April 16, 2019
Palace of Parliament • Bucharest, Romania Entrance C1 (‘Bulevardul Națiunilor Unite’ – ‘Bulevardul Libertății’ Junction)
Program
08:00 – 09:00: Registration, Entrance to C.A. Rossetti Hall 09.00 – 10.30: Opening Plenary Session, C.A. Rossetti Hall • page 2 10.30 – 10:40: Photo Session 10.40 – 10:55: Coffee break 10.55 – 13.00: Parallel Sessions: Session 1: Learning from Each Other - Best Practices and Lessons Learned C.A. Rossetti Hall • page 3 Session 2: Climate and the Environment Avram Iancu Hall • page 4 Session 3: Circular Economy and its Impact on 2030 Agenda’s Implementation Constantin Stere Hall • page 5 Session 4: Social Dimension of the 2030 Agenda Dimitrie Cantemir Hall • page 6 13.00 – 15.00: Lunch Break, The "RECEPTIONS" Hall 15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum – Thematic Working Groups Spiru Haret Hall • page 7 & 8
or Bilateral Meetings / Tour of the Palace of Parliament 17.00 – 18.00: Closing Plenary Session, reporting the main conclusions from the parallel sessions and Civil Society Forum and Adoption of the Bucharest Declaration, C.A. Rossetti Hall • page 9 18.00: Reception, The "RECEPTIONS" Hall
09.00 – 10.30: Opening Plenary Session
Opening plenary session Location: C. A. Rosetti Hall
Opening Speeches:
Viorel Stefan, Vice Prime Minister, Romania Teodor Meleşcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General (video message) Masamichi Kono, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (video message) László Borbély, State Counsellor, Romanian National Coordinator for SDGs
High-level Plenary Session:
Natalia Gherman, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Angela Cristea, Head of the European Commission Representation in Romania Csaba Kőrösi, Ambassador, Director of Environmental Sustainability at the Office of the President of the Republic of Hungary Markku Markkula, First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of International Resource Panel hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme Andrada Baba, UN Youth Delegate, Romania
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10.55 – 13.00: Parallel sessions
Session 11 Learning from Each Other - Best Practices and Lessons Learned Location: C. A. Rosetti Hall
The main message aims at exchanging information as regards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the national and regional level: success, results, challenges, and lessons learned.
Moderator: László Borbély, State Counsellor, National Coordinator for SDGs, Head of the Department of Sustainable Development, Office of the Prime Minister of Romania
Speakers:
Richard Raši, Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatization, Slovakia
Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda, Spain
Hugo von Meijenfeldt, National SDG Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Wolfram Tertschnig, Head of the Department Sustainable Development and Natural Resources, the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria
Arnoldas Abramavičius, Vice-mayor of Zarasai municipality, Lithuania / Vice president of the EU Committee of the Regions (COR) / Head of the Lithuanian national delegation to the COR - Committee of the Regions - Multi-stakeholder platform on SDGs
Giorgi Bobghiashvil, Senior Policy Adviser, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, Administration of the Government of Georgia
Leida Rijnhout, Founder and steering group member SDG Watch Europe, Multi-stakeholder platform on SDGs
Raymond Van Ermen, Advisor to the President European Partners for the Environment
Note: In order to keep the sessions running to schedule, during debate, the time allocated to panel respondents should be less than 3 minutes per question. Thank you! Participants interested in asking questions should register before or during the session at the secretariat of respective session.
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10.55 – 13.00: Parallel sessions
Session 22 Climate and the Environment Location: Avram Iancu Hall
The main message aims at offering a coherent approach, improving coordination and enhancing preparedness and capacity of all governance levels to respond to the impacts of climate change, in order to make the region more climate-resilient.
Moderator: Ion Câmpeanu, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Romania
Speakers:
Puiu Lucian Georgescu, State Secretary, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Romania
Atajan Atayev, The Head of Strategic and Sustainable Development Department, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan
Idibek Kalandar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Romania
Peter Schmidt, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Jeremy Wates, Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Arnau Queralt, Chair of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC)
Márta Szigeti Bonifert, Board Member of Hungarian Business Leaders Forum Responsible for Sustainability
Note: In order to keep the sessions running to schedule, during debate, the time allocated to panel respondents should be less than 3 minutes per question. Thank you! Participants interested in asking questions should register before or during the session at the secretariat of respective session.
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10.55 – 13.00: Parallel sessions
Session 33 Circular Economy and its Impact on the 2030 Agenda’s Implementation Location: Constantin Stere Hall
The main message aims at showing success stories, advantages, perspectives, barriers, and also what governments, education, and networks can do to make economic systems and industrial processes more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Moderator: Varujan Vosganian, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament
Speakers:
Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of International Resource Panel hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme
Jacqueline Cramer, Former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands, President of Holland Circular Hotspot
Sergio Mercuri, Coordinator for Sustainability Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Annika Lindblom, Secretary General of Finland’s National Commission on Sustainable Development, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
Jens Ole Bach Hansen, Chief adviser and coordinator 2030 Agenda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Tanya Cox, Director CONCORD Europe
Elena-Simina Lakatos, President of the Institute for Research in Circular Economy and Environment “Ernest Lupan” (IRCEM), Romania
Ciprian Nanu, Partner, Business Development Group, Romania
Chrysoula Exarchou, President of the BoD & Managing Director, QualityNet Foundation (QNF), the Network of Responsible Organisations and Active Citizen
Note: In order to keep the sessions running to schedule, during debate, the time allocated to panel respondents should be less than 3 minutes per question. Thank you! Participants interested in asking questions should register before or during the session at the secretariat of respective session.
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15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum
Session 44 The Social Dimension of the 2030 Agenda Location: Dimitrie Cantemir Hall
The main message aims at exchanging information on current social and demographic trends, key actions that need to be taken in order to assure integration of the three dimensions of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in a balanced manner.
Moderator: Aurelia Graţiela Drăghici, State Secretary, National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men, Romania Speakers:
Enrico Giovannini, former Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
Adrian Ermurachi, Deputy General Secretary of the Government, Republic of Moldova
Bettina Menne, Coordinator, Sustainable Development and Health - World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe
Monika Linn, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Gender Unit, The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Brenda King, Chief Executive of African & Caribbean Diversity (ACD)
Grigorios Tsioukas, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Anne Marie Drieskens, President of the Confederation of Family Organisation in the European Union - COFACE Families Europe
Ben Slay, Senior Strategic Adviser, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Nadia Hadad, Member of the Executive Committee, European Disability Forum
Note: In order to keep the sessions running to schedule, during debate, the time allocated to panel respondents should be less than 3 minutes per question. Thank you! Participants interested in asking questions should register before or during the session at the secretariat of respective session.
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15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum
Civil Society Forum Location: Spiru Haret Hall
The main message aims at showing the role of the civil society in the implementation of the partnerships for sustainable development, challenges and opportunities, means for action.
The format of the session will be interactive providing an open space for reflection, exchange of experiences and challenges on specific issues (discussed in parallel thematic working groups) within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
15.00 – 15.15: Welcome remarks & presentation on the Thematic Working Groups
Csilla Lőrincz, Head of Office, Department of Sustainable Development, Romania Stefan Cibian, President, The Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND
15.15 – 16.20: Parallel Thematic Working Groups
Topics:
#1: Civil society participation on the SDGs in Europe: what we need to improve? Civil society participation has probably never been as strong as during the Rio+20 process. To succeed in putting the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda into reality what kind of structures and opportunities do we need for civil society to play an effective role? What can we learn from the national level to improve civil society participation at EU level?
Moderator: Jussi Kanner - Finnish NGO for Development - Fingo #2: Policy coherence (external/internal) and interlinkages How can we make sure - at EU and national level - that both external and internal policies all serve sustainable development? What are the coordination measures necessary to ensure that policies do not contradict each other?
Moderator: Lonne Poissonnier - CONCORD #3: SDG monitoring and reviewing: setting up robust systems How can we set up a robust and participatory system to monitor and review our progress towards sustainable development? How do we choose the right indicators? What are the best practices from civil society in Europe?
Moderator: Inge Niestroy – International Institute for Sustainable Development
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15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum
#4: Designing an overarching Sustainable Europe 2030 Strategy: what needs to be addressed? Building blocks for a Sustainable Europe 2030 strategy: the EU has not updated its Sustainable Development Strategy after the adoption of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. Many actors – including the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Multi-Stakeholder Platform for the Implementation of the SDGs – have been calling for an overarching Sustainable Europe 2030 strategy to be the compass for all EU policies. What are the key elements of such a strategy? What does it have to cover? And what can we learn from the Member States with strong sustainable development strategies?
Moderator: Bernhard Zlanabitnig – The European Environmental Bureau – EEB #5: SDGs in the EU and neighboring countries: how to strengthen cooperation? How to strengthen the cooperation among CSOs on monitoring and implementing of the SDGs, considering the growing trend of shrinking civil society space? What are the expectations of CSOs from neighboring countries in this context? How can we foster the exchange of good practices and lessons learned between CSOs from the EU and neighboring countries?
Moderator: Monica Prisacariu - The Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND #6: The New Deal for Nature The New Deal for Nature and People will be based on a strong declaration by Heads of State, by 2020, that leads to the strengthening of the UN Biodiversity Convention into a more powerful and relevant 'Nature Convention', to protect & restore nature by 2030, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
Moderator: Orieta Hulea - WWF Romania #7: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in achieving sustainable development One of the innovations brought by the 2030 Agenda is the recognition that stakeholder involvement is crucial to achieving the goals. The private sector has a significant role to play in helping meet the Goal, and Corporate Social Responsibility plays a pivotal role in this pursuit.
Moderator: Chrysoula Exarchou, QualityNet Foundation (QNF) / the Network of Responsible Organisations and Active Citizens #8: Sustainable development through research & innovation State of the art and pathways forward. Do we need new policies to encourage partnerships between RDI & governance, RDI & society, RDI & economics/entrepreneurs?
Moderator: Elena-Simina Lakatos, Institute for Research in Circular Economy and Environment “Ernest Lupan” (IRCEM), Romania
16.20 – 17.00: Reporting the main conclusions from the Thematic Working Groups (plenary format)
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15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum
17.20 – 18.00: Closing Plenary Session Conclusions from the Parallel Sessions Conclusions from the Civil Society Forum Adoption of the Bucharest Declaration
18:00: Reception, The "RECEPTIONS" Hall
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