The conference ‘Achieving the SDGs: Who best serves the public interest?’ seeks to offer different perspectives concerning the role of various stakeholders in achieving the SDGs, paying particular attention to the globalization processes and historical and contemporary relations between the Global North and the Global South.
When: Thursday 7 June, 14.30-17.30
Place: Turnzaal, FASoS
Programme: download here
On September 2015, the UN General Assembly agreed on a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets to guide actions of governments, civil society, the private sector, the international community, academia, and all other kinds of stakeholders towards a sustainable world by 2030. The SDGs, which build on the previous Millennium Development Goals, are the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The 2030 Agenda acknowledges that coordinated multi-stakeholder efforts and partnerships must be fostered to meet its complex goals, as specifically addressed in SDG 17: “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development”. Hence, governments, civil society, and the private sector appear as critical stakeholders within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
This conference seeks to offer different perspectives concerning the role of various stakeholders in achieving the SDGs, paying particular attention to the globalization processes and historical and contemporary relations between the Global North and the Global South. The conference will focus on the following questions:
- Considering processes of globalisation and development, and changing relationships between developed and developing countries, what should governments, the private sector and the civil society pursue to realise the SDGs in a socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable, economically efficient and transparent manner by 2030?
- In discussing these potential roles as well as the challenges and opportunities of partnerships/coordination among the sectors, is it possible to determine who best serves the public interest?
