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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Finance Forests Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Major Groups Partnerships Poverty Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	Regional Europe North America Asia Latin America and Caribbean Africa
Country of activity:	Uganda Belgium Malawi Romania Italy Democratic Republic of the Congo France Senegal Mali Argentina Burkina Faso Ecuador Somalia Canada Brazil Mozambique Portugal Zambia Bangladesh Peru Spain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Indonesia
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development, nrg4SD is a non-profit international organisation representing subnational governments and associations of subnational governments at global level. Our mission, objectives and areas of activity - Promotes sustainable development at the level of subnational government around the Globe. - Acts as the voice and representative of subnational governments at global level in the field of sustainable development. nrg4SD is the only international network representing solely subnational governments with worldwide presence. - Seeks a wider recognition at international level of the importance of the commitment of subnational governments towards sustainable development. nrg4SD contributes also to the elaboration and implementation of responsible and ambitious policies and tools with a territorial dimension adapted to the subnational level, as well as to the establishment of adequate resources. - Encourages the understanding, partnerships, projects and expertise exchange among its members, and also between them and other major international stakeholders. - Under its current work programme, nrg4SD focuses on 3 main thematic areas – climate change, biodiversity, water resources and sanitation – and the cross-cutting theme of sustainable development.
Year established:	2002
Year of registration:	2002
Organizational structure:	Steering Committee, General Assembly, Co-Chairs, Vice-Chairs, External Affairs Coordinator, Internal Affairs Coordinator, Secretariat
Number and type of members:	Established in 2002 at the World Summit of Johannesburg, today nrg4SD totals some 50 subnational governments from 30 countries and 7 associations of subnational governments. Altogether, nrg4SD represents around 600 territories in the World. There are full members, associate members, observers and supporting partners
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues

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