Mafra SDG LAB

Summary

The Municipality of Mafra, Portugal, is committed to placing people first, to have them embrace nature as part of their home, and to create the environment for businesses to thrive. For this reason, it has joined UN-Habitat’s global SDG Cities Initiative and commits to establish with the Catolica University a SDGs Urban Lab that researches and shares relevant knowledge and best practices on implementing SDGs in Cities, which can be replicated by participating cities. Moreover, the Municipality of Mafra commits to supporting the mobilization of SDG Cities across Portugal and in Portuguese-speaking countries. The Municipality will encourage Mayors and City Councils to persue UN-HABITAT SDG cities certification process as a UN recognized system.