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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

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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

10.55 – 13.00: Parallel sessions

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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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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





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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




15.00 – 17.00: Civil Society Forum

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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





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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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#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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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

Documents

Program - Guvernul Romanieidezvoltaredurabila.gov.ro/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/...Moderator: Varujan Vosganian, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament Speakers: