Advancing key transitions and cooperation towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the UNECE region
Sustainable development brings the promise of a better future, but to build this future, we need to imagine it, to remove obstacles that undermine the necessary cooperation to make it possible, and to harness all the levers that contribute to progress. And we need to ensure that all the actors are involved in a meaningful way. The future does not only belong to us. The commitment to safeguard the interest of future generations is a key component of sustainable development.
A panel discussion brought together diverse stakeholders, including the private sector, financial institutions, science and academia, local authorities, youth representatives and other civil society actors. Panellists shared with member States their perspectives on SDG acceleration with particular focus on the main issues to be addressed by the Summit of the Future.
Amb. Antje Leendertse
Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in New York
Co-Facilitator of the Summit of the Future
Amb. Neville Gertze
Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations in New York
Co-Facilitator of the Summit of the Future
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PANEL
Moderator: Mr. Laszlo Borbely
State Councilor, Government of Romania
Ms. Imme Scholz (remotely)
Co-Chair, Independent Group of Scientists, Global Sustainable Development Report
Mr. Dominique Foray
Professor, Chair of Economics & Management of Innovation (EPFL)
Member of the Swiss Science Council
Mr. Grégoire Haenni
Board Member, Sustainable Finance Geneva
Member, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Chief Investment Officer, Geneva State Pension Fund (CPEG)
Ms. Elina Turalyeva
Chief Editor and Project Leader, online education project TEENS.kg, Kyrgyzstan, representative of the UNECE Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (RCEM)
Ms. Layla Jusko
Young European Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representative of the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) ECE Regional Caucus
Discussants
Mr. Felipe Paullier (remotely)
Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, United Nations Youth Office
Mr. Andràs Szorényi
Senior Policy Advisor, Global Cities Hub
Interventions from the floor and discussion
CLOSING
Ms. Tatiana Volovaya
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
Ms. Tatiana Molcean
UNECE Executive Secretary and United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Mr. Vahan Kostanyan
Co-Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Mr. Radim Sršeň
Co-Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czech Republic
