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Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
Diplomacy for
Sustainability
European Sustainable Development Week

Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
„ Together with the many
participating embassies we
would like to emphasize
the importance of the topic
sustainability to a wider
audience. We all want to
contribute to a change of
awareness.“

Tania von Uslar-Gleichen
  Department coordinator for
      sustainable development
  in the Federal Foreign Office
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
#ESDW19                                                            Diplomacy for
The European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) is a
                                                                   Sustainability
European-wide initiative to stimulate and make visible acti-
vities, projects and events that promote sustainable develop-      As part of the European Sustainable Development Week 2019
ment and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It takes        (ESDW19), the Federal Foreign Office and 24 Berlin-based
#ESDW19
place every year from 30 May until 5 June.                         embassies join their diplomatic forces to make our societies
                                                                   and countries more sustainable. The event series “Diplomacy
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           contributes           in general,
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formative  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its         sustainable chocolate – various events are informing about
17 SDGs by promoting the organization of bottom-up acti-           the countries’ actions for sustainability and give a chance
Information   taken
vities that have    from: https://www.esdw.eu
                 a thematic  link to and support the SDGs. As      to learn more about individual SDGs in a country-specific
such, the ESDW aims to raise awareness for the 2030 Agenda         context while visiting the embassies.
in Europe and calls upon local stakeholders to actively enga-
ge with sustainable development, in general, and the SDGs,         After our successful first participation with ten embassies in
in particular.                                                     2018, we are happy to be part of the ESDW19 and of a gro-
                                                                   wing network of sustainable embassies and governments.
Information taken from: https://www.esdw.eu

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Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Opening Event                                                   Design and Sustainability
   At this Opening Event we will introduce you to the ideas be-     The Italian Embassy will host an international conference
   hind the project “Diplomacy for Sustainability” and will dis-    on design and sustainability, coupled with an exhibition
   cuss the possibilities for diplomacy to contribute to sustain-   of Italian design masterpieces curated by Luisa Bocchietto,
   ability. Minister of State Niels Annen will speak the Opening    President of the World Design Organisation. The WDO has
   Words. Afterwards, the participants of our panel and the         been founded in 1957 as ICSID to represent industrial design
   audience will have the opportunity to participate in the         professionals worldwide, and is now a strong campaigner
   Swiss SDGeek Game and to test their knowledge on Sustain-        in spearheading the SDGs across the design community.
   able Development. During the following panel discussion,         WDO is aligning its work programme to the SDG targets as a
   our panelists will debate the manifold intersections between     common ground for the 400,000 designers it represents. The
   diplomacy and sustainability, the possibility for diplomacy to   exhibition will present contemporary projects on sustainable
   enhance the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and the         design. For any further information please check our Website
   Sustainable Development Goals. Guest will be ###, ### and        or send an e-mail to: berlino.events@esteri.it.
   ###. The event will be moderated by Tania von Uslar-Glei-
   chen, the Coordinator for Sustainable Development in the
   Federal Foreign Office. We look forward to welcoming you at
   the Federal Foreign Office!                                      Access only by prior registration and ID.
                                                                    The conference will be held in English. Entrance by Tiergartenstrasse, 22.

   Wednesday, 29. May, 2 - 5 pm                                     Wednesday, 29. May, 6 - 8 pm
   German Federal Foreign Office                                    Embassy of Italy

   Registration: agenda2030-s@zentrale.                             Registration: Please register on Eventbrite by
   auswaertiges-amt.de by 25 May 2019                               May 27th 2019 (registration opens in May).
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Best Practices in Humanitarian                                  The Living City
    Aid - the Case of Syria                                         of the Future
    In 2019, nearly 132 million people in 42 countries around       Today half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities,
    the world will need humanitarian assistance, including          with a projection of 5 billion by 2030. Sustainable cities do
    protection. There are more crises, affecting more people, and   not only have to be clean, have good and functioning trans-
    lasting longer today than a decade ago. The event organized     port systems and access to clean water. Sustainable cities
    at the Turkish Embassy in Berlin focuses on best practices in   also have a social component: they should be places where
    humanitarian aid with an emphasis on the case of Syria. The     the inhabitants feel good, can satisfy their needs of housing,
    conceptual framework and content will include sustainabi-       work, schools, health care, recreation and everything else
    lity of peace, the interrelationship between development aid    that belongs to a good life. People who live there should be
    and humanitarian aid, efficient use of resources and capacity   involved in democratic decision making processes. And they
    building. There will be high-level participation from Turkey    need to know their rights to the city that they live and work
    as well. The event will feature visual material highlighting    in or visit.
    the challenges and best practices in humanitarian aid.          Together with city planners, researchers, policy makers and
    An “Iftar” dinner at the Embassy will follow, which will be a   youth we want to discuss how the cities of the future can
    separate event requiring additional registration.               become truly living cities.

     Saturday, 01. June, 7 - 9 pm                                    Monday, 03. June, 10 am - 12.30 pm
     Embassy of Turkey                                               Nordic Embassies

   Registration: rsvp.botschaft.berlin@mfa.gov.t                    Registration: event.berlin@gov.se
   until 23 May 2019                                                by 24 May 2019
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
Green skyscrapers, Milano
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Healthy Oceans                                                   Sustainability without
    Healthy oceans and seas are vital to the well-being of the
                                                                     Peace, Peace without
    planet and to economic and social prosperity of coastal states   Democracy?
    such as the Nordic countries. Therefore, Agenda 2030 and
    Global Goal #14, Life below Water, will form the central the-    Peace, good governance, rule of law as well as participatory
    me of a seminar at the Nordic Embassies in Berlin, in which      decision-making constitute the essential requirements for
    experts from the Nordic countries will discuss sustainable       sustainable development. Where do we stand and how can
    utilization of the oceans and seas, international frameworks     we effectively contribute to the achievement of these various
    and cooperation; and the impact of and actions to prevent        facets of SDG 16? The event will provide an opportunity to
    marine pollution and litter.                                     discuss these issues with professionals in this field including
                                                                     innovators in social and political participation. Prominent
                                                                     guests such as the co-founder of the humanitarian organiz-
                                                                     ation People in Need and the former student activist Šimon
                                                                     Pánek or expert in participatory processes Tomáš Rákos wor-
                                                                     king with alternative voting systems have confirmed their
                                                                     participation. Beyond that, the discussion should inspire the
                                                                     first international review of SDG 16 implementation, which
                                                                     will take place in July 2019 in New York.

     Monday, 03. June, 1.30 - 5.30 pm                                 Monday, 03. June, 3 - 5.30 pm
     Nordic Embassies                                                 Embassy of the Czech Republic

   Registration: https://www.eventbrite.de/                          Registration: veranstaltungen_berlin@embassy.mzv.cz
   e/healthy-oceans-tickets-59221863187                              by 29 May 2019
Diplomacy for Sustainability - European Sustainable Development Week Berlin, May 29th to June 6th 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Nordic Plogging in                                            Marine Expeditions
    Berlin Tiergarten                                             for Climate
    By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans.   Marine expeditions have always filled the public imagination
    80% of all waste polluting our seas come from land. As a      with discoveries and technological exploits. Nowadays, they
    concrete follow-up to the seminar on Healthy Oceans in the    play a crucial role in the understanding of climate change
    Nordic Embassies we invite you to a plogging tour through     and of its effects on our ecosystems. This conference aims at
    Berlin Tiergarten. While jogging along the shores of the      highlighting three major expeditions that are contributing to
    Landwehr Canal we will pick up litter. In this way, we will   the research on sustainability in different ways: Tara, a polar
    not only keep our neighborhood clean but also prevent         schooner which has been travelling across the oceans since
    the litter from eventually ending up in our lakes, seas and   2007 and advancing research on the protection of the environ-
    oceans.                                                       ment ; Energy Observer, world’s first hydrogen vessel, which
                                                                  has been nominated as “French ambassador of the Sustainable
    Please bring your jogging shoes and comfortable clothes. We   Development Goals”; and MOSAIC, the largest-scale Arctic
    will provide you with garbage bags, gloves and tongs.         research expedition of all time, which will start in September
                                                                  2019 with the German research icebreaker Polarstern.All these
                                                                  major research and development projects call for a sustainable
                                                                  development and spread a message in favor of the protection
                                                                  of the oceans and of the climate. So get on board!

     Monday, 03. June, 4.30 - 5.30 pm                              Monday, 03. June, 6 - 8 pm
     Nordic Embassies                                              Embassy of France

    Registration isn‘t necessary. If you have any questions,      Registration: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-conferen-
    please send an e-mail to event.berlin@gov.se                  ce-marine-expeditions-for-climate-european-sustainable-de-
                                                                  velopement-week-2019-58437681679
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Pacific Islands on the                                           The Young Wave
    Frontline of Climate                                             “Water and the young generation – two important symbols
    Change                                                           of the future. How do young people contribute to solving the
                                                                     water-related challenges of the 21st century? With experts
    The New Zealand Embassy and Brot für die Welt invite you         and UN Youth Delegates from Germany and Hungary, the
    to a screening of the documentary “Subject to Change” fol-       event will seek the answer to this question through interacti-
    lowed by a panel discussion about the challenges of climate      ve World Café discussions. Showcasing youth-led innovation
    change in the Pacific. “Subject to Change” tells the personal    to meet the targets of SDG6, introducing the German-Hun-
    stories of Pacific communities living on the frontline of cli-   garian water-related cooperation, the Strategy for the Da-
    mate change. It is a beautifully shot and moving exploration     nube Region and discuss the prevention the emerging water
    of how climate change is affecting peoples whose lives are       crises in the light of the upcoming Budapest Water Summit
    based around the ocean but who are now faced with rising         2019. The event will focus on highlighting solutions for a
    seas, extreme weather and tidal events.                          bright and ‘waterproof’ future.
    After the film, our panellists will discuss approaches to cli-
    mate change in the Pacific: How can industrialised countries
    support Pacific communities? And how can we better include
    Pacific perspectives in our policy making?

     Monday, 03. June, 6 - 9 pm                                       Monday, 03. June, 6 - 9 pm
     Embassy of New Zealand                                           Embassy of Hungary

   Registration: https://subject-to-change.                          Registration: veranstaltung@mfa.gov.hu
   eventbrite.de                                                     by 27 May 2019 “
Sea turtle, Indian Ocean
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Sustainable Forests                                                Malta’s Marine Life:
    for Longer Life                                                    Preserving an Asset
    “It can be said with ample certainty that Latvia is a land of      Years after the seabed and the ocean floor were declared as
    forests, and timber is the country‘s green gold. However,          the ‘common heritage of mankind’ following Malta’s related
    beyond economic value forests provide for clean air, a better      initiative at the UN General Assembly in 1967, the conserva-
    environment and thus better health and longer lives. In a          tion of marine life remains as relevant as ever. The importan-
    podium discussion, we will be looking at sustainable forest        ce of managing and protecting marine ecosystems is, in fact,
    industries, using innovative technologies and business             set out in SDG 14 – Life Below Water of the Agenda 2030.
    cycle models, to ensure that forests cover more than 50% of        We would like to invite you to a screening of the recent-
    Latvia’s territory also in the long-term future. We will also      ly-launched documentary Comino: A Secret Paradise to dis-
    be looking at how these best practices can be transferred to       cover the underwater realms surrounding one of the islands
    other countries and their forest industries. After the discussi-   in the Maltese archipelago and to reflect on the importance
    ons, there will be a small reception.                              of safeguarding marine biodiversity. Keynote speaker will
                                                                       be Professor Alan Deidun, Malta’s Oceans Ambassador,
                                                                       executive producer of the documentary and resident marine
                                                                       biologist within the Department of Geosciences at the Uni-
                                                                       versity of Malta.

     Tuesday, 04. June, 10 - 12 am                                      Tuesday, 04. June, 4 - 5.30 pm
     Embassy of Latvia                                                  Embassy of Malta

   Registration: RSVP.Germany@mfa.gov.lv                               Registration: maltaembassy.berlin@gov.mt
                                                                       by 31 May 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Women’s Sexual and                                                Small City, Big Ideas
    Reproductive Health Rights                                        Green Leadership and People-Centered
                                                                      Urban Development in Oslo
    This event focuses on the issue of women’s sexual and
    reproductive health rights (SRHR). It starts with the viewing     A public debate in collaboration between the Royal Norwe-
    “Jewels of Grief”, a documentary by Berlin-based director         gian Embassy in Berlin and ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan
    Mohamed Nabil following the story of two single mothers           Laboratory within the frame of OSLO – European Green
    who have been ostracized by family and society after having       Capital of the Year 2019. The Norwegian capital has one
    birthed a child outside of wedlock. The film also provides        special benefit; it is small enough to test new solutions, but
    space for other protagonists like representatives of human        big enough for new solutions to be scaled up to larger cities.
    rights groups, religion, and State authorities to express their   Protagonists from Oslo from the fields of city planning,
    views and illustrate the complexity of this phenomenon in         architecture and academia share their strategies and insights
    a balanced way. After the viewing, a panel comprised of M.        on low-carbon cities, digital urban living and car-free urban
    Nabil as well as SRHR experts from Belgium and Germany            scenarios and discuss what Berlin can learn from the latest
    will discuss similar challenges faced by girls/women across       strategies behind city planning in Oslo. Keynote by Rasmus
    the globe and how this can be addressed by local, national        Reinvang, Political Advisor to the Vice Mayor for Urban
    and international initiatives.                                    Development in Oslo on “Green Urban Leadership” and the
                                                                      strategies behind Oslo’s city planning.

     Tuesday, 04. June, 6 - 8.30 pm                                    Tuesday, 04. June, 6 - 8.30 pm
     Embassy of Belgium                                                The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory

    Registration: berlin@diplobel.fed.be                              Registration: reply@ancb.de
    by 31 May 2019                                                    by 31 May 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Material Matters                                                 SDGeek 2.0 -
    The one-dimensional foundation on which our linear
                                                                     The Chocolate Edition
    economy was built has benefited us greatly, but it is now        Swiss chocolate stands for a high quality worldwide. This is
    threatening to undermine all of its successes. At a time when    one of the many reasons why Switzerland is committed to
    we are becoming more and more dependent on the resour-           promoting a sustainable cocoa value chain which takes into
    ces within the closed system that is our planet, we are also     account social, environmental and economic sustainability.
    increasingly jeopardizing the availability of those resources.   While the challenges in the cocoa sector are numerous, there
    Our economic system is based on a number of fundamental          is one main objective: By 2025, at least 80% of the cocoa-ba-
    flaws: a linear industrial process, exponential growth and       sed products imported to Switzerland are to be produced
    in order to maintain this growth, business models based on       sustainably.
    planned obsolescence are common in almost any sector of          If you are eager to learn more about our efforts to achieve
    the economy. We need to rethink and redesign our economic        this ambitious goal, come and discuss with experts, taste
    processes: how we sell, design, produce, value and manage        chocolate and play the Sustainable Development Geek game
    material in our economy.                                         – a card game which was inspired by the SDGs. A trophy
    Registration till the 22nd of May.                               awaits the geekiest ones!

     Tuesday, 04. June, 6.30 - 8.30 pm                                Wednesday, 05. June, 9 - 11.30 am
     Embassy of the Netherlands                                       Embassy of Switzerland

   Registration: BLN-IenM@minbuza.nl                                 Registration: ber.politik@eda.admin.ch
   till the 22nd of May.                                             till the 22nd of May.
Forest, Switzerland
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Gender Equality and                                            Water Scarcity: Regional
    Justice for Women                                              and Global Challenges
    High-ranking Mexican and German authorities, civil society     The scarce supply of fresh water is one of the most pressing
    and representatives of UN Women Germany will engage in         issues currently on the global agenda. SDG 6 calls for ensu-
    a conversation on Gender Equality (objective 5) and Justice    ring availability and sustainable management of water and
    (objective 16) for women, considering particularly how such    sanitation for all. Lack of water is not only a threat to quality
    objectives -cross-cutting in nature – crucially impact the     of life, but also an impediment to economic development
    effective implementation of Agenda 2030. Special attention     and a potential source of political instability. Already the
    will be given to sharing experiences and good practices on     countries of the Middle East and the Mediterranean which
    access to justice, women in reclusion and data gathering.      are acutely affected by water shortage are taking national as
    The participants will include Nadine Grasman, President of     well as regional measures, to address the pressing challenges
    Mexico’s National Institute for Women (to be confirmed), Dr.   of climate change.
    Bärbel Kofler, Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and        In our event, regional experts will provide insights into this
    Humanitarian Aid of the German Federal Government, Betti-      multi-facetted issue, and discuss solutions with particular
    na Metz, UN Women Germany, and representatives of NGOs.        emphasis on the regional challenges in the Mediterranean
                                                                   and the Middle East.

     Wednesday, 05. June, 11.30 am - 1.30 pm                        Co-organized by Embassy of Israel
     Embassy of Mexico                                              and Embassy of Cyprus

    Registration: vmjimenez@sre.gob.mx                             Registration: RSVP@berlin.mfa.gov.il
    by June 3rd 2019                                               by June 3rd 2019
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Transatlantic Perspectives                                      Together Towards a
    on Oceans                                                       Sustainable Arctic
    Transatlantic Perspective on Oceans: a Canadian-Portuguese      Arctic cooperation, issues and challenges are in focus at a
    Dialogue. The Embassies of Canada and Portugal cordially        seminar organized by the Embassies of Finland and Iceland
    invite you to a transdisciplinary panel discussion on oceans.   in Berlin in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office and
    Please join us for an exchange of perspectives from science     the German Arctic Office of the Alfred Wegener Institute
    and poetry.                                                     Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Iceland
                                                                    will present the priorities of the Icelandic chairmanship
    Speakers: Prof. Emanuel Gonçalves, Member of the Board of       of the Arctic Council 2019-2021 and Finland, the outgo-
    Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation; Vice-Director of       ing chair, will give an overview of the results of the past
    MARE Keynote title: “Challenges for Ocean Conservation in       chairmanship period. A panel of experts will discuss how to
    the Next Decade”                                                seize opportunities and respond to challenges together in the
    Gary Geddes, Canadian poet and activist; recipient of Lt        rapidly changing Arctic.
    Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence (2008)
    Keynote title: “Urgent, Final Messages: Sustainability in
    Language and Life”
    The panel discussion will be followed by a reception.

     Wednesday, 05. June, 4 - 6 pm                                   Wednesday, 05. June, 4.30 - 7 pm
     Embassy of Canada                                               Embassy of Finland and Iceland

   Registration: marta.neueff@international.gc.ca                   Registration: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/
                                                                    healthy-oceans-tickets-59221863187
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Global Health Security:                                           The Sustainable Future
    Antimicrobial Resistance                                          for Plattenbau
    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing challenge both        Cities are living entities and therefore they start showing
    for developed and developing economies, and poses an              signs of age and decay over time. It is primarily important to
    increasing threat to global health security. Tackling it will     strive for urban regeneration projects that are sustainable as
    require a holistic approach encompassing innovation, such         well as economically sensible. The cities in Estonia and parts
    as development of new antimicrobials, vaccines and diagno-        of Berlin have at least one thing in common - huge moder-
    stics, governance of the use of antibiotics, awareness-raising,   nist era apartment block boroughs, which need transforma-
    as well as the targeted use of overseas development assistan-     tion. Therefore, to discuss in a lively and interactive manner
    ce. This event will look at what UK, German and other actors      the best ways to implement sustainability in architecture, the
    are already doing in this space and discuss the solutions         Estonian Embassy will bring together architects, urbanists
    available (scientific, economic and policy-based).                and visionaries both from Estonia and Germany. What has
                                                                      been already done and what is still there to be discovered in
                                                                      order to transform the extensive modernist legacy. Could it
                                                                      be that timber is the most sustainable and flexible solution
                                                                      for the complex problems to be tackled with the regenerati-
                                                                      on of these areas?

    Thursday, 06. June 9.30 - 12 am                                   Thursday, 06. June 10 am - 3 pm
    Embassy of the United Kingdom                                     Embassy of Estonia

    Registration: https://antimicrobial_resistance-                   Registration: embassy.berlin@mfa.ee
    sdweek2019.eventbrite.de
Antarctica
EVENTS & SCHEDULES

    Fixing Food                                                     Ecological Footprints -
    Together with Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition and the
    Barilla Group, the Italian Embassy will host an international
                                                                    Untamed Romania
    conference on food and sustainability, with a focus on the      The closing evening in the Embassy of Romania will offer to
    Mediterranean Diet, whose carbon footprint is up to 40%         the guests 3 moments:
    lower than those of comparable food regimes. Paolo Barilla,
    Vice Chairman Barilla Group and Riccardo Valentini, former      1 – The ecological footprint by country
    Member of the IPCC Panel and Member of the Euro-Mediter-        A walk-in infomap presented by its creator,
    ranean Centre on Climate Change will discuss the challen-       Dr. Raimar Heber, Art Director at the dpainfografik in Berlin
    ges of feeding the planet within the framework of a more        and Country Coordinator Germany of the SND/DACH.
    sustainable food system.
                                                                    Different countries have different characteristics: shape, area,
                                                                    topography, population, income, trade relations, etc. To vi-
                                                                    sualize this in a way that‘s easy to comprehend, the countries
                                                                    are colored. This type of representation is called a choropleth
                                                                    map. It needs a scale, a legend that explains the colors.
                                                                    When a country‘s size isn‘t relevant anymore, the data is
                                                                    easier to compare. This type of visualization is called Equal
                                                                    Area Cartogram Maps. Shown is the ecological footprint. The
                                                                    ecological footprint measures the consumption of all resour-
    Thursday, 06. June 3.30 - 5 pm                                  ces (including energy, nutrition, waste) that a person needs in
    Embassy of Italy                                                everyday life. The ecological footprint calculates how much
                                                                    space is required for this in global hectares per capita (gha).
    Registration: Eventbrite, Keyword:                              The values of the ecological footprint are shown by height.
    „Mediterranean Diet and Sustainability“
The colors help to intuitively perceive a classification from   The images are breathtaking, the scientific information about
low to high. On top of the columns you can find additional      the flora and the fauna is well-dosed, and the music has been
information such as population, area and the flag of the        specially composed for the film. These are the things that ex-
respective country                                              plain the unusual success of the production released in 2018.
                                                                Shot in the some of the most biodiverse places in Europe,
About the Designer:                                             the documentary helps the public see differently a continent
Dr. Raimar Heber (born 1957) is the Art Director at the         that we thought we knew everything about.
dpainfografik in Berlin and Country Coordinator Germa-          Production : Off the Fence, Initiator and financing: Auchan
ny of the SND/DACH. He studied product design and got           Retail Romania, Co-financing: The European Nature Trust
into infographics via stations like advertising and industry    Director: Thomas Barton-Humphreys, Script: Thomas Bar-
design. In addition to his many years of working for the news   ton-Humphreys and Alex Păun, Concept: Alex Păun
agency, he is a speaker on topics of visual communication,      Executive producers: Ellen Windemuth, Ionuț Ardeleanu,
communication design and infographics. He is enthusiastic       Paul Lister, Producer: Allison Bean, Image: John Waters
about perspective, quick sketching and narrative portrayal,     Montage: Dan Schwalm
and recently also the 3D maps.
                                                                3- Reception offered by the Ambassador of Romania,
2- Documentary film presentation:                               H.E. Emil Hurezeanu
Untaimed Romania - Secrets to be shared, stories to be told,
narrated (in English) by Mark Strong
The documentary is a 90-minute journey into the fabulous
natural life in Romania, beyond the commotion of the cities,
unbeknownst to anyone, millions of plants and animals put       Thursday, 06. June, 7 - 9 pm
on a show filled with splendor, grace, ferocity, candour and    Embassy of Romania
humour. The film presents the Carpathian Mountains, the
Danube Delta and Transylvania as its major areas of interest.   Registration: agenda2030-s@zentrale.
                                                                auswaertiges-amt.de by 25 May 2019
SCHEDULE

 Wednesday, 29. May                                                           6 - 8 pm
                                                                              Pacific Islands on the Frontline of Climate Change
 2 - 5 pm                                                                     Embassy of New Zealand
 Opening Event / German Federal Foreign Office
                                                                              6 - 8 pm
 6- 8 pm                                                                      The Young Wave / Embassy of Hungary
 Design and Sustainability / Embassy of Italy

                                                                              Tuesday, 4. June
 Saturday, 1. June
                                                                              10 am - 12 am
 7 - 9 pm                                                                     Sustainable Forests for Longer Life / Embassy of Latvia
 Best Practices in Humanitarian Aid - the Case of Syria / Embassy of Turkey
                                                                              4 - 5.30 pm
                                                                              Malta‘s Marine Life: Preserving an Asset / Embassy of Malta
 Monday, 3. June
                                                                              3 - 5.30 pm
 10 am - 12.30 pm                                                             Women‘s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights / Embassy of Belgium
 The Living City of the Future / Nordic Embassies
                                                                              6 - 5.30 pm
 1.30 - 5.30 pm                                                               Small City, Big Ideas / The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory
 Healthy Oceans / Nordic Embassies
                                                                              6.30 - 8.30 pm
 3 - 5.30 pm                                                                  Material Matters / Embassy of the Netherlands
 Sustainability without Peace, Peace without Democracy?
 Embassy of the Czech Republic
                                                                              Wednesday, 5. June
 4.30 - 5.30 pm
 Nordic Plogging in Berlin Tiergarten / Nordic Embassies                      9 - 11.30 am
                                                                              SDGeek 2.0 - The Chocolate Edition / Embassy of Switzerland
 6 - 8 pm
 Marine Expeditions for Climate / Embassy of France                           11.30 am - 1.30 pm
                                                                              Gender Equality and Justice for Women / Embassy of Mexico
SCHEDULE

 Water Scarcity: Regional and Global Challenges
 Co-organized by Embassy of Israel and Embassy of Cyprus

 4- 6 pm
 Transatlantic Perspectives on Oceans / Embassy of Canada

 4.30- 7 pm
 Together Towards a Sustainable Arctic / Embassy of Finland and Iceland

 Thursday, 6. June

 9.30- 12 am
 Global Health Security: Antimirobial Resistance
 Embassy of the United Kinkdom

 10 am - 3 pm
 The Sustainable Future for Plattenbau / Embassy of Estonia

 3.30- 5 ßm
 Fixing Food / Embassy of Italy

 7 - 9 pm
 Ecological Footprints - Untamed Romania / Embassy of Romania
ADRESSES

   Federal Foreign Office                                     Embassy of Latvia
   Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin                          Reinerzstr. 40/41, 14193 Berlin

   Embassy of Belgium                                         Embassy of Malta
   Jägerstrasse 52-53, 10117 Berlin                           Klingelhöferstrasse 7, 10785 Berlin

   Embassy of Canada                                          Embassy of Mexico
   Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin                           Klingelhoferstrasse 3, 10785 Berlin

   British Embassy                                            Embassy of the Netherlands
   Wilhelmstraße 70/71, 10117 Berlin                          Klosterstraße 50, 10179 Berlin

   Embassy of the Czech Republic                              Embassy of New Zealand
   Wilhelmstr. 44, 10117 Berlin                               Brot für die Welt, Caroline-Michaelis-Str.1, 10115 Berlin

   Embassy of Denmark                                         Nordic Embassies
   Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstr. 1, 10787 Berlin      Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin

   Embassy of Estonia                                         Embassy of Norway
   Hildebrandstrasse 5, 10785 Berlin                          Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin

   Embassy Finland                                            Embassy of Portugal
   Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin   Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin

   Embassy of France                                          Embassy of Romania
   Pariser Platz 5, 10117 Berlin                              Dorotheenstrasse 62 - 66, 10117 Berlin

   Embassy of Hungary                                         Embassy of Sweden
   Unter den Linden 76, 10117 Berlin                          Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin

   Embassy of Iceland                                         Embassy of Switzerland
   Felleshus Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin   Otto-von-Bismarck-Allee 4, 10557 Berlin

   Embassy of Italy                                           Embassy of Turkey
   Protokolleingang: Tiergartenstrasse 22, 10785 Berlin       Tiergartenstraße 1, 10785 Berlin
Registration is required for each event.

Publisher:
Federal Foreign Office
Werderscher Markt 1
10117 Berlin

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