ESDN Conferences
A look at the history of the ESDN reveals that annual conferences 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 Conferences so far. Please click on one of the conferences for more details:
Ghent 2010: Towards an Economy compatible with Sustainable Development Principles
Prague 2009: Options and Opportunities for the future EU Sustainable Development Strategy
Paris 2008: Coordinating SCP and CSR policies with Sustainable Development Strategies
European Sustainability Berlin 07 (ESB07) - Linking Policies, Implementation, and Civil Society Action. Berlin, 3-5 June, 2007
The ESDN Conference 2007 was hosted by the German Council for SD (RNE) as the main sustainability event in the context of the German EU Presidency on 3-5 June in Berlin. The two major topics of the Conference were (a) linking politics and administration and (b) stimulating informed debate in civil society. The two topics were subject to several keynote and dinner speeches, in-depth working group discussions and a sounding panel that consisted of two parliamentarians, one administrator and one civil society representative. Additionally, issues related to the EU SDS (peer reviewing and reporting) were discussed by two panels. Finally, all participants discussed how to develop the ESDN further at the end of the event.
Below you find a comprehensive documentation of the event.
Programme and proceedings
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The following Proceedings summarise all keynote presentations and discussions of the event (including the working group results):
ESDN
Conference 2007 - Conference Proceedings (PDF, 228 kB)
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The following Annex to the Proceedings documents all statements the working groups submitted to the editorial team. It also contains a list of the 160 participants.
ESDN
Conference 2007 - Annex to the Proceedings (PDF,
244 kB)
Discussion and background papers
- ESDN
Discussion Paper on 'Linking politics and administration' (PDF,
185 kB)
- EEAC
Discussion Paper on 'Stimulating informed debate: Sustainable Development
Councils as an organised form of civil society' (PDF, 188 kB)
- ESDN
Panel Background Paper on 'Innovating governance in the EU SDS' (PDF, 144
kB)
Documentation of keynotes and panel sessions
Sunday, 3 June 2007
- Günter Krings (Member of the Bundestag): Linking Policies
and Implementation: Making SD Strategies a case for Parliamentary activities PDF
(48 kB)
Monday, 4 June 2007
- Welcome by Peter Rösgen (Federal Chancellery)
- Klaus Töpfer (German Council for SD): Meeting global challenges: The contribution of SD Strategies
- Volker Hauff (German Council for SD): Brundtland Report:
A 20 years update PDF
(50 kB)
- Panel Discussion 1: Peer reviewing
- Panel Discussion 2: EU SDS progress reporting
- Astrid Klug (Parliamentary Secretary of State, German
Environment Minsitry): Snapshot European Sustainability PDF
(35 kB)
- Dinner Speech by Bjorn Stigson (President of the WBCSD) PDF
(46 kB)
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
- Peter Tempel (Federal Foreign Office): Sustainability
2007 – The Federal Government’s Perspective PDF
(59 kB)
- Mainstreaming SD in Europe - Workshop Reports and Sounding Panel Discussion
- ESDN discussion: Review and outlook of the ESDN
- Practising continuity - Concluding Remarks
Photos
Click here for a photo documentation of the ESDN Berlin Conference.
Salzburg 2006: Sustainable Development goes Mozart
Windsor 2005: EU sustainable development networking event
Kinsale 2004: Comhar Conference
Vienna 2003: Sustainable Development in an enlarged Union
The Hague 2002: National Strategies for Sustainable Development: “Facts, Faces and Future Challenges”
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