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The Future We Want

At a United Nations summit held at the turn of the century, the UN agreed on eight ambitious goals designed to rid the world of the worst extremes of poverty.

Help less developed countries: Hasina

The Prime Minister made the call while inaugurating a two-day Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital.

New UN survey “My World” lets citizens vote on future development priorities

Citizens from all over the world can help shape the future global development agenda through their participation in the United Nations survey ‘My World’, which allows them to vote on issues they believe are priorities and should be addressed by world leaders.

High Level Dialogue on Health in the Post- 2015 Development Agenda Concludes

The consultation which was co-convened by the Governments of Botswana and Sweden with WHO and UNICEF, brought together 50 high level participants including Ministers of Health, members of the high-level Panel of Eminent Persons, Leaders of International health institutions, representatives of civil society and the private sector, academia, public health experts and youth.

Liberia: Government Hold Post 2015 Talks

 The Government of Liberia with support from the United Nations will on March 18, 2013, hold nationwide consultations on the Post 2015 MDGs Development Framework.

Same Millennium, New Goals: Why Peace, Security, Good Governance and the Rule of Law Must Be Included in the New MDGs

In September 2000, world leaders unanimously adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a series of specific targets for poverty eradication, universal primary school enrollment, gender equality, reduction in child and maternal mortality, combating major disease and ensuring environmental sustainability.

Continental, Global Post- 2015 Governance and Development Agenda Setting for Africa

African development and good governance have been at the root of the MDG which was planned for 15 years starting 2001.

An uphill battle: Making land a stand- alone development goal

A high-level meeting in Geneva coming to a close today is seen as a success.

New York: UNDP chief calls for new development goals linkages

UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark has called for new development targets that focus on how growth, poverty alleviation and sustainability can complement one another.

CIVICUS examines the Human Rights records of the Central African Republic and Malaysia

In addition to last weeks' CIVICUS submissions on China, Jordan, Mexico and Nigeria, CIVICUS has made further interventions for the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the human rights records of the Central African Republic and Malaysia.

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Measure What You Treasure OBS Annual Report 2013: Violations of the right of NGOs to funding - from harassment to criminalisation SURVEY on innovative practices in the self-regulation of CSOs English, French or Spanish CIVICUS examines the human rights situations in China, Jordan, Mexico and Nigeria Dispatches from Geneva: 1st Week of the Human Rights Council (25 February - 1 March 2013) Development must be about freedom from fear and freedom from want Belgium: Enhancing the role of civil society Technology: Civil society's latest threat is right before our eyes Read this issue online or subscribe to receive all future issues.

Toward Consensus in a Goal for Education within the Post- 2015 Development Agenda: A Tale of Two Regional Consultations

On February 28, 2013, 35 delegates representing civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research institutes and think tanks consulted with the African Union on the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) education agenda and recommended priority areas for the post-2015 framework.

The Times They Are A Changin’

As the date of 2015 approaches, the international community is analysing the results of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were omnipresent in the development debate since 2000.

Post- MDGs: It’s Time to Listen to the People

As the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, with many of the targets set to remain unreached, global policy makers are searching for post-2015 replacements.

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Are Key to Addressing Global Poverty

President Barack Obama pledged during his January 2013 State of the Union address that the United States would join with its allies to “eradicate” extreme poverty over the “next two decades” by connecting more people to the global economy and empowering women.

Nationwide Post- Millennium Development Goals Consultation Set for March 18

The Government of Liberia with support from the United Nations in Liberia will on March 18, 2013, hold nation-wide consultations on the Post 2015 MDGs Development Framework.

National Consultation on Post- 2015 Development Agenda Held in Beijing

The second round of consultations in China on the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place in Beijing on March 11, 2013.

Post- 2015 Women’s Coalition at CSW57!

At the year’s CSW, the Post-2015 Women’s Coalition utilize this interconnected space to engage with partners, allies and Governments from every region as we begin to map out key asks and guidelines for challenging and transforming the global development paradigm.

TAG- Forum to Host UN Consultation Meeting on Post- 2015 Development Meeting

The UN Consultation Meeting on Post -2015 Development will be held on Monday at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum with the participation of private sector, UN and government representatives to discuss the role of private sector in the post 2015 development plans.

Post- 2015 Development Agenda

UNDP launched an unprecedented global conversation through which people can help shape the future development agenda after 2015 when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire.

Final meeting of the Post- 2015 Thematic Consultation on Governance

As reported on the IISD website, the final meeting of the Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Governance, in which was attended by 250 participants, took place in Midrand, South Africa from 28 February to 1 March 2013.

Let’s prioritise economic growth and trade

The current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have roughly a thousand days to go before their end-2015 target date.

Global leadership meet set to start

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the two-day ‘Global Leadership Meeting for Population Dynamics’ meeting where representatives of 51 countries including ministers will attend.

UN mulls development pattern for Post- 2015 era

The United Nations held the second round of consultations in China on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Beijing Monday.

Africa- Wide Consultation On the Post- 2015 Development Agenda and Review of Africa’s Progress Toward the MDGs

The 2015 deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals has led to a flurry of activities on what the post-2015 development agenda should look like.

Calls for new development agenda to spur regional growth

Delegates attending the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean have called for a "more ambitious post-2015 development agenda" in promoting growth with greater inclusion, protection, social equality and environmental sustainability in the region.

Post- 2015 goals must suit new contexts, UNDP chief says

New global development goals must reflect current realities while sustaining the vision and momentum of the original Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark.

What is the world we want? Post- 2015 development goals under scrutiny at an international conference in Helsinki

Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala will host an international conference, Conflict, Violence and Disaster in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, on 13 March, to discuss the devastating effects of conflict, violence and disaster as well as new post-2015 development goals.

Post- 2015 Development Agenda: Intellectual Property

“A PROMINENT PLACE FOR GROWTH IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA” — LAMY Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Conference on International Cooperation in 2020 in the Hague on 7 March 2013, said that “economic growth and trade — as a driver of growth — deserve a prominent place in the post 2015 development agenda.

Health in Post- 2015: Forging Consensus n Botswana

Today and tomorrow, a high level meeting has been convened in Botswana to conclude the post-2015 health consultation.

Reducing Poverty: an online consultation to inform the OECD Global Forum on Development

An online consultation called Reducing poverty is achievable: finding those who are hidden by inequalities, has been set up by Development Progress, WikiProgress and the OECD .

ABANTU Commemorates International Women’s Day (IWD)

International Women’s Day (IWD) was, yesterday, commemorated with a stakeholder Consultation in Accra on the theme: ‘Staying on Track for Gender Responsiveness in Post 2015 Development Agenda’.

Millennium Development Goals: Eliminating Violence Against Women- an Unfinished Agenda

On the 8th of March (tomorrow) we celebrate International Women's Day worldwide to pay tribute to women for their engagement in the development process.

ECLAC- Economic Commission for Latin America: Equality and Environmental Sustainability Are at the Heart of the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

Today, authorities from several Latin American countries and international experts opened the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 , which is being held from 7 to 9 March in Bogotá, Colombia.

Millennium Development Goals Summit

From 29th to 30th of May 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, a Business focused Millennium Development Goals Summit  will be held to encourage increased communication between Government, UN organisations, NGOs and the private sector.

The Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals

More than a decade after the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ample confusion persists regarding their genesis.

The Post- 2015 Development Agenda: What’s at stake for the world’s women?

In 2000, world leaders promised to halve extreme poverty by 2015 with a global plan called the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

Strengthening the Pacific Voice in the Post- 2015 Development Framework

Although the Pacific shares a strong sense of vulnerability with other fragile states, it faces its own very specific set of development challenges relating to size, location and unmatched exposure to climate change, ocean acidification, natural disasters, and other external shocks.

Nigeria: Health and the World the Want 2015 (part 2)

Last week I wrote on 'Health and the World We Want 2015' and I promised to comment in its part 2 'Health Priorities post 2015', 'Post 2015 guiding principle, goals and targets' and 'Implementation'.

Nigeria: Health and the World We Want 2015 (part 1)

In line with the post 2015 health agenda, on February 28th, 2013, a draft report was shared among development workers which reflected an extensive global public consultation, held from September 2012 to January 2013.

Development must be about freedom from fear and freedom from want

Rising inequality, abuses by transnational corporations and the global democratic deficit were key themes at last week's UN consultation on governance and the post-2015 development agenda, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Are we making progress with building governance into the post- 2015 framework?

Momentum is building for governance and accountability issues to have a greater profile in the post 2015 framework, and there is a growing recognition that we cannot afford to ignore governance even if it is politically challenging to incorporate.

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Assess Progress in the Sustainable Development Agenda

The Government of Colombia and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 on 7 to 9 March in Bogotá, with the participation of all United Nations agencies that work in the region.

Africa Wide Consultation on the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

Ministers, parliamentarians, policy-makers, members of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda, as well as representatives from civil society, youth organizations and the private sector, will attend the third and final regional consultation to define Africa’s position on post-2015 development priorities, on March 11-12, 2013 in Hammamet, Tunisia.

GSK Position Statement on the Post 2015 Development Agenda

As a science-led global healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has the opportunity to improve the health and well-being of millions of people around the world.

7 principles for the post- 2015 agenda

As ACTION participates in the consultation process for a post-2015 development agenda, I wanted to share some of our key principles for how we would want to see post-2015 development goals be shaped.

Water Stewardship Conference to Address Post- 2015 Development Priorities

Marking the critical importance of water stewardship around the world and its relation to the United Nation’s process to define post-2015 development priorities, the CEO Water Mandate will convene a major conference in Mumbai, India.

Key UN expert group looks beyond the Millennium Development

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have remained silent regarding inequalities,” warned today the largest body of independent experts* in the United Nations Human Rights system, while urging the international community to place human rights, equality and non-discrimination, and sustainability at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda.

Lessons from the AIDS response can shape new paradigm for development post- 2015, Michel Sidibe tells UN Human Rights Council

In a high-level address to the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 28 February, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, stressed the crucial importance of viewing the AIDS epidemic through a human rights prism.

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