Focus 2030 Webinar: The European recovery and the SDGs: the case of Flanders

CIFAL Flanders, SDSN Belgium and Flanders Chancellery and Foreign Office, with support of SDSN Europe are happy to invite you to the webinar “Focus 2030 Webinar The European recovery and the SDGs: the case of Flanders”.

• What is the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? How does the EU Green Deal align with the 2030 Agenda?
• How is the Flemish Government going to realise the 2030 Agenda and what is the state of affairs of the Flemish SDG policy (Vision 2050 and Focus 2030) ?
• What are the recovery plans of Flanders and how do they incorporate the SDGs and the Green Deal?  Are there opportunities for Flanders as a region to give extra support to the implementation of the Green Deal and the recovery plans?

Find out the answer to all these questions during this webinar on Friday, October 1, 2021, from 14:00-16:00 (CET).

Programme

14:00 – 14:10 | Introduction

14:10 – 14:25 | Introduction to the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs by Peter Wollaert

14:25 – 14:40 | Keynote by Xavier Vanden Bosch, European Semester Officer, European Commission, on the current  situation at the European level

14:40 – 15:00 | Keynote by Julie Bynens, Secretary General, Flanders Department Chancellery and Foreign Affairs, about the current situation at the Flemish level and Focus 2030

15:00 – 15:35 | Panel discussion with experts about best practices in Flanders

• Wouter Nachtergaele Head of division, International Cooperation, Flemish Administration
• Sylvie Van den Eynde, Chief HR & Corporate Affairs Office, Brussels Airport Company
• Phoebe Koundouri, co-chair Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe
• Moderator: Peter Wollaert, UNITAR Fellow & Managing Director CIFAL Flanders

15:35 – 15:45 | Veerle Vandeweerd, Former Director Environment & Energy UNDP, Co-founder G-STIC, Covidea and P4TT

15:45 – 16:00 | Q&A & closing remarks

Participation is free, but we ask you to register via this link.