CESOP-Local Annual Seminar 2023 | Sustainable Development in action: Accelerating local impact with investigation and local actors

The Sixth edition of the CESOP-Local for Sustainable Territories Annual Seminar addressed a theme of great relevance to the CESOP-Local for Sustainable Territories Network. The theme was “Sustainable Development in action: Accelerating local impact with investigation and local actors”, and the meeting of political actors, administrative staff, civil society, academia, NGOs, public and private sector, aimed to reassert the importance of collaboration between all parts of society and the power of research in supporting governance integrated for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Program

Ambassador Rui Macieira Intervention | Permanent representative of Portugal near the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneve

Helga Ribeiro Matos Keynote speech | Technical Counselor of the Department for Development, Environment and Oceans Affairs permanent representative of Portugal near the United Nations

Round table “Transforming knowledge into action”

Moderation: Rita Paiva e Pona | CASUS – Catolica for Sustainability

Joana Abreu | Católica-CESOP’s CESOP-Local Network for Sustainable Territories Coordinator

Fernando Ilharco | Coordinator of Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s CEPCEP - Research Centre on Peoples and Cultures and the Smarter Cities project

Nuno Moreira da Cruz | Coordinator of Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s Centre For Responsible Business & Leadership’s SDG Observatory

Manuela Pintado | Co-leader of INSURE.Hub -  Innovation in Sustainability & Regeneration Hub from Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Round table closure by Filipe Araújo, Vice-President of Porto City Council

Presentation on the debut of Portugal’s Global Urban Monitoring Framework

Ricardo F. Reis | Católica-CESOP’s Director

Marta Gomes | Mafra City Council Councilor