Lead Author – UNDG Post-2015 Consultations Reports
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In the years up to 2015, the world needs to remain focused on securing as much progress as possible on the current set of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At the same time, discussions have already begun on the goals and targets that could build on and succeed the MDGs.
Discussions on any post-2015 development framework should start with an analysis of the present MDG agenda and its underlying approach, as well as assessment of what has worked and not worked. Any development framework for post-2015 must also take into account how the context for development has changed since the MDGs were agreed. It will need to consider climate change and environmental vulnerability, recent crises and volatility arising from economic globalisation, the changing nature of global governance, patterns of inequalities between and within countries, as well as trends relating to technology, demography, urbanisation, and migration, among others. Rio+20 can help establish a roadmap for the Post-2015 agenda (P15A) and also setting out the principles to guide the development of on which a post-2015 framework should be grounded. There is consensus on the need of having only one set of international development goals.
In the outcome document of the 2010 MDG Summit, Member States requested the Secretary General (SG) to initiate annual reporting on the activities, consultations and analytical work that needs to take place to inform the inter-governmental debate on the post-2015 UN development agenda. In this vein, the SG has requested UNDP and DESA to lead system-wide preparations for the post- 2015 UN development agenda, with support from all UN agencies and in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
It will be critically important that the vision for the world we want to live in – and any ensuing goals and targets – be informed by the perspectives of people from all parts of the world, including poor people. In setting out his vision for developing a post-2015 agenda, the SG announced that the UN will seek to be an advocate for and facilitator of a bottom-up and inclusive approach defined by national and local priorities. Within the UN system, the UN Development Group (UNDG) is well placed to make strong contributions to this effort, drawing on the resources of UN country teams.
As Chair of the UNDG, UN Development Programme (UNDP) is currently mobilising support around an initiative that aims to:
The evidence and perspectives generated through these activities listed above will be synthesised so as to feed into the work of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals that was agreed in the Rio + 20 outcome document, and the full intergovernmental process on options for a post-2015 development framework.
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Duties and Responsibilities | |
The Lead Author will be responsible for writing two reports that capture the outcome of the UNDG Post-2015 consultations, fully synthesizing and structuring the outputs of the various consultations. The first report will be published in early March 2013; the second in September 2013 in time for the opening session of the 68th UN General Assembly. The Lead Author will liaise with those responsible for overseeing the different consultations, and will report to the leader of UNDP’s team on post-2015.
The key results have an impact on the image, reputation and public image of the UN’s work and leadership on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Successful completion of the functions will enable an effective use of the knowledge generated by UN Country Teams and UNDG agencies.
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Competencies | |
Corporate:
Development understanding:
Communications and Outreach:
Partnership building and team work:
Advocacy:
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