ESDN Conference 2017

Past ESDN Events

“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.

Agenda
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Keynote presentations
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

Romania: Sectoral Topic and Building Institutional Frameworks to Support the SDGs in East Central Europe

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)

Group 2: Roadmapping

Ondřej Valenta: Technology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences

Group 3: Horizon Scanning

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

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