PROGRAMME
SDG WATCH EUROPE DELEGATION TO ROME 23-25 March 2017
Dear members of SDG Watch Europe,
More than 25 representatives of SDG Watch Europe are travelling to Rome in order to
participate in events around the EU Summit on 25 March marking the 60th anniversary of the
Rome Treaties (see list of participants). The civil society mobilisation including events,
workshops and marches are an ideal context for SDG Watch Europe’s members to rally,
network with other civil society organisations involved in the discussion about the future of
Europe, strengthen the visibility of the SDGs on the European level, and to convey our message
of putting Agenda 2030 at the core of a new narrative for Europe.
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) is organising the delegation for SDG Watch Europe.
Please make sure to participate to the events in this programme. If you are unable to attend
the full programme please inform the organisers. The reimbursement of your travel costs
entails your participation to the programme.
Contact:
[email protected]
0032 483 125 443 (also on WhatsApp)
Hotel for SDG Watch Europe Steering Group
The Steering Group and some other delegates are staying at this hotel:
Hotel Apogia Lloyd Rome***
Via Alessandria 110
00198 - Roma
tel: (+39) 06 44 2 88
[email protected]
Programme
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
19:30 Welcome dinner (optional)
If you are already in Rome on Wednesday night and would like to socialise with your SDG
Watch Europe colleges, please join us for a pizza at a pizzeria close to Hotel Apogia Lloyd Rome.
Pizzeria “Da Giggetto Il Re della Pizzza”
via Alessandria 43-49
Please book a place with Patrizia (by email).
Thursday, 23 March 2017
There will be a taxi strike in Rome on 23 March!
Please consider that using public transport in Rome (especially buses) can be time-consuming.
Meeting point for all at 9:00 in front of the Camera dei Deputati
Piazza di Monte Citorio (Palazzo Montecitorio)
Please bring your ID card for the security check.
For men, the is a dress code: formal suit (tie not mandatory).
9:30 - 13:30 conference Europe Ambition 2030 - Make Europe the world leader of sustainable
development: a unique opportunity to build a stronger European Union.
Please find the programme of the event attached to the same email.
The event is organized by ASviS, member of SDG Watch Europe, in collaboration with a number
of international partners including SDG Watch Europe and the EEB, and is hosted by the Italian
Chamber of Deputies. It will be introduced by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura
Boldrini, and will see the participation of European high level officials as well as representatives
of leading civil society organizations.
Here is the call to sign a joint letter to the heads of state and government which SDG Watch
Europe and some members have signed:
http://www.asvis.it/home/46-1491/europe-ambition-2030-sign-the-letter-to-the-heads-ofstate-and-government#.WL2XyX9jZPZ
Letter in English:
http://www.asvis.it/public/asvis/files/EuropeAmbition2030_OpenLetter(8).pdf
ASviS: www.asvis.it
Lunch break (individual)
Transfer: The walk to the next venue takes around 30.
Alternatively, you can take a bus from Largo Chigi around the corner from the Parliament.
Line 85 to Stazione Termini or Line 71 to Esquilino/Cavour. The bus ride is a little bit more than
10 minutes.
15:00 – 17:00 Internal networking meeting and exchange between SDG Watch Europe and
GlobalCitizen on future possibilities of cooperation on the Agenda 2030.
Cavour Centro Congressi, Via Cavour 50/a (5 min walk from Stazione Termini)
The name of our meeting room will be displayed around the entrance.
Agenda:
 Welcome and introduction
 Short update on the programme of the delegation
 Update on the social media campaign on 24 March
 Presentation by GlobalCitizen on their projects on SDGs + climate change:
o HOW to make the SDG’s come true?
o The Collaboration Gap
o The ABC+ alliance
o The 1st, 2d¨nd and 3rd generation of the Social Media Platforms
o SDG +Climate Planet
o SDG +People
 Q&A for Soren and discussion on possible future cooperation
Participation is obligatory for all delegates!
http://www.globalcitizen.net/index.html
https://www.screencast.com/t/Jl29mF59O (please watch the video in preparation).
Optional for Solidar members (or the other members after our internal networking meeting):
16:00 – 19:00 60 years of Rome Treaties: What remains of the promise
of Social Europe? Progressive civil society views on how to deepen the European integration
Sala Di Vittorio, CGIL Corso Italia 25
Transfer: The are buses from Termini to Corso Italia. The bus ride takes around 15 min.
Moderators:
 Fausto Durante, Coordinator European and International Department CGIL
 Conny Reuter, General Secretary SOLIDAR
Presentations by:
 Francisca Sauquillo, President SOLIDAR
 Susanna Camusso, CGIL General Secretary
 Luca Visentini, ETUC General Secretary
 Francesca Chiavacci, President ARCI
 Antonio Panzeri, MEP (S&D)
 Eleonora Forenza, MEP (GUE)
 Claude Moraes (S&D, UK Labour Party), chair of the LIBE committee
Debate
This event is organized by the Italian Platform “Our Europe” and promoted by the Italian Trade
Union Confederation. More information here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/428146780853210/
https://www.facebook.com/lanostraeuropa/?fref=ts
19:30 Joint dinner (optional)
If you want to have dinner together, we have booked tables at a traditional family-run
restaurant closed to metro Barberini:
Ristorante Colline Emiliane
Via degli Avignonesi 22
http://www.collineemiliane.com/
+39 06 481 7538
Please book a place with Patrizia (by email).
Friday, 24 March 2017
Meeting point for all: TBD
European Movement International (EMI) invites representatives of SDG-Watch Europe to
participate in the following meetings (details TBC):
Morning: Meeting with CSOs convened by EMI (time and venue TBD)
Lunch break (individual)
13:00 – 15:00: Meeting convened by EMI with CSOs, business and trade unions (time and
venue TBD)
16:00 – 18:00: My Future with YOUrope
University La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
Aula 1, Dipartimento di Matematic
CSEurope (SDG Watch Europe member) organises an event on CSOs contribution to the future
of Europe. Different CSOs will briefly present their reactions to the scenarios offered by the
Juncker White Paper and discuss these with young people. The audience will then vote on
different scenarios. The delegation is registered for participation.
Please find the programme and a plan of the university area attached to the same email.
20:00 Informal get-together over dinner for partners of the DEAR project
We would like to ask the delegates representing a project partner (EEB, SOLIDAR, WECF, 4D,
AWO International, Lithuanian NGDO Platform, IFOAM, Hellenic Platform for Development).
of the DEAR project to join an informal get-together at a restaurant in San Lorenzo, the
neighbourhood close to the university La Sapienza.
Pastificio San Lorenzo
Via Tiburtina, 196
www.pastificiosanlorenzo.com
+39 06 9727 3519
Please book a place with Patrizia (by email).
Saturday, 25 March 2017
On Saturday, during the actual summit, there will be several marches. We invite you join one of
them. Two civil society marches will reunite at the Colosseum. We will discuss during our
meeting on Thursday afternoon who wants to join which march.
Option 1:
Meeting point for all: Center Roma Eventi, Piazza di Spagna
9:30 - 12:00 EMI Congress “60 years from Rome – Europe calling”
 Round-table with Members of the European Parliament and political representatives
 Roundtable with representatives of European Civil Society Organisations
 Interventions by European intellectuals
Contact person for option 1: Ingo Ritz
(Ingo will be at the conference and will guide the part of the SDG Watch Europe Delegation to
the march. Ingo has one of the two SDG Watch Europe banners.)
12: 00 March for Europe: civil society march through Rome during the summit following the
motto “Europeans March! Unite for Europe!” organised by EMI. The march organised by the
European Federalists and Young Federalists and EMI will leave at around 12:00 from Bocca della
Verità and arrive at the Colosseo at the same time as Nostra Europa March (see below). There
will be common festivities there.
For more info check:
http://www.marchforeurope2017.eu/programme/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium
=email_this&utm_source=email
Option 2:
Meeting point: 10:45 at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in front of Café Gatsby
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 106 (close to the metro exit)
Contact person for option 1: Patrizia Heidegger + Barbara Caracciolo
11:00 March of Nostra Europa
La Nostra Europa (CSOs from different sectors and trade unions) organises a march with
speeches that starts at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. It will later join EMI’s March for Europe (see
above) where the two SDG Watch Europe groups reunite.
For more detail see:
www.nostraeuropa.org and https://www.facebook.com/lanostraeuropa/?fref=ts
Around 15:00: end of the programme