SDG Watch Europe Plenary 26th November 2019
2019-11-26 09:30 - 13:00 UTC
Agenda SDG Watch Europe Plenary 26 November 2019
With a new, politically diverse European parliament that has steadily started its work and the unveiling of the new Commission the future focus of the EU Institutions is just beginning to take shape. So far, the role of the SDGs in it is still unclear. Whether or not it will be part of a Green Deal or the work on a sustainability strategy will finally start is yet to be decided in the coming months.
SDG Watch Europe has been pushing for the implementation of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda ever since its adoption. With its work in the Multi Stakeholder Group, on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, the 6th scenario as well as on the EP elections, SDG Watch Europe has always urged to take the SDGs seriously and put people and planet at the heart of European policies.
The next SDG Watch Europe Plenary will take place on 26 November 2019 from 9:30-13:00, at: Meeting Room EARTH, European Environmental Bureau, 14-16 Rue des Deux Eglises, Brussels.
To register for the meeting please enter your details here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rlBz9RxQGEwoQhV5Zm4971LGjl8rRo0lwR7Ik9gmEY/edit
If you need any support for accessibility please let us know and we will provide what is needed. SDG Watch Europe will also be able to cover travel costs for some participants. Please contact us with a short explanatory statement for need of funding. In case of a large number of applicants, the Steering Group will decide on funding based on geographic, sectoral and gender balance. Contact: sdgwatcheurope@gmail.com
We are looking forward to a fruitful exchange.
Your steering group members,
Barbara, Constantinos, Deirdre, Julie, Inge, Ingo, Leida, Marie-Luise and Patrizia

LLLWeek 2019
2019-12-02 - 2019-12-06
The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) will be holding the 9th edition of its iconic LLLWeek on 2-6 December 2019 in Brussels. The LLLWeek has become a milestone in the European education agenda, thanks to the support of civil society actors, Members of the European Parliament, and other representatives of the European institutions (European Commission, European Council, European Economic and Social Council). The LLLPlatform is proud to announce that the LLLWeek2019 will take place in cooperation with the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Youth intergroup and the Lifelong Learning Interest Group of the European Parliament, as well as partners such as CONCORD Europe and ECAS.
The Lifelong Learning Platform will tackle the topic of “Learning democracy, values and participation”, a theme encompassed throughout the year for LLLP. 2019 is a crucial year for Europe, as the political landscape changed with the May elections: through this topic, the LLLPlatform will seek to bring back the discussions around citizenship education, active citizenship, and the values that inform our democracies. Following the many inputs of the Lifelong Learning Interest Group of the European Parliament, the thrust of its membership, and the European momentum, the Lifelong Learning Platform hopes to build an arena in which to debate the importance of civic participation in political life at all levels – local, regional, national, European, and even international – and the role that a lifelong learning approach to citizenship has to play.
Why a lifelong learning week?
Lifelong learning covers education and training across all ages and in all areas of life. It enables citizen’s emancipation and full participation in society in its civic, political, social and economic dimensions. A humanistic and holistic approach to learning, from the cradle to the grave, is of continued relevance in today’s world and a viable foundation for the rethinking of education. The Lifelong Learning Week aims to raise awareness of the fact that lifelong learning answers many challenges of modern societies. Fostering a comprehensive approach to education is especially important when it comes to building learning societies, by making sure that our citizens are fully equipped with the competences they need in the 21st century. The paradigm shift to lifelong learning means recognising that learning is taking place in various contexts – be it formal, non-formal and informal. It implies changing the ways we provide and receive education, the ways we assess learning and the ways we work and live together.
Format
During the LLLWeek, participants will be taken into the topic of choice, starting from the context in which lifelong learning and education operate in Europe to build active citizens. We will subsequently delve into the policy framework that is supposed to provide the tools necessary to understand our society and the changes it undergoes. Different approaches can be deepened, as they all build up to the same overarching objective:

Global citizenship education
Learning democracy
Promoting values

In fact, all of these will contribute to the goal that the Lifelong Learning Platform has always been pursuing: better societies through education and lifelong learning.

Your project proposal could receive 50 000 EUR in funding through the 2020 Trust Initiative!
2019-12-31
Have an idea for building trust in data?
Your project proposal could receive 50 000 EUR in funding through the 2020 Trust Initiative!
PARIS21 is seeking proposals for innovative projects that enhance trust in data and statistics in low and middle-income countries. The initiative will sponsor six to twelve-month projects up to 50 000 EUR each.
SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BEFORE 31 DECEMBER

SOER 2020: Civil society's role for a just (and fast) transition towards sustainability
2020-01-13
By the EESC Sustainable Development Observatory and the European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest report on ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020’ (SOER 2020), published on 4 December, states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency. Europe will not achieve its 2030 goals without ambitious action during the next 10 years to address the alarming rate of biodiversity loss, increasing impacts of climate change and the overconsumption of natural resources.
Accelerating the sustainability transition will require fundamental and far-reaching policy action, engaging all sectors of economy and society to enable systemic change, while leaving no one behind. The need for such far-reaching change is reflected in the Commission’s European Green Deal, which emphasises the importance of ambitious transformations to tackle climate change and environment-related challenges, and the opportunities that these could create for a just and inclusive transition.
The EESC Sustainable Development Observatory and the European Environment Agency will jointly host a public event on 12 February 2020 (9h00-13h00), aiming to engage a broad range of civil society organisations to discuss the core messages of the SOER 2020 report and their implications for actions in support to ongoing policy processes, in particular those related to the European Green Deal.
The event will look at ways to boost the role of civil society for a just transition towards sustainability and to translate knowledge into action. It will also discuss how to foster the engagement and active participation of all stakeholders, including youth, in accelerating the shift towards a more sustainable Europe.
Registrations will open in the week of 13 January.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FINAL EVALUATION OF THE EC DEAR PROJECT
2020-01-24
Fairtrade International is looking to commission a Final Evaluation of its multi-stakeholder EC DEAR-funded project ‘Trade Fair, Live Fair’.
More details can be found here: https://www.fairtrade.net/opportunity/call-for-applications-for-final-evaluation-of-the-ec-dear-project
We look forward to applications from qualified research teams!

SDG TRAINING HANDBOOK
2020-02-13
Check out the new material available in the Make Europe Sustainable for All handbook especially designed for CSOs to organise capacity building workshops on SDGs.
Read more: https://makeeuropesustainableforall.org/handbook/

Launch SDGs4MEPs and SDG Watch Europe AGM
2020-02-19
19 February 2020 08.15 – 09.45
European Parliament- Room A3H-1, Brussels
Hosted by MEP Udo Bullmann
We are happy to invite you to the launch of “MEPs for SDGs”, a new initiative by SDG Watch Europe that aims at gathering Parliamentarians caring for people and planet to work together for the ambitious and integrated SDG implementation.
As part of the initiative, we ask MEPs to commit to become sustainability heroes and to use their political influence to support the 12 demands described in the Manifesto for A Sustainable Europe for Its Citizens. Participating MEPs are invited to communicate about their commitment while SDG Watch Europe will give visibility to the participants. We invite you to carefully read the MEPs for SDGs chapter which details the commitments we expect from MEPs joining this circle.
We will kick off the launch with a debate about ”How to make sure that the European Green Deal becomes a driver of Sustainable Development. A renewed role for the European Parliament ?“ MEPS and CSOs representatives from different sectors will contribute to the following questions:

How can the European Green Deal, declared central piece of the new European Commission, deliver on all SDGs and how can we ensure that this Commission takes a holistic approach to Sustainable Development?
In this new political set up, how can the European Parliament play a stronger role in holding the Commission account for the ambitious implementation of the SDGs?
What are MEPs planning to do in order for the EP to address interlinkages between the different SDGs and their targets and to make sure that all Committees play their part in realising the Goals?
How can MEPs be enabled to better engage with citizens and with civil society on SDG monitoring and implementation?

The event will take place in room A3H-1. Please go directly to the room if you have an EP pass. Unfortunately, the deadline for the people who need to get inside the European Parliament has already ended. If you need clarifications please email eva.izquierdo@eeb.org.
Following the event, the SDG Watch Europe Annual General Assembly will take place from 10:30-15:00 at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), 14-16 rue des Deux Eglises, 1000 Brussels.

Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region
2020-03-19 - 2020-03-20
SAVE THE DATE:
19-20 March 2020, Geneva
https://www.unece.org/rfsd2020.html

Making Voluntary National Reviews meaningful: the civil society perspective
2020-03-19 13:15 - 14:45
By Make Europe Sustainable for All
Side-event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region.
On Thursday 19 March 2020 – 13h15-14h45
In room 17, International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG)
A light lunch will be served from 13h00
The event will be held in English.
Register here
The involvement of civil society in helping to set up and monitor Voluntary National Reviews
can boost the accountability, accuracy and usefulness of these periodic reports.
This event will focus on sharing best practices and on discussing the challenges involved with civil society participation in VNRs. The objective is to contribute to this year’s theme and overall review of the HLPF with recommendations and showcase the added value of civil society participation in VNRs.

CLIMATE2020 - the worldwide online climate conference
2020-03-23 - 2020-03-30
By DL4SD

CLIMATE2020 takes place from 23-30 March 2020 exclusively on the internet, in a climate-friendly manner – we will even off-set your CO2 emissions!

You will have with free unlimited access to all kinds of high-quality scientific articles, climate projects and further learning opportunities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Get involved in international dialogues and the exchange of ideas with experts from the academic, political, economic and social sectors and the rest of the community.

CLIMATE2020 is guided by and will contribute to the Sustainable Development goal 13 (Climate Action).

The objective of the on-line conference is to convey the most recent research results on climate change and its impacts, as well as to provide especially early career researchers from all over the world with the opportunity to present their findings at a global level. This event fills a knowledge gap in respect of thematic discussions on climate change mitigation and adaptation, which will be performed both in an integrative and interactive way. The conference also offers you insights on numerous climate projects, initiatives and strategies, which are currently being implemented on the five continents and considered to be latest examples of worldwide climate change adaptation and mitigation activities.
Participants can already register for free at www.dl4sd.org

‘Pushed to the Wastelands: Environmental racism against Roma communities in Central and Eastern Europe’ report launch
2020-04-07 - 2020-04-08
Many Roma communities of Central and Eastern Europe experience systematic environmental racism as one aspect of their exclusion from the mainstream population. It pushes them out into marginal and polluted lands and neighbourhoods, and deprives them of access to basic environmental services and public utilities. This is the conclusion of ‘Pushed to the Wastelands: Environmental racism against Roma communities in Central and Eastern Europe’, a forthcoming landmark report, which is due out on 8 April 2020.
The report is a result of a joint collaboration of the European Environmental Bureau, European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) network, the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and the Environmental Justice Atlas.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions that have accompanied it, we are inviting you to join our report launch remotely via videoconference. Please join us on 8 April, 10am-12pm.
In a first session (45 min), we will briefly share the main finding of the report with interventions from the researchers and present the main recommendations for the EU’s post-2020 Roma policy framework.
The presentation of the report will be followed by parallel workshop sessions (60 min) focusing on concrete next steps and a summary.
If you would like to participate please register here by 2 April the latest.
We will send out links to join the meeting to all registered participants.

Webinar with Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz. Rewriting the rules
2020-04-14 - 2020-04-15
by Nyt Europa
Wednesday 15. April 2020 at 17:00 to 18:00
Registration: https://nyteuropa.nemtilmeld.dk/113/
Nyt Europa (New Europe) has invited Professor and Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph E. Stiglitz to talk about the European Economy in and beyond the Corona Crisis. His newest book “Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy” from January 2020, Professor Stiglitz argues that the European economy has been ruled by several decades of strong neoliberal influence.
With a speed we have not experienced before, the European economy is heading towards recession due to the Corona crisis. The crisis has and will have major economic and financial consequences across the world. But how should the EU and its member states prioritize and organize the economy in these times in a way that can build towards a new economy in the future, which in fact serves the people and the planet? What can we learn from the last financial crisis? Is this the end of the euro, or the start of something new? Professor Stiglitz will touch upon this and more as he dives into the matter of the impending fiscal crisis in the wake of the current health crisis.
The online conference will take place Wednesday 15 April @ 17.00-18.00 (Brussels-time) on Zoom.
You need to sign up at the link below and we will send you a confirmation. Just before the event, you will receive the link to join the online conference.
You are more than welcome to write your questions and comments below now which we will do our best to include in the conversation with the Professor.
We look forward to seeing you all soon for a fruitful discussion in our online community.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. He has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 2001 and received that university’s highest academic rank (university professor) in 2003. In 2011 Stiglitz was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information, Stiglitz’s work focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. He is the author of numerous books, and several bestsellers. His most recent titles are People, Power, and Profits, Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy, Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited, The Euro and Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy.
Nyt Europa is a Danish organization founded in 1998 with the overall objective to promote civic engagement on a Danish and European level. We work for a more sustainable, progressive and democratic Europe and believe that the EU institutions play a pivotal role in solving the challenges we face in Europe today. Nyt Europa creates public activities – debates, talks, workshops, exhibitions, educational programs, conferences etc. – in order to initiate and strengthen public participation and knowledge. We particularly focus on reaching out to citizens who do not necessarily engage in EU political issues. Therefore, we aim for the events as well as the communication to be creative, innovative and inclusive, and we host the events in different cities and on a variety of platforms.

End FGM EU is looking for a new Communications Officer!
2020-05-09 - 2020-05-10
End FGM European Network is recruiting a creative and dynamic Communications Officer to be responsible for the Network’s communications activities!
For more information on the eligibility criteria and terms of the position, please visit the Vacancy post on our website here.
To apply please send a CV and a motivation letter, including your salary expectation, in English to ccosentino@endfgm.eu by 10 May 2020 5pm CET.
Interviews will ideally take place around the last week of May.
Do not hesitate to apply and please share widely among your networks!

The UN SDG Action Awards are back! With NEW categories and a spotlight on global solidarity
2020-05-24 - 2020-05-25
TOGETHER WE CAN SUPPORT SDG ACTION WORLDWIDE
People and organizations everywhere are encouraged to submit their outstanding SDG Action and nominate initiatives to become one of the UN SDG Action Award winners.
All winning initiatives will be honored at the UN SDG Action Awards Ceremony at the UN Headquarters in New York City, and widely amplified throughout the year to inspire the growing global SDG Action community to accelerate change for people and the planet.
If you know of an incredibly inspiring initiative that deserves to be recognized, replicated and scaled please share it!
Applications will be open until 25 May 2020: APPLY to the #SDGAwards
NEW CATEGORIES : SUBMIT YOUR INITIATIVE
For the 2020 edition we are seeking creative and transformative initiatives that:

Mobilize large numbers of individuals and organizations to take action for the Goals; whilst building coalitions across communities and societies;
Inspire people to shift behaviors and policies for the achievement of the Goals; whilst promoting the values of hope and solidarity; and
Connect partners to increase progress on the Goals, whilst strengthening dialogue and trust between people and institutions at all levels.

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE SOLIDARITY AWARD: NOMINATE ?
The Solidarity Award will honor the heartwarming and impactful acts of humanity that are improving the lives of others and lifting hopes in the ongoing global health crisis. From local heroes, to stories from the other side of the world, nominations can come from everyone, everywhere.

EDD 2020 - European Development Days - 9-10 June
2020-06-08 - 2020-06-10
Save the Date – EDD 2020 – European Development Days – 9-10 June
The upcoming edition will be held on 9-10 June 2020 in Brussels, Belgium
https://eudevdays.eu

Call for input: report to the UN General Assembly on "just transition" - people in poverty and sustainable development
2020-06-09 - 2020-06-10
Deadline: 10 June 2020 (6 pm Geneva time)
The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights would be particularly grateful for comments, observations and examples of good practices in the following areas:

Energy: the switch to renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency
Housing: encouraging energy performance of buildings
Planned obsolescence and life cycle of products
The impacts of the transition on employment

How to send your written submission to the Special Rapporteur?
By email:
Address: srextremepoverty@ohchr.org
Subject line: ‘Input for Just Transition report’. Kindly send your submission as an attachment to an email.
By post:
Address: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Accepted languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Word limit: 2,500 words
More information here.

Roundtable discussion - “How to make sure that the European Semester becomes a driver of Sustainable Development. A renewed role for the European Parliament?”
2020-06-16 09:00 - 10:30
By SDG Watch Europe
16 June 2020 – 10 am to 11.30 am CET
Online (information on how to connect will be sent a few days prior to the event)
As part of SDG Watch Europe’s ‘MEPs for SDGs’ initiative – which aims to bring
Parliamentarians that care for people and the planet to work together for an ambitious and
integrated implementation of the SDGs – we invite you to an online discussion on the role of the European Parliament in the reform of the European Semester and how to push for an
overarching strategy.
The debate between MEPs and CSO representatives from different sectors will contribute
to answering the following questions:

How can the reform of the European Semester, declared a central piece of the new

European Commission, deliver on all SDGs and how can we ensure that this Commission
takes a holistic approach to Sustainable Development?

In this new political framework, how can the European Parliament play a stronger role in

holding the European Commission accountable for the ambitious implementation of
the SDGs?

What are MEPs planning to do in order for the EP and the EC to address the necessity

of a new strategy for Europe in line with the goals and targets of Agenda 2030?

How can MEPs be enabled to better engage with citizens and civil society on SDG

monitoring and implementation and take part in the European Semester Process?
With the participation of:

MEP Aurore Lalucq
MEP Petros Kokkalis
MEP Pernille Weiss
MEP Billy Kelleher (tbc)
MEP Ville Niinistö (tbc)

Register here before June 12 COB

LLLPlatform: the call for applications for the 2020 Lifelong Learning Awards is now open!
2020-08-30 - 2020-08-31
The aim of the LLLAwards is to recognise outstanding and ground-breaking practices in the area of “Lifelong Learning For Sustainable Societies“. This broad theme is divided into three categories, as follows: 1) Learning that empowers – the future of learning; 2) Learning that matters – the future of skills; 3) Learning that lasts – sustainable learning. Submit your practice now! Find more details here and apply here.

Master in Social Innovation for Sustainable Development
2020-08-31 - 2020-09-01
By ITC
We are pleased to inform you that applications for the edition 2020-21 of the Master in Social Innovation for Sustainable Development are now open.
With a global faculty and participants, the master will challenge your current beliefs and notions of social innovation with a view to developing a new understanding of its principles and tools. Global development trends show that problems of the Covid 19 crisis, social exclusion, youth unemployment, migration, climate change, and ageing society are escalating. By recognizing how social innovation goes beyond technology and current beliefs, you will explore the implication of different models. Participants will acquire tools and techniques to anticipate change and respond to complex situations in their respective relevant fields. A crucial role for social innovators and entrepreneurs in the implementation of the 2030 SDGs is expected in the medium term. Government agencies are encouraged to seek out “the best social innovations” in their programmes. Entrepreneurs of tomorrow are requested to use their new models to achieve results and scale their services, including public-private partnerships.
The Master duration is of 1 year with 6 weeks* of face-to-face learning activities taking place in Turin, Italy.
Essential requirements for admission are to hold a first university degree (minimum 3 years or 180 ETCS) and to be fluent in English. Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a joint 1st level specialization Master from the University of Torino.
The deadline for expression of interest for the 2020-21 edition is 30 June 2020. A second round of online applications shall be open until 1st September 2020. Students with an Italian Degree can apply until 30 September 2020. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for meritorious students.
For any further information, you may require, please consult our website or contact our admission team at socialinnovation@itcilo.org.
Applications can be submitted at online application form.

SDG Action Awards
2020-10-08 - 2020-10-09
By UN SDG Action Campaign
The UN SDG Action Campaign is launching the third edition of the UN SDG Action Awards to identify and celebrate outstanding initiatives from around the world that are accelerating action towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, whilst inspiring the growing global community by showing that transformative change for people and the planet is possible.
Read more and apply : https://sdgaction.smapply.io/prog/sdg_action_awards/

LOCOMOTION Stakeholder Workshop
2020-10-20 10:00 - 12:00
By EEB
What? We are sharing with you this opportunity to have a say in the indicators used for modelling policy scenarios for the sustainable transition to a low-carbon society.
Why? A lot of the existing energy and climate models out there do not really cover social and demographic aspects more broadly. So we are looking for people who work on these issues and this can be health aspects, wellbeing as well as migration etc. The goal is to ensure our models tackle the global societal issues deemed most pressing and to gain understandings about how such societal challenges and risks manifest and interact.
When? Tuesday October 20th at 11-13 CEST
How? If you are happy to participate, please register here. We will send you further details on the project and the planned session.

Global Week to #Act4SDGs
2021-09-16 - 2021-09-26

Global People's Assembly, from 21 to 23 September 2021
2021-09-21 07:00 - 2021-09-23 15:00
Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to the virtual Global People’s Assembly, from 21 to 23 September 2021. The assembly is part of the Global Week of Action for the SDGs and is organised in parallel to the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

To participate please register here: https://forms.gle/FS8SgXoJCmq2QY8w9

Register for Global People’s Assembly: Tuesday 21st – Thursday 23rd September 2021!
This is the registration for the Global People’s Assembly. We’ll be sending you the zoom link for the event during the next few days.
forms.gle

We are in the middle of a global inequality crisis. COVID-19 has made this worse – the vaccine inequality divides even more. We need a strong people’s voice for global justice. Civil society including representatives from organisations of women, youth, older persons and marginalised people from all over the world will come together in the Global People’s Assembly. They bring the perspectives from communities – including from People’s Assemblies organised in 30 countries. The participants will prepare a declaration, which will be presented to the governments at the UNGA and the UN leadership.

You will find the Programme of the People’s Assembly below, and also the list of the 29 co-organisers – global networks and constituency groups.

Programme and co-hosts

—

Ingo Ritz
Director
Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)

The Intersection of Trade and Animal Welfare in Sustainable Food Systems
2021-09-21 09:00 - 11:00
One of our members, Eurogroup for Animals, is organizing a very interesting high-level panel event -> “The Intersection of Trade and Animal Welfare in Sustainable Food Systems“.

The event will be held virtually in parallel to the UN Food Systems Summit on September 21st, 2021 from 11:00-13:00 CET.

Highlighting the need to adequately address animal welfare as an essential component of sustainable food systems in bilateral and multilateral trade policies, this event will welcome expert speakers such as Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament), Jean-Marie Paugam (WTO Deputy Director-General in charge of the environment), Ignacio Bercero Garcia (Director in DG Trade, European Commission) and Claire Bury (Deputy Director-General in DG SANTE, European Commission), among other leading actors from diverse sectors.

Please register here to receive the Zoom link and further updates as the event approaches

It will be an interesting event – with different speakers, relevant and
important topics.

For any inquiries and for additional information, please contact kelsey@thegoodloby.eu

Europe and Agenda 2030 - Launch event of SDG Alliance
2021-09-23 09:00 - 10:00
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81728252592?pwd=bFJ5dnQyOXJyVDZaVVFkVERvd3hPdz09#success

Solidas Call for Future (Festival of Sustainability, Italy)
2021-09-28 07:00 - 16:00
Event in Italian.
For details go here https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-sodalitas-call-for-future-169251418549
Fondazione Sodalitas dà appuntamento mercoledì 29 settembre alle ore 10 all’evento digitale “Sodalitas Call for Future”, il movimento delle imprese impegnate in Italia a realizzare progetti per un futuro sostenibile.
150 azioni d’impresa che attuano concretamente l’Agenda ONU 2030, generano un impatto positivo sullo sviluppo della società e possono essere di ispirazione per gli altri.
Il dialogo con i giovani su come attuare una prospettiva duratura di crescita e sviluppo, arricchisce il dibattito.
Questi i temi al centro dell’evento, che sarà anche l’occasione per presentare evoluzione e prossimi passi del movimentoSodalitas Call for Future.

The Sustainable Development Festival
2021-09-28 09:00 - 2021-10-14 16:00
The Sustainable Development Festival
To access the Inauguration of the event, please click here
Following the success of the previous editions, and five years after the adoption of the UN 2030 Agenda, the yearly Sustainable Development Festival returns with its fifth edition. The 2021 edition will take place from September 28nd to October 14th.
Thanks to the reputation acquired, and to the growing mobilization of Italian society on the themes of sustainable development, the event will represent a further step to encourage Italy to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), that brings together over 300 organizations from the economic and social spheres, organizes the Festival together with its members and with the support of the partners and tutors, over a period of 17 days, as many as the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN’s 2030 Agenda[1]. The initiative constitutes a single widespread and inclusive event, comprising hundreds of events organized throughout the national territory.
The Festival was created to raise awareness among growing segments of the population on social, economic and environmental sustainability, going beyond subject-matter experts, in order to foster a cultural shift in individual and collective behaviors, and to stimulate “bottom-up” requests that commit the Country’s leadership to comply with the agreements undertaken in the UN. Furthermore, the Festival wants to give voice to citizens, businesses, national and local administrations, universities and civil society in order to foster dialogue and the sharing of best practices on the issues of the 2030 Agenda.
The Festival is a unique experience at international level that allows to reach millions of people in Italy every year thanks to the participation of hundreds of organizations all over the Country, the active role played by universities and the opening of “sustainable development squares” in a number of major Italian cities. This stimulates an unprecedented reflection on the future of our Country, of Europe and the world. In 2021, for the second time, the Festival was nominated as a finalist for the SDG Action Awards of the UN SDG Action Campaign, for it being an innovative initiative and a unique experience in the world.

the International Conference: Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development and the European Green Deal - How we localise the global decade of action to deliver on the SDGs
2021-10-08 09:00 - 2021-10-11 13:00
Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development and
the European Green DealHow we localise the global decade of action to deliver
on the SDGs
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Hotel Slon
Friday, October 8th, 2021 at 10:00 AM

REGISTER HERE

Topics
• Agenda 2030 & the SDGs
• Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) European Green Deal
Moderators
Robert Križanič, Director, Institute Povod
Seku Conde, Journalist, Slovenian National TV presenter for foreign politics on the show »Globus«
Additional information: povod@povod.si
This will be a hybrid event.
Zoom for participants: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88389648243
Live streaming on Institute Povod’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Povod-249963391841863
Registration: https://forms.gle/vUvjG5mgre5CFRCc8
10:00 Programme
Robert Križanič, Director, Institute Povod, Slovenia Welcome Introduction & Overview of the Agenda
10:10 Opening Session Aleška Simkić, European Commission: Head of Cabinet of Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič
Denis Schrey, Network Coordinator, European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) & Programme Director,
KAS Multinational Development Policy Dialogue (MDPD)
10:30 Panel 1: Political discussion: Linking Recovery & Resilience, the SDGs & Policy Coherence for Sustainable
Development (PCSD)
Participants in this panel will discuss the benefits, challenges and opportunities of ensuring that the SDGs are embedded in the
Recovery & Resilience Plans (RRPs). OECD representative Ernesto Morales will talk about PCSD as a highly effective framework
for ensuring policy coherence and a useful tool for transition and full alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.
Panelists:
Barry Andrews, MEP, Renew, Chair of the SDG Alliance in the European Parliament
Ernesto Soria Morales, Snr. Policy Analyst, OECD PCSD Unit
Rilli Lappalainen, President of CONCORD, European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs
Presentation on Finland’s roadmap to delivery on the 2030 Agenda
Dr. Milan Brglez, S&D, MEP, Slovenia
MEP Ljudmila Novak, EPP, Slovenia
Špela Rotar, SVRK, Agenda 2030 Working Party for Slovenia,
Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy
12:15 Coffee break & snacks
12:30 Panel 2: The European Green Deal: Local Action & Implementation: Best Practices & Challenges for Integrating the EU Green Deal, PCSD & the SDGs
Participants in this panel will discuss the benefits, challenges and opportunities of ensuring that the SDGs are
embedded in the European Green Deal. The purpose of this is to understand how Slovenia can fully implement
the EU Green Deal.
Panelists:
Grace O’Sullivan, Greens-EFA, MEP, Parliamentary Special Rapporteur on the 8th Environment Action Plan, member of PECH Fisheries Committee & ENVI, the Committee on Environment, Public Health & Food Safety
Uroš Brežan, European Committee of the Regions & Mayor of the town of Tolmin, EU Green Deal: Local Action & Implementation
SDG Watch Europe presents: Why the European Green Deal needs ecofeminism
This report maps the gender gaps and opportunities in the EU’s flagship European Green Deal
Why the European Green Deal needs ecofeminism

Jana Lampe, Caritas Slovenia
Head of international development and humanitarian aid Eyachew Tefera, Institute for African Studies, director
14:00
Networking & Reception

Steering Group meeting
2021-11-04 15:00 - 17:00

Fall Plenary 2021
2021-11-29 12:30 - 16:00
Flyer + agenda
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