Here you can find all the latest updates in relation to the process on sustainable development goals.
From 8 to 11 October stakeholders from governments, civil society, the private sector, and academia convened in Budapest to participate in discussions on the importance of water for the post-2015 development agenda and the inlcusion of a specific water-related goal therein.
A progress report has been produced to summarise the activities of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report provides an overview of the OWG's organization of work, election of officers, agenda, highlights from the first four sessions and a summary of the morning meetings with Major Groups and other stakeholders.
In their "Dashboard Proposal" the governments of Colombia and Guatemala envisage the post-2015 development agenda as being designed around a nucleus of common global goals measured by a set of internationally agreed-on targets and indicators which would be accompanied by more specific targets and indicators geared to national circumstances and priorities.
The fourth session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place from 17-19 June 2013, at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting brought together OWG members, other member states, observers, and representatives from UN agencies and Major Groups. The meeting was devoted to addressing the thematic issues of: (a) employment and decent work for all, social protection, youth, education and culture and (b) health, population dynamics. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya, and Csaba Körösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary, served as co-chairs.
To read IISD's summary of the meeting, click here.
In September 2013 the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) will submit the Stockholm Statement to the 68th UN General Assembly. The objective of this paper is to influence and elevate the status of water in the post-2015 development agenda. This open forum exists to facilitate contributions to the Stockholm Statement, which will be calling for a Sustainable Development Goal on Water.
In its opening statement at the fourth session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development on 17 June 2013, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) emphasised the importance of the inclusion of full employment and decent work as well as universal social protection in the post-2015 development agenda for sustainable development.
The intergovernmental Open Working Group on sustainable development goals called for in the Rio+20 Outcome Document will convene its fourth meeting on 17-19 June 2013.
By Jan Piotrowski, SciDev.Net
Rapid technological progress has made the elimination of worldwide poverty by 2030 a realistic goal for the post-2015 development agenda, but the challenge now is how best to use these advances, which can also harm sustainable development, says a report by a UN-backed science network.
Addressing this challenge must be a central question guiding the drafting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) report, published last week (6 June).
The Sustainable Development Goals e-Inventory is now also available in two additional languages, French and Spanish. The multi-language feature enables users to both search for and submit proposals for a post-2015 global goals framework in either English, French or Spanish, thereby increasing the number of stakeholders able to use the tool.
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has published its Report for the UN Secretary-General, entitled An Action Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Report outlines key challenges that should be prioritised in order to achieve sustainable development, suggesting a list of ten possible Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and affiliated targets for post-2015. It proceeds to explain how each of these goals contribute to the ‘four’ dimensions of sustainable development, with good governance including peace and security being the new dimension alongside the conventional social, economic and environmental elements.
By Social Watch
Developing countries stressed the importance of international economic factors and means of implementation in formulating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons, which was appointed by the United Nations Secretary General to advise on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, has made public its recommendations in a report entitled "A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and tTransform Economies through Sustainable Development".
The 3rd session of the UN's Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals was held from 22-24 May, in New York. The focus of the meeting was on food security and nutrition, sustainable agriculture, desertification, land degradation and drought, and water and sanitation.
To read the IISD's summary of the meeting, click here.
Human activities, such as building dams and agricultural irrigation, they say, have fundamentally altered the global water system, threatening ecosystems and a steady supply of fresh water. But a lack of scientific data and monitoring mean there is still no effective global governance of this key resource.
The Summary is based on conclusions from the discussions with governments and some UN agencies in New York between April 22 and 26th 2013. It is based on informal meetings with memberstates and may not necessarily reflect the views of all members, or even the objective views of the processes. But they are reflections of people and governments who in our opinion matter and are familiar with both the strategy and the politics of the post 2015 process.
Download full report here.
The second session of the UNGA SDGs Open Working Group (OWG) took place on 17-19 April 2013 at UNHQ in New York. The meeting was devoted to conceptualizing the SDGs and the SDG process, and to poverty eradication. Governments are clearly investing in the process as evidenced by the high number of Ambassadors and Ministers who filled Conference Room 4 during the three days of the meeting. Delegates discussed the Programme of Work (PoW) for 2013-2014 and agreed upon the agendas for the third session and fourth session as follows:
The Food and Agriculture cluster of the NGO Major group has produced it draft inputs for the upcoming thematic discussion at the third session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York, 22-24 May, 2013
Programme of work of upcoming Open Working Group meetings:
The second session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place on 17-19 April 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
To read the IISD's summary of the meeting, click here.
Geneva, 18 Apr (Meena Raman) - The Group of 77 and China (G77) has proposed that in the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the United Nations, there must be a significant section on a strengthened Global Partnership for Development which incorporates global commitments to support developing countries in implementing the SDGs.
Beijing, 16 Apr (Chee Yoke Ling*) -- A conceptual discussion will precede the identification of specific Sustainable Development Goals as momentum picks up on the follow-up to the June 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference).
The second session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals will take place in New York, 17 -19 April 2013. As stated on theUN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, the meeting will be broadcast through UN webcast.
The first session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place on 14-15 March 2013 at UN Headquarters in New York. The OWG elected, as Co-Chairs, Csaba Körösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary, and Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya, who had served as co-facilitators of the consultations pertaining to the preparations for the first session of the OWG.
To read the IISD's summary of the meeting, click here.
