Summary
This event will foreground proposals from the Wales Protocol for Future Generations, highlighting initiatives in community, national and international contexts demonstrating how the ambitions of the Declaration on Future Generations can be achieved.
Description
This high-level side event will explore specific proposals from the Wales Protocol for Future Generations, demonstrating how they can be effectively implemented to fulfill the ambitions of the Summit of the Future’s Declaration on Future Generations. These exemplars showcase how the protocol’s proposals can be drawn upon and implemented across communities, member states, and international contexts for broader and more impactful outcomes.
Side Event organized by: UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Ministry for Social Development, Republic of South Africa, The Kingdom of Thailand, The Management of Social Transformations (MOST), Programme of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Wales Commissioner for Future Generations, World Academy of Art and Science, Center for Science and Imagination, ASU, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, The Club of Rome, Learning Planet Institute, Globethics, InterAction Council, School of International Futures, Leonardo/ISAST, Tamkeen Community Foundation.
High-level participants include:
- Ms. Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
- Mr. Derek Walker, Wales Commissioner for Future Generations
- Mr Thabani Buthelezi, Deputy Director-General, Ministry for Social Development, South Africa
Other speakers include:
- Ms. Ellen Dixon, Education2030 High-Level Steering Committee Member & UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Advisory Board Member
- Dr. Steven Hartman, Founding Executive Director, UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition (moderator)
- Ms. Leonie Hoffmann, master’s candidate, Sustainability and Social Innovation, HEC Paris
- Mr. Garry Jacobs, President, World Academy of Art and Science
- Dr. Nsah Mala (born Kenneth Nsah), Coordinator for BRIDGES Coalition Hub for Planetary Wellbeing at the University of Cologne
- Ms. Nolita Mvunelo, Program Manager, The Club of Rome; Co-Director, The 50 Percent
- Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Honorary President of The Club of Rome and Planetary Guardian
- Mr. Kim Stanley Robinson, world-renowned science fiction writer and author of The Ministry for the Future
- Dr. Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
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To generate additional opportunities for the engagement of all actors, the Secretary-General of the United Nations is convening the Summit of the Future Action Days on 20 and 21 September 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Bringing together representatives from Member States, civil society, private sector, academia, local and regional authorities, youth, and many more, the Action Days will provide an opportunity for broad engagement and inclusion. These stakeholders have all played a key role in shaping the Pact for the Future and will be critical to its implementation.
Side events provide further insights and opportunities for multi-stakeholder collaboration.