Countdown to Bali meeting of the High Level Panel

The High Level Panel (HLP) will be meeting in Bali, Indonesia, 25 – 27 March 2013, to discuss ‘Global Partnerships’. Key issues, in keeping with the 24 Framing Questions, to be discussed with include:

• How will a new framework encourage partnerships and coordination between and within countries at all stages of development, and with non-state actors such as business, civil society and foundations?
• How specific should the Panel be with recommendations on means of implementation, including development assistance, finance, technology, capacity building, trade and other actions?
• How can accountability mechanisms be strengthened? What kind of monitoring process should be established? How can transparency and more inclusive global governance be used to facilitate achievement of the development agenda?
• How can a new framework tackle the challenge of coherence among the organizations, processes, and mechanisms that address issues that are global in scope?
• How can we judge the affordability and feasibility of proposed goals, given the current constraints?
• How can we build and sustain global consensus for a new framework, involving member states, civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders?

Among the documentation for the meeting will be a synthesis report of the UN Secretary General that will include the World We Want 2015 consultation process to date. This should provide important input for the discussion of the last question and could link to the processes for the UN General Assembly High Level Event in September, as well as the work of the Open Working Group (OWG) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).