Advancing the Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals through Sport

This side event “Advancing SDG Localisation through Sport” will share insight, learning and collaboration opportunities on harnessing sport as a driver for sustainable urban development.

The event will feature thought leaders and officials from governments, development banks and development financing institutions, the sport and Olympic movement and civil society. Together they will discuss approaches to plan, deliver and finance policies and strategies that enhance and strengthen the role of sport as a driver of positive economic, social and environmental development.

Building on practical experiences from cities, this session will explore the value proposition of integrating sport and physical activity into cities’ analysis and planning tools, approaches to build local capacity to deploy sport as a tool for sustainable urban development, and opportunities to utilise concessional, blended and impact-orientated investment tools to scale access to sport, physical activity and active recreation as a tool for