Tbilisi 2017: Conference Resources

CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP, 29 October 2017

Saba Buadze, Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
Presentation: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Challenges and Opportunities, Georgia
Mariam Tutberidze, IDFI
Presentation: SDG 16 Pilot Initiative, Georgia
Jennifer Tsai, American Bar Association and the TAP Network: Transparency Accountability and Participation for the 2030 Agenda (TAP Network)
Goal 16 Advocacy Toolkit, TAP Network
Jennifer Tsai and Coco Lammers, Namati
Advocacy, Justice and the SDGs Toolkit, TAP Network and supporting Webinar, Namati
Chalida Tajaroensuk, People's Empowerment Foundation
Presentation: CSO Challenges

CONFERENCE, 31 October 2017

Plenary Session - Flagship Theme: Promoting Good Governance, the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, the Georgian Experience

Linking SDG 16+ and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Policy and Practice

Zurab Sanikidze, Ministry of Justice, Georgia:
Presentation: SDG 16 and OGP
Nina Sarishvili, Administration of the Government, Georgia:
Presentation: National Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals
Presentation: Structure of the SDGs Council
"The National Document for the Nationalization of UN Sustainable Development Goals" by SDGs Council of Georgia

Plenary Session - Flagship Theme: Promoting Good Governance, the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, Views from Around the World

Access to Justice, the Rule of Law and the Open Governement Partnership Initiative: Overlap and Interlinkages

Coco Lammers, Namati:
Global Legal Empowerment Network, invitation to join
Grassroots Justice Prize, nominations accepted until November 24, 2017
SDG 16 Data Initiative
#WalkTogether Campaign, The Elders

Anti-corruption, Accountability and Public Service Delivery

Ahjung Lee, UNDP Seoul
Presentation: Korea's Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment, An Effective Approach for Generating Institutional Will & Encouraging Proative Anti-Corruption Efforts in the Public Sector
Molly Lien, Embassy of Sweden in Georgia
Presentation: Anti-corruption and accountability in Sweden
Hayk Malkhasyan, Deputy Head of the Legal Department, Republic of Armenia, Government Staff
Presentation: Utilizing Technology for Better Public Servicse: Armenia's Experience
"How Technology Makes Justice More Accessible", Open Data in Europe and Central Asia
Republic of Armenia e-government website
DataLex Judicial Information System

Plenary Session - Secondary Theme: Strengthening Institutions and Participatory Decision-Making Processes

Reflecting Inclusion through Effective Institutions

Laura Garr, White & Case LLP
Presentation: Efforts to Increase Women's Political Participation/Representation in Japan, South Africa, Ghana, and the Pacific Island States
Best Practices for Increasing Women's Political Participation
Case Studies - Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Pacific Island States, South Africa
Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union:
Justice and Peace in Donbas Coalition Website
Justice and Peace in Donbas Coalition Reports
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union Publications
Mustakim Waid, Office of the Prime Minister, Federal Government of Somalia:
The Somali Compact
The New Deal in Somalia: an Independent Review of the Somali Compact, 2014-2016, the Overseas Development Institute
Federal Government of Somalia National Development Plan 2017 - 2019

Civic Engagement through Formal and non-Formal Channels

Nana Kurashvili, People in Need, Georgia
Presentation: People in Need, Georgia

Breakout Sessions- Diving Deeper

Snapshopt Readiness: Instruments for the assessment of SDG implementation, with a focus on SDG 16.3 (access to justice) and 16.7 (participatory decision-making)

Led by Sina Heers, GIZ
Presentation: 16.3 Readiness-Check and RIA plus

Ennacting Inclusion: what do effective policies look like, to what impact, and how might they be incorporated national development or strategic plans

Led by Levan Samadashvili, USAID GGI
Presentation: Ennacting Inclusion and Participation

Innovations in the region – how new ways of Institutional reform, policy and service delivery can contribute towards 16.6 & 16.10

Making SDG 16.3 work for the rule of law and access to justice – how 16.3 translates into national contexts, particularly in g7+ states

Co-led by Marcel Smits, Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
Summary of g7+ 28-29 September Roundtable in The Hague
SDG 16 Progress Report
Co-led by Peter van Sluijs, Cordaid
Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) website
CSPPS 2016 Annual Report
"Working towards Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in Fragile & Conflict Affected States" by CSPPS
Cordaid website

CONFERENCE, 1 November 2017

Plenary Session- Secondary Theme: Sustaining Peace and Conflict Prevention

Peace and Reconciliation: Then and Now

Chalida Tajaroensuk, People’s Empowerment Foundation
Presentation: Peace and Reconciliation, a Case Study on the Southernmost Province, Thailand

Violence Reduction, Prevention and Ownership

Habib Ur Rehman Mayar, g7+ Secretariat
A Forward Looking Model of Reconciliation, g7+ Research Findings Brief

Monitoring and Reporting: Steps Forward

Jairo Acuña-Alfaro, UNDP
Presentation: Monitoring to Implement Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: Pilot Initiative on National-level Monitoring of SDG 16
Marcel Smits, Institute of Economics and Peace
Presentation: SDG 16+, Monitoring and Reporting: Steps Forward

Tying it Together: 2030 Interlinkages and a Whole of Society Approach

David Steven, New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
Presentation: The Roadmap for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a Call to Action to Change our World
Wiem Pousse, Jasmine Foundation
Presentation: Social Inclusion, Civil Society and Youth, the Jasmine Foundation Approach

Active Citizens, Documentary with the British Council and the Jasmine Foundation