Advancing Decent Work and Economic Development for all: Challenges and opportunities for LRGs in the localization of SDG8
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On 16 July 2025 PSI and UCLG launched their joint paper “Challenges and opportunities for LRGs in the localization of SDG 8” on the localisation of SDG8 ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’. at the UN’s High Level Policy Forum 2025 at the UN headquarters in New York (USA).
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The PSI-UCLG paper on SDG8 underscores the essential role of Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) in driving sustainable growth and decent work creation in their territories; asserts their role and responsibilities as employers of local public service staff and their agency through social value procurement practices; and ultimately shows how SDG8 can be best fulfilled when LRGs enter into social dialogue and collective bargaining with trade unions.