ESDN Policy Notes are synthesis documents from the ESDN Conferences, Workshops, and Peer Learning Platforms and Visits. Policy Notes are not only based on presentations given by keynote speakers, but also on the outputs generated by interactive group work between policymakers and experts in sustainable development during these events, which culminate in jointly made recommendations with respect to the topic of the specific ESDN event.

You can find this year's Policy Notes, as well as all past Policy Notes below for download. 

ESDN Policy Notes 2026
  • Post-2030 Agenda: 10 Years of SDG Implementation and Ideas for a Future Agenda
    Download Feb. 2026
ESDN Policy Notes 2025
  • Requirements to Make Regulation, Competitiveness and Sustainability Work Together
    Download Aug. 2025
  • The Integrative and Framing Power of the SDGs – Keeping Sustainable Development Relevant in Europe
    Download June 2025
  • Youth Network Policy Note on Aligning Goals with Core Values
    Download April 2025
  • Youth Network Policy Note on Building Trust
    Download April 2025
  • Youth Network Policy Note on Empowering Local Communities and Youth
    Download April 2025
  • Youth Network Policy Note on Sustainable Finance
    Download April 2025
ESDN Policy Notes 2024
  • Sustainable Culture & Circular Economy: Building Resilience for Tomorrow
    Download Nov. 2024
  • Building Transformative Policies for SDG Implementation
    Download July 2024
  • Governance Transformations for More Effective SDG Implementation
    Download July 2024
  • Intergenerational Equity
    Download May 2024
  • Approaches in SDG Budgeting, Mainstreaming, and Performance Management
    Download Jan. 2024
  • Halfway to 2030 – How Europe moves forward with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
    Download Jan. 2024
ESDN Policy Notes 2023
  • Addressing Spillover Effects in the Context of SDG Implementation
    Download Dec. 2023
  • Integrating Youth Perspectives in Addressing SDG Spillovers
    Download Nov. 2023
  • Conducting 2nd VNRs
    Download Jan. 2023
ESDN Policy Notes 2022
  • SDGs and Human Rights
    Download Dec. 2022
  • Europe’s Position as Leading Change Agent against the Triple Planetary Crisis
    Download Dec. 2022
  • Recommendations for a More Resilient and Sustainable Europe
    Download Feb. 2022
ESDN Policy Notes 2021
  • Youth Involvement in Europe
    Download Dec. 2021
  • Engaging Civil Society and Citizens for the 2030 Agenda
    Download Dec. 2021
  • Parliamentary Involvement in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
    Download Sep. 2021
  • Strengthening Sustainable Finance for the Green Transformation
    Download Feb. 2021
ESDN Policy Notes 2020
  • Utilizing the European Green Deal as a Vehicle to Transform Europe to a Sustainable Society
    Download Dec. 2020
  • Achieving a Sustainable Recovery from the Covid-19 Crisis
    Download Sep. 2020
ESDN Policy Notes 2019
  • Communicating Sustainable Development and the SDGs
    Download Feb. 2019
ESDN Policy Notes 2018
ESDN Policy Notes 2017
  • Implementing the SDGs at the Local and Urban Level
    Download Nov. 2017