SDG Lab creates new opportunities for diverse actors in and outside Geneva to meet and exchange information, experiences, and ideas for collaboration. This fosters constructive interactions and strengthens multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
A wealth of work is underway in and outside Geneva to implement the 2030 Agenda. The SDG Lab creates unique forums for telling stories of success and failure so that the lessons can inform future policy and practice.
A shift in mindset will be required to achieve the SDGs. Thinking, acting and investing in an intersectoral way doesn’t ‘just happen’. The SDG Lab aims to ask questions that uncover new ways of thinking and new paths to action.
SDG Lab provides a space for actors from various sectors to come together and tackle common challenges. The Lab encourages experimentation with new approaches, formats and processes. It encourages risk-taking and learning from failure.
Our first iteration of the SDG "So What" Series featured Gender (SDG 5) and Innovation (SDG 9). Tell us about policies, tools, partnerships, or experiences focused on women and innovation that have demonstrated impact on development in your country, city, region, organizations.
Read MoreThe Millennium Institute has created an innovative tool for national-level governments to make integrated decision making about investments in the SDGs. The SDG Lab convened a group of UN system actors to view the model and create links to governments who could utilize it for implementation.
Read MoreThe SDG Lab is a co-convener of the Geneva 2030 Ecosystem group of multistakeholder actors that meets periodically to build a common vision for how the Geneva community will work together to advance the SDGs.
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