Celebration of United Nations Day (UN Day) 2024 with the presentation of the “Local Agenda Dresden Award 2024” on October 29, 2024.
Nowadays, many people are asking themselves how growth can be measured in order to be able to map and evaluate aspects such as the circular economy, ecological diversity and social justice in addition to the classic indicator of gross domestic product, so that our society can enjoy a sustainable existence on a social foundation and within planetary boundaries in the long term.
In 2015, the member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year, UN Day will focus specifically on SDG 8 "Decent Work and Economic Growth" and SDG 17 "Partnerships for the Goals", specifically "Measuring progress towards sustainable development that complements gross domestic product".
In this regard, we are pleased that
Prof. Edeltraud Günther (Director UNU-FLORES) will report on the United Nations Summit of the Future specifically on the Beyond-GDP initiative. There will also be a video message from the economic expert
Prof. Ulrike Malmendier and a welcome address from
Jan Pratzka, Alderman for Economic Affairs, Digital Affairs, Human Resources and Security of the state capital Dresden.
The impulses will then be taken up in a panel discussion, followed by the 25th Local Agenda Award Ceremony in the second part of the event.