12 April 2016, New York – EU Side event on Communicating the Sustainable Development Goals for Everyone will be held on 21 April 2016 in UN HQ New York, Conference Room 5 at 1.15pm-2.30pm.
Communicating the Sustainable Development Goals for Everyone
A Communications Policy Room
UN Headquarters 1:15-2:30 pm, April 21, 2016 in Conference Room 5,
Sandwiches and drinks available upon arrival from 12:45 pm
Registration before Monday, April 18 at 10.00 EST at :
This policy room discussion will bring together communication experts, global leaders in politics, business, and civil society, during the UN PGA High Level Thematic Debate on the SDG’s, to emphasize the need for increased and better communication and partnerships, and by sharing best practices. It will inspire new communication means/tools for the SDG’s and bring together different actors who need to work together to communicate the SDG’s – bridging the gap between policy experts, campaigners and communication experts and build new partnerships for communicating.
With the participation of H.E. the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft; European Commissioner Mr. Neven Mimica; Under-Secretary-General Ms. Cristina Gallach; Director of the SDG Action Campaign Mr. Mitch Toomey, and representatives from the World’s Best News, European Commission and many more;
This event will discuss how to communicate the Sustainable Development Goals to everybody, led by Chief Creative Officer, Mr. Jakob Trollbäck, TROLLBÄCK+COMPANY – it will also identify new and innovative ideas to make everyone aware of the goals and their content, a discussion led by Mr. Mitch Toomey, Director SDG Action Campaign and Ms. Majken Gilmartin, CEO, Eir Soccer. It will also look at best practices such as the European Year for Development 2015 and World’s Best News and how a unique effort changed the perspective of Europeans with presentations by Ms. Stina Soewarta, Head of Unit – Communication and Transparency, European Commission’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development and Mr. Thomas Ravn-Pedersen, Head of Secretariat and Editor-in-Chief, World’s Best News.
Finally participants will discuss how international organisations, governments, CSOs and the private sector can best meet the challenge of “Action at All Levels” when it comes to communication. This discussion will be led by Mr. Rotimi Olawale, Co-founder Youth Hub Africa (Nigeria) and Chairman of African Youth Panel and representatives from the private sector
With closing remarks from H.E. European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Mr. Neven Mimica and Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Ms. Cristina Gallach, participants should take away practical ideas and new input for communicating the Sustainable Development Goals.
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