Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi! 

(With your basket and my basket the people will thrive) 

At this important socio-economic discussion point, the United Nations Association of New Zealand has decided to contribute with educating the nation, seeking which strategies have been proposed by the United Nations that could practice succeeding the challenges at this turning point.  

Five years ago, UN member states endorsed the ambitious 2030 agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 objectives for securing human and planet prosperity, and wellbeing now and in the future. 

In this context, UNANZ has set up this online discussion with the objectives of exploring how the SDGs can be used as a strategic framework when reforming economic structures to face the challenges arising with the Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar will have a particular emphasis on building a material-efficient society, biodiversity protection, eco-innovations, and sustainable consumption and production with fresh thinking on economic governance. Further, we will discuss a new paradigm for regional integration, investments, and trading measures, how countries could think of supporting sustainable development. 

(The content of the discussion will cover most of the targets in SDGs 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 17 while providing a general understanding of good economic governance to face the challenges in the “New Normal”). 

 

Our speakers to the forum are; 

	The 2030 agenda and SDGs and reshaping the economic governance with the challenges of Covid-19  pandemic  Professor Girol Karacaoglu - Head of the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
	Importance of strengthening Sustainable Consumption and Production strategies to build a material-efficient society Ned Clarence-Smith, former UNIDO Director- South-East Asian Region and former Head of the National Cleaner Production Centres Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
	Reshaping the Regional Integration, investments, and trading supporting the Sustainable Development Dr Mia Mikic -Director, Trade, Investment, and Innovation Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
	Getting Back Better: Protecting biodiversity and supporting climate action through economic stimulus Dr Stefanos Fotiou - Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

 

Registrations are opened at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainable-development-goals-as-a-tool-for-the-post-covid-19-economy-tickets-104700052676