UPCOMING ESDN EVENTS 2025
2030 Agenda Stakeholder Forum
The ESDN is happy to announce that the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the ESDN are organizing the 2030 Agenda Stakeholder Forum in Warsaw on May 27th 2025!
The Forum is an international gathering of public administration and business, aimed at building synergies for sustainable development through experience sharing and dialogue on the challenges and needs of both parties.
With only five years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, now is the time to accelerate actions and strengthen partnerships.
3rd Topic Exchange
The 3rd Topic Exchange is a continuation of a new and exclusive ESDN event iniative that began in 2024 that is reserved for the ESDN Advisory Board countries (those supporting the work of the ESDN).
The 3rd Topic Exchange will be a virtual, 2-hour long webinar on 1-2 topics the ESDN Advsiory Board finds topical and would like to focus on. We are looking forward being able to share more information on the topics our Advisory Board would like to address.
European Sustainable Development Week 2025
This year's edition of the European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) will take place from 18 September - 08 October 2025!
As always, the ESDW is open to anyone and everyone who wants to take a concrete action to support the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Initiatives, foundations, schools, kindergartens, universities, churches, companies, social institutions, environmental and development associations, municipalities, public utilities, authorities, offices and ministries, but also private persons who would like to start an action in their personal environment, are encouraged to organize and register events through the ESDW. You can find the registration page here
Conference 2025
The ESDN Conference 2025 will take place in the second half of 2025!
We hope to share more with you soon as we finalize our plans!
Youth Workshop 2025
The Youth Workshop 2025 will also take place in the second half of 2025! We look forward continuing to offer a platform for our Youth Network Members to exchange with one another. We are also looking forward to the topics our Youth Members will want to disucss later this year!
4th Topic Exchange
The 4th Toipc Exchange will take place in the second half of 2025.
Recent ESDN Events 2025
10th Peer Learning Platform
The 10th Peer Learing Platform took place on April 23rd 2025 in Brussels, Belgium!
The title of this year’s Peer Learning Platform was “The Integrative and Framing Power of the SDGs – Keeping Sustainable Development Relevant in Europe”. The Platform was organized by the ESDN in cooperation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management.
With only 5 years remaining to reach the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, we want to continue to keep the SDGs high on the agenda and continue to push for sustainable development in Europe. Some of the questions we addressed in this Peer Learning Platform were: How can Europe continue to keep up momentum for sustainable development and keep the SDGs relevant in the context of the geopolitical challenges we find ourselves dealing with? How do we re-engage our stakeholders for the SDGs? How will the new Commission address the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs? These are some of the broader themes we will be discussing and learning about at the Platform. The format of the Platform was a mixture of keynotes presentations and ESDN Exchange Spaces, which featured good practice cases and offered a chance for in-depth discussions on some of these challenges.
An ESDN Policy Note, which formulates recommendations based on the presentations, the good practice cases, and the discussions that took place, will be published very soon. You will be able to find the Policy Note here.
Explained
The European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) is a network of public administrators and other experts dealing with sustainable development (SD) in Europe.
European
The ESDN has been bringing together European policymakers and public servants in the field of sustainable development since 2002. Over the course of the Network's history, it has expanded to include more policymakers, scientists and practitioners from all over Europe.
Sustainable
The ESDN subscribes to the principles of Sustainable Development and the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development satisfies the needs of the present without compromising those of future generations. It strives to achieve a balance between economic, social and ecological aspects.
Network
As a Network of public servants and policymakers, the ESDN facilitates an active exchange of ideas and best practices to make sustainable development strategies more effective.
Country profiles
This section gives a brief overview of selected SD strategy features for 33 European countries.