The project published a digital report, ‘Poland on the way to SDGs’, which was created in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), celebrated in 2020. The fifth anniversary of the 2030 Agenda was therefore an opportunity to summarise Poland’s progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG report is available here.
Due to the multithreaded theme of the 2030 Agenda, the concepts of SDGs still seem complicated and difficult to understand for many people. Hence, the basis of the digital report was to reach both stakeholders who are involved in the implementation of SDGs (including representatives of government administration, business, the non-governmental sector and academia), as well as every citizen who is interested in broadening their knowledge on this subject.
The report in digital form made it possible to expand the groups of recipients and reach new ones (e.g. those that use only mobile carriers). The publication is available both on PCs and on mobile devices (tablet, smartphone). With its clear form, easy operation and uncomplicated analytical language, it encouraged many people to access it, as evidenced by the number of visits to the website (about 3000 since its publication) and the reaction of stakeholders of Statistics Poland in the area of SDGs. Policymakers and businesses gained knowledge of areas that require more attention and intervention, while for people with less experience in SDGs, the report allowed them to become acquainted with the topic.
A team of people consisting only of employees of Statistics Poland was involved in the work on the digital report. About 10 experts were involved in the substantive work related to the preparation of analyses. One expert was responsible for building the website and preparing its layout in terms of the specificity of the topic (5Ps and 17 SDGs). The publication was prepared based on open-source solutions (it was created in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript). From the point of view of public administration, where Statistics Poland belongs, this is of great importance because these units are bound by the Public Finance Act and the principle of cost-effective spending.