Highlights for Wednesday, 15 May 2019
L-R: Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair; Inga Rhonda King, ECOSOC President; and Marie Chatardová, STI Forum Co-Chair
The second and final day of the Fourth Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) opened with a video message from A Min Tjoa, Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). He briefed the audience on the CSTD’s concurrent work in Geneva, Switzerland, at its 22nd session, noting that participants were highlighting the need to steer technological changes in ways that support inclusiveness and are consistent with the values and principles of the UN.Two panels convened that focused on specific stakeholders’ involvement in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): youth and indigenous peoples. A key message emerging from both discussions was the need to move beyond hearing and activating the voices of youth and indigenous peoples to implementing their ideas and making them decision-makers.Other panels focused on specific SDGs and STI, namely SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 10 (reducing inequalities), and SDG 16 (peace, justice, and strong institutions). On climate, participants underscored the synergies and tradeoffs that exist between climate mitigation options and other SDGs. On inclusive and equitable societies, panelists underscored the importance of collaboration – in research, technology development, and decision-making – to bridge divides and leave no one behind.During the lunch break, a roundtable on STI roadmaps for the SDGs discussed technical aspects of the proposed global pilot programme that will build capacity for creating these roadmaps at the national level.The day concluded with a session on the way forward for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM), with calls for stronger science-business connection to drive implementation, collaboration between the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the TFM, and making the STI Forum a culmination of intersessional work.UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Inga Rhonda King declared the Forum closed at 6:00 pm.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web updates from the STI Forum 2019. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has publish a briefing note, which is available in HTML and PDF.
Session 5: A Brighter Future – Youth, Innovation Ecosystems, and Development
L-R: Tia Hodges, Senior Program Officer, Citi Foundation; Amollo Ambole, Policy Fellow, Africa Climate Change Leadership Program (AfriCLP), University of Nairobi, Kenya; Khalisah Zulkefli, Biochemist, University of Melbourne, Australia; Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair; Secretary; and Moderator Heide Hackmann, CEO, International Science Council (and 10-Member Group)
Fakhira Najib, Pakistan, presents ‘Broad Class - Listen to Learn’.
Anne K Rweyora, Uganda, pitches her innovation, ‘A roof, A skill and A market for Women’.
Prince Agbata, Ghana, speaks about his innovation, Coliba Recycling
Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair
Khalisah Zulkefli, Biochemist, University of Melbourne, Australia
Moderator Heide Hackmann, CEO, International Science Council (and 10-Member Group)
Amollo Ambole, AfriCLP, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Tia Hodges, Senior Program Officer, Citi Foundation
Panelists pose for a picture
Session 6: STI for Inclusive and Equitable Societies (SDG 10 and SDG 16)
L-R: Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair; Elizabeth Lockwood, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities; Bonian Golmohammadi, Secretary-General, 16+ Forum, Sweden; Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, World Bank; Marie Chatardová, STI Forum Co-Chair; Secretary; Moderator Huadong Guo, Chairman of Academic Committee, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (and 10-Member Group); and Wilbert Muruke, on behalf of Khadija Malima, Chief Research Officer, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
Elizabeth Lockwood, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
Marie Chatardová, STI Forum Co-Chair
Funkola Odeleye, Nigeria, describes her innovation submission, DIYlaw.
Nina Tushev, US, speaks about using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to map, monitor and protect indigenous territories.
Wilbert Muruke, on behalf of Khadija Malima, Chief Research Officer, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
Moderator Huadong Guo, Chairman of Academic Committee, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (and 10-Member Group)
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, World Bank
Bonian Golmohammadi, Secretary-General, 16+ Forum, Sweden
Special Event 2: Roundtable on STI Roadmaps for SDGs - The Technical Perspective
L-R: Kenji Suzuki, Senior General Manager, African Division, Toyota Tsusho, Japan; Paulo Correa, Manager, Firm Capability and Innovation Global Unit of the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank; and Dirk Fransaer, Director General, VITO, Belgium
Moderator Michiharu Nakamura, Counselor to the President and Advisor for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (and 10-Member Group), and Motoko Kotani, Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Prime Minister Cabinet Office, Japan
Roundtable participants
Session 7: STI for Taking Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impacts (SDG 13)
Matthew Goldberg, US, pitches BioLite HomeStove.
Padmanaban Anantha Gopalan, India, calls for No Food Waste.
Mikiko Kainuma, Senior Research Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Moderator Agnes Lawrence Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania Meteorological Agency (and 10-Member Group Co-Chair)
Seth Schultz, Special Advisor to Global Covenant of Mayors on Science & Innovation, and Founder/CEO, Urban Breakthroughs, New York, US
Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission
Innovators gather for a photo. L-R: Padmanaban Anantha Gopalan, No Food Waste, India; Christina Dahl Jensen, It’s our forest too, Denmark; and Matthew Goldberg, BioLite HomeStove, US
Session 8: Linking STI of Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Traditional Knowledge, and the Achievement of the SDGs
Minnie Degawan, Director of Indigenous and Traditional Peoples Program, Conservation International
Chandra Roy-Henriksen, Chief, Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Freddy Mamani, Aymara architect, Bolivia
Moderator José Ramón López-Portillo Romano, Chairman, Q Element Ltd., Mexico (and 10-Member Group)
Session 9: Supporting the Implementation of the TFM – The Way Forward for Joint Action
L-R: Lynn St. Amour, Chair, Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF); Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya; Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair; Marie Chatardová, STI Forum Co-Chair; Secretary; Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, US (and 10-Member Group Co-Chair); and Joshua Phoho Setipa, Managing Director, Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Lynn St. Amour, Chair, Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to the IGF
Joshua Phoho Setipa, Managing Director, Technology Bank for LDCs
Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya
Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, US (and 10-Member Group Co-Chair)
Closing Remarks
ECOSOC President Inga Rhonda King delivers closing remarks
L-R: Elizabeth Thompson, STI Forum Co-Chair; Marie Chatardová, STI Forum Co-Chair; and Inga Rhonda King, ECOSOC President
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