A look at the history of the ESDN reveals that ESDN Peer Learning Platforms have played a prominent role in facilitating policy learning between European policymakers dealing with sustainable development. This section of the website provides a one-stop-shop documentation of all ESDN Peer Learning Platforms so far. Please click on one of the Platforms for more details:
The ESDN has been organizing Peer Learning Platforms since 2016. These Platforms facilitate the exchange of experiences and good practices between policymakers in national ministries who are responsible for the 2030 Agenda implementation process in their respective country. A unique aspect of the ESDN Peer Learning Platforms is that they take place under the Chatham House Rules, which ensures the identity of participants is not revealed, allowing for deeper exchanges of experiences, the success and challenges, to take place in an informal setting.
11th ESDN Peer Learning Platform (22-23 April in Brussels)
In this Peer Learning Platform, we began to work on formulating a joint narrative on sustainable development going into the future. To facilitate our thoughts and planning about the future, we conducted a short workshop within the Platform on foresight and how we think about the future as it relates to sustainable development. It is our hope that we can take these skills and apply them over the next 12-18 months and work towards formulating a narrative for sustainable development in Europe heading towards, and beyond, 2030.
We had engaging keynotes and discussions as we collectively talked about sustainable development in Europe over the next years and beyond 2030. We had keynotes and an idea generating exercise with the JRC, as well as good practice examples from European countries updating their sustainable development strategies and action plans that are looking towards the future beyond 2030.