Halfway to 2030 – Where does Europe stand and how does it move forward? (Stockholm 2023)

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Conference Welcome

Daniel Dubas, ESDN President, Delegate of the Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda, Federal Office for Spatial Development, Switzerland

Kicking off the Conference - Topics and Goals for Tomorrow

Rolf Elmér, Director of Nordregio, Sweden

                            &

Åsa Hildestrand, Nordregio, Sweden

European Council Working Party on the 2030 Agenda – Guiding Europe to 2030

 Parasto Nosrati, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Sweden

                            &

Viggo Barmen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

20-Year ESDN Anniversary and Ambitions of the ESDN until 2030

Marguy Kohnen, ESDN Vice President, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Luxembourg

                            &

Annika Lindblom, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Ministry for the Environment, Finland

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Global Sustainable Development Report - Using the science-policy interface for the SDGs

 Åsa Persson, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden

European Union Voluntary Review 2023

Carlos Berrozpe, European Commission – Directorate-General for International Partnerships, Belgium

 Highlighting Europe’s SDG Challenges until 2030

Guillaume Lafortune, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, France

“Everyone can Flourish: Sustainability beyond the 2030 Agenda” – Initiative of the Åland Islands

Micke Larsson, Government of the Åland Islands, Finland

Local Level Perspectives on Agenda 2030 Progress

Jasmin Miah, ICLEI-Europe, Germany

Civil Society Perspectives – Relaunching the 2030 Agenda

Peter Schmidt, President of the Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT) Section, European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium

Youth Perspectives on the Pathway to 2030 & Video

Dana Novacescu, ESDN Youth Representative, Romania

                                    &

Marvin Huber, ESDN Youth Representative, Austria

                                   &

Domokos Peter Kovács, ESDN Youth Representative, Hungary

Table 1: Czech Republic – Communication campaign of SDGs

Pavla Cvachovcová, Ministry for the Environment

Table 2: Finland – Government policy sustainability assessment

Eeva Furman, Prime Minister’s Office

Table 3: Iceland – Sustainable Iceland

Áslaug Karen Jóhannsdóttir, Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Directorate for International Affairs and Policy

Table 4: Ireland (unable to make it to the ESDN Conference)

Table 5: Slovenia – Annual Development Report and the 2030 Agenda

Špela Rotar, Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development

Table 6: Spain – The Spanish SD Strategy for 2030: Process and Challenges

Gabriel Castañares Hernández, Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda

Table 7: Åland Islands – “Everyone can Flourish – Sustainability beyond the 2030 Agenda”

Micke Larsson, Government of the Åland Islands, Finland

                                           &

Martha Hannus, Development and Sustainability Council of Åland, Finland

Table 8: Catalonia – Catalonia Alliance 2030

Arnau Queralt Bassa,Director of the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia, Spain

Table 9: Tallinn – EU Green Capital of the Year

Krista Kampus, Tallinn City Office, Estonia

Table 10: Värmland County (unable to make it to the ESDN Conference)

Table 11: Council of the Baltic Sea States – Handbook for Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Baltic Sea Region

Ugis Zanders, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Sweden

Table 1: Cyprus – Active citizenship for the SDGs

Lefteris Eleftheriou, Ministry of Finance

Table 2: Estonia – Public sector innovation plans

Eili Lepik, Government Office

                        &

Laura Viilup, Government Office

Table 3: Italy – Enabling the NSDS - Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development

Francesca De Crescenzo, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

Table 4: Latvia – Getting the most out of your VNR under conditions of limited resources

Mara Simane, State Chancellery

Table 5:Netherlands – Integrating themes of wellbeing with the SDGs

Sandra Pellegrom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Table 6: Norway – Executive Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals

Jesper Tangenes Bæverfjord, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

Table 7: Poland – Capacity Building Program for the Public Administration and examples of putting knowledge into practice

Agnieszka Jabłońska, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

Table 8: Sweden – The delicate task of vertical and horizontal coordination of the 2030 Agenda

Cristina Mattsson Lundberg, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

                              &

Måns Fellesson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Table 9: Flanders – Integrating the SDGs into existing local policy processes

Heleen Voeten, Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities, Belgium

Table 10: Ljusdal – Sweden’s first internationally certified sustainable tourism destination Järvsö

Linnéa Van Wagenen, Ljusdal Government - Unit for Strategic and Sustainable Development, Sweden