The Ongoing Work of the Post-2015 & Sustainable Development Policy Task Force
Reminder that the first “call for papers” for the “International Symposium on the Post 2015 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals” is closing soon. Also open until the 1st of […]
Means of Implementation (Science, Technology, knowledge sharing and capacity building) OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION: Publicly funded research should be made available to all. Access to reliable, affordable and fast-speed internet access is needed across the globe as a right including the most disadvantaged and isolated communities. RESEARCH FOR […]
A much wiser man than me once said: ‘We don’t inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children’. The concept of planetary boundaries is fundamentally one of intergenerational equity which is why it is so important for the Major Group of Children and Youth. This morning […]
UNICEF has issued two key documents on how children should be represented on the Post 2015 framework. Download UNICEF KEY ASKS ON THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Summary of UNICEF Key […]
by Steven Vanonckelen, Belgian UN Youth Delegate for Sustainable Development: sdyouthdelegate@vlaamsejeugdraad.be During the third MDG round table, many countries emphasized the unachieved MDGs. Furthermore, countries with particular challenges and goals that are off track were delineated and the need for changing production and consumption patterns was underlined. In contrast, as a youth […]
by David Collste: David.Collste@lsu.se The side event to the General Assembly High-level Meeting on Disability and Development in UN Headquaters in New York was well attended with official delegates as well as civil society participation. The focus was independent living i.e. how to enable disable people to participate wider in society. […]
A group of youth representatives from Europe and Central Asia, all came together with different stories, but with the same aim with UNICEF to develop a view on Post2015. From the 1st to the 6th September 2013, they met in Istanbul to discuss priorities for the post-2015 development agenda. Even though our […]
On 28th June 2013, a group of 42 young leaders, representing 20 Commonwealth countries came together at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, to review and analyse the UN High Level Panel’s Report on the Post 2015 Agenda. They examined the report through a youth lens, aiming to provide feedback and […]
July 15, 2013 H.E. Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya H.E. Mr Csaba Körösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary Copy: Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director, UN DESA Dear H.E. Ambassador Kamau […]
At the Open Working Group 4 focusing on among other topics youth the UN Major Group for Children and Youth hosted with the Commonwealth Secretariat brought together speakers to outline what indicators related to youth would be important in the up and coming SDGs/Post2015 framework. SIDE EVENT: INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS […]
United Nations Major Group Children & Youth 