Ernesto Soria Morales’ Post

🌱 Coordination SUD and the PCSD OECD pursue their exchanges to work towards sustainable development goals   💪 In early March, Coordination SUD and the OECD's PCSD Unit met to plan new joint activities around the #2030Agenda. Latest cooperation between our 2 organizations was on drafting of France's voluntary national review, presented to the UN in July 2023 ! 👇   🗳️In the meantime, Coordination SUD has continued influencing policy makers towards 2030 Agenda’s achievement at EU level. Drawing in particular on OECD’s and CONCORD’s work, recommendations were published on “making the European Parliament a driving force for the sustainable development goals".   This note presents 3 commitments political parties can engage with ahead of the European elections: ✔️Establish governance to align EU policies with the SDGs. ✔️Monitor the impact of EU policies on the SDGs and developing countries through comprehensive evaluation systems. ✔️Implement an ambitious European strategy to promote all the SDGs.   Coordination SUD position paper on Sustainable Development Goals : https://lnkd.in/e2UaAud5 Report « The 2030 Agenda » on taking action to promote 2030 Agenda’s implementation through French foreign policy:  https://bit.ly/49txttq   #EU4GlobalJustice #EUElections2024 Elise Desplanques, Ernesto Soria Morales, Nicolas Paris, Corentin Martiniault,  Celia Cranfield,  Kees Knulst

The Government of #Flanders, Belgium, is actively working to build resilience in the face of uncertainty. By strengthening #StrategicForesight capacity, the Government is steering towards a policymaking system that is robust in addressing contemporary challenges, while flexible in its ability to adapt to change. The 🆕 OECD report assesses the current state of foresight initiatives within the Government of Flanders. It offers tailored recommendations to enhance their foresight system through the lens of five critical strategic foresight dimensions: ⤵ Demand and mandate ⤵Capabilities and skills ⤵Institutional arrangement ⤵Integration into the policy cycle ⤵Mechanisms for feedback and learning Learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eetFSU_s Piret Tõnurist | Julia Staudt | Bruno Monteiro | Peter De Smedt | #Belgium

2-3 May 2024, Paris The 2024 Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, chaired by Japan with Mexico and the Netherlands as Vice-Chairs, will take place on 2-3 May 2024. The theme of this year’s MCM is “Co-Creating the Flow of Change: Leading Global Discussions with Objective and Reliable Approaches towards Sustainable and Inclusive Growth.” Governments are facing complex and interrelated issues. Effective co-operation on the strong foundation of evidence-based best practice and multilateral dialogue is essential, and the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting is an opportunity to engage in high-level discussions among Members and non-Members on the issues critical to today’s international community. The theme for the 2024 MCM comprises three overarching pillars: A Diverse, Inclusive, and Likeminded OECD: Strengthening the Outreach of our Work. An Economic Order based on the Shared Values: Firmly Maintaining Free and Fair Trade and Enhancing Economic Resilience. Co-creating a Better Future: Addressing Emerging Challenges at Global but Regional Scale. The 2024 MCM will further leverage the strengths of the OECD to support the world New leaders to develop sound and well-coordinated strategy and responses to each of the structural shifts in front of us, grounded in our shared values. A renewed commitment to strong and effective multilateralism, with the OECD at the centre of global cooperation, will help promote efforts to co-create better clearly accountable strategy for better lives and a better future. https://lnkd.in/dCTwUPic

Proud to share this OECD publication. Flanders Chancellery and Foreign Office is committed to being a governmental leader in multi-level strategic foresight. This dedication is not just a matter of evidence for policy, but a conscious effort to shape a future with resilience, innovation, and adaptability. Understanding strategic foresight goes beyond its methods and knowledge outputs. It involves considering the systemic elements that contribute to its development, dissemination, and use as a connected ecosystem. #Flanders

Agenda 2063 is divided into five 10-year implementation plans. At the 37th African Union (AU) summit, the second 10-year (2024-2033) implementation plan of Agenda 2063 was adopted, also known as the 'decade of acceleration'. To learn more about the progress made during the first decade of Agenda 2063, please check out our latest blog, Assessing Progress after the First Decade of Agenda 2063:

Agenda 2063 is divided into five 10-year implementation plans. At the 37th African Union (AU) summit, the second 10-year (2024-2033) implementation plan of Agenda 2063 was adopted, also known as the 'decade of acceleration'. To learn more about the progress made during the first decade of Agenda 2063, please check out our latest blog, Assessing Progress after the First Decade of Agenda 2063: https://lnkd.in/eCG4k3UQ

📣 So many months of work and I can finally share the big news! 📯🌈 On 18 June at the Royal Library in Brussels, European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and the Belgian Federal Minister for Sustainable Development Khattabi Zakia will host a high-level conference on the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU. There will be a 👑 very special guest 👑 giving an opening address, whose name you can discover here: https://sdg.eventsite.be/ And don't forget to register while you're at it ❗ The conference is a closing act of the current European Commission college on the topic of the SDGs and sustainable development, a file I've been enthusiastically working on since the beginning of the mandate almost five years ago. Its aim is to review the progress made toward the SDGs during this timeframe as well as the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, and give impetus on the topic for the next EU legislature - just in time after the European elections! After the opening lecture by the thought-provoking Sandrine Dixson-Declève, the event will flow from the internal EU considerations outward to the international aspects, closing off on an ever-important issue of financing. 💰 The three panels headlined by visible academics in the field will give the floor to high-level actors spanning members of the European Parliament, multilateral institutions and development banks, Directors-General of the European Commission and more. All of them brought together by the moderating genius of the host Maithreyi Seetharaman. 🌈 Definitely an event of the year on the SDGs you don't want to miss! 🌈 #SDGs #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #EuropeanCommission ##EU2024BE

"Belgium's Multilateral Policymaking put to the Test of the 21st Century" This is the topic explored in the latest Egmont Institute policy brief, authored by yours truly. My thanks go to EGMONT - Royal Institute for International Relations for publishing it, and to Prof. Sven Biscop and Prof. Tanguy de Wilde d’Estmael for their insightful comments on the original draft. Content accessible here : https://lnkd.in/e_vjG2Hp Summary: In the 21st century, Belgium’s multilateral policymaking suffers from the risk of incoherence. Successive State reforms have complexified the domestic cohabitation between federal and federated entities, sometimes leading Belgium to abstain at the international level. And while coordination mechanisms attempt to address decentralization, they lack resources to counteract the deepening political fragmentation. As a result, the delicate equilibrium of Belgium’s governance in multilateral policymaking is at risk. Revamping the coordination mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is critical, to ensure the smooth harmonization of internal interests, and to prevent Belgium’s international influence from being impaired—a situation the Kingdom cannot afford in today’s uncertain context.

📢 Join us for the 2nd OECD Global Forum🌐 on Building Trust and #ReinforcingDemocracy    🗓️21-22 October 2024 📌 Milan, Italy   Public officials, companies, civil society and academia will reconvene, two years after the inaugural Forum, to take stock of progress and discuss how to break new ground for the future of democracy.   This 2nd edition of the Global Forum will look at new evidence on the drivers of trust in public institutions and discuss cutting-edge government practices, while taking into account structural changes such as the rise of artificial intelligence, concerns about foreign interference in open societies and the need to build consensus around climate action.   Speakers include: ◾️Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General ◾️Xavier Bettel, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg ◾️Giedre Balcytyte, Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Chancellor of the Government ◾️Věra Jourová, European Commission, Vice-President for Values and Transparency   For further information and registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBEA3e3k