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