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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Summit 19: Latest information on Under One Sky

We have received the following from Under One Sky:

Do these three things today - Under One Sky

Dear all, 

Thank you again for all of your work getting the word out there on Under One Sky.  The event is turning out to be a tremendous evening, but we need all of you to make it a success! Below are three things you and your organization can do NOW to help us promote. 48 hours may not seem like a lot, but when it comes to mobilizing people it’s plenty of time to build a fantastic crowd. We need a true mass during this people powered event in order to show world leaders just how many people care what happens to these Global Goals. Can’t wait to see you all there!...

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Inputs to IAEG-SDGs from civil society, members and others for second meeting now available

As reported on 13 August (See:Open Consultation on SDG Indicators for Civil Society, Academia and the Private Sector organized by the IAEG-SDGs) the UN-NGLS held an Open Consultation on SDG Indicators for Civil Society, Academia and the Private Sector on behalf of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs).

The inputs received, which will inform the discussion at the second meeting of the IAEG-SDGs to be held in Bangkok from 26-28 October, have been posted on the IAEG-SDG website together with the inputs received from IAEG-SDG Members and Observers. 

Information on the second meeting can be found on the website, together with the tentative agenda.

Summit 18: The Lancet highlights the SDGs and introduces its Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

 “The historical progression of our societies over the past 50 years has brought us to a point where we now have an opportunity of doing business differently and these SDGs signal to the world the need to seize that opportunity. Can we make this next leap forwards? I believe we can, and I believe the SDGs will show us how to make that leap.” 

These are the words of Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Co-facilitator for the Intergovernmental Negotiations, writing in The Lancet Special Report UN set to change the world with new development goals. He also contrasts the process for the development of the SDGs , which he describes as  “one of the most politically and technically challenging endeavours..” with that for the MDGs — “just a bunch of technocrats sitting round a table to produce a set of goals based on what UN agencies had been doing over the years. There was no attempt to be transformative.”

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