: 50 practical awareness raising examples: volume 2. Also available in French and Spanish.
• Publication SDG's in your municipality: 50 practical awareness raising examples: volume 1
• Check out our animation movie in English, French and Spanish
• Check out our movie 'Flemish mayors for the SDG's' in English and French
• Check out the inspiring practices of the municipalities of Edegem (video in English and in French) , Deinze (video in English and French) and Harelbeke (video in English and French): the SDGs as a framework for policy making
• Magazine 'Glocal' in English, French and Spanish 
• Gameboard 17 SDG's (circle exercise) in English: core theme  and  3 levels
• Gameboard 5 pillars of sustainable development (circle exercise) in English: core theme and 3 levels
• Gameboard 17 SDG's (circle exercise) in French: 3 levels
• Gameboards 17 SDG's and 5 pillars of sustainable development (circle exercise) in Spanish
• Overview of 17 SDG's in English 
• videos in English about the campaign 'Sustainable Municipality Week' (interviews with participants, compilation of images, calls to participate, ...)

• Manual (2020 edition) for municipalities participating in our annual campaign ‘Sustainable Municipality Week”, in English, French and Spanish

b. Policy making

• Inspirational guide SDG monitoring and reporting
• Publication Local Support for Global Challenges - a local translation of the SDG's
• The SDG's in practice: concrete actions by Flemish municipalities
• Basic tool, which helps to gain insight into the SDG status of your municipality through a number of specific questions and helps to accordingly determine what you want to focus on; available in English, French and Spanish.
• Scenarios for integrating the SDG's into the context analysis
• SDG Declaration of Committment Global Goals Local Focus in English, French and Spanish
• Publication From North-South to Global
• Publication Inspiration Guide: integrating the SDG's into your multi-annual policy plan
• SDG-indicators (quantitative + qualitative) to monitor progress towards the SDGs at the level of Flemish local authorities. Use the Excel document with the local SDG indicators together with the manual.
  Note: the English version dates from 2018. The update of 2022 is only available in Dutch. 

c. Political strategy

• Recommendations to integrate the SDG's into local party manifestos

d. International cooperation

• This new publication highlights 40 examples of how your municipality can integrate SDG's into its international activities. Also available in Spanish and in French.