As a companion guide to the post-2015 'Advocacy Toolkit', the purpose of 'Engaging with the Media' is to help you get your message across to a wider audience when talking about sustainable development and the post-2015 development agenda. In particular, the mini-sites helps users:

This side event is a part of a broader and inclusive consultation, to promote further awareness of the HLPF and to collect the views of civil society and other non-government actors on what measures, architecture and engagement mechanisms would enable an ambitious, effective and inclusive HLPF in 2015 and beyond.

To prepare for the proceedings around the High Level Political Forum, please see below for some of the upcoming meetings and consultations which will help define the mandate and means of stakeholder participation for the post-2015 governance body.

Ahead of this month's post-2015 meetings, the SD2015 partners have put together the following calendar of upcoming events:

17-20 February, member states met for a round of intergovernmental negotiations in New York. The meeting was the second of eight scheduled sessions (January-July 2015). The purpose of the four day meeting between member states was to discuss the declaration of the post-2015 agenda. The meeting was open to participation from other stakeholders and included a dialogue with Major Groups and other Stakeholders.