Programme

14:30- 14:35 | Welcome introduction

  • Brenda King, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC

14:35 - 15:00 | Presentation of the 2017 Monitoring Report of the SDGs in an EU Context

  • Christine Mayer, Eurostat

15:00 - 16:00 | Panel 1 - Measuring EU's progress on Sustainable Development:

  • CĂ©line Charveriat, IEEP
  • Ingeborg Niestroy, SDG Watch
  • Lorena Sorrentino, CSR Europe
  • Benjamin Denis, ETUC
  • Q&A session - General Debate

16:00 - 17:20 | Panel 2 - Addressing policy gaps – priority areas for EU's action on SDGs:

  • MEP Seb Dance, S&P, European Parliament
  • Kristi Klaas, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia
  • Claudia Hahn, DG Environment, European Commission
  • Arnoldas AbramaviÄŤius (EPP/LT), Committee of the Regions
  • Q&A session - General Debate

17:20 - 17:30 Summary and conclusions

  • Brenda King, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC