‘Small steps in the right direction but future financing for sexual and reproductive health must be sustainable’

5th October 2015, Lima, Peru: Ahead of the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG), IPPF warns that future financing for sexual and reproductive must be prioritized by the WBG and must be sustainable. 

IPPF welcomes new data from the WBG that shows that the WBG’s spending has increased from 14 per cent in 2014 to 18 per cent of the total health portfolio allocated to reproductive health in 2015. In real terms, this is an increase from US$ 265 million in 2014 to $642 million that the WBG has invested in reproductive health in 2015. 

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Summit: ARROW intervention at interactive dialogue on Delivering on a Revitalized Global Partnership

Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) made the following intervention at the interactive dialogue on Delivering on a Revitalized Global Partnership:...

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Technology facilitation mechanism: nominations for 10 reps of civil society, private sector and scientific community (deadline 9 October)

The following is an important message from DESA-DSD: 

Dear Colleagues,

Paragraph 123 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and paragraph 70 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development decided to establish a technology facilitation mechanism in order to support the SDGs. The mechanism will be comprise of :

• A United Nations inter-agency task team on science, technology and innovation for the sustainable development goals;...

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Summit 26: 2030 Agenda: A Win for Women and Girls; Now Implementation Must Follow

Countdown 2015 Europe welcomes the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and calls upon European governments to take ambitious steps to reach the agreed goals and targets.

28 September 2015 – On 25 September, the world’s governments adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the result of a lengthy process of intergovernmental negotiations and consultations that lasted almost three years...

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Summit 25: RESURJ Agenda 2030 Analysis

The following reflections on the Agenda 2030 and the intergovernmental negotiations that led to the Post 2015 Political Declaration and outcome document are made by RESURJ and can be downloaded here. 

Summit 24: Swedish Government initiates High-Level Group in UN

The Swedish Government has taken the initiative to start a High-Level Group, which consists of nine leaders from various parts of the world, to ensure that the 17 sustainable development goals and 169 targets and the 2030 Agenda are implemented at all levels of society. 

It will work in various ways to promote exchange of experience and discussions on challenges and solutions between governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations. The High-Level Group will also work through personal discussions with other world leaders to encourage them to contribute to far-reaching and genuine commitment to implementing the global goals and the 2030 Agenda...

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Summit 23: Speakers lists for Post-2015 Summit Interactive Dialogues

The speakers lists for the Post-2015 Summit Interactive Dialogues is now on the PGA’s website, which you can find here.

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Summit 22: Youth Statement On The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development

On 25-27 September, the world’s governments will adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. During the past fifteen years, the Millennium Development Goals have strongly contributed to creating a better world. However, even though we have come very far in the process, we are not there yet. The 2030 Agenda offers an opportunity for a better future, in which we have a greater chance to tackle current and upcoming challenges. 

The agenda sets out a list of ambitious goals and targets across broad areas of sustainable development, including poverty eradication, health, inclusive economic growth, sustainable use of ecosystems, and promotion of peaceful societies. We have learned from previous experiences that it is easier to set targets than to achieve them. While the adoption of the agenda is an important achievement, governments must take ambitious action to implement the agenda. As young people we want to take an active role in this crucial process. We have already proven we have the necessary skills, knowledge and determination...

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Summit 21: Civil Society move towards SDG advocacy and implementation

As reported in IISD, civil society has begun to move towards advocacy and implementation. Civil society organizations (CSOs) have presented initial analyses, while urging Heads of State and Government to adopt firm commitments at the UN Summit for the post-2015 development agenda. Meanwhile they continue to address Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, and to reflect on the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD 3). 

According to Christian Kroll in an article published by BertelsmannStiftung, Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN even the "best-performing countries by today's standards"...

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Summit 20: African Women & Girls Call on their Governments to Support Gender Equality in Totality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The following statement has been prepared by SOAWR – Solidarity for African Women's Rights and FEMNET – African Women's Development and Communication Network and is endorsed by other organization:

African Heads of State and Government will join their counterparts in New York from 25th to 27th September 2015, to adopt the Post-2015 development agenda currently titled Transforming our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals in a landmark Summit that crowns several years of consultations and negotiations...

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