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26 September 2022 15:30-17:00 CEST

Leading Transformation through Awareness-based Systems Change

- Mobilizing a movement towards the IDGs -


The 26th of September we will dive deeper into how we can build infrastructures of connection for awareness based collective action.

This Gathering will be led by Otto Scharmer from MIT/Presencing Institute and from UNDP Laurel Patterson and Sara Ferrer Olivella, who will guide us through different angles of this topic and share their vast experiences.

The Gathering will start 15.30 CEST in Zoom. Official ending time is 17.00 and after that it is possible to stay on a little longer for Afterglow.


About the IDGs
In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provided us with a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world. However, progress is slow. Growth That Matters believe that personal development is necessary for societal change. 

This is why we now are co-creating the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) - a blueprint of the capabilities, qualities and skills that are needed to achieve the 17 SDGs. Our aim is to inspire, educate and empower people to be a positive force for change in society and find a more purposeful way to look at our lives and our planet.

The IDGs will provide an essential framework and field-kit for inner growth - an accelerator to create a prosperous future for all of humanity.

www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org


Speakers

Otto Scharmer
PhD

Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at MIT and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. He chairs the MIT IDEAS program for cross-sector innovation and introduced the concept of “presencing” — learning from the emerging future. He is the author or co-author of the books Theory U, Presence, and The Essentials of Theory U. In 2015, he co-founded the MITx u.lab and the GAIA journey (Global Activation of Intention and Action), both of which promote a worldwide ecosystem of transformational change. 

Most recently he and his colleagues co-hosted the United Nations Global Dialogues on Transforming Systems and co-created the Action Learning Lab and numerous SDG Leadership Labs. Otto earned his PhD in economics from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. 

He is a member of the UN Learning Advisory Council for the 2030 Agenda, the World Future Council, and the Club of Rome’s High-Level 21st Century Transformational Economics Commission. He won the Jamieson Prize for Teaching Excellence at MIT and the European Leonardo Corporate Learning Award. In 2021 he received the Elevating Humanity Award from the Organizational Development Network.

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Laurel Patterson
Director SDG Integration, UNDP

Laurel Patterson (Canada) is the Director of the SDG Integration portfolio in UNDP’s Global Policy Network. Laurel was previously Senior Global Advisor for development policy in fragile and conflict affected settings. Prior to joining BPPS, Laurel was Deputy Director of the UN System Affairs Group leading on UN reform, and previously the Deputy Director of the Partnerships Group in UNDP’s Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy. 

Laurel held several field-based assignments, including as Chief of Planning in Somalia, and Policy Advisor, Social Cohesion for a sub-regional peacebuilding initiative in the Great Lakes of Africa. Before UNDP, she was the Associate Director of International Affairs at Simon Fraser University in Canada, where she led the university's international development portfolio, focused on primary education in Africa and Southeast Asia. Laurel started her career with the UN on assignment with UN Women in Zimbabwe and Angola, as part of their flagship women, peace and security portfolio.

Laurel has a MPhil Degree in International Relations, Cambridge University, UK. She lives in New York with her husband and three children.

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Sara Ferrer Olivella
Resident Representative, UNDP Colombia

Over 22 years of global, regional and country experience in international affairs and sustainable development with the United Nations in 4 continents. She previously served as UNDP Resident Representative/ Country Director for Jordan (2017-2021); Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific at the UNDOCO in New York (2013-2016); Senior Programme Advisor with the MDG Achievement Fund (2007-2013).

She first joined UNDP as Human Rights Specialist (2000-2004) and later became the Assistant. Resident Representative in Cambodia (2005-2007). Sara started her career with the United Nations. Transitional Administration of East Timor as a UN Volunteer (1999-2000).

Sara holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratization from the European Inter-University for Human Rights and Democratization. She also holds an MA in Political Science and Public Administration from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

She speaks English, French, Spanish, Catalan and Italian.

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The gathering takes place on Zoom. 

You will find the link in the ticket e-mail - please chose the ticket option corresponding to your economic situation.

If there is any problem to join the meeting, 

please contact Ola Jubelin at 

ola@facilitatingchange.se

If you have any questions about the IDGs, please email: info@innerdevelopmentgoals.org

Organized by

Inner Development Goals

www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org