Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
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What do we know about the world’s proposals for post-2015 goals? First analysis from the Future Goals Tracker
By Gina Bergh and Jonathan Couturier at the Overseas Development Institute All eyes are on the post-2015 High Level Panel this month as it prepares its report of recommendations on future development goals to the UN Secretary-General, and on the Open Working Group as it holds its second substantive meeting on SDGs. Yet while these … Continue reading
Two steps forward, one step back? Governance in the post 2015 framework
Written by Leni Wild, a researcher with the Overseas Development Institute Last week, I participated in the final meeting of the global thematic consultation on governance and the post 2015 framework, hosted in Johannesburg by UNDP and UNHCR. Going into the meeting, Gina Bergh and I set out some ideas for what we hoped would … Continue reading
Dili International Conference on the post-2015 Agenda
Next week is the Dili International Conference on the post-2015 agenda, which will take place from the 25th-28th of February. This will help fill something of a gap identified in post-2015 discussions to date, by bringing attention to the priorities of fragile and conflict affected states. The focus of the conference is “Development for All: Stop … Continue reading
Up and running: The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
The Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now officially up and running, in accordance with this recent UN General Assembly draft decision. This document confirms the OWG’s diverse country membership, comprising thirty official places, many of which are shared by two to three different states. The OWG will hold its first meeting … Continue reading
Fragile states on the agenda at Monrovia
By Gina Bergh and Claire Leigh at the Overseas Development Institute Next week the High Level Panel on Post-2015 will hold its third meeting in Monrovia to discuss ’National Building Blocks for Sustained Prosperity‘. One of the themes on the table will be governance and institution building, with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected states (this conversation … Continue reading
All eyes on UK International Development Committee report
The UK International Development Committee has just published its report on Post-2015 Development Goals, based on a recent UK Parliamentary Inquiry. You can read its full report online here. Several interesting commentaries and summaries based on the report have also been published: UK Parliament summary: “New global development goals to end extreme poverty, improve health and … Continue reading
MDGs: making your mark on the post-2015 agenda in 2013
“Unlike MDGs the new goals will not be drafted behind closed doors, but we need to make our voices heard. Gina Bergh shares her ‘to do’ list to help steer future development policy”. Read the full article here.
The UN and partners present MY World
“The United Nations and partners have teamed up to put in place MY World, an innovative global survey to encourage people´s participation in the process of defining the next set of global goals to end poverty. From today, people throughout the world can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for the changes that are important for them.” … Continue reading
Tracking proposals on future development goals
Please note – an updated table of proposals on future development goals, with additional functionality, is now available at http://tracker.post2015.org —–Original post written by Gina Bergh, a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute —- Just when we thought they had reached top speed, debates on the post-2015 development agenda continue to intensify – with the … Continue reading
Civil society is talking…is the High Level Panel listening?
Written by Gina Bergh and Paula Lucci, researchers at the Overseas Development Institute. Last Thursday while the High-Level Panel on Post-2015 was meeting in London, the UK’s parliamentary groups on international development and the Beyond2015 global campaign brought civil society representatives from around the world together to discuss their priorities for a post-2015 development agenda. … Continue reading
