We are proud to inform you that Michael Spanos, Managing Director, Global Sustain provided expert advice to the European Commission on the elaboration of a report entitled “The role of science, technology and innovation policies to foster the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”. 

Michael was part of a 5-member Expert Group appointed by the European Commission to deliver a policy paper that will enable the EC leadership to respond to this challenge. The report, attached, is also available online through the European Commission official e-library at: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/the-role-of-science-technology-and-innovation-policies-to-foster-the-implementation-of-the-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs--pbKI0415809/?CatalogCategoryID=Gj0KABst5F4AAAEjsZAY4e5L 

The report presents the conclusions of the independent Expert Group on the “Follow-up to Rio+20, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” that was established in March 2015 by the European Commission under Horizon 2020. 

The members of the Expert Group were Professor Enrico Giovannini (Chairperson), Dr Ingeborg Niestroy (Rapporteur), Dr Måns Nilsson, Dr Françoise Roure and Mr Michael Spanos. 

The work of the Expert Group aimed to provide advice to the Commission on the role of science, technology and innovation (STI) for implementing the sustainability agenda agreed at the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development of 2012 and in particular the SDGs, including the potential of research and innovation cooperation in this context. 

The report elaborates a reference framework in which research and innovation policy and related implementation measures are seen as engines of a transformative agenda built around the universally applicable Sustainable Development Goals. The suggestions and recommendations for future actions contained in the report intend to stimulate the internal reflection in Europe and inside the European Commission on how to orient STI policies in support of the implementation of the SDGs that were adopted at the United Nations Summit of September 2015 and that represent the bulk of the global sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years (the "2030 Agenda"). 

Feel free to get in touch to examine how your strategic objectives could be aligned with the SDGs and European Commission priorities and what are the opportunities and risks.

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