Programme

Sustainable Europe by 2030 - advancing after the Reflection Paper

12 February 2019 | Room VMA 3 | 9:30-13:00
EESC/CESE | Rue Van Maerlant, 2 | 1040 Brussels/Bruxelles


Programme

9.30 a.m. | Introduction

  • Peter Schmidt, SDO President

9.45 a.m. | Sustainable Europe by 2030

  • Florentine Hopmeier, Member of the Cabinet of Vice-President Katainen, European Commission

Panel discussion including:

  • László Borbély, State Councillor on Sustainable Development to the Romanian Prime Minister and Csilla Lörincz, Head of Office, Department of Sustainable Development, Government of Romania
  • Markku Markkula, First Vice President, Committee of the Regions
  • Conny Reuter, Member of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality, Chair of its Task Force and Secretary General of SOLIDAR
  • Leida Rijnhout, SDG Watch Europe
  • Cillian Lohan, EESC Rapporteur

11.00 a.m. | Coffee break

11.30 a.m. | Sustainable Development strategies at national level

  • László Borbély, State Councillor on Sustainable Development to the Romanian Prime Minister
  • Annika Lindblom, Secretary-General, Multi-stakeholder Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development
  • Bjarke Vestergaard, Global Focus, Denmark

1.00 p.m. | End of the event