post-2015 process / owg sdgs

United Nations General Assembly

Open Working Group Sustainable Development Goals

From MDGs and Rio+20 to a post-2015 sustainable development agenda

MGCY Youth Blast - OWG9March 2014 - Ralien Bekkers

MDGs• 2000: Millennium Declaration

• 2015: Achieved? Not there yet!

Rio+20

• Sustainable Development Goals & UNGA Open Working Group

• High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UNGA/ECOSOC)

Relevant decisions:

OWGOpen Working Group

• Mandated to develop SDGs

• Co-chaired by Kenya & Hungary (H.E. Kamau & H.E. Korosi)

• 30 seats, 70 members: Member States sharing seats (troikas)

• 8 stocktaking meetings on content (March 2013 - February 2014)

• 5 more meetings for drafting final document (now - July 2014)

Post-2015• What happens after MDGs?

• New development goals

• September 2013: 1 set of goals (post-MDG/SDGs together)

• Secretary General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on Post-2015 Agenda

• Various reports and proposals (HLP, SDSN)

• Many consultations (WorldWeWant2015, MyWorld, UNDP, regional/national/local)

Overview of processes

Processes so far & right now

Processes/events during 68th UNGA

• Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (now until June): creating SDG proposal

• High Level Meetings & Thematic Debates on Post-2015, UNGA President

• Expert Committee on Financing for Sustainable Development: work until August, report to UNGA

• HLPF will meet at the beginning of July

• Online consultations (ongoing)

Processes in the near future

Processes/events during 69th UNGA

• Synthesis report on post-2015 by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

• Intergovernmental negotiations on document with final post-2015 goals

• Mobilizing action for achievement of current MDGs and post-2015 SDGs?!

Young people!

• What do we want post-2015?

• What do we currently miss?

•What do we do?

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SAY!The time is now. Demand a voice at the UN.

Several relevant websites• UN Website on SD: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

• SD post-2015: http://sustainabledevelopment2015.org/

• MGCY: http://childrenyouth.org/

• Global Partnership for Youth: https://crowdsourcing.itu.int/

• IISD Reporting Services: http://www.iisd.ca/

• World We Want: http://www.worldwewant2015.org/

Questions/suggestions/contact:Ralien Bekkers - RalienBekkers@NJR.nl