European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
How to strengthen the EU's leadership on the SDGs | 04 April 2023
9:30 | The EU Voluntary Review and Preparations of the UN HLPF: Updates from the Three Pillars of the EU Governance
Moderated by: Guillaume Lafortune, Vice President and Head of Paris Office, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
- Sherri Aldis, Director, UN Regional Information Center in Brussels
- Barry Andrews, MEP and Chair of the MEPs for SDG Alliance European Parliament
- Vesa Terävä, Head of Unit, European Green Deal - Secretariat General, European Commission
- Parasto Nosrati, Chair of the Council Working Party on the Agenda 2030, Swedish Presidency
- Gabriel Castañares, Director General of Lever Policies for Fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda, Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Spain (Presidency of EU Council during UN HLPF)
- Ricardo Rio (PT/EPP), European Committee of the Regions, rapporteur of the opinion on Progress in the implementation of SDGs
- Lorenz Gross, Economist and Policy Analyst, OECD
Q&A
11:30 | Civil Society Contributions: Structured Engagement and Systemic Solutions
Moderated by: Peter Schmidt, European Economic and Social Committee
- Jeffrey Moxom, Coordinator, SDG Watch Europe
- Eva Luna Maes, Policy and Advocacy Adviser, CONCORD Europe
- Assia Oulkadi, Senior Policy officer, Sustainability and Global Cooperation, European Youth Forum
- Jan Noterdaeme, co-founder, CSR Europe
- Marco Cilento, Head of Institutional Policies, ETUC
Speakers from the previous panel will be invited to actively participate in this session and engage in a dialogue with civil society organisations.
Q&A
13:00 | Lunch break
14:30 | Academic Contributions: Systemic Solutions for wicked challenges
Moderated by: Phoebe Koundouri, Co-Chair, SDSN Europe
- Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, EIT Climate-KIC
- Margaretha Breil, Senior Researcher, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (IT)
- Hannah Arpke, European Projects Coordinator, Fundacio Eurecat
- Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, Programme Director, KWR
- Sevim Aktas, Policy Officer, DG Climate Action, European Commission
Q&A
16:00 | SDG Diplomacy and Pathways to Curb Negative International Spillovers
Moderated by: Adolf Kloke Lesch, IDOS
- Marianne Beisheim, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
- Jorge Esteban Gómez Paredes, Visiting Professor at the SDG Nexus Network, Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen & Managing Director at UN SDSN Andes
- Senida Mesi, High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Scaling up Sustainable Finance in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- Aline Mosnier, Director, The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use and Energy (FABLE) Consortium
- Elise Dufief, Researcher, Sustainable Development Governance Programme, IDDRI
Q&A