GGN SDG's and Geopark Gastronomy
GEOPARK GASTRONOMY
Invitation to Participate in the Campaign!
The Global Geoparks Network is launching a new campaign coordinated by the GGN Working Group on Gastronomy, which aims to promote and highlight the strong connection between geology, soils, plants, local products, gastronomy, local heritage, sustainable development and their high quality gastronomic treasures across the 229 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 50 Countries .
We warmly invite all Geoparks to participate in this initiative by showcasing their unique culinary identity.
Your contribution will help us promote the diversity of gastronomic traditions across the UNESCO Global Geoparks!
You can JOIN our campaign for FREE by submitting the following:
One high-quality photograph representative of your Geopark’s local food, traditional dish, gastronomy-related activity or culinary landscape.
Your Geopark’s logo (preferably in high resolution, PNG or vector format).
Title : name of the dish or activity
A short text (approx. 150–200 words) describing your Geopark’s approach to gastronomy, its connection to local traditions, and any relevant initiatives, products, or events.
Please send your materials to info@globalgeoparksnetwork.org.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and sharing the richness of gastronomy across the UNESCO Global Geoparks!
2024 GEOPARK SDG’s REPORT
Geopark Contribution on SDG’s for the year of 2024
Being a UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) requires in the overall sense to follow the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), since UNESCO is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The Global Geoparks Network through the GGN Working Group on SDG’s is compiling a Report that shows the evidence of the UNESCO Global Geoparks contribution to the SDGs.
For the UNESCO Global Geoparks it is essential to be perceived and mentioned as active partners in the implementation and promotion of the SDGs in UNESCO´s sessions, meetings and publications on a regular basis. This requires a scheme and continuity of reporting by the UNESCO Global Geoparks regarding all activities, which underline, how they support the SDGs.
The SDG reporting, which has started from 2023 on an annual basis, will now be continued with the SDG activities from 2024. As Follow-up of the GGN SDG Workshop in February 2025, the GGN Regional Networks offer online SDG Workshops with best practice examples and tutorials to getting familiar with the SDG template and the reporting procedure.
In order to start the reporting process, we kindly ask you to complete the following template with your activities of the previous year 2024.
For those who has not filled in the template yet:
Please fill in the online google form template up to 25th May 2025.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHg0XpmZ41Jn8_cJxbcM-SzNDICEhnBO_uhxUqlcDxrc8ihw/viewform
In case you have no access to google please send your completed template to secretariat@globalgeoparksnetwork.org or