Welcome to the annual Oslo SDG Initiative (www.sum.uio.no/sdg) conference in collaboration with Norad.
A recent meta-study of the scientific evidence on the political impact of the SDGs (Biermann et al. 2022) finds that the global goals have had limited transformative political impact thus far. While there has been some political impact on local and global governance, this has been largely discursive. Indeed, the more profound normative and institutional impact of the SDGs (e.g., legislative action, changing resource allocation, etc.) have been rare. There were growing concerns, even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, that the pace of action for achieving the SDGs was slow. With global attention focused on the pandemic and the Ukraine war, the SDGs appear to be losing their appeal.
Our aim is to go beyond the usual rhetoric on why the SDGs are important and engage with a wide range of stakeholders to nuance the discourse on political commitment, financing, and implementation of the SDGs. In doing so, we wish to bridge the gap between research and policy in trying to better understand what is working, where, how and why. We will also discuss the potential contours of a post-2030 Agenda.
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Achieving sustainable development: Bridging Research and Policy on Sustainable Development Preliminary agenda
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of Development, Norway Tumaini Malenga, The African Institute for Development Policy, Malawi Benedicte Bull, University of Oslo Tanja Winther, University of Oslo Camilla Houeland, Fafo Solveig Aamodt, CICERO Center for International Climate Research Ida Dokk Smith, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Eivind Engebretsen, University of Oslo Mona Baker, SHE, University of Oslo Sudhvir Singh, Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, WHO Tony Sandset, University of Oslo Evgenia Taranova, University of Oslo Moderator: Kristin Heggen Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE), University of Oslo
LUNCH (12.30 – 13.00)
Bjørg Sandkjær, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bernhard Stormyr, Yara Greta Juskaite, Norwegian University of Life Science Knut Andreas Lid, Caritas Norge
14.00 – 14.05 — Break Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, E24 Sigrid Z. Heiberg, Oslo MDG Lise Rakner, University of Bergen Arvinn Gadgil, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre Sidsel Roalkvam, University of Oslo
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