“A renewed policy framework for sustainable development – The international SD agenda and its impact on Europe”
Rome 6 - 7 November 2014
The ESDN Conference 2014 took place in Rome, Italy on 6-7 November 2014. The conference was organized by the ESDN in cooperation with the Italian EU Presidency. In total, 67 participants from 22 countries (21 European countries and Egypt) attended the conference.
The ESDN Conference 2014 was entitled “A renewed policy framework for sustainable development – The international SD agenda and its impact on Europe”. During the Italian EU Presidency, important decision on the SDGs and the post-2015 process will be taken. Therefore, the ESDN Conference 2014 reflected on how the UN process will impact on the EU and national level with regards to sustainable development. This also refers to the Greening of the European Semester, which provides a good opportunity in the future for policy strategies to integrate environmental aspects, and more general issues of governance for SD (e.g. cross-sectoral coordination, stakeholder involvement, etc.). Moreover, the conference reflected upon the role of National SD Strategies in the context of current socio-economic and environmental policy challenges.
