Planning for the future: Lessons in sustainable policymaking from past and current economies

05 September 2024
Speakers: Igor Feketija, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Slovenian Government; Peter Glenday, Programme and Research Director, School of International Futures; Aleksandar Matković, Research Associate, Institute for Political Ecology; Rob Morgan, Head of Sustainable Development, Welsh Government; Gwi-Yeop Son, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, United Nations
Moderator: Danielle Brady, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
This online Policy Dialogue - part of the ToBe Horizon Europe project led by the University of Tampere - explored post-growth and long-term focused approaches to policymaking; in the context of historical and contemporary cases of industrial policies with a strong emphasis on social and ecological aspects.
The discussion featured the insights of relevant stakeholders; namely drawing on the lessons learned by the implementation of Wales’ 'Well-being of Future Generations Act’, Yugoslavia’s historical experiences of long-term, environmentally-conscious industrial policymaking and its impact in Slovenia today. Moreover, efforts undertaken on a UN level to agree on a Pact for the Future, in light of the upcoming UN 'Summit of the Future' in September were also addressed.

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