<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Walter Flores</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:waltergflores@gmail.com">waltergflores@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:medium"> Grassroots organizations and SDGs: crucial <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">f</span>or inclusion and </span><font size="3" face="Cambria" color="#000000"><span>accountability</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font size="3" face="Cambria" color="#000000"><span><br></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0in"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dear colleagues. I would like to share a recent article that my co-author Jeannie Samuels and I, published at the British Medical Journal. Below an extract of our article:<span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,34)">“An accountability gap exists within the SDG framework. Grassroots organisations are one way in which that can be plugged, but this will not happen spontaneously. These organisations should be supported directly and through intermediary organisations. In this way they can establish innovative, sustainable mechanisms that allow them to interact with state institutions…The practical experiences gained show how grassroots organisations can help the most marginalised people to play a central role in implementing the SDGs and promoting social and economic rights.”<span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The article is open access. It can be downloaded through this link:<a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2269.full?ijkey=oKMyDvn7lJCTYVa&keytype=ref" style="color:purple;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none">https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2269.full?ijkey=oKMyDvn7lJCTYVa&keytype=ref</span></a><span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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