Post-2015 Development Agenda Thematic Consultations Webinar April 24, 2013.

Post-2015Development Agenda

Thematic Consultations WebinarApril 24, 2013

Post-2015 Development Agenda: Webinar Agenda

1. Background on the UN Development Agenda

2. Thematic consultation reports – format and priorities

3. Overarching messages and priorities from the thematic consultations

4. Role of civil society and private sector

5. The next steps

Background on Post-2015 Development Agenda

1. Centerpiece of process: coordinated Development Agenda

a. Driven by the UN but broadened to encompass multi-stakeholder engagement, including civil society and the private sector

2. Mobilizing Effect of the Millennium Development Goals

a. Set for 2000 to 2015 and

b. Took off to focus development resources associated with the UN

3. High-level meeting on MDGs at UN General Assembly (September 2010)

a. Accelerate progress on MDGs and

b. Look for ways to advance the development agenda beyond 2015

Multiple Strands of Engagement

1. UN System Task Team and UN Development Group

2. Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in June 2012

3. High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons

4. Sustainable Development Solutions Network

5. Open Working Group

UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (UNTT)

1. Over 60 UN entities, agencies and other international organizations

2. Realizing the Future We Want for All (June 2012)

3. Human rights, equality and sustainability

Rio+20 Summit Outcomes Doc.: The Future We Want

1. Green economy in context of sustainable development and poverty eradication

2. Institutional framework for sustainable development

a. High-level political forum: universal, intergovernmental and three dimensions

b. First meeting at beginning of 68th UN GA

3. Framework for action and follow-up: thematic areas and cross-sectoral issues

4. Sustainable Development Goals

5. Means of implementation

Rio+20 Summit: Thematic areas & cross-sectoral issues

• Poverty eradication

• Food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture

• Water and sanitation

• Energy

• Sustainable tourism

• Sustainable transport

• Sustainable cities and human settlements

• Health and population

• Full and productive employment, decent work for all and sustainable protections

• Oceans and seas

• Disaster risk reduction

• Climate change

• Forests

• Biodiversity

• Desertification, land degradation and drought

• Mountains

• Chemicals and waste

• Sustainable consumption and production

• Mining

• Education

• Gender equality and women’s empowerment

• Small island developing states

• Least developed countries

• Land-locked least developed countries

• Africa

• Regional efforts

Sustainable Development Goals as proposed in Rio+20 Summit Outcome

1. All three dimensions and inter-linkages

2. Coherent and integrated in UN Development Agenda Post-2015

3. Action-oriented, concise, easy to communicate

4. Limited in number, aspirational, global in nature but

5. Universally applicable while taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development AND

6. Respecting national policies and priorities

7. Governments drive implementation with active involvement of all relevant stakeholders, as appropriate

Key Message from Rio+20 Summit

"We recognize that people’s opportunities to influence their lives and future, participate in decision making and voice their concerns are fundamental for sustainable development. We underscore that sustainable development requires concrete and urgent action. It can only be achieved with a broad alliance of people, governments, civil society and private sector, all working together to secure the future we want for present and future generations." Para 13

UN Development Group: 4 lead agencies, informal senior level coordination group

1. Initiated the country and thematic consultations

2. Global level – eleven consultations to feed into the HLP

3. Special Advisor Amina J. Mohamed from Nigeria

High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons:Appointed by SG June 2012

1. Leaders from civil society, private sector and governments

2. But not an intergovernmental process

3. Report due on 31 May 2013

4. Co-chairs:a. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia

b. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

c. Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK

5. Private sector representatives – a. Paul Polman from Unilever

b. Betty Maina from Kenya's National Association of Manufacturers

Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals mandated from Rio+20 Summit

1. 30-member working group meeting every month

2. Conceptualizing the Sustainable Development Goals

3. Linkages to the MDGs

4. Input phase: April 2013 to February 2014

5. Output phase: February to March 2014

Open Working Group Emphasis

1. Poverty eradication as overarching issue

2. Clustering thematic issue areas3. Means of implementation

Additional Strands of Engagement

1. Regional consultations through Regional Economic Commissions with a report on regional perspectives

2. Input from business and the private sector through UN Global Compact

3. Options Survey called My World on development prioritiesa. Organized by World Wide Web Foundation, Overseas

Development Institute, UN Millennium Campaign and UNDP

b. Citizens can vote for their priorities from a list of 16 or add others at www.myworld2015.org

Original Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger2. Achieving universal primary education3. Promoting gender equality and empowering

women4. Reducing child mortality rates5. Improving maternal health6. Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases7. Ensuring environmental sustainability8. Developing a global partnership for development

Post-2015 Thematic Consultations

1. Environmental Sustainibility

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Hunger, food security, and nutrition

5. Health

6. Education

7. Growth and employment

8. Population dynamics

9. Inequalities

10.Conflict, violence, and disaster

11.Governance

Post-2015 Thematic Consultations

1. Enviornmental Sustainibility

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Hunger, food security, and nutrition

5. Health

6. Education

7. Growth and employment

8. Population dynamics

9. Inequalities

10.Conflict, violence, and disaster

11.Governance

Presented by: Katie Paulson-Smith

• Process: Global online consultations, face-to-face consultations, reportso Costa Rica high-level meeting (March 18-19, 2013)

Leading thinkers reviewed initial outcomes of virtual discussions Breakout groups, plenary around MDGs, MDG 7, Post-2015 sustainability

• MDG 7: failure to make connection between ecosystem integrity, poverty eradication, and equityo Cannot be a mere add-on or stand alone as a silo goal

• Human development targets should be coupled with sustainable management of natural resources:o Match targets with food security and nutrition + targets for sustainable food

production and reducing food wasteo Access to energy + energy efficiency and renewableso Access to improved sources of water + reducing contamination of the water

Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Sustainability

• 1992 Rio Declaration: The only way to have long-term social and economic progress is to link it with environmental protection and to establish equitable global partnerships between governments and key actors of civil society and business sector

• 2012 The Future We Want: Eradication of poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and a requirement for sustainable developmento Need to mainstream and interlink

sustainable development at all levels

Environmental Sustainability

• Discussion so far: focus not on specific targets but on framing the Post-2015 Agenda in terms of environmental sustainability

• Priorities:1. Full integration and core of Agenda2. Good governance and equality3. Accountability and social justice through increased

engagement with civil society and private sector4. Integration of local action and national change

• Challenge: designing multi-dimensional indicators that can be measured and monitored

• Overall goal: bringing the social, economic, and environmental spheres together

Energy

• Process: Global online consultations (Jan-Feb), face-to-face consultations (Feb-Mar), Oslo high-level meeting (Apr 9)

• Momentum: Recent consensus on importance of energyo Rio+20o 2012 UN International Year of Sustainable Energyo General Assembly declaration of UN Decade of Sustainable

Energy for All

Energy• High-level meeting in Oslo: “Catalytic intertwining of energy and

development”o Women, youth, education, health, poverty, and other goalso Joint energy-related goals linked with other consultations to

ensure multi-sectoral supporto Private sector is included as a key actoro Need to avoid compartmentalization of issueso Means to deliver sustainable energy

• Overall goal: sustainable energy for all

1. Universal energy access

2. Increased use of renewable energy

3. Increased energy efficiency

Water

• Process: Global online consultations (ongoing), weekly in-depth discussions (Jan-Feb), Hague high-level meeting (Mar 21-22)

• Momentum: o 2007 UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate: public-private

initiative designed to assist companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices

o 2011 WHO and UNICEF global stakeholder Consultation: kick-start WASH goal formulation

• Massive global response that eclipsed attention to all of the other thematic consultationso 45,370 unique users generated 143,971 total pageviews, 1,171

website comments, 3,000 tweets, 885 Facebook likes, 1,906 Facebook interactions

Water

• March 21-22: World Water Day + Hague High-Level Meetingo Fresh water is a prerequisite to:

economic, employment, health, educational, agricultural/food, and energy benefits

maintain ecosystem services support resilience to climate change

o A standalone water goal must feature prominently in new development framework

Water• Priorities:

1. Universal access to WASH: a. Safe and sustainable water supplyb. Sanitationc. Hygiene

2. Water Resources Management requires integrated approach that involves improving water governance systems

3. Wastewater Management and Water Quality improvement requires preventing pollution and safely reusing and recycling water

• Overall goal:o Key determinant of social, economic, and environmental development ando Central focus for poverty eradication and global sustainable development

Post-2015 Thematic Consultations

1. Enviornmental Sustainabilty

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Hunger, food security, and nutrition

5. Health

6. Education

7. Growth and employment

8. Population dynamics

9. Inequalities

10.Conflict, violence, and disaster

11.Governance

Presented by: Haley Hooks

Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition

Leaders: • Co-led by FAO, WFP with support from IFAD, Bioversity International,

Special Representative of the Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition

Process: • Online consultation hosted by Global Forum on Food Security and

Nutritiono Over 270 contributions submitted

• A WFP-FAO informal consultation with stakeholders of the CFSo Took place in Rome on 11th February, 2013

• High level consultation hosted by the Governments of Spain and Colombia o Took place in Madrid on 4th April, 2013

Key messages, trends and challenges:• Hunger and malnutrition continue to be major challenges

• Obesity is an emerging problem

• The demand for food is increasing

• Agricultural and food systems are subject to vast changes

• Multiple challenges exist due to limited natural resources

• The impact of climate change is being felt across the globe

• The 2008-2009 economic crisis lead to an increase in food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition

• Urbanization has created a new class of vulnerable food buyers

Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition

Top priorities for the Development agenda:1. Sustainable and resilient food production

a. Requires better access to quality, diverse and nutritious diets, locally available foods, efficient food distribution systems, and reduced waste and losses

b. Achieved through more efficient use of water, energy, labour, and land

2. Good nutrition for all

a. Addressing the emerging "double burden" requires a diversified diet of safe, sufficient, and nutritious foods

b. Access to clean water, hygiene, sanitation and nutrition education is key

3. Agents of transformation

a. Women and men smallholders, family farmers, fishers, livestock keepers, forest users, and indigenous peoples

b. Investments should focus on promoting gender equality, ensuring access by small producers to financial and protective resources, and supporting small producers work

Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition

HealthLeaders:• Co-led by WHO and UNICEF, in collaboration with the Governments of

Botswana and Sweden. Supported by a secretariat and UN interagency group including OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDESA, UNDP, and UNFPA

Process: • Web-based consultation

o Took place from 1 October- 31 December, 2012

• Collection of background paperso Over 100 papers were received

• Series of consultative meetings with Member States, NGO's, private sector partners, and academic and research institutionso Took place between December 2012 and January 2013

• High level-meeting o Took place on 4-6 March, 2013

Health

Key messages, trends and challenges:• Populations are undergoing a "health transition"

• Many countries are now facing a double burden of disease

• Post-2015 agenda must accelerate progress on the present MDG targets that have not yet been achieved

• Idea of good health is evolving- need to take a take a holistic approach, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention

• Health systems must adapt to higher expectations

• Important to address the social determinants of health, improve the health of disadvantaged and marginalized groups, and meet the needs of people at different life stages

• Need to address the growing burden of NCDs, mental illness, and other emerging health challenges

Health

Top priorities for the Development Agenda: 1. Focus on health and wellbeing

a. Addresses the need for improved action on the social determinants of health

b. Will require collaboration and coherence across sectors

2. Maximizing healthy lifes

a. Potential to disaggregate data

b. Accounts for morbidity, mortality, and sustainability

3. Universal coverage of and access to comprehensive, high quality services

a. Vital component of efforts to maximize health at all life-stages

b. Integrates high quality service coverage and provision and financial risk protection for all

Post-2015 Thematic Consultations

1. Environmental Sustainability

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Hunger, food security, and nutrition

5. Health

6. Education

7. Growth and employment

8. Population dynamics

9. Inequalities

10.Conflict, violence, and disaster

11.Governance

Presented by: Sean Roberts

EducationBackground:

Between 2000 and 2010, there has been impressive progress towards the education-related Millennium Development Goals.

• More children are enrolled in primary school

• Gender parity has improved.

• Doubling of aid to primary education

Challenges:

• Out-of-school children and aid to education static

• Children of lower secondary school age are still out of school

• Many children do not complete primary school

• Focus ignores what people learn

Post-2015:

The aim is to identify emerging priorities and cross-cutting issues, and outline options for ensuring that education is effectively addressed in the new development framework after 2015.

Consultation process:

Led by: UNESCO and UNICEF; Governments of Senegal, Canada and Germany

Education Forums: Regional Forums, Global Education For All Meeting

E-discussions: Equitable Access to Education; Quality of Learning; Education for Global Citizenship, Jobs and Skills; Governance and Financing of Education

Global Meeting: Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post-2015

Development Agenda, 18-19 March 2013, Dakar, Senegal

Focus: Vision of society, the right to basic education, Education and development

cannot be considered separately, Regional cooperation and partnerships,

Youth, Early childhood development, Quality of education, Flexibility

EducationEducation

Overall Goal:

• “Equitable quality lifelong education and learning for all”

Prioritising Goals:

• Equitable Access - universal coverage and basic education (covering nine of years schooling and thus includes lower secondary education) for all children and youth, particularly marginalized and vulnerable groups.

• Equitable Quality Education - ensuring that all children are prepared for school entry and that children and young people leave school with measurable learning outcomes. o Includes having the skills (literacy & numeracy)o Knowledge and values to be informed, active and productive members

of society and the world.

Education

Growth and Employment Background:

Achieving full employment for all was one of the targets to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty under the Millennium Development Goals.

• In 2008, there was the inclusion of the new MDG target relating to employment.

Challenges:

• The MDG framework overlooked the fact that growth can be jobless.

• Short-term growth is slowing and many large economies are faced with the prospects of a low-growth path for the foreseeable future.

Post-2015:

• Act as an anchor in setting global norms and guidelines for policy action, taking into account national economic and social issues, but also global concerns with partnerships, trade, and migration.

• Prepare for future crisis - strengthen resilience through labour market institutions and other systems, including social protection floors.

Growth and Employment Consultation process:

Led by: ILO and UNDP; Government of Japan

Growth and Employment Forums: The International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference on Decent Work, G-20 Conference on Sustainable Development

E-discussions: Jobs and Livelihoods; Development-led Globalization; Sustainability and Growth; Growth, Diversification & Structural Transformation

Global Meeting: Thematic Consultation on Growth and Employment in the Post-2015 Development Agenda,15-16 May 2012, Tokyo, Japan

Focus:

• Creating needed jobs, which are productive and decent, for the world economy

• Provide the right incentives for building productive capacity and boosting agricultural productivity & small-scale enterprises

• New education skills required for the ‘knowledge economy,’

• Involve those in the informal economy

Overall Goal: Create productive and decent jobs for the working poor

• Growth, structural change, productive capacities, and employment

Prioritising Goals:

• Employment - creation of productive and decent jobs o Access to safe, productive and fairly remunerated worko Address demographic shifts in the labor force/working age population.

• Growth - serve the improvement of people’s liveso Change the composition of jobs between the formal-informal sectoro Within new growth patterns and structure, including the need to move

to a low carbon economy and increasing use of technologies.

Growth and Employment

Population DynamicsBackground:

People are at the center of sustainable development

Challenges: Main challenges of the 21st century are shaped by powerful population trends

• Affect economic, development, employment, income distribution, poverty, social protection and pensions

• Affect efforts to ensure universal access to health, education, housing, sanitation, water, food and energy.

• Influence the sustainability of cities and rural areas, environmental conditions and climate change

Post-2015:

• Linkages between population dynamics and pressing development challenges, and their concrete implications for development strategies, goals and policies

• Population dynamics are at the centre of the main development challenges of the 21st century, and must therefore be addressed in the post‐2015 development agenda

Consultation process:

Led by: UNFPA, IOM, UNDESA, and UN Habitat; Governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland

Regional Population Dynamics for All Forums: Arab, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific

E-discussions: Urban Inequalities, human rights-based and gender-responsive approaches

Global Meeting: Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics in Post-2015 Agenda, 12-13 March 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Focus: Population Projections & Promote Demographic Transitions

• Seize the bonuses associated with a youthful population

• Address human and environmental challenges of urbanization, seize the opportunities provided by an urban world

• Seize opportunities of internal and international migration

• Address the challenges and opportunities of population ageing

Population Dynamics

Overall Goal: Address mega population trends at the national and global levels

• Rapid population growth, Population ageing, Urbanization, and Migration

Prioritising Goals:

• Population Growtho High fertility and population growth - ensure investments in young

people and adopt targets for achieving better education, sustainable job creation and the removal of barriers to accessing reproductive health services

o Low fertility and population ageing - address concerns over income security, social protection, health care, and living conditions

• Urbanization - promote sustainable urban development through well planned and managed urbanization

• Migration and human mobility - fill gaps in the labor market and replenish economies with needed skills and innovation

Population Dynamics

Post-2015 Thematic Consultations

1. Environmental Sustainibility

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Hunger, food security, and nutrition

5. Health

6. Education

7. Growth and employment

8. Population dynamics

9. Inequalities

10.Conflict, violence, and disaster

11. Governance Presented by: Reese Oñate

Inequalities

This Consultation, led by UNICEF, UN Women, and the Governments of Ghana and Denmark, was informed by a variety of different inputs, including:

• 175 written submissions covering a wide range of issues related to inequalities

• A series of 10 moderated “e-discussions” held over 3 – 4 weeks on key themes that emerged from the written submissions. The e-discussion topics were as follows: o Gender equality (372 inputs and comments)o Gender-based violence (138) o Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (101)o Persons with disabilities (111)o Economic inequalities (84)o Indigenous peoples (109)o Young people (241)o Urban inequalities (101)o Minorities (118)

The Inequalities Consultation Group held the following meetings to discuss the role of Inequalities in the post-2015 Agenda:

• Panel Discussion on Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda for Children with Disabilities [14-15 September 2012]

• Growing Gaps Narrowing Opportunities: The Role of the post-2015 framework in addressing worsening inequalities [12 October 2012]

• Panel Discussion: Addressing Inequalities faced by minority groups in the post-2015 development agenda [28 November 2012]

• High-Level Leadership Meeting on Addressing Inequalities [18-19 February 2013]

• Public Event: How should Inequality feature in a post-2015 agreement? [18 April 2013]

Inequalities

Findings of the Inequalities Consultation:

• The widespread feeling among the Consultation participants is that Inequalities were poorly addressed in the MDGs as a result on the expression of targets and the only indicators measuring simple averages.

• There is a call for Equality to become the center of the post-2015 framework and for all measurements and indicators to try and reach this goal

• A new framework based on equality, human rights, and sustainability is advocated

• The following solution is proposed for this integration of inequalitieso A specific goal – Eliminate all forms of discrimination and achieve

gender equalityo All other goals must be articulated in a way that seek equality in their

outcomes, including the targets and indicators used to measure those goals

• The group emphasized that both are necessary to be effective

Inequalities

Conflict, Violence, and Disaster

• The overall aim is to mobilize global consensus on the importance of accounting for peace and security in the successor development framework by addressing the interrelationships among armed conflict, fragility, organized violence, disaster and sustainable development.

• This thematic consultation has been broken down into three regional consultations focusing on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Conflict and Fragility, and Citizen Security, armed violence and its impact on development

• The Consultation was led by the following parties: UNPBSO, UNICEF, UNISDR, UNDP, and the Government of Finland

The Conflict, Violence, and Disaster Consultation Group's website has hosted web-based consultations on the following questions:

• Gender-based Violence

• Including Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Post-2015 Development Goals – What are the Options? (Still Underway)

They have also held the following meetings to discuss the role of Conflict, Violence, and Disaster in the post-2015 Agenda

• The 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (Informal Plenary Discussion of the Post-2015 DRR Framework and Development Agenda) [22-25 October 2012]

• Conflict and Fragility and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Global Thematic Consultation in Monrovia, Liberia [29-30 November 2012]

• Violence, Citizen Security and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Global Thematic Consultation in Panama City, Panama [31 Jan. – 1 Feb. 2013]

• Disaster Risk Reduction and the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Follow-up to the Yogakarta thematic consultation on DRR in October 2012) – Global Thematic Consultation on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Jakarta, Indonesia (19-20 February 2013)

• HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GLOBAL THEMATIC CONSULTATION ON CONFLICT, VIOLENCE AND DISASTER IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN HELSINKI, FINLAND [13 March 2013]

Conflict, Violence, and Disaster

Findings of the Conflict, Violence, and Disaster Consultation:

• Post-2015 agenda should address causes and consequences of conflict, violence, and disasters

• Conflict, Violence, and Disasters hit the most vulnerable the hardest and undo progress towards the MDGs

• There are difficulties in identifying all of the root causes of conflict, violence, and disasters under one overarching framework

• Development that is insensitive to disasters, violence and conflict can fuel the factors that cause them

• Better measures of drivers of conflict, violence, and vulnerability to disasters is needed

Conflict, Violence, and Disaster

Governance

• Governance has been widely recognized as a necessary precondition and prerequisite for an effective and legitimate sustainable development framework.

• Just governance is defined by six key, mutually-reinforcing dimensions, each with their associated implications for the post-2015 sustainable development framework. To be truly just, governance at all levels must be:o human rights-centred, o participatory o transparento equitable o guaranteeing of access to justice, rule of law and the fight

against corruptiono accountable

GovernanceGovernance

This Consultation was co-convened by UNDP and OHCHR in partnership with the Government of Germany. The Governance Consultation Group's website has hosted web-based consultations on the following questions:

• What should be the governance building blocks for a post-2015 agenda?

• How can we ensure an accountability framework that takes into account human rights principles and obligations to assure effective delivery on the post-2015 development agenda?

They have also held the following meetings to discuss the role of Governance in the post-2015 Agenda

• Africa Regional Dialogue [11-12 October 2012]

• 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference [7-10 November 2012]

• Arab Governance Week [26-29 November 2012]

• Governance and Human Rights: Criteria and Measurement Proposals for a Post-2015 Development Agenda [13-14 November 2012]

• Development Finance and the Post-2015 Framework [24 February 2013]

• African Thematic Consultation [26-27 February 2013]

• Final Meeting of the Global Thematic Consultation on Governance and the post-2015 Development Framework [28 Feb. – 1 Mar. 2013]

Governance

Governance

Findings of the Governance Consultation:

• A key step towards enabling true accountability in the new framework then is to clearly specify the responsibilities of all actors in development for achieving the goals.

• While not calling for the creation of a specific goal in the post-2015 development goals they make clear a list of "must-haves" for the new goals:o Clearly lay out enforceable accountability mechanisms, as well as the process for

accountability at the national, regional and global level. This must include national oversight and independent review mechanisms at the international level.

o Include mechanisms for mutual accountability between governments and donors.o Include mechanisms for a governmental peer review process which includes civil society.o Enable citizens in developing countries to hold their governments to account in real time

for progress on commitments made.o Include monitoring mechanisms with measures to disaggregate data so that the impact on

marginalized groups can be properly addressed.o National processes must, in the spirit of democratic ownership, involve meaningful

consultation and scrutiny by parliament and civil society.

Governance

Questions?

Wrapping up

• Conclusions from the Thematic Consultations

• Selected participants from civil society and the private sector

• Next steps

Overarching Themes

• Shared priority in environmental sustainability, energy, and water consultations: o Cross-cutting interlinkages across all thematic issueso Integration, integration, integration

• Success depends on:o Designing agenda through a participatory and inclusive

processo Ensuring a wide range of stakeholders around the world

are heardo Rallying international support and commitment to actiono Requiring commitments from governments, civil society,

and private sector

Overarching Themes

• Human dignity, equality, and equity

• People centered and rights-based approach with attention to sustainability, good governance, and policy coherence

• Goals, targets, and indicators should have universal relevance

• Goals need to be limited in number, convincing, clear, easy to communicate, measurable, time bound, and achievable

• Framework should accelerate progress towards MDG targets not yet reached

• Countries should be given more flexibility

• More investment in improving access to reliable and timely data and information

• Progress should be reviewed at the global level every 5 years

Overarching Themes

• Poverty elimination and human development

• Three pillars of the inclusive and holistic sustainable development framework: economic, environmental, and social

• Putting humans, especially those most vulnerable, at the center of the development agenda and the discussiono Reflect the priorities and perspectives of people directly

affected by poverty and inequality

• The need for public-private partnerships, and inter-ministerial and cross-sectoral collaboration

• Assessable by targets and indicators quantitatively measurable; action-oriented, easy to communicate, and accountable

• Support for human rights-based and gender-responsive approaches to address challenges and opportunities

Overarching Themes

• The need for a comprehensive, analytical, and much improved system to measure the impacts of the goals previously made as well as those to be made in the future

• Partnerships and better communication needs to happen between governments and their citizens to better avoid the problems identified in the consultations.

• Accountability measures need to be in place for all goals in the post-2015 agenda

• Poor governance, inequality, and crisis/conflict are all interrelated and all need to be addressed in some way, shape, or form in each of the new development goals

Thematic Consultations Conclusions

• Participatory and multi-stakeholder – inputs and outputs

• Cross-cutting linkages, universal relevance but limited number

• Human rights, gender equality, sustainability but also

• Most active – water, inequalities, healthy lifestyles, jobs

• Need for better governance and accountability measures

• Improve data reliability and timeliness

Selected Participants from Civil Society & Private Sector

• Environmental Sustainability, Energy, & Watero Private Sector: World Business Council for Sustainable Development; World Economic Forum; CEO

Water Mandate; Companies include PepsiCo, Nestlé, Pictet et Cie, Shell, Suez, Syngenta

o Civil Society: Conservation International, CIEL, IUCN, Nature Conservancy, WWF, WEDO, BPW, Climate Action Network, CIVICUS

• Hunger, food security and nutrition: o Private sector:Unilever, International Dairy Federation, CropLife International, "Private Sector

Mechanism"

o Civil Society: IBFAN, Save the Children, Peoples Health Movement, World Vision International

• Health: o Private Sector: Global Business Council on Health, Becton, Dickinson and Company, GSM

Association

o Civil Society: Action for Global Health, ASTRA, Peoples Health Movement, Save the Children

• Education:o Private Sector: IDP Foundation, Inc.

o Civil Society: William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Save the Children International, Int'l Council for Adult Education

Selected Participants from Civil Society & Private Sector

• Growth and Employment: o Private Sector: CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, Toyota Motor Corporation, ICEG   

o Civil Society: HelpAge International, Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment, Social Watch

• Inequalities: o Private Sector: Metso Corporation

o Civil Society: Save the Children, Blue Diamond Society, Association LUCOVIFA, ARC International

• Conflict and Fragility: o Private Sector: IABM

o Civil Society: Save the Children, ActionAid, Overseas Development Institute, GROOTS

• Governance: o Private Sector: ABSA Capital International, Aviva Corporation

o Civil Society: Save the Children, KAAL Network, African Monitor, Center for Economic and Social Rights

Beyond 2015 Lead NGOs for Consultations

• Inequalities – Baha’i International Community

• Health – Medicus Mundi

• Education – Global Campaign for Education

• Growth and Employment – Restless Development

• Environmental Sustainability – Climate Action Network (CAN)

• Food Security and Nutrition – Save the Children

• Governance – Center for Economic and Social Rights and Global Campaign for Action against Poverty

• Conflict and Fragility – International Alert

• Water – Freshwater Action Network, End Water Poverty, WASH United

• Population Dynamics – Christian Relief and Development Association

• Energy – Climate Action Network (CAN)

Beyond 2015 Executive Committee

• ActionAid

• Amnesty International

• Baha’i International

• Berlin Civil Society Centre

• Bread for the World

• CARE

• CAFOD

• CBM

• Center for Economic and Social Rights

• Christian Aid

• CIVICUS

• Freshwater Action Network

• GCAP

• Greenpeace

• International Disability Alliance

• International HIVAIDS Alliance

• IPPF

Beyond 2015 Major Groups

• ITUX

• Medicus Mundi

• Overseas Development Institute

• Oxfam

• PATH

• Save the Children

• Sightsavers

• STOP AIDS NOW

• NCD Alliance

• Traidcraft

• Transparency International

• WASH United

• Women ECF

• WCC

• World Vision

• WWF

• YWCA and YMCA

Selected Participants from Private Sector

• UN Global Compacto GBC Healtho CEO Water Mandateo Caring for Climate?o Sustainable Agriculture Business Principles

• World Economic Forum

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• Pattern of individual companies in loose associations

Next Steps

• 31 May: High-Level Panel Report

• 11 June: GSO General Assembly

• July: Economic and Social Council meeting, Geneva

• 19-20 Sept: UN Global Compact Leaders Summit – New Architecture for Corporate Sustainability

• 25 Sept: UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on MDGs

Questions?