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Making sustainability an easy choice for EU citizens
The Inter-Institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection” has been presented during the digital conference “Making sustainability an easy choice for EU citizens”that has been held on February 16th, 2021 from 10:00 to 12:00.
Please find here the video-recording of the event.
Inter-Institutional Group
“SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection”Launch event
PROGRAMME OF THE DIGITAL CONFERENCE
16 February 2021, 10:00 – 12:00
Moderator: Brian Maguire, EURACTIV
10:00 – 10:10 Opening remarks
- Mariano Votta, Active Citizenship Network Director and Secretary General at ECU
10:10 – 10:40 Keynote speeches
How to foster a sustainable transition, the Institutional perspective: EU consumer policy in the service of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2030
- Liene Balta, policy officer - European Commission - Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, Consumer policy unit
- Roberto Tatò, Italian Ministry of Economic Development - General Directorate Market, Competition, Consumer Protection and Technical provisions. Division IX - European and international policies, European administrative cooperation and recognition of professional qualifications
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda: an overall assessment on citizens participation in sustainable consumption
- Andrea Bonicatti, International relations, Contact person for the Working Groups on Goal 1, Goal 8 and Finance for Sustainable Development at the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development – ASviS
10:40 – 11:00 Attending MEP supporters
- Nikos Androulakis (Greece - S&D)
- Jose Gusmão (Portugal – GUE/NGL)
- Sabrina Pignedoli (Italy – NI)
- Marcos Ros Sempere (Spain - S&D)
Messages from MEP supporters
- Tanja Fajon (Slovenia - S&D)*
- Aldo Patriciello (Italy - EPP)
- Giuliano Pisapia (Italy - S&D)
- Patrizia Toia (Italy - S&D)
11:00 - 11:50 Roundtable discussion
- Luca Visentini, General Secretary at European Trade Union Confederation/ETUC-CES
- Alessandro Mostaccio, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, Secretary General at Movimento Consumatori
- Paolo Patruno, Deputy Secretary General at CLITRAVI (Liaison Centre for the Meat Processing Industry in the European Union)
- Francisco J. Verdera Marí, Acting General Director at CITIZENStandards
- Valeria Palmisano, Head of Institutional Relations with the European Union at Edison
- Laura Esposito, Sustainability Projects Manager at TIM, Telecom Italia
11:50- 12:00 Final remarks
- Sergio Veroli, ECU President and Vice-President at Federconsumatori
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Contacts:
Alleanza Italiana per lo SviluppoSostenibile (ASviS) |
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Giuseppe Perretti, Liaison Officerwith EU institutions at ECU |
Andrea Bonicatti, Secretariat at ASviS |
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