Monitoring the Implementation of CFS decisions and recommendations: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible
Governance of Tenure - Global Thematic Event
Opening Remarks:
Willem Olthof, OEWG-SDG Chair, EU
Moderator:
David Nabarro, Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN
Panel 1: Leveraging existing institutional structures and legal frameworks to domesticate the SDGs
H.E. Amr Mostafa Kamal Helmy, Egypt
Diego Alonso Simancas Gutierrez, Director General Adjunto para Asuntos Económicos y Sociales, de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico
Gunnvor Berge, Senior advisor, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Valerie Nicolas, International cooperation expert at Régions de France, UCLG
Panel 2: Integrating the 3 dimensions of sustainable development, and the 17 indivisible SDGs, with country priorities for food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture
Sylvie Lemmet, Director for European and International Affairs with the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea, France
Xie Jianmin, Deputy Representative of P.R.China to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, China
Arne Cartridge, Special Adviser on Sustainable Development and Head of Global Initiatives at Yara International, Psm
Rob Vos, ESA Director, FAO, on behalf of the Rome-based Agencies
Panel 3: Together: creating ownership of the 2030 Agenda for the people, through all
levels of collaboration
Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Veronica Cristina Vargas Román, Nutrition, Food Security and Sovereignty Specialist, Ministry of Health, Ecuador
Bernard Lehmann, State Secretary for Agriculture, Switzerland