Workshop on SDG Implementation

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10th Meeting of the National Focal Points for Policy Coherence:

Joint OECD/WRI Workshop on SDG Implementation, 2-3 May 2016, OECD Conference Centre, CC15, Paris

Early experience of selected OECD countries with a focus on policy coherence for sustainable development

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW (see here for an Annotated Agenda)

Monday 2 May

8:30 - 8:55		Registration
Introduction
9:00 - 9:10		Welcoming Address by Douglas Frantz, deputy Secretary-General, OECD
9:10 - 9:20		Overview of Workshop: The SDGs: universality, integration, and why policy needs to be done differently by Kitty van der Heijden, Director, WRI Europe
9:20 - 9:30		How are countries meeting new challenges and seizing new opportunities presented by the 2030 Agenda? Reflections from Sweden’s experience by Annika Markovic, Swedish Ambassador to OECD
Session 1. From global goals to national implementation: Learning from early experiences
9:30 - 10:45		Panel 1: Interactive Panel Discussion on Germany, Korea, Sweden and The Netherlands Country Studies, moderated by David O’Connor, WRI
10:45 - 11:00		Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00		Breakout Session 1
12:00 - 13:00		Report back to Plenary
13:00 - 14:15		Lunch
Session 2. PCSD: A cross-cutting means of implementation
14:15 - 14:40		Keynote address by Dionisio Perez-Jacome, Ambassador of Mexico to the OECD (tbc), followed by Q&A
14:40 - 15:55		Panel 2: Interactive Panel Discussion on new perspectives on policy coherence for sustainable development, moderated by Kitty van der Heijden, WRI
15:55 - 16:10		Coffee break
16:10 - 17:10		Breakout Session 2
17:10 - 18:00		Report back to plenary

Tuesday 3 May

Session 3. Identifying and measuring policy interactions in SDG implementation
9:00 - 9:20		Wrap up of Day 1, presented by WRI
9:20 - 11:00		Interactive Panel Discussion on tools for measuring and analyzing Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development, moderated by Mathilde Mesnard, OECD
11:00 - 11:15		Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:15		Discussion moderated by Ebba Dohlman, Senior Advisor, PCD Unit OECD
12:15 - 12:30		Wrap-up of Day 2 morning session, presented by OECD
Lunchtime Seminar*
12:30 - 14:00		PCSD as a means of implementation for the SDGs, introduced by Doug Frantz, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
		*Seminar open to OECD Ambassadors and other delegates, and Directors and their staff (optional for workshop participants)

La cohérence des politiques pour le développement durable