Global Progress through Partnerships
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-09-22

http://www.weforum.org/
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was endorsed by 193 world leaders, who highlighted multistakeholder partnerships as instrumental for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. How can we accelerate the creation of such partnerships globally?

- Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rock Creek, USA
- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius
- Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, European Commission, Brussels
- Frans van Houten, President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Philips, Netherlands

Chaired by
- Richard Samans, Head of the Centre for the Global Agenda; Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum

Remarks by
- Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management, USA
- Miroslav Lajcák, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, United Nations, USA