Post-2015 Development Agenda
The ISS and UNDP convened a high-level policy forum to discuss the status of the post-2015 Development Agenda.
Date: 2014-11-14
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: Conference room
, ISS Addis Ababa
The African Centre for Peace and Security Training of the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), in partnership with the United National Development Programme (UNDP) convened a high-level policy forum to discuss the current status and operationalisation of the post-2015 Development Agenda.
With the UN’s Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) coming to a close in 2015, development practitioners understand that successes achieved through the MDGs need to continue and be strengthened. Multi-faceted consultations have taken place and 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were drafted at the UN’s conference on sustainable development, Rio+20, in 2012. The SDGs and other regional and continental frameworks constitute the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The event was chaired by James Wakiaga, Economic Advisor at the UNDP, together with Golda Keng, Programme Coordinator at the ISS in Addis Ababa. Speakers included:
- Alex Evans, Senior Fellow, NYU Center on International Cooperation
- Bartholomew Armah, Chief, Macro-Economic Planning Division, UNECA
- Molly Elgin-Cossart, Senior Fellow, National Security, International Policy Centre for American Progress
The forum brought together key partners and stakeholders from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission, the African Development Bank, and International experts from research institutes, civil society organisations, and academia to discuss emerging issues for the post-2015 development framework.
The discussion was framed around a review of the background and origins of the newly proposed 17 SDGs and its complementarity with the recently launched Common African Position (CAP). The common position is based on extensive consultations among African states which produced priorities for the next decade. The CAP contains six broad pillars that touch on people-centred economic growth, environment and partnerships.
