ASERI is happy to invite you to the
MASTER MICAD INAUGURAL LECTURE
Tuesday February 1st 2022, 2:00 p.m.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
ASERI – Graduate School of Economics and International Relations
The lecture is open to the public (online mode), upon registration
Register here to participate.
Moderator:
Prof Simona Beretta, MICaD Director
Keynote speaker:
Ms Marina Ponti, Director | UN SDG Action Campaign
As one of the main architects of the UN Millennium Campaign -the predecessor of the UN SDG Action Campaign- Ms. Ponti served as Global Deputy Director and Regional Director for Europe for over a decade and was at the vanguard of innovative campaign initiatives, building multi-stakeholder coalitions, mobilizing resources and forging long-term partnerships between civil society organizations, Local Government, parliamentarians, media, the private sector and the UN.
Prior, Ms. Ponti was an advocacy and resource mobilization specialist with UNICEF and the UN Secretariat. She also served as Chief Operating Officer at Catapult -a girls and women’s right crowdfunding platform and as Special Advisor on post-2015 during the final negotiations of the 2030 Agenda for the global network Social Watch. Ms. Ponti started her career with the Italian NGO Mani Tese as Head of Campaigning and External Relations, leading global campaigns and movements on debt, trade, human rights and development assistance.
Ms. Ponti has published several articles for newspapers, magazines, online publications and blogs on the Millennium Development Goals, on the Sustainable Development Goals, on aid effectiveness, financial speculation, gender equality, social development, local development, debt-relief, human rights, and trade.
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Program:
1.45 p.m.
Connection of online guests
2:00 p.m.
Introduction
Prof Simona Beretta, MICaD Director, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Keynote Speech
Ms Marina Ponti, Director | UN SDG Action Campaign
2:45 p.m
Questions and answers
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