SER at the ESDN conference: ‘Sustainable Development goes Mozart’

SER was invited to participate at the annual conference of ESDN (European Sustainable Development Network). ESDN is an informal network of national practitioners and policy experts working on SD issues and strategies in Europe.

The 2006 ESDN conference took place on 1st/2nd June in Salzburg, Austria. Purpose of the conference was to look at:

	Vertical integration of SD policies across levels of governance (EU, national, and sub-national)
	Evaluation and peer-review of SD strategies
	ESDN’s further thematic and procedural development.

SER presented a poster at the conference, illustrating its activities, outcomes and challenges, and future working topics. A pdf-version of the poster can be downloaded here: and is also available for SER member regions as hard-copy on request (A1 format).

SER also chaired a workshop on the link between the EU SDS and the Lisbon process – What are the options for aligning the Lisbon Strategy and the new EU SDS in the upcoming implementation process.

Conference outcomes from its various workshops, copies of keynote presentations and copies of further good-practice poster presented in Salzburg can be accessed via ESDN’s web-site: www.esdn.eu.