European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9.00 a.m. | Introduction
- Peter Schmidt, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC
- Multi-Stakeholder Platform on SDGs view on the upcoming EU Reflection Paper “Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030” – Sally Nicholson, WWF European Policy Office
9.30 a.m. | Sustainable Development strategies at national and local level
- Verónica Tomei, German Council for Sustainable Development
- Andrea Innamorati, Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, Italy
- Claudine Lorang, Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Luxembourg
- Bert Janssens, VVSG Coordinator Europe and International, Association of Flemish cities and municipalities VVSG
10.30 a.m. | Coffee break
10.45 a.m. | Monitoring of SDG implementation progress and alignment at the global level
- EUROSTAT 2018 Report, Simon Bley, DG Eurostat, EC
- Lieneke Hoeksma, Statistics Netherlands - CBS
- Elena Botvina, Accounting and Corporate Governance Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise - UNCTAD
- SDSN study on monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union commissioned by the EESC, Guido Schmidt-Traub and Guillaume Lafortune - UN SDSN
11.45 a.m. | Closing remarks
- Peter Schmidt, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC
12.00 p.m. | End of the event
Participants can speak in FR/DE/EN/ES/PL and listen to FR/DE/EN/PL