Has the development agenda enacted by the Global North throughout the twentieth century until today fostered solutions for long term sustainable development, or has this interference in foreign countries only continued the exploitation seen during colonial times?

The panel will be composed of experts from civil society groups, the policy-making sphere and the private sector which will represent different postures of the debate to critically discuss the state of the modern-day development agenda and talk about potential solutions.

Moderator:

• Joséphine Mosset - Programme Manager for Health and Digital at the Africa-Europe Foundation

Speakers

• Prof. Dan Banik - Professor of Political Science and Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative at Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo.
• Arbnore Nokaj - Project Officer at UNDP Kosovo
• Jan Vandemoortele - Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University
• Abike Sawyerr - Policy Analyst at Office of the President at the African Development Bank