   Organised by the Europan Commission, the European Development Days (EDD) bring the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.Â
   For its thirteenth edition, EDD 2019 aims to bring together the European Union's commitment to address inequalities with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. EDD 2019's overarching title is "Addressing inequalities: building a world which leaves no one behind". Â
   The two-day event will host more than 8,000 participants from 140 countries worldwide, representing 1,200 organisations from the development community, including Heads of State or Government, leading experts, key influencers and young leaders.
Themes and Topics:Â
Why inequalities matter for sustainable development
- Reducing inequalities: a catalyst for economic growth, poverty reduction, and ensuring that no one is left behind
- Reducing inequalities: a precondition for peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies
- Addressing the challenge of inequalities in middle-income countries: tailoring tools and priorities to the circumstances and inequality dynamics of these countries
- Addressing the challenge of inequalities in low-income countries: tailoring tools and priorities to the circumstances and inequality dynamics of these countries
Understanding the structural causes of inequalities
- Gender inequality
- Inequality of opportunity
- Climate change and environmental inequalities: exploring the interlinkages between climate change, environment and inequality
- Education and health inequalities
- Territorial inequalities
Working better together through more effective policies to address inequalities
- Inequalities, trade and private sector development
- Taxation, public financial management, financial flows and equity
- Social protection and the EU Social Market Economy Model
- Investment and financial inclusion
- Bridging the digital divide: managing digitalisation and technology for inclusive growth
- Mobility and inequalities
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