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 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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