The 1st ESDN VNR Peer Review Workshop took place on 05 June in Brussels, Belgium at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union. It was organized in cooperation with Belgian Interministerial Conference on Sustainable Development, the Austrian Federal Chancellery, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland were the focus countries for the VNR Peer Review, as Austria and Switzerland both have valuable experiences in conducting peer reviews.
This event was offered exclusively to the 9 ESDN Regular Member countries that support the work of the ESDN, offering them targeted information and exchange on VNR peer review processes with their peers. The Workshop looked at the VNRs as sincere government evaluation tools, VNR methodologies and peer review, as well as how to best receive contributions from civil society.
More information on the Workshop, including the agenda and presentations, can be found below.
Policy Note will be published very soon and can be found below!
Workshop AgendaDownload
05 June
Sabine Schneeberger, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Cédric van de Walle, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Federal Institute for Sustainable Development, Member of the Belgian Interministerial Conference on Sustainable Development (IMCSD), Belgium
Henrike Beckmann, Deputy Delegate of the Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda, Federal Department for International Affairs, Switzerland
Klaus Steiner, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
Valentine van Gameren, Ministry of Wallonia - Sustainable Development unit, Secretariat of the Belgian Interministerial Conference on Sustainable Development (IMCSD), Belgium
Henrike Beckmann, Deputy Delegate of the Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda, Federal Department for International Affairs, Switzerland
Session 3: Contributions from Civil Society
Anna Muner-Bretter, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Ilse Dries, Ministry of Flanders - Chancellery and Foreign Affairs, Belgium
Henrike Beckmann, Deputy Delegate of the Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda, Federal Department for International Affairs, Switzerland