Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform — adds post-2015 portal

The Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has added a portal on the post-2015 process: 2015: Time for global action for people and planet.

There are two pages – a ‘description’ page and a page on ‘work streams’.

The ‘description’ page refers to the establishment of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, and its resulting proposal for 17 goals and 169 targets. It also notes the appointment of the Permanent Representatives of Kenya and Ireland as co-facilitators to lead consultations on the post-2015 development agenda up to the Summit in September. It states that the “post-2015 development agenda will address the need for a monitoring and accountability framework, as well as fleshing out a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development.” The process is “Member State-led with broad participation from external stakeholders such as civil society organization…” As far as the Secretariat is concerned, the Secretary-General will lead the process, with support from the Deputy Secretary-General and the Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning.

The ‘work streams’ page specifies the contributions made by the OWG; the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP); the UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda (UNTT), including its first report Realizing the Future We Want for All; national, global and thematic consultations; regional consultations; the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); and the UN Global Compact. A ‘One Secretariat' was established to facilitate the coordination and coherence across work streams, while each remained ‘substantively independent.'

The portal also makes available a compilation of TST inputs, titled ‘Tentative list of review and coordination platforms.' The document is organized as a chart of the proposed SDGs 1-16 and UN system contributions regarding existing initiatives and related accountability frameworks, among other features.]

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