Civil Society submissions for President of General Assembly’s upcoming High-level Stock-taking Event on Post-2015 Development Agenda

The following request to provide written input for PGA's Stock-taking on the Post-2015 Development Agenda was received from UN-NGLS:

Dear Colleagues,

At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) has set up an online form for civil society organizations to submit written comments on the subjects to be addressed in the PGA's upcoming High-level Stock-taking Event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda taking place at UN Headquarters on 11-12 September.

As per the concept note for the 11-12 September High-level Event, these subjects are:

1. key messages from all the high-level events/ thematic debates, and interactive dialogue/briefings on the Post-2015 development agenda convened by the President of the General Assembly in 2014.
2. the outcomes of the post-Rio+20 processes, including the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG), the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF), the Structured Dialogues on a Technology Facilitation Mechanism, as well as updates on the High-Level Political Forum. 
3. the critical internal processes and events that have an impact on the design of the post-2015 development agenda, such as the 2014 substantive session of ECOSOC, including the Annual Ministerial Review and the Development Cooperation Forum, the 2014 High-level Political Forum under the auspices of ECOSOC, as well as the first session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly. 
4. the critical external processes and events that have an impact on the design and implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. 

The outcome of the High-level Stock-taking Event will be a President’s Summary to be presented to the Secretary-General as an input to his synthesis report, transmitted to the President of the 69th session of the General Assembly, and made available to Member States and other stakeholders. 

In advance of the 11-12 September High-level Event, the PGA will host an interactive meeting with civil society on 26 August at UN Headquarters.

The Office of the President of the General Assembly kindly requests civil society to submit any written comments on the above subjects in advance of this meeting, by Friday, 22 August.

Comments received will be posted immediately in an public online spreadsheet, and will be considered by the Office of the President of the General Assembly in the preparation of the President's Summary for the Secretary-General.

Thank you and best regards,

UN-NGLS