Africa voluntary local review guidelines

Abstract

The Africa Voluntary Local Review Guidelines are the result of a specific request made by African member States to the United Nations system for a tool to support VLR preparation in the region. At the 2020 African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, a twofold commitment was made to assist in the development of common guidelines and a template for VLRs to improve the coherence of reviews and to enable peer review. The overall goal of the Africa Voluntary Local Review Guidelines is to enable VLR preparation in the region and to provide a common approach for local and regional governments to draw on in preparing a review. The best practices and common template contained in the Guidelines are intended to foster local ownership, commitment and action on the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063. The Guidelines include a comprehensive introduction, a template and an annex with a compilation of tools and resources to facilitate the production of a local review