Invitation to the workshop “Czech SDG Experience”

The Office of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Embassy of the Czech Republic are pleased to invite you to the workshop “Czech SDG Experience”, which is organized as part of the “SDG’s Roll out Support and Private Sector Engagement” project. The workshop will take place on 13 December 2018, UN House, Ground Floor Conference Room, with start at 11AM. The goal of the event is to provide a platform for sharing experience and good practices with the implementation of SDGs among participants.

The Czech SDG experience workshop will bring together representatives of SDG Private and Public Sector working groups in BiH and the United Nations Cluster leaders together with the representatives from the Czech Republic SDG implementation units such as The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Association of Social Responsibility, Czech Forum for Development Cooperation and the civil society representatives.

The Czech SDG experience workshop will begin with kind opening statements of the UN Resident Coordinator Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu, on behalf of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Sarajevo by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Jakub Skalnik, and on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Ambassador Mr. Milos Prica from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We are looking forward to receiving valuable insights from the experience of the SDG implementation in the Czech Republic from

  • Katerina Halkova, Director of the Multilateral Economic Relations Department, Ministry
    of Foreign Affairs
  • Lucie Madi ova, Director of the Association of Social Responsibility, Founder of the SDG
    Awards
  • Katarfna Šrarnkova – FoRS – Czech Forum for Development Cooperation

And the insights on the role of civil society in sustainability from

  • An expert – civil society (TBC)
  • Tornaš Rakes, Czech expert on participatory processes

Conference agenda is attached here. For more information and clarifications, please contact Ms. Envesa Hodzic-Kovac at envesa.hodzic-kovac@one.un.org / 033 293 455. The contact person for any follow-ups, including confirmation of participation is Ms. Veronika Schmidtova at veronika.schmidtova@undp.org / 033 293 503. We would highly appreciate confirmation of your participation no later than Friday, 30 November 2018.