Panel Discussion: Sustainable Production; Circular Economy and Industry 4.0

The event took place at the Teatro Politeama (Canelones) on Thursday, May 11, and is part of the series of Dialogues on the Future of Uruguay driven by the UN to identify aspects that allow the country to move towards a more sustainable, inclusive, and developed society.

"Sustainable Production: Circular Economy and Industry 4.0" will be the fourth of these panel discussions. In September 2022, we inaugurated with the one on Climate Crisis, and in November, we held the dialogue on Social and Solidarity Economy.

The objective is for each of these panel discussions to result in concrete products that generate ideas and proposals to address the topics discussed, including: climate crisis, violence and security, mental health, and the transformation of education.

Each event attempts to address the key question that unifies all topics: Why is it necessary to reflect on this topic for Uruguay's leap to development?

This meeting was held in person from 9 am to 1 pm and was attended by national authorities, the Mayor of Canelones, Yamandú Orsi, and the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Uruguay, Pablo Ruiz, as well as experts and specialists in the respective themes, along with representatives from civil society and the private sector. (Program attached)

IBackground: What country do we want to have in the coming years? What are the issues on which our society should reflect to advance towards sustainable development? What challenges must Uruguay face to make the leap to development?

These and other questions were the starting points for the Dialogues on the Future of Uruguay. The initiative proposes the realization, over two years, of a series of panel discussions to identify the challenges that Uruguay must overcome to advance towards sustainable development, understanding it as a process that entails greater economic and social well-being for its inhabitants, in harmony with the environment.

For the United Nations, it is necessary to identify some bottlenecks that are delaying the country's progress towards a more consolidated position of economic, social, and environmental development.