European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme - New EU Goals and Policies for Sustainable Development - Joint perspective of consumers and environmentalists
Programme
Moderator: Bernardo Hernández Bataller
8.30 a.m. Registration and coffee
9.30 a.m. Opening session
- Toni Vidan, Head of the energy programme, Green Action/Friends of the Earth Croatia - civil society organisation for environmental protection. Co-spokesperson of the Consumers & Environment Category
- Evangelia Kekeleki, Secretary-general of the Greek Consumer Protection Centre (KEPKA), Member of the Consumers & Environment Category
- Cillian Lohan, CEO of Green Economy Foundation, member of the Consumers & Environment Category; Rapporteur of the Reflection Paper 'Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030'
10 a.m. Panel 1: Expectations and positions of civil society and the public
- Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- Dimitri Vergne, BEUC, Senior Sustainable Transport Officer
- Mladen Domazet, Institute for Political Ecology, Croatian national representative
- Alejandro Salcedo Aznal, Coordinator for Consumer Affairs, Regional Council of Castile-La Mancha
- Niko Humalisto, University of Eastern Finland, Felm (member NGO of Fingo), Geography and historic sciences
- Debate
11.30 a.m. Coffee break
12 p.m. Panel 2: Response of the EU institutions
- European Commission representatives
- Marie-Paule Benassi, Acting Director, European Commission - Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers - Deputy Director-General in charge of Directorates B and E - Consumers (JUST.DDG.E)
- Claudia Hahn, Policy Officer responsible for SDGs, European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment - Global Sustainable Development - Sustainable Development Goals Green Finance & Economic Analysis (ENV.F.1)
- Debate
12.45 p.m. Closing remarks
- Toni Vidan, Head of the energy programme, Green Action/Friends of the Earth Croatia - civil society organisation for environmental protection. Co-spokesperson of the Consumers & Environment Category
Interpreting requested from ES-DE-EL-EN-FR-IT into ES-DE-EN-FR
Venue: European Economic and Social Committee, VMA Building, Van Maerlant Street 2, Room VMA3, 1040 Brussels