The conference is inspired by United  Nations’ Agenda 2030 and focuses on Sustainable Development Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Partnerships with a foundation of shared values, principles and goals help to move towards achieving ambitious Agenda 2030 goals in local, national, and international levels.

This year, “Partnering for Change Vilnius” will be focusing on collaboration in Baltic and Nordic regions. The conference is made out of two sessions with inspiring speakers, expert panel discussions and hands-on workshops provided by partners.

“Partnering for Change Vilnius” is designed to reach three main goals:

• Share the best and most inspiring good practice examples of fruitful partnerships;
• Ease the anxiousness of initiating new partnerships and scaling social innovation with workshops;
• Encourage new partnerships by providing fun, but important cross-sectional networking opportunities.

Programme

• 09:00 – 10:00 – Welcome & Registration
• 10:00 – 11:30 From Partnerships to Collective Impact (Kristin Siil, Fridays for Future / Kristina Wicksell, Make Equal / Henri & Helena, Minduu)
• 11:30 – 12:00 –  Coffee & Networking
• 12:00 – 13:20 Workshops
• – Malin Dahlberg Markstedt / Save the Children Sweden: How to Ensure Principles of Children’s Rights in Business? (Presented by Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius)
• – Mantas Povelauskas / Digital Academy: How to Accelerate Change With Digital Tools? (Presented by Google Digital Garage)
• – Daniel Hires / How to Scale your Impact? (Presented by the EEA and Norway Grants)
• 13:20 – 14:20 – Lunch & Networking
• 14:20 – 15:45 Scaling the Impact of Social Innovation (Solveiga Sama, The Young Folks / Kadri Haljas, Triumf Health / Thor Thorøe, Social Foodies)
• 15:45-17:00 – Reflecting & Networking