The European Commission have launched a public consultation to inform the preparation of an EU contribution to forthcoming international discussions on a post-2015 development framework. Download the consultation background document ‘Towards a post-2015 development framework‘ or visit the Commission’s website to have your say. The consultation will run from 15/06/2012 to 15/09/2012 and is open … Continue reading
Last week took me to Washington, and to an interesting session on health and education in the post-2015 agenda, hosted by Results for Development. We’ll be publishing longer reports on both areas shortly, but in the meantime – some thoughts from the discussion. Firstly, how much the post-2015 conversation – or at least the ones … Continue reading
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are widely cited as the primary yardstick against which advances in international development efforts are to be judged. At the same time, the Goals will be met or missed by 2015. It is not too early to start asking what’s next? This paper by Jonathan Karver, Charles Kenny and Andy … Continue reading
Today marks the start of the ‘Asian perspectives on the post-2015 development agenda’ conference in Seoul. The conference is being hosted by the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre, the Korea Development Institute, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University and brings together experts from leading global think … Continue reading
The core of sustainable development is the twin challenge of satisfying human needs and aspirations within the carrying capacity of our planet. In the report ‘Roads from Rio+20. Pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050’ we have – jointly with ODI – analysed pathways to achieve internationally agreed goals and targets in two thematic … Continue reading
This report by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency analyses how combinations of technological measures and changes in consumption patterns could contribute to achieving a set of sustainability objectives, taking into account the interlinkages between them. The potential exists for achieving all of the objectives. Download ‘Roads from Rio+20: pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by … Continue reading
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as his Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, and Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB). Read the full story. 7th June 2012.
Read Amy Pollard’s recent speech at the UN’s All Africa Parliamentarians Conference, in Addis Ababa, 21st-25th May 2012.
One of the recurring themes in the debate about the post-2015 agenda is the role that growth and employment issues should have within it. While there is a great deal of discussion about how to include growth in a new global development framework after 2015, specific proposals remain relatively thin. In this paper, Gina Bergh, ODI Research Officer, and … Continue reading
This Save the Children report sets out the options and must-haves for a new development framework in 2015. Available in English and Spanish here.