14th February 2025, 12:00 – 14:00 h (GMT)

Participants: Managers and management team members of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Aim: Lessons learned and future work for achieving the 17 SDGs 

• What is the contribution of UNESCO Global Geoparks to the Agenda 2030 and their activities toward achieving the SDGs? – The 2023 SDG’s Reporting exercise.
• How do UNESCO Global Geoparks contribute to the SDGs? 
• What makes UNESCO Global Geoparks ideal model territories for the SDGs implementation? 
• Which lessons learned from the 2023 SDG’s Reporting?
• How UNESCO Global Geoparks will proceed for the 2024 SDG’s Reporting?

Agenda

1. Welcome and introduction (5 min) by Prof. Nickolas Zouros, President of GGN

2. Welcome by UNESCO (5 min) by Kristof Vandenberghe, Chief of Earth Sciences and Geoparks Section

3. UNESCO Global Geoparks’ SDGs Reporting exercise for the year 2023 - The statistics  (10 min) 

   • Marie-Luise Frey, GGN Executive Board member (Germany)

   • Jutta Weber, Bergstraße-Odenwald UGGp (Germany)

   • Elizabeth Silva, GGN Individual member (Portugal) 

4. 17th SDGs - good practice examples  from UNESCO Global Geoparks (2023 Reports)  (30 min) 

   • Kana Furusawa, GGN Executive Board member (Japan)

   • Mega Fatimah Rosana, Ciletuh – Palabuhanratu UGGp (Indonesia) 

   • Lulin Wang, Arxan UGGp (P.R. China) 

5. GGN Working Group on SDGs Action Plan & and the SDGs Template for Geoaprks Reporting on activities during 2024 (10 min) 

   • Marie-Luise Frey, GGN Executive Board member (Germany)

   • Jutta Weber, Bergstraße-Odenwald UGGp (Germany)

6. Questions and Comments 

7. Proposals from UNESCO Global Geopark Managers  and Managing staff 

8. Closing Remarks from GGN SDG’s Working Group

9. Closing remarks from the GGN

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