Next steps for the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

World We Want 2015In New York in the wings of the UN General Assembly meetings, the members of the High-Level Panel (HLP) held their first meeting and with several members of the Panel also meeting with civil society. The HLP agreed to hold substantive meetings in London from 31 October to 2 November and in Monrovia, Liberia and Bali, Indonesia (dates to be confirmed). It is expected that the discussions in London will focus on household poverty; national development in Monrovia; and global partnerships in Bali.

The report of the HLP, to be submitted by June 2013, will include:

• Recommendations on the vision and shape of a post-2015 development agenda that will help respond to the global challenges of the 21st century, building on the MDGs and with a view to ending poverty;
• Key principles for reshaping the global partnership for development and strengthened accountability mechanisms;
• Recommendations on how to build and sustain broad political consensus on an ambitious yet achievable post-2015 development agenda around the three dimensions of economic growth, social equality and environmental sustainability, taking into account the particular challenges of countries in conflict and post-conflict situations.

Engagement with Civil Society at the London Meeting, 2 November 2012

During the London meeting, there will be a HLP civil society engagement meeting on 2 November to provide a platform for global civil society to engage with the process to create the post-MDG framework. It is part of the official agenda and will be in the form of roundtables, which will last 90 minutes and be open for 30 civil society participants.

The emerging objectives (yet to be agreed and finalized) for the CSO meeting in London are:

• For broad range of voices are brought into the post-2015 process to contribute to the discussion and the formation of the post-2015 framework
• To provide the members of the High Level Panel with civil society input on the thematic areas under discussion
• To further discuss the key issues surrounding the post-2015 development agenda, including principles
• To promote wider dialogue around the post-2015 development agenda through the use of online consultations and social media

The roundtables will focus on the following themes (to be confirmed):

• How to approach jobs and livelihoods for the poor?
• What are the engines of inclusive growth?
• How can poor people be brought into formalised economies and integrated into national development?
• What is the role of ecologically fragile areas in poverty eradication?
• How should inequality be addressed for inclusive development?
• Can service delivery be made universal at reasonable cost?

The following issues will be included: eradication of global poverty within a generation; social safety nets; food security; health; education; social inclusion; livelihoods and income security; investing in children; social mobility, anti-discrimination and participation; a global social floor; legal empowerment of the poor; and enabling bottom of the pyramid markets.

On-line consultation – deadline Friday 26 October 2012

The World We Want Website holding an on-line consultation to allow civil society and other stakeholders to input directly into the conversation of the #Post2015HLP which will address the same themes and questions as those that the HLP will be discussing. The deadline for contributions is 26 October 2012. The Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) will summarize the substantive contributions and publish them on line. A longer report will be disseminated by mid-November.

See also the #Post2015HLP Online Outreach Statement.