On 24 March, 24 hours before the 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome celebrations, SDG Watch Europe and its members ran an online #SDGAmbassadors Campaign featuring Members of the European Parliament who stand for the Sustainable Development Goals in their parliamentary work.
Members of SDG Watch Europe Steering Group Ingo Ritz and Leida Rijnhout participated in the Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development on 1-3 March 2017 in Bonn. The Global Festival of Ideas is the first in a series of annual forums, hosted by the UN SDG Action Campaign and supported by the Federal Government of Germany. The Festival brings together leading thinkers, policy-makers and civil society, together with gaming experts and policy simulators, to deliver the world’s first playable policy conference.
Here the panel on policy coherence and Uchita De Zoysa – Sri Lanka, explaining the need for a format for country progress reporting, which should strengthen the governmental accountability.
Last week, Dóchas took part in the official launch of Coalition2030 in the Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland.
The event was attended by leading civil society and political figures, with Dóchas CEO Suzanne Keatinge and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten TD, addressing the standing room only crowd, which included people such as Martin Fraser, Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach, Leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan TD and Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seán Crowe TD. Other speakers at the launch included Sean Healy, Social Justice Ireland, Olive Towey, Concern Worldwide, Oisin Coghlan, Friends of the Earth and Brian Campfield, President of ICTU, who took part in a fascinating panel discussion.
The photo above (Maxwell Photography) features: Dóchas CEO, Suzanne Keatinge and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten TD.
