SDGs

Peer Review of the Sustainability Strategy of Hesse (2018)

Update: Read a short interview with Ingeborg on the Hesse SD peer review. Ingeborg was appointed to the group of “peers” for the peer review […]

Multi-Stakeholder Platform for SDG implementation of the European Commission

On the basis of the European Commission’s Communication of November 2016 on Agenda 2030, the Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) was set up and took up […]

SDGs and RIA in Georgia (July-Nov 2017)

[July 2017] Ingeborg Niestroy has worked at a project of the GIZ in Georgia on integrating Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals in […]

Guest lecture on governance styles & education at UCL in London

[July 2017] On 10th July, Louis conducted a guest lecture on governance styles and how they give context to accountability of education systems, at […]

Implementation of the SDGs

Keynote speech at SDG conference in Vienna

[June 2017] Ingeborg was keynote speaker at the conference “How we can achieve the SDGs? – The way to sustainability”, which took place on […]

Presentation on metagovernance in Noordwijk

[March 2017] Louis presented theory & practice of metagovernance & more for a group of Dutch public managers during the NSOB IML-30 training, on […]

Interview in Unesco Courier

[April 2017] Louis was interviewed in the latest edition of the UNESCO Courier (April-June 2017) on the article authored with Ingeborg Niestroy and Jan Gustav Strandenaes […]

Moderation at SDG SIDS conference in Nassau (Febr 2017)

Louis moderated a session during the Symposium on “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SAMOA Pathway in Small Island Developing States – SIDS: Equipping […]

Seminar on Research and Innovation and the SDGs in Brussels (December 2016)

Ingeborg spoke at a seminar on evaluating the current state of play of research and innovation policies for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in […]

Guest lecture on (meta)governance and more in Leuven (December 2016)

Louis gave a guest lecture on (meta)governance and sustainable development at the Public Governance Institute of the University of Leuven, Belgium, on 1 December 2016.

Open SDG Club in Berlin (November 2016)

Ingeborg moderated a session during the Open SDGclub.Berlin conference, organised by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) (21-23 November 2016).

Sustainable Development Transition Forum in Incheon (October 2016)

Louis presented at and chaired a session on “SDG inter-linkages and policy coherence” at the SD Transition Forum on SDG Mainstreaming and Means of […]

SDGs for Asia & Europe in Stockholm (October 2016)

Ingeborg spoke at a conference organised by the Asia Europe Foundation and the Stockholm Environment Institute, on “SDSs for Asia and Europe: Delivery Options […]

Guest lecture on (meta)governance & the EU in Wageningen (October 2016)

Louis gave a guest lecture at the Public Administration & Policy Group of Wageningen University & Research in Wageningen, the Netherlands, on 12 October 2016.

Implementing SDG 16 in Bonn (Sept 2016)

Ingeborg spoke at a workshop on “Research meets practitioners: Implementing SDG 16” organised by the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn, 26-27 September 2016.

High Level Political Forum on SDGs in New York (July 2016)

Louis was invited by UN DESA to speak at the plenary official UN session on “Creating ownership at the national level”, in New York, […]

Presentations on the SDGs in Amsterdam (June 2016)

Ingeborg presented in two panels at the conference Critical Perspectives on Governing by Sustainable Development Goals in Amsterdam, 27-29 June.

Presentations on the SDGs in Berlin, Helsinki and Rome (June 2016)

Ingeborg presented/presents different aspects of the SDGs at three conferences in, respectively, Berlin (07/06, ESDN), Helsinki (21/06, SITRA) and Rome (23/06).

SDG conference co-hosted by the Dutch Presidency, SDSN and EESC

Ingeborg helped conceptualising and organising the high-level conference “How to make SDGs Europe’s Business – A Multi-Stakeholder Approach” on 30/31 May 2016, – the […]

Consultation on SDG implementation in Szentendre (April 2016)

Ingeborg was co-facilitator at the REC consultation conference on the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe […]

Teaching Silos to Dance: A Condition to Implement the SDGs (2016)

Ingeborg and Louis wrote this guest article for IISD , following discussions at e.g. the HLPF. We argue that while the SDGs require breaking down “mental […]

How are we getting ready? New report on the SDGs and the EU (2016)

Inge wrote a report for the German Development Institute (DIE) on the state of play around implementation of the SDGs in the EU: “How […]

From PPP to ABC Partnerships for the SDGs (2016)

Short article by Louis Meuleman, Jan-Gustav Strandenaes and Ingeborg Niestroy, published online on 11 October 2016 by IISD, claiming that Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) should […]

Metagovernance in Kyrgysztan (Nov 2015)

Louis gave a presentation on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals with a metagovernance approach at the regional UN conference on “Effecting synergies between inclusive […]

Common But Differentiated Governance (CBDG) for the SDGs (2015)

On 21st April 2015 we published a guest article at IISD in which we argue that for universal goals differentiated implementation approaches are needed at national […]

Role of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies to Foster the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (2015)

Ingeborg was the rapporteur of the Expert Group to the European Commission on “Follow-up to Rio+20, notably the SDGs”. Their report was published in […]