ESDN Conference 2006
"Sustainable Development goes Mozart"
Salzburg, Austria 1 - 2 June 2006
The European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) Conference was hosted on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd June in Salzburg. This conference was the fifth in a series of similar events.
The purpose of the 2006 ESDN Conference was to exchange knowledge and experiences on
- The challenge of vertically integrating SD policies across levels of governance (EU – national-sub-national levels of governance),
- Evaluating and peer reviewing SD strategies and
- Further developing the ESDN
The three issues were dealt with in keynote presentations, working groups, a guided poster session, “word-rap interventions”, and plenary discussions.
Conference AgendaDownload
Session 1: The renewed EU SD Strategy
Renewing the EU Strategy on Sustainable Development
Session 2: Exchange of experiences on good practices
From ESDN Practice to Network Theory - and Back
Session 3: Evaluation, reviewing and monitoring SD strategy processes
Experiences with peer reviews at the OCED and possible lessons for peer reviewing in the context of SD strategies
Breakout-session with working groups
What do the possible changes of the EU SDS imply for the SD strategy of your country/your region?
WG 2/4: Western Europe & Central Eastern Europe
How could the relationship between the EU SDS and national SD strategies be developed further?
The link between the previous EU SDS and the Lisbon Process was often criticized as weak. How should the new EU SDS tackle this issue?
