International meeting of the Working Groups - Paris, October 2024

IPSP organizes the second international meeting of the Panel, taking place in Paris on Monday, October 28th and Tuesday, October 29th, 2024. The event will be held at Académie du Climat on Monday and at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)* for the evening sessions on Monday and throughout Tuesday.

The new IPSP cycle (2023-27) has been launched, designed to bring in fresh voices and perspectives. The aim is to address the interconnected issues of environmental degradation, societal inequalities, and governance dysfunctions through high-level Working Groups that engage stakeholders and changemakers in a participatory process.

About the event

The upcoming meeting will gather over 70 international experts from more than 30 countries, including scholars, civil society leaders, and professionals from international organizations. This gathering will be an important opportunity to launch IPSP’s new Working Groups, focusing on critical themes such as systemic transformations, social inequality, environmental governance, and more.

Event details

Monday, October 28th (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM) : Working Group sessions at Académie du Climat. Following this, panel discussions and a reception will take place at Paris IAS.

Tuesday, October 29th : Full-day sessions at Paris IAS, covering all working group themes.

Here is the link to the meeting program !

Working Group Themes

The meeting will serve as a platform for presenting the first ten IPSP Working Groups, which address a broad range of urgent global topics:

  • Key Drivers for Systemic Transformations: Formulating a strategic vision for shared, democratic, and sustainable societal progress.
  • Measuring What We Value: Exploring post-GDP and post-profit indicators for inclusive progress.
  • Information as a Public Good in the Age of Datafication and AI: Examining conditions to promote democratic debate in the digital age.
  • Toward a regenerative democracy: Strengthening participatory democratic practices.
  • Living Wage: Defining fair wage standards across all stages of development.
  • Global Solidarity: Promoting global citizenship and solidarity across borders.
  • Ecological Rule of Law: Establishing higher-level legal frameworks for environmental and societal transitions.
  • Inspiring Behavioral Change: Showcasing successful global examples of nudging for social progress.
  • Extractivism and its Socio-Environmental Impacts: Addressing the ramifications of extractive industries on communities and ecosystems.