A World Without Poverty: Scotland and the SDGs

The Multiple Tracks of the Post-2015 Development Agenda 26 February 2015 Glasgow

Outcome of Rio+20- a set of Sustainable

Development Goals- SDGs• Address and incorporate the three dimensions sustainability

• Be based on Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of

Implementation

• Build upon achievement & lessons learned from the MDGs

• Focus on priority areas for the achievement of sustainable

development

Outcome of Rio+20- a set of Sustainable

Development Goals- SDGs• Address and incorporate the three dimensions sustainability

• Be based on Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of

Implementation

• Build upon achievement & lessons learned from the MDGs

• Focus on priority areas for the achievement of sustainable

development

Sustainable Development Goals must be• Action-oriented

• Concise

• Limited in number

• Aspirational

• Universally applicable to all countries

• Easy the communicate

Post-MDGs Track

Consultations on the post-development framework

replacing the MDGs when they expire in 2015

Post-MDGs Key Reports & ConsultationsLed by UN Secretary-General

• High Level Panel of Eminent Persons

• Sustainable Development Solutions Network

• UN Global Compact Consultations

• UNDP Thematic and National Consultations

SDGs Intergovernmental ProcessLed by the Open Working Group mandated by Rio+20 to prepare

a proposal on SDGs for consideration by the General Assembly

Post-2015 Development Agenda A Single Framework and a Single Set of Goals

SDGs Post-MDGsEnsuring Sustainable Development Overcoming Poverty and Insecurity

2000 - 2015: Ongoing efforts to achieve original MDGs and parallel MDG review

18 Aug 500 days event

GLOSSARY (alphabetical): CC – climate change, COP – UNFCCC Conference of Parties, HL – High Level, HLM – High Level Meeting, MDGs – Millennium Development Goals, minist. – Ministerial, MOI – Means of Implementation, OWG – Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, PGA – President of the General Assembly, SD – Sustainable Development, SD finance comm.. – Intergovernmental Expert Committee on SD Finance UNDG – United Nations Development Group, UNGA – United Nations General Assembly, UNSG – Secretary General Graphic prepared by CAFOD www.cafod.org.uk (29 Jan 2014)

Sep

UNGA Summit on post-

2015

By Sep

SD finance report

Q4

UNSG report

16 Sep 14 – Sep 15: 69th

GA UNGA intergovtl process, start with modalities resolution

Incl. intersessional meetings n- dates TBC

23 Sep

UNSG HL meeting

on cc

1-12 Dec

COP20 in Lima

By Sep

OWG report

July

annual HLPF

Q1 2nd

MG day

Q2 TBC Monterrey follow-up

conf.

2014 2015

Q3 2014 - ? Second round of UNDG Consultations

30 Nov-11 Dec

COP21 Paris

30 Jun-9 Jul HLPF non-minist.& HL

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HL

PF

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CS

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3-7 Mar

3rd

SD finance comm.

12-16 May

4th SD

finance comm.

Jul-Sep Oct-Dec

Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

28/29 Aug UN

DPI NGO conf Role of c.s. in

post2015 6 Feb PGA interaction

Sep UNPGA

stocktaking event

6-10 Jan 7

th OWG

CC, DRR, etc. 3-7 Feb

8th OWG

Biodiversity, Oceans, equality,

peace, etc.

UNPGA events ‘setting the scene 18/19 Feb Them Debate: WASH, SE4ALL 6/7 Mar HL event: role of women, youth and civil society 8/9 Apr Them Debate: role of partnerships 24/25 Apr Them Debate: ensuring peaceful and stable societies 20/21 May HL event: South-South, North-South, triangular coop, ITCs 17/18 Jun HL event: Human Rights, rule of law

OWG sessions to discuss draft report (consisting of goals and targets) 3-7 Mar

31 Mar-4 Apr 5-9 May

2-6 Jun

14-16 Jul

4-8 Aug

5th SD

finance comm.

15-16 Apr 1

st HLM

Global Partner-

ships

10-14 Mar UNFCCC

inter-sessional

4-15 Jun UNFCCC

inter-sessional

Right now we need to do a big push- the last lap to

finish the MDG run. The higher we complete, the

higher will be the bar as we start!