Bangkok--16 Jan--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
We cordially invite you to a luncheon, press briefing and panel discussion: "A Call to Action for Thailand as it advances diverse efforts to achieve the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"
The 2030 Agenda comprises 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or Global Goals, which will guide policy and funding for the next 15 years.
The concept of the SDGs arose at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in 2012. The objective was to produce a set of universally applicable goals that balances the three dimensions of sustainable development: environmental, social, and economic.
The Global Goals replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which in September 2000 rallied the world around a common 15-year agenda.
Thailand has assumed a regional leadership position in undertaking a detailed, comprehensive self-assessment of its collective efforts to achieve these goals applying rigorous UN criteria that drive a transparent understanding of both progress made to date and the many daunting challenges for all signatory countries.
This media event and panel discussion will also feature the launch of a new book, "A Call to Action: Thailand and the Sustainable Development Goals", a 184 page illustrated book designed to reach and appeal to a broader audiences of policy experts, industry professionals, government officials, community leaders, educators and the broader public. The book presents a detailed examination of the progress and challenges with the context of Thailand's Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) and the 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda.
The spokespersons will share concrete, data driven case studies from the government, non-profit and private sectors about new advances and achievements in meeting the goals and overcoming the considerable number of barrier that serve as headwinds to full success in satisfying all formally stated objectives.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Media Briefing Spokespersons - Sarocha Room, 2nd Floor, Kempinski Hotel 1215 - 1315 hrs. Media registration and lunch
1315 - 1400 hrs. Media Briefing
- Mr. Sek Wannamethee, Director-General, Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Priyanut Dharmapiya, Board Committee Member, Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation
- Mr. Nicholas Grossman, Editor of Editions Didier Millet and Publisher of "A Call to Action: Thailand and the Sustainable Development Goals"
Panel Discussion - Chadra Ballroom
1400-1430 hrs. Welcome Speech by Dr. Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, Chairman of the Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation
1430-1530 hrs. Panel Discussion with
- Dr. Priyanut Dharmapiya, Board Committee Member, Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation
- Dr. Buntoon Sethasiroj, Chairperson of Good Governance for Social Development and the Environment
- Assist. Prof. Thon Thamrongnawasawat, Ph.D. Deputy Dean, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University
- Mr. Vichai Assrasakorn, Vice-Chair Thai Chamber of Commerce