Spain will be the country in the world that evaluates its commitments to the 2030 Agenda most often

The Minister for Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, Pablo Bustinduy, and the Second Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Work and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, in a stock photo

It will be the third time that our country has undergone this review, making it the first country in the world to reach this figure and, therefore, the country that has evaluated its commitments to the 2030 Agenda the most times.

This report was approved at the last Delegate Committee for the 2030 Agenda chaired by the Second Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Work and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz. This committee is made up of 19 ministries that have competencies in the plans and strategies for Spain's compliance with the 2030 Agenda, both in the design and drafting of measures and in their implementation and evaluation.

"We are one of the most serious governments in the world in rolling out the 2030 Agenda. Social justice, economic efficiency and environmental protection must be made compatible, and the 2030 Agenda, the fruit of international consensus, offers concrete targets and indicators to achieve this balance," Vice-President Díaz assured the commission.

The Voluntary National Review will take place in the third week of July at the UN High Level Political Forum at its headquarters in New York. The Minister for Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, Pablo Bustinduy, will represent Spain in this evaluation, which will be an international milestone.

Pablo Bustinduy explained that this evaluation before the United Nations will serve our country "as a guide to achieve a better society and to implement public policies that achieve more social justice and well-being".

The objective of this review is to assess Spain's compliance with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) signed by the 193 countries participating in the roll out of the 2030 Agenda. In this regard, Minister Bustinduy highlighted the close collaboration between ministries to ensure compliance with the SDGs and called for maximum cooperation between all administrations. "We have a complex and laborious challenge ahead of us, but also the opportunity to turn Spain into an international benchmark in the extension of civil rights and social rights", he said.

Pablo Bustinduy underlined the Government of Spain's commitment to sustainable development and the work that all the ministers have carried out to be able to deploy a battery of policies, actions and regulatory reforms in this area, which have four main objectives:

• Improve social protection to end poverty and inequality.
• A just transition to address the climate and environmental crisis.
• More labour rights to end precariousness.
• Addressing the care crisis as a matter of urgency.

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