The ESDN organized its first ever Young Civil Servants Workshop, which took place in Vienna on the 15th and 16th of April 2024 and focused on Transformative Policies, especially regarding the aspect of Intergenerational Equity.
The Sustainable Development Goals envisage a planet inhabitable not only for the present, but also for the future and are therefore inherently linked to the wellbeing of different generations. The workshop in Vienna will look at the area of transformative policies from an intergenerational equity perspective. What are the main challenges in this regard? How can we use intergenerational equity as a resource in policymaking? To what extent are the SDGs providing and supporting intergenerational equity and (how) can this be elevated in a post-2030 policy framework? What can young civil servants do to support this process? These questions will guide us through an interesting and exciting 1.5 days with inputs from experts, as well as a lot of time to exchange and develop ideas together.
The Workshop brought together around 25 young civil servants from around Europe, aged 35 or younger, to learn and discuss on the topic of intergenerational equity.
The Workshop agenda, Discussion Paper, Policy Note, and presentations can be found below.
Reflections from over 20 years of Sustainable Development Policymaking
Elisabeth Freytag-Rigler, ESDN Vice President, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria
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Sabine Schneeberger, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Intergenerational Justice in View of Climate Change
Helga Kromp-Kolb, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Table 1: Pia Nagl, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria
Table 2: Serafin Groebner, ESDN Advisory Board Member, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria
Table 3: Marco Schimpl, Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy, Austria
Philipp Pattberg, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, Netherlands
Climate and Environmental Rights for Future Generations
Katharina Skorpik, UNICEF Austria, Austria
Meaningful Participation: How to involve youth in decision and policymaking
Saana Ylikruuvi, ESDN Youth Network Member, Finland
Table 1: Austria - Children and Youth Impact Assessment
Andreas Schneider, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Table 2: Finland - The Finnish Agenda 2030 Youth Group
Emma Harju, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
Table 3: Netherlands - Intergenerational Test
Sydney van der Post, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
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Mare de Wit, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands
A look at the history of the ESDN reveals that ESDN Workshops have played a prominent role in facilitating networking between European SD practitioners and policy advisors. This section of the website provides a one-stop-shop documentation of all ESDN Workshops so far. Please click on one of the Workshops for more details:
