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Registration, tea & coffee
Chair’s Introduction – objectives for the conference
Frank Convery, Comhar Chairman
Keynote presentations
- Sustainable Development in Ireland: From strategy to implementation
John Gormley, T.D. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Break
Module I: Introduction, keynote speakers, Ireland’s performance
Chair: Frank Convery, Comhar Chairman
Measuring sustainable development
This session will look at Ireland’s recent performance according to different sets of indicators and discuss a set of indicators that might be appropriate for Ireland
- Presentation of Comhar SDC commissioned research: Ireland’s past performance; appropriate indicators for national, regional and local levels
Cathy Maguire, EnviroCentre
- Integration of environmental data into macro-economic models
Sean Lyons, Economic and Social Research Institute
Panel:
Pat Fanning, Central Statistics Office:The state of Ireland’s data
Jarmo Muurman, Finnish Environment Institute: The role of SD indicators in Finland
Lunch
Module II: The challenge of making Ireland’s development sustainable
Chair: Donal NcNally, Second Secretary General Department of Finance
- How to make effective sustainable development policies across government departments
Dermot McCarthy, Secretary General to the Government
- Implementation across national government and implementation from national to regional to local levels. Presentation of Comhar SDC commissioned research:
Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh, Institute of Public Administration
Break
Panel:
Rory O’Donnell , Director, NESDO
Anja Murray, An Taisce
Anna Lee, Tallaght Partnership
Tom Byrne, Director, South East Regional Authority
John Gilliland, NI Sustainable Development Commissioner
Close of day
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Module III: Policy options to deliver sustainable development
Chair: Tom O’Mahony,
Assistant Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Policy instruments - regulation, market instruments, voluntary measures, education and information, subsidies.
Presentation of Comhar SDC commissioned research:
Tom Cleary/ Joe Borza, Byrne O’Cleirigh Consultants
Panel:
Sue Scott, Economic and Social Research Institute
Danny McCoy, Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation
Gavin Harte, consultant on education for sustainable development
Break
Conclusions
Keynote concluding speaker: Mick Wallace
- Panel discussion: stakeholder perspectives
(Comhar council members)
Public participation
- Including environmental concerns in the social partnership
- How to promote evidence-based policy making?
Chairman’s remarks
Close of conference and lunch
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