Turning political intent into action to achieve "Zero Hunger"
After the SDG Summit in New York: a panel discussion on what actions need to follow the SDG Summit now to achieve SDG 2 "Zero Hunger by 2030", and which role Germany has in this regard.
The international community reached the 2030 Agenda's halfway mark. According to the United Nation only 15% of the SDG targets are currently on track. The Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 summarizes the Situation as a "stagnation in the face of multiple crises".
19/10/2023, 4:30-6:30pm, Berliner Freiheit
Exactly one month after the SDG Summit in New York, we will discuss what actions need to follow the SDG Summit now to achieve SDG 2 "Zero Hunger by 2030", and which role Germany has in this regard.
- Is the political declaration agreed on the SDG Summit sufficient to achieve SDG 2 by 2030?
- How do we need to design funding mechanisms to reach SDG 2?
- What priorities do we need to set in rural development to use available resources more effectively and efficiently?
- And how do we need to redesign decision-making processes for the realization of the human right to food?
With guests from civil society, politics, academia and the private sector, we will discuss these questions on site in Berlin, followed by a get-together.
An online registration is required to participate in the event.
Itinerary
WELCOME: Asja Hanano, Head of Policy & External Relations, Welthungerhilfe
KEYNOTE: Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
PANEL I: Involving marginalized groups in decision-making processes
- Miriam Onadia (tbc), Confédération Paysanne du Faso (Farmers Organisation Burkina Faso)
- Omer Bangash, Sector Advisor Food and Nutrition Security, Welthungerhilfe Pakistan (tbc)
- Prof. Lena Partzsch, Professor of Comparative Politics, Freie Universität Berlin
- Dr. Susanne Schlaack, Head of Right to Food Division, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
PANEL II: Financing effective approaches to rural development
- Dr. Debisi Araba, visiting researcher at Imperial College London, Member Malabo Montpellier Panel
- Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Mathias Mogge, Secretary General and CEO, Welthungerhilfe e.V.
- Dr. Moumini Savadogo, Managing Director, AKADEMIYA2063
MODERATION
- Christine Mhundwa, Deutsche Welle
The event will be held in English, and simultaneous translation into German and French will be provided.
Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organisations in Germany and enjoys both political and religious independence. It is fighting for "Zero Hunger by 2030". Since being founded in 1962, it has provided funding of EUR 4.75 billion for more than 11,498 overseas projects in 72 countries. Welthungerhilfe bases its efforts on the principle of help for self-help, which it implements with measures ranging from rapid disaster relief to rehabilitation to long-term development cooperation projects with national and international partner organisations.
