Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics (including ageing, international and internal migration and urbanisation)

Population dynamics including ageing, international and internal migration and urbanization, is the topic for one of the thematic consultations, being held as part of the development of the Post-2015 development agenda. The lead organizations for the consultation are the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN-Habitat, in close collaboration with the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and with contributions of WPF, ILO, FAO, UN Women, OHCHR, and UNDP. An Expert Group Meeting is planned, to be held in New York, 19-20 November 2012. Online consultations are being planned to ensure a multitude of voices being heard, including from Governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the UN system and the general public. The Global Consultation is envisioned to culminate in a High Level Leadership meeting to take place in the first quarter of 2013, that will bring together high-level officials from governments, civil society, UN partners, members of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel and members of the Open Working Group on the SDGs to discuss the synthesized results and findings of the consultation process to date and which will put forward a statement and recommendations on how to address population dynamics in the Post-2015 development agenda.

Insofar as the Thematic Think Piece on Population Dynamics specifically addresses Access to reproductive health and protection of reproductive rights, NGOs may wish to urge that the agenda include discussion of these as they relate to the topics for the consultation.