ESDN Conference 2017
“Strategic Governance for SD: New developments and approaches in the context of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs”
Prague 22 - 23 June 2017
The ESDN Conference 2017 took place in Prague (Czech Republic) on 22-23 June 2017, in cooperation with the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic (Department of Sustainable Development). The conference was a 1.5 days event and brought together policy-makers and experts from different stakeholder groups from all over Europe. A total of 75 participants from 24 countries took part in the conference.
The ESDN Conference 2017 was entitled “Strategic Governance for SD: New developments and approaches in the context of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs”. The conference provided an excellent chance to learn about new governance approaches and concepts required to address and implement the 2030 Agenda for SD and the SDGs, and was coupled with different examples from European countries. Additionally, in-depth discussions and hands-on activities were introduced to help put these new governance approaches into practice.
Conference AgendaDownload
Session 1: Practical Steps Towards Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
Better Policies for Sustainable Development: OECD’s New Framework for Policy Coherence
Ebba Dohlman: Senior Advisor, Policy Coherence for Development, OECD
Introduction: The Reality of Policy Coherence for the SDGs at the National Level
Anna Kárníková: Director of the Department of Sustainable Development, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Activities and Experiences of European Countries with Policy Coherence in the Context of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs–What Works and How?
Finland: Achieving Equality and Carbon-Neutrality
Annika Lindblom: Ministry of the Environment, Finland
Norway: Norway's Work on Fulfilling the SDGs
Herbert Kristoffersen: Norwegian Ministry of Finance, Norway
László Borbély: State Counsellor to the Prime Minister’s Office of the Romanian Government
Union for the Mediterranean: Urban Development and Transport and how Activities in these Domains Contribute to Achieving the SDGs
Ihab Fahmy: Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean
Session 2: Good Governance – From New Public Management to Systems Thinking and Knowledge Brokerage
Paradigm Shifts in Public Governance and Strategic Management
Vladimír Kváča: Chair of EU Public Administration and Governance Network, Czech Republic
New Approaches to Governance: Developinga National Policy Strategy for SD
Anna Kárníková: Director of the Department of Sustainable Development, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development
André Martinuzzi: Head of the Institute for Managing Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business & ESDN Office
Session 3: Strategic Foresight – From Vision Building to Policy-making
Strategic Foresight for PolicyPlanning
Michal Pazour: Head of Strategy Studies Unit, Technology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences
Foresight for Sustainable Development: Experiences of the EEA
Anita Pirc-Velkavrh: Department of Foresight and Sustainable Development, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Parallel Break-out Groups on Policy Planning Methods
Group 1: Foresight and Scenario Development
Anita Pirc-Velkavrh: Department of Foresight and Sustainable Development, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Ondřej Valenta: Technology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences
Miroslav Havránek: Technology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences
Group 4: Strategic Policy-making
Sirpa Kekkonen: Head of Government Strategy Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Finland
