Concluding the Pact for the Future in 2024, world leaders renewed their commitment to bold and ambitious actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and leave no one behind. Such renewed vigor for action is crucial for accelerating progress towards the Goals and overcome the many challenges faced on the global, regional and national levels.
In supporting action at the country level, international cooperation and solidarity are essential. In this spirit, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe organizes focused exchanges and peer learning to promote action and advance sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions. The landmark event is the annual Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, which in 2025 takes place for the ninth time, bringing together a broad range of stakeholders.
To inform the debate at the Forum and beyond, it is essential to know where the region stands in its path towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The assessment prepared by the UNECE Statistical Division shows that accelerated action is much needed as progress in the region is on track for only a few targets and trends must be turned around in a number of areas. One improvement is in the availability of data, which has allowed the assessment to be more comprehensive this time. To encourage action, United Nations country teams and international agencies share in this report examples of how working together can make change happen.
The World Social Summit in November 2025 is expected to lead to further action on integrating the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development. This is bound to give further momentum to bolster progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, achievable through bold action and shared determination.
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