Capacity Development Workshop on 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development
and
National Workshop on Building Capacity for Localizing SDGs
15th to 17th February 2018
WHAT IS KISS-SDG WORKSHOP?
India is a signatory to the UN General Assembly Resolution A/Res/701/1 “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute the core of the 2030 agenda. There are 17 SDGs and 169 associated targets which are to be achieved by 2030. The SDGs comprehensively cover social, economic and environmental dimensions and are expected to help organise and streamline development action for greater achievement of human well-being.
Invited Speakers
Prof. Muhammad Yunus
Prof. Yunus, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2006) for founding the [...]
Dr. Achyuta Samanta
Currently serving as the President of the Indian Science Congress [...]
Mr. Patrick van Weerelt
Currently heading the branch of the UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable [...]
Shri B. R. Naidu
Shri Naidu currently serves as the Additional Chief Secretary, Government [...]
Mr. Arun Sahdeo
Currently serving as Programme Officer for UNV, Mr. Sahdeo has [...]
Ms. Yumi Bae
Currently serving as Chief of Field Office for UNICEF, India, Ms. [...]
Ms. Deepa Prasad
Ms. Prasad currently serves as State Programme Coordinator at United Nations [...]
Mr. Ahmed Baghdady
Currently serving as the Research and Content Development Manager at [...]
Mr. Suraj Kumar
Dr. Suraj Kumar, Chief Mentor of Neeti Foundation, has worked [...]
Ms. Annie Namala
Currently serving as the Director of the Centre for Social Equity [...]
Ms. Meenakshi Kathel
Currently serving as a Program Coordination Specialist for the United [...]
Mr. Rahul Bose
Primarily known as a prominent Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, social [...]
Prof. Anand Kumar
Prof. Kumar is a retired professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, [...]
Ms. Nishtha Satyam
Currently working as Deputy Country Representative for UN Women, Ms. Satyam [...]
Shri Ashok Kumar Jain
Currently serving as the Adviser (Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Housing [...]
Dr. Pawan Patil
Currently a Senior Economist at the World Bank, over 19 [...]
Ms. Ranjana Chopra
Ms. Chopra currently serves as the Commissioner cum Secretary to the [...]
Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Currently serving as the second Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, Dr. [...]
Mr. Alan Gemmell
Mr. Gemmell OBE is a British diplomat, founder of fiveFilms4freedom [...]
Mr. Kakha Shengelia
Mr. Shengelia is the President at International Association Of University [...]
Ms. Sanyukta Samaddar
Currently serving as Officer on Special Duty for NITI Aayog, [...]
Mr. Sanjay Gupta
Currently serving on the Planning Board for the Government of [...]
Mr. B. P. Acharya
Mr. Acharya currently serves as Director General, MCHRD, and Special Chief [...]
Ms. Simona Costanzo Sow
Currently serving as Course Coordinator with the UNSSC Knowledge Centre [...]
Ms. Chithra Arumugam
Commissioner - cum-Secretary Women and Child Development Department. She previously [...]
EVENT SCHEDULES
DAY 1
Inauguration of KISS-UNSSC-UNDP Workshop
(Banquet Hall, KIIT Convention Centre)
9.00 – 10.10 AM
Expectations and Getting to know each other, The 2030 Agenda
10.30 A.M-12:45 P.M
Address on Kalinga Fellowship by students of KISS accompanied by ShriShashikumar Velath
12:45 – 1:00
DAY 2
Volunteerism and Sustainable Development SDG Exercise • The concept of volunteerism, UNV and the 2030 Agenda
9.00 – 10.00 AM
An Introduction to Results Thinking • Monitoring tools for SDGs: Progress reporting through new technology, Ms. Meenakshi Kathel
10:00 -11:00 A.M
Special address by Mr. Rahul Bose
11:15 A.M – 12:15 PM
DAY 3
Technical Session 1: Status of SDGs in India
(Conference Hall 4, Campus-6)
9:30 A.M-11 A.M
Technical Session 2: Facilitating Integrated Planning and Implementation of SDGs
11.15 A.M-12.45 P.M
Technical Session 3: Reducing Inequality – Addressing Social Exclusion
1.45P.M-3.15P.M