Preparatory forum for civil society engagement in post-2015 development agenda

The following has been received from Beyond-2015 on calls for applications for members of the Steering Committee for a preparatory forum to be held on 16 January 2015 and the first negotiating session on the post-2015 development agenda.

Information has been received from the UN that, in order to support civil society engagement in the forthcoming intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 agenda, a preparatory forum will be convened by DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS on Friday, 16 January 2015, in New York.

The UN is therefore setting up a Steering Committee to ensure broad and inclusive participation of stakeholders in this preparatory forum, as well as in the first negotiating session on the post-2015 development agenda (in accordance with the relevant modalities that are yet to be determined). Applications to be a member of the Steering Committee will be accepted until 30 November 2014.

To learn more about the Steering Committee and the Call for Applications, please see attached. 

See details of the dates of the negotiations here and Co-facilitators issue ‘food for thought’ paper on modalities for negotiations on post-2015 development agenda . The first negotiating session on the post-2015 development agenda will take place from 19-21 January 2015 in New York.