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Running effective and efficient multi- stakeholders bodies Categorize the countries in SDplanNET by key aspects of their strategies Cultural differences across Europe; CEE is more homogenous (low member-based ngo); South rather issues (movements) Fiscal limitation to save money led to reduction of the competencies of the local governments (move towards centralization) Once an arena is created (running) - needs are filled-up (with relevant focus) and but they are not into initiative things Issues: V&A: Flood-management issues in CEE; risk and disaster management (complementing SDC approach) Boarder concept of sustainability communities Awareness of multi-stakeholders bodies benefits for decision-making, for governments, for communities Eastern Europe partnership to create new partnerships they needs to cover SD issues Needs: importance of bottom-up; top-down connections that are maintains; training for champions/change agents; partnership, long-term duration, not just project-based

Collaboration across the levels of government Top-down and bottom-up and what are key mechanism of collaboration; formal/informal Vertical collaboration intense on the regional level planning needs (energy) – vertical disaggregation may work only for certain issues (some issues are better management at the higher level) Needs to be coordinated with key national and regional bodies Strategic opportunities: Need to create sub-national level SDGs and targets but only when there is money attached to it; it needs to be emphasized the important role of the regional/local governments Teachers’ training; vertical collaboration is very weak; first the integration of planning and needs to be supported by resource allocation; More encouragement to do vertical interactions from the national level Ownership and interests - looking for support; scenarios

Scaling-up implementations by using cross-cutting policies Environment is only integrated into critical issues Adaptation, resilience (communities for resilience and resilience for communities) – relevance for SD agenda; green economies (esp. national level); sub-national planning on key Building transition pathways; trainings and CB for critical sectors and integration of SD (technical school to move away from BAU) Legislation, planning, budgets needs to liked to the cross-cutting policies (not just a training on individual tools)

Monitoring, reporting, accountability Aligning it with SDGs and post-2015 the context and using their indicators Process on outline key indicators/plug existing indicators into policy process From scientific data to accountability Regional and national levels indicator connections