#2030 AGENDA FULL#
Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages highlights the promotion of social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services.The vision of the role and place of culture in achieving the SDGs is reflected in the following references: Furthermore, the EU and its Member States are committed to support universal human rights, whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural.ģ) Staff Working Document Key European action supporting the 2030 Agenda and the SDG maps the most relevant EU existing actions related to the achievement of each of the 17 SDGs. Culture is mentioned in the part on the priority of the EU and its Member States to ensure that "everyone has the knowledge, skills, capabilities and rights they need (…) to contribute to (…) the promotion of and access to culture".
The document does not mention culture not even once.Ģ) Proposal for a new European Consensus on Development puts forward a shared vision and framework for action for all EU Institutions and all Member States, focusing on the five key themes of the 2030 Agenda: people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.
The first document does not mention culture at all, while references to culture in the two other papers do not fully embrace all the values with which culture contributes to sustainable development.ġ) Communication on the Next steps for a sustainable European future provides a basic understanding of how the European Commission will implement the SDGs. On 22 November the European Commission presented three documents explaining its strategic approach to achieving the SDGs in Europe and around the world. The core of the 2030 Agenda is the set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, represents a new framework to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication.