Free Seminar - Global Governance towards the SDGs

This free seminar (28 April 2022) will examine the role of global governance in SDG implementation as the agenda's time rapidly runs out. Our expert panel will discuss why more of what we are doing now won’t lead to transformational change, the role of the European Union (EU) in global governance, and the role of civil society in achieving transformation.

The Jean Monnet Network on Scientific and Social Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SSISDG Network) invites you to this seminar.

2022 marks the halfway point for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019, the UN called for a 'Decade of Action', pledging to mobilize financing, enhance national implementation and strengthen institutions to achieve the Goals by the target date of 2030. Despite this commitment, and despite calls for the SDGs to form 'a critical framework for COVID-19 recovery,' progress is too slow, and in many cases, going backwards.

This seminar, hosted by the SSISDG Network, will examine the role of global governance in SDG implementation as the agenda's time rapidly runs out. Our expert panel will discuss why more of what we are doing now won’t lead to transformational change, the role of the European Union (EU) in global governance, and the role of civil society in achieving transformation.

Panellists

Professor Benjamin Cashore
Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management
Director, Public Policy Initiative for Environment and Sustainability (PPIES)
National University of Singapore

Dr Serena Kelly
Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director, National Centre for Research on Europe
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Associate Professor Roberto Guevara
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
RMIT University

Moderator

Dr Emma Shortis
Research Officer and Lecturer
European Union Centre of Excellence
Social and Global Studies Centre
RMIT University

When

Thursday 28 APRIL 2022
12.30 pm - 1.45 pm
Melbourne time (AEST)

Where

RMIT University
Council Chamber, Level 2R, Building 1
124 Latrobe St
Melbourne, VIC 3000

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Cost

Free

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This event is being organised and hosted by the Jean Monnet Network on Scientific and Social Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Jean Monnet Network on Scientific and Social Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is co-funded by the Jean Monnet Activities Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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