Global meeting and official launch of an LWF initiative aimed at involving churches with the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The meeting will for the first time bring together different stakeholders involved in the global LWF initiative “Waking the Giant – Churches’ Involvement in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development”. This includes the National Coordinators from the current four target countries (Liberia, Tanzania, Colombia, United States), representatives of participating churches, and funding partners.

The first day will end with an official public launch of the initiative, which will be attended by UN agencies and leaders from the ecumenical movement, who will jointly reflect on the role that churches play in reaching the SDGs and the potential of strengthened partnerships between faith-based actors, governments and the UN in achieving the Agenda 2030.

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Open to the public on 10 October 2018.

The public and media representatives are invited to attend the launch and reception on the 10 October 2018 at the Ecumenical Center (Visser‘t Hooft Hall) from 17-18:30.

Speakers

• Rev. Dr Martin Junge, General Secretary, LWF
• Nadia Isler, Director SDG Lab, UNOG

Panel discussion on the role which churches play in reaching the SDGs and the potential of partnerships between faith-based actors, governments and the UN in achieving the Agenda 2030

• Mikka McCracken, Director, World Hunger Planning and Engagement, ELCA
• H.E. James Alex Msekela, Ambassador, Permanent Mission to the UNOG, Tanzania
• Rev Christopher Wleh Toe I, General Secretary, Liberia Council of Churches
• Alfonso Barragues, Deputy Director, UNFPA Geneva Office

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