Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW)
LAG21 Closing Event
Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW)
In total 15 model municipalities participated at Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW) [eng: Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW] and came together at LAG21’s (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft 21/ Federal State Working Group 21) Closing Event to talk about the process and results of implementing their own local sustainability strategy to realize Agenda 2030’s SDGs. The event was held May, 22nd 2018 at Bonn University’s University Club and was organized by LAG21 and Service for Development Initiatives One World and financed by Engagement Global and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Lord Mayor of Bonn’s Address, 10:00 – 10:30
- w/ Lord Mayor of Bonn, Ashok-Alexander Sridharan
Agenda 2030 as a Global Framework also for Municipalities, 10:30 – 11:00
- w/ Jens Martens, Global Policy Forum
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Background and Results of ‘Global Nachhaltige Kommune (GNK) NRW’ (Globally Sustainable Municipalities), 11:00 – 11:30
- w/ Annette Turmann, SKEW – Service Agency Communities in One World
- Dr. Klaus Reuter, LAG21 NRW
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Panel Discussion #1, 11:30 – 12:30
- w/ Rudi Bertram (mayor)
- Bernd Fuhrmann (mayor)
- Dr. Michael Heidinger (mayor)
- Sarah Höflich der Duque (UCLG)
- Matthias Peck (alderman)
- Dr. Stefan Wilhelmy (SKEW)
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
WCED, Brundtland Commission (1987), Our Common Future, Chp. 2
Award Ceremony, 12:30 – 1:00
LAG21 – Walking the Talk at Lunch, 1:00 – 2:00
Poster Presentation, 2:00 – 3:30
Each participating model municipality made their poster presentation available online (unfortunately available in German only):
Click here and follow up on “Links zu den Flyern der Projektkommunen”
Panel Discussion #2, 3:30 – 4:30
- w/ Dr. Andrea Dittrich-Wesbuer
- Jens Elmer
- Rudolf Graaff
- Dr. Marc-Oliver Pahl
- Dr. Klaus Reuter
Opportunities and Challenges en route to Realizing Agenda 2030 – The Role of Cities, 5:00 – 5:30
- w/ Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
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Final Interview, 5:30 – 6:00
- w/ Dr. Klaus Reuter
- Dr. Stefan Wilhelmy
