Draft programme
14:30 | Introduction
- Peter Schmidt, president of the NAT section of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
14:35 | Opening statements
- Barbara Pesce-Monteiro, UN Secretary-General's Representative towards the EU and the Belgian authorities – UN Decade of Action on the SDGs
- Carlos Berrozpe Garcia, Head of Sector SDGs, DG International Cooperation and Development, European Commission - Delivering on the UN SDGs – A comprehensive approach
14:50 | Presentation of the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020
- Guillaume Lafortune, Senior Economist, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) - Key findings of the Report
- Céline Charveriat, Director, Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP): ESDR policy recommendations for a sustainable recovery
15:10 | Conversation with stakeholders
- Guido Lena, Director for Sustainable Development, SME United
- Nadège Lharaig, Project Coordinator, European Environmental Bureau
- Tina Hočevar, Vice-President, European Youth Forum
- Marco Cilento, Head of Institutional Policy, ETUC
15:30 | Interventions by NAT Section Members
16:00 | Reactions by the European Commission, stakeholders, SDSN and IEEP
16:30 | Conclusions
- Lutz Ribbe, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)