Opening presentation by Mrs Eeva Furman and Mrs Eeva Hellstöm in Session 5 at the seminar "For the Next Generations" on 8 June 2016 in Helsinki. The event was jointly organised by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.

1. Sustainable Development
Goals – Working for the
Future
Eeva Furman & Eeva Hellström 8.6.2016
Finnish Expert Panel on Sustainable Development

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”For the Next Generations” – A Google response
”To boldly go where no man has gone before”

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Idea of the
sesssion
Long-term
perspective
Sustainable
Development
Foresight and
Work on the
Future
Sustainable
Futures
”What should be?” ”What could be?”
Intro: Finnish
model for SD
”How do we create synergies between these two?”
”Where are we?”
”Where are we going?”

4. Mr. Heikki Hiilamo, Ms. Tuuli
Hirvilammi, Mr. Janne Hukkinen
Finnish expert panel on SD
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Idea of the
sesssion Long-term
perspective
Sustainable
Development
Foresight and
Work on the
Future
Sustainable
Futures
”What should be?” ”What could be?”
Mr. Asaf Tzachor Ms. Catarina Tully
Ms. Katriina Siivonen
”How to build synergies between the two?”

5. Finnish Model for
Sustainable Development
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6. Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
Finland has a long tradition of sustainable
development policies
1990 1995 1998 1997
2003 2006 2006

7. Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
Members of the National Commission on SD
MISSION: to root sustainable development
into Finnish policies, measures, budgets and
action
Chair: Prime Minister,
Mr. Juha Sipilä
Coordination Desk &
operational hub:
Prime Minister’s Office
Inter-Ministerial Coordination Network
preparing the work and supporting the Prime
Minister’s Office

9. ”A prosperous Finland with global
responsibility for sustainability and
the carrying capacity of nature
COMMITMENT 2050 OBJECTIVES
1. Equal prospects for
well-being
2. A participatory
society for citizens
3. Sustainable work
4. Sustainable local
communities
5. A carbon-neutral
society
6. An economy that is
resource-wise
7. Lifestyles that respect
the carrying capacity
of nature
8. Decision-making that
respects nature
Society’s commitment to Sustainble Development
AGENDA2030 GOALS

10. Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
Operational commitments – how it works
Goal selection and
operational
commitment
Implementation Measurement Visible impacts
on society!
Criteria:
• Enhance 1 or more goals (8)
• Measurable and followable
• Should lead to vision
• Follow the principles

11. Preparing a national plan for Agenda 2030 implementation
How ? What ?

12. Mobili-
sation of
coopera-
tion and
resources
Shared
visions and
goals
Integration
to main
admin.
and policy
processes
Inputs to
special
areas of
emphasis
Enabling
voluntary
action
Communi-
cation and
facilitation
of societal
dialogue
Reflection
and
learning
Approaches to
implementation
Approaches to Agenda2030 implementation
Agenda2030 says:
”Means for implementation
are as important as the
goals to be achieved”
”Need for ambitious
means”
”Monitoring and evaluation
to include also the means
of implementation”

19. Finnish Expert Panel on
Sustainable Development
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Finnish panel for sustainable development
Eeva Furman
(chair)
Finnish Environmental
Institute
Environmental policy
Eva Heiskanen
Consumer Society
Research Centre
Sustainable consumption
Heikki Hiilamo
University of Helsinki
Social policy
Eeva Hellström
(facilitator)
Sitra
Tuuli Hirvilammi
University of Jyväskylä
Sustainable well-being
Janne Hukkanen
University of Helsinki
Environmental policy
Jaakko Kiander
Ilmarinen
Economy and pension
policy
Anne Birgitta Pessi
University of Helsinki
Church sociology
Juho Saari
University of Eastern
Finland
Wefare sociology

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Finnish Expert Panel on Sustainable Development:
Areas of activity
Workshop for the National
Commission for SD in Feb 2106,
hosted by the expert panel
Support for national
SD processes
Raising societal
dialogue on SD
Cooperation and
networking

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Finnish Expert Panel on Sustainable Development:
Areas of activity
Support for national
SD processes
Raising societal
dialogue on SD
Cooperation and
networking
Blog series ”Sustainably”: https://www.sitra.fi/en/future/expert-panel-sustainable-development

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Finnish Expert Panel on Sustainable Development:
Areas of activity
Support for national
SD processes
Raising societal
dialogue on SD
Cooperation and
networking
Work on the
future
Other
expert
panels

24. What follows from the session?
OPENING:
setting the
scene
CHALLENGES
for SD work
CHALLENGES
for work on
futurés
Final remarks and closing words
Article and blog at the www.sitra.fi
Input to
• the work of the expert panel
• the implementation process of Agenda
2030 in Finland and beyond
• the Future Generations work
CHALLENGES
for evidence