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Austria's Commitment to the 2030 Agenda

Guided by the BKMC's mission to foster leadership for the Sustainable Development Goals, we have been closely collaborating with the Austrian Federal Chancellery since 2018 to advance the implementation of the SDGs in and by Austria. On the margins of the UN High-Level Political Forum 2023, we are very proud to launch the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens publication “Austria’s Commitment to the 2030 Agenda”. The publication covers national, European, and global efforts to implement the SDGs.  Against the backdrop of multiple crises, it is now more important than ever to find global solutions based on cooperation, partnership, and sustainability. Dive into our report and check out milestone activities, good practice examples, and initiatives of SDG implementation in Austria from 2019 to 2023.

Guided by the BKMC's mission to foster leadership for the Sustainable Development Goals, we have been closely collaborating with the Austrian Federal Chancellery since 2018 to advance the implementation of the SDGs in and by Austria.

On the margins of the UN High-Level Political Forum 2023, we are very proud to launch the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens publication “Austria’s Commitment to the 2030 Agenda”. The publication covers national, European, and global efforts to implement the SDGs. 

Against the backdrop of multiple crises, it is now more important than ever to find global solutions based on cooperation, partnership, and sustainability. Dive into our report and check out milestone activities, good practice examples, and initiatives of SDG implementation in Austria from 2019 to 2023.

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ACTIVE ON NATIONAL LEVEL<br />

DIALOGUE WITH CULTURE AND EDUCATION<br />

models. Against this backdrop, discussion<br />

events, workshops, special guided <strong>to</strong>urs<br />

and an event on <strong>the</strong> female role model in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Slovak ethnic group (“doma/daheim/at<br />

home”) were carried out. The role model<br />

of a man and woman in <strong>the</strong> last 90 years<br />

was explained through <strong>the</strong> works of Werner<br />

Berg and Karlheinz Fessl. Art-education<br />

campaigns, lectures and concerts assisted<br />

<strong>the</strong> visi<strong>to</strong>rs in confronting <strong>the</strong> issue of<br />

gender equality with heightened awareness.<br />

The event was accompanied by school<br />

workshops where <strong>the</strong> students discussed<br />

gender roles in <strong>the</strong> past as compared <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> present. Those impulses were fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

processed during art classes at school.<br />

Finally, <strong>the</strong> students’ works were presented<br />

at <strong>the</strong> Werner Berg Museum.<br />

transition and construction”. International<br />

experts addressed <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>pics of climatefriendly<br />

construction, improvement of <strong>the</strong><br />

CO2 footprint of existing buildings and<br />

existing districts as well as <strong>the</strong> adaptation<br />

of urban spaces and <strong>the</strong> consequences of<br />

climate change.<br />

The Architekturzentrum Wien concentrated<br />

on SDG 7 (renewable energy) and<br />

highlighted <strong>the</strong> issue of resource-saving<br />

architecture and green living. Specific<br />

projects included introducing greenery <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Architekturzentrum Wien inner courtyard,<br />

creating guides on how <strong>to</strong> introduce<br />

greenery in<strong>to</strong> our private space, excursions<br />

<strong>to</strong> green architecture, <strong>the</strong> “Boden für Alle”<br />

( Soil for Everyone) exhibition in <strong>the</strong> federal<br />

states and holding a conference on “Energy<br />

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