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Sustainable Week
Description/achievement of initiative

Sustainable Week is a private initiative that tackles sustainability in its three dimensions: economical, social and environmental. We aim to contribute to the fulfilment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Week will become a meeting point for long career path experts who will evaluate sustainability in Europe and will also present the challenges we will have to confront in the next couple of years.

Implementation methodologies

Sustainable Week will take place from the 27th of April to the 30th of April in Bilbao. Before the event, the Sustainable Week team will be hosting a press conference in Madrid on the 8th of April. The conference: the speakers will introduce their point of views from different industries about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how to reach a better state on sustainability. On April 27, the First International Forum Sustainable Week is celebrated in Bilbao. At the forum, Gema Gómez, Slow Fashion Next’s founder; BC3 Research; Hermeneus and Agronautas will take part as speakers.Other platforms to achieve SDGs: our web (sustainableweek.com), using the social media we are spreading the UN Sustainable Development Goals as much as we can, trying to raise awareness of this important issue.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Sustainable Week is an initiative open to citizen participation. Our goal is to provide technology and channels necessary to raise awareness on Sustainable Development.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The Sustainable Week team will govern Sustainable Week.

Partner(s)

Bilbao Ekintza (Bilbao City Council), Beaz (Regional Government of Biscay), Zitek, ILO Spain (Oficina de la OIT para España), Unesco Etxea, Slow Fashion Next, BC3 Research, Pez Estudio, Hermeneus, Fashion Revolution, Caostica, Zinegoak, KCD ONGD, Fair Saturday, Cocouse, Tytti Thusberg and Bikonsulting.
Progress reports
Goal 8
8.2 - Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.4 - Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead
8.6 - By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
8.8 - Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.9 - By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.b - By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
Goal 17
17.5 - Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.7 - Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.10 - Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.15 - Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development

Multi-stakeholder partnerships
17.16 - Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 - Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Data, monitoring and accountability
04/2016
Presentation of the work of the ILO in Spain
04/2016
Film forum with UNESCO Etxea - UNESCO Center of Basque Country
04/2016
Fashion Revolution Exhibition
04/2016
International Forum: Sustainable Week
05/2016
Elevator Pitch for sustainable startups of Basque Country
06/2016
Research on CSR in Basque companies
Financing (in USD)
7,000 USD
Staff / Technical expertise
Eduardo Iracheta - Social Media Manager of Unesco Etxea (2013-2014) and Junior Enterprises National Prize (2015)

Basic information
Time-frame: 04/2016 - 04/2019
Website
Partners
Bilbao Ekintza (Bilbao City Council), Beaz (Regional Government of Biscay), Zitek, ILO Spain (Oficina de la OIT para España), Unesco Etxea, Slow Fashion Next, BC3 Research, Pez Estudio, Hermeneus, Fashion Revolution, Caostica, Zinegoak, KCD ONGD, Fair Saturday, Cocouse, Tytti Thusberg and Bikonsulting.
Countries
Contact information
Eduardo Iracheta, Responsible for communication, edu@sustainableweek.com
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