The following message has been received from UN-NGLS and DESA-DSD
Dear Colleagues,
The 17-20 February session of the post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations will include a 2 hour interactive dialogue with Major Groups and other stakeholders, planned for the afternoon of 20 February.
The February negotiating session will focus on the Declaration section of the outcome document to be adopted at the UN Summit on the post-2015 development agenda in September.
If you are a representative of a civil society organization, non-governmental organization, or an organization participating in the Major Groups, and are interested in speaking during this interactive dialogue, and do not require travel funding to participate, please apply at the link below by 11:59pm NY time on 8 February. A previous call for nominations for this session was issued at the beginning of January focused on identifying 4 speakers to receive travel funding; the 4 speakers were recently chosen by the February stakeholder Steering Committee - see the list at bottom of this message.
*If you applied previously and indicated that you must receive funding to participate, your application has now been removed from consideration. You may reapply at the link below if you would like to be considered for a speaking role in the February session without provision of travel funding. All previous applicants that indicated they did not require travel funding to attend the February session will remain in consideration for available unfunded speaking slots. If you previously applied and do not want to remain in consideration, kindly let us know by writing to: nominations@un-ngls.org
Apply here: http://bit.ly/Feb-p2015-nominations
All applications received will be published automatically here: http://bit.ly/Feb-p2015-nominations-received
The Stakeholder Steering Committee (that was selected through an open process in January) will create the speakers list for the interactive dialogue from among the applications received via a process facilitated by UN DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS. The Committee will ensure regional and gender balance, and diversity of age and expertise in the overall list, and accommodate as many constituencies as possible including the 9 Major Groups, within the time period that will be allocated for the interactive dialogue.
Resources:
Please see the Summary of the 19-21 January Stocktaking meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-–2015 Development Agenda, based on concluding remarks/observations made by the Co-–Facilitators of the negotiations, Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, and Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN.
Please see the Summary produced by the January Stakeholder Steering Committee of the 16 January Stakeholder Preparatory Forum held at UN Headquarters:
Please see the video (beginning at minute 30:00) of the 21 January interactive dialogue with Major Groups and other stakeholders during the January intergovernmental negotiations on the Post-–2015 Development Agenda.
More information: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015
Speakers selected to receive travel funding for the 17-20 February session of the post-2015 development agenda:
Kiyomi Cecilia Nagumo Tamashiro - WECAN LAC (Red de Acción Mujeres por la Tierra y el Clima)
Grace Tauli Balawag - Tebtebba Foundation
Eni Lestari Andayani Adi - International Migrants Alliance
Esther Caroline Mkamori - Wundanyi Disabled Persons Organization
4 members of the Stakeholder Steering Committee from developing countries will also receive funding to attend the February negotiating session.
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Thank you and best regards,
UN-NGLS and DESA-DSD