Programme

Conference - European leadership for the future: Civil society driving the post 2030 agenda

Moderated by: Donato Bendicenti, head correspondent for Rai in Bruxelles

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 10:00 Opening

• Cillian Lohan (President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, EESC) 
• Maria Nikolopoulou (President SDG Observatory of the EESC) (TBC)
• Enrico Giovannini (ASviS Scientific Director)

10:00 – 11:00 The state of the 2030 Agenda in the EU: Measuring what matters for our future

• Enrico Giovannini (ASviS Scientific Director)
• Peter Benczur (Joint Research Centre)

Discussants:

• Ingeborg Niestroy (Stakeholder Forum & SDG Watch Europe)
• Mariana Kotseva (Director General, Eurostat)*

11:00 - 12:00 EU competitiveness and sustainability: The need for a strategic vision

• Andrea Renda (Director of Research, CEPS)
• Francesco Tramontin (Vice President Global Public Affairs, Ferrero)

Discussants:

• Mario Nava (Director General, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission)
• Luca Jahier (Former EESC President and member of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group)

12:00 - 13:10 The power of collective voice and action. Civil society alliances shaping the future

• Cillian Lohan (President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, EESC) 
• Elena Avenati (Save the Children)
• Marco Riccardo Rusconi (Director of the Italian Agency for International Cooperation, AICS)

Discussants:

• Karl Falkenberg (President of the EU Chapter of the Club of Rome)
• Patrizia Heidegger (Deputy Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau)
• Lidija Pavić-Rogošić (Vice-President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, EESC) 

13:10 – 13:30 Conclusions

Teresa Ribera (Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition)