The effective participation of people in poverty beyond growth strategies
How can economies become more inclusive and sustainable by design?
Building on the work of the outgoing Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, this side event will explore the Guiding Principle of participation in poverty eradication, highlighting practical tools and examples that ensure the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of poverty in policy and programme development .
Speakers:
– Awa DABO, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.
– Elena Carolina DIAZ GALAN, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
– Olivier DE SCHUTTER, former Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
– Katarina IVANKOVIC KNEZEVIC, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion at the European Commission on the new EU anti-poverty strategy.
– H.E. Ms. Nahida SOBHAN, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva.
– Prof. Kitojo KAGOME WETENGERE, Vice-Chancellor University of Arusha, Tanzania on behalf of ATD Fourth World on methodologies for the inclusion of marginalized groups in policy and programme development
Moderator: Claire THUAUDET, Deputy Permanent of France to the UN in Geneva (on behalf of the core group)