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EuropeAmbition2030
Brussels,3rdSeptember2017.
Concerns:‘TransformingOurEurope’M.M.thePresidentsoftheEuropeanUnionInstitutions,Wesignatories,inviteEuropeanstateandnon-stateactors,to‘rethinkEurope’intheframeworkoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoals,buildingontheworkingpaperattachedTransformingOurEurope.ThetitleisinspiredbytheUNAgenda2030TransformingOurWorld.
WevalueTransformingOurEuropeasitpresentsanewnarrativeofan‘ambitiousEurope’whichputstheEUinapositionofgloballeadership.Europeispreparedtoleadthere-orientationofglobalizationandtheeffectiveimplementationoftheUNSDG2030Agenda.TheEuropeanUnion’scommitmenttofightingclimatechangecanonlybeachievedwithinthecontextoftheSDGframeworktobeabletofullyimplementtheParisagreement.Sustainabledevelopmentisnotafortunatebyproductofclimateaction;itisitsorganizingprinciple.ThepaperincludesproposalsforEUgovernancetobetterserveitscitizenssothatnooneshouldbeleftbehind.WeencouragealliancesofEuropeanstateactors(EUinstitutions,governments,parliaments)andnon-stateactors(regions,cities,businesses,financiers,tradeunions,civilsociety)toreachtheSDGtargets.Wesupportapartnershipactionplanofbetweenstateandnon-stateactorsforthenext18months,priortothecompletionoftheBrexitnegotiationsandthe2019Europeanelections.WecommendactionsundertakenbymanyconstituenciestoadopttheSDGframeworkaspartoftheirwork,businessandpolicypractices.ThesesocialentrepreneursandinnovatorshavethepotentialtodriveagreaterandmoreprosperousEurope.Theactorsshapingthedebateincludethoseinvolvedinthe‘care’movement,“GenerationS”madeupoflarge,medium,small-sizedcompanies,whoseleadershaveembracedtheSDGAgenda,(includingthe10.000enterprisemembersofCSREurope,GlobalCompact,WBCSD,andeco-entrepreneurs),ValueBased/ImpactInvestors-publicandprivate-whoaremobilizingcapitaltosupporttheSDGs,the7.100signatoriesoftheCovenantof
MayorsonClimateandEnergywiththeir5.100actionplans,thethousandsofuniversities,researchcentersandNGOspartofHorizon2020projects,EuropeanInnovationPartnerships,sustainableenergyinvestmentsplatforms,andotherEUProgrammesdealingwithinternationalcooperation.Together,thisdiversesetofactorsmakeuptheTransitionMovement.Empoweringpartnershipswithnon-stateactors,toleadthere-orientationofglobalisationislinkedwiththere-orientationofEurope.IthasthepotentialandthepowertouniteanincreasinglyfracturedEurope,tochangemindsetsandtorebuildtrust.Yourssincerely,AmatoGiuliano,MemberoftheItalianConstitutionalCourtBonifertMarta,BoardMemberofHungarianBusinessLeadersForumDavignonEtienne,PresidentofCSR-EuropeDeSchutterOlivier,ProfessorUCL,Co-Chair,InternationalPanelofExpertsonSustainableFoodSystems(IPES-Food).DessertinePhilippe,ProfessorattheInstitutd’AdministrationdesEntreprisesdel’UniversitéParisIpanthéonSorbonne,memberoftheHautConseildesfinancespubliques.FranceDastoliVirgilio,PresidentofEuropeanMovement–Italy.DubrulleMark,PresidentofClubofRome–EUChapterFosseJérémie,PresidentofEco-UnionGiovanniniEnrico,SpokesmanoftheItalianAllianceforSustainableDevelopment(ASviS).FullprofessorofEconomicStatistics.DepartmentofEconomicsandFinance(DEF)UniversityofRome"TorVergata" LamyPascal,PresidentemeritusJacquesDelorsInstituteLavilleBettina,PresidentComité21–FranceLettaEnrico,DeanoftheParisSchoolofInternationalAffairsatSciencesPoMéndezdeVigoGonzaloEchagüe,PresidentConamaFoundation–SpainMontiMario,PresidentofBocconiUniversity-ItalySaccomanniFabrizio,VicePresident-InternationalAffairsInstitute(Rome)RiberaTeresa,DirectoroftheInstituteforsustainabledevelopmentandinternationalrelations(IDDRI)–France.SilovicDasa,Chair,InternationalBoardoftheCEENetworkonGenderIssuesVanRompuyHerman,HonoraryPresidentoftheClubofRome–EUChapterWalshGeraldine,PresidentofEuropeanPartnersfortheEnvironment
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