Programme

09:30  | Welcome and introduction

  • Céline Charveriat, Pro(to)topia - Overview of the GDP+3 initiative and event objectives 
  • Peter Schmidt, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) - Welcome and introductory remarks 

09:40 | Keynotes

  • Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of The Club of Rome: Defining sustainable prosperity in the context of the new European Commission and UN beyond GDP negotiations 
  • Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Co-chair, IPES-Food. Professor, UC de Louvain/SciencesPo: Eradicating poverty and inequality without growth in the EU

10:00 | Panel 1: Towards people-centered headline indicators for the GDP+ framework in the EU

 Chaired by Céline Charveriat, Pro(to)topia

  • Diana Ognyanova, European Commission, DG RTD 
  • Mario Biggeri, University of Florence, Scientific coordinator of the SPES project 
  • Sylvain Aubry, Human Rights Watch 
  • Enrico Giovannini, economic expert 

10:50 | Break

11:10 | Panel 2: Democratizing the debate on sustainable prosperity indicators | Objective: Explore how to involve citizens in       developing indicators for sustainable prosperity (at member state and EU level).

Chaired by Peter Schmidt, EESC

  • Paula Fernandez-Wulff, Director-General for the 2030 Agenda, Government of Spain
  • Saamah Abdallah, Hot or Cool Institute
  • Saffron Woodcraft, Executive Lead for Prosperity Co-Lab UK, UCL Institute for Global Prosperity 
  • Mathilde Bouye, Research Co-Lead, Democratic Innovation & Climate Action, World Resource Institute

12:00 | Concluding remarks and next steps
 

  • Peter Schmidt, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)