VLR Lab HomeNewsEventsPublicationsAbout VLRBackgroundSubmit your VLR State of the Voluntary Local Reviews Series Research Report July 2024 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2024: Strengthening the Local Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Research Report July 2023 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2023: Follow-up and Review of the 2030 Agenda at the Local Level Research Report June 2022 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2022: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation Research Report June 2021 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2021: From Reporting to Action Working Paper April 2020 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2020:Local Action for Global Impact in Achieving the SDGs Commentary Op. Ed Commentary (Op. Ed) October 2024 How Cities Can Steer the SDGs Back on Track Commentary (Op. Ed) December 2022 Moving Towards Sustainable Cities: Linking Climate Action and VLRs Commentary (Op. Ed) September 2021 How Can Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) Amplify Local Sustainability? Commentary (Op. Ed) May 2020 How Can Voluntary Local Reviews Contribute to the SDG Decade of Action? An Assessment of VLRs to Date Training or Learning Material Training or Learning Material April 2020 Shimokawa Method for Voluntary Local Reviews Presentation Presentation March 2023 Local Level Follow-up and Review of the SDGS through Voluntary Local Reviews. Presentation October 2022 State of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs): Comparative Analysis of VLRs Published in 2018-2021 Presentation April 2022 The Role of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) in Accelerating Local Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Presentation February 2022 Framing the Voluntary Local Review Movement: Monitoring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals Presentation October 2021 Localization of SDGs and Voluntary Local Reviews in Asia and the Pacific Presentation October 2021 Hands on Guidance on VLRs: Benefits, Challenges, and Way forward. Conference Paper Conference Paper June 2023 How does the Voluntary Local Review (VLR) Process Contribute to Policy Integration for sustainable transitions? Evidence from Frontrunner Cities Conference Proceeding September 2022 Cities Building Back Better from COVID-19: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Localising the SDGs through Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) Conference Paper March 2022 Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) and sustainability transitions during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities Conference Paper October 2021 The Role of VLRs in Fostering Horizontal Collaboration: Towards Climate Action. Conference Paper October 2021 Framing the Voluntary Local Review Movement. Peer-reviewed Paper Peer-reviewed Article April 2023 Contributions of the voluntary local review process to policy integration: evidence from frontrunner cities
Research Report July 2024 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2024: Strengthening the Local Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Research Report July 2023 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2023: Follow-up and Review of the 2030 Agenda at the Local Level
Research Report June 2022 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2022: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation
Working Paper April 2020 State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2020:Local Action for Global Impact in Achieving the SDGs
Commentary (Op. Ed) September 2021 How Can Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) Amplify Local Sustainability?
Commentary (Op. Ed) May 2020 How Can Voluntary Local Reviews Contribute to the SDG Decade of Action? An Assessment of VLRs to Date
Presentation March 2023 Local Level Follow-up and Review of the SDGS through Voluntary Local Reviews.
Presentation October 2022 State of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs): Comparative Analysis of VLRs Published in 2018-2021
Presentation April 2022 The Role of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) in Accelerating Local Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Presentation February 2022 Framing the Voluntary Local Review Movement: Monitoring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Conference Paper June 2023 How does the Voluntary Local Review (VLR) Process Contribute to Policy Integration for sustainable transitions? Evidence from Frontrunner Cities
Conference Proceeding September 2022 Cities Building Back Better from COVID-19: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Localising the SDGs through Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)
Conference Paper March 2022 Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) and sustainability transitions during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities
Conference Paper October 2021 The Role of VLRs in Fostering Horizontal Collaboration: Towards Climate Action.
Peer-reviewed Article April 2023 Contributions of the voluntary local review process to policy integration: evidence from frontrunner cities