Post-2015 Agenda Workshop -UNYANET General Assembly Date: 10 Sept 2015 Time: 1700-1800 Venue: Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University UNITED NATIONS

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Post-2015 Agenda Workshop -UNYANET General Assembly

Date: 10 Sept 2015 Time: 1700-1800

Venue: Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University

UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK (UNYANET)- Amanda Yeo, Blog Editor – www.unyanet.org

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Introduce myself

• Malaysian • Graduated from Singapore

Institute of Management this year

• Studied University of London Economics and Finance degree

UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK (UNYANET)- Amanda Yeo, Blog editor - www.unyanet.org

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Experience

2013: Corporate trips (China, Hong Kong & Singapore) 2014: -Corporate trip in Taiwan -Summer school in King’s and Pembroke College Cambridge, UK-Young Entrepreneurship Program in Cambridge , UK 2015: -IPMT business training in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -Bayesian analysis course in National University of Singapore -Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Internship in Cathay Financial Holdings, Taiwan


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Contribution to


http://blog.unyanet.org/author/amandayeo/• Sustainable development goals -Goal 3 (Healthy lives) -Goal 6 (Water) -Goal 9 (Industrialization) • 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women2. Edit other volunteers’ articles 3. Do WHS questionnaires

1. Write articles

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Why 2015 matters?

UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK (UNYANET)- Amanda Yeo, Blog editor - www.unyanet.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BDIBRwQ88

Reference: Copenhagen Consensus Center: A better world by 2030- post-2015 development goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BDIBRwQ88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BDIBRwQ88

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From MDGs to SDGs

2010

• High Level Plenary Meeting on MDG review

2012

• Initiatives by UN Secretary-General

2013

• High-Level Panel Report (five big, transformative shift)


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Initiatives by UN Secretary-General1. UN System Task Team 60 UN agencies, “Realising the Future We Want for All” (May 2012)

2. High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons 27 leaders appointed 31 July 2012, “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development”

3. Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina J.Mohammed


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High-Level Panel Report (issued on 30 May 2013)

1. Leave no one behind 2. Put sustainable development at the core 3. Transform economies for jobs and inclusive

growth 4. Build peace and effective, open and

accountable institutions for all 5. Forge a new global partnership


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Other initiatives to achieve SDGs

• Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (June 2012) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Consultations 11 global thematic and several national consultations in 88 countries, United Nations Development Group (UNDG)

• Global Compact • Open Working Group (OWG) Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY)


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Upcoming event…


12:00 AMSeptember 25, 2015 — 12:00 AMSeptember 27, 2015

UN SUMMIT TO ADOPT POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDALocation: UNHQ New York, New York

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UN SUMMIT TO ADOPT POST-2015 DEVELOPMENTAGENDA convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly.


• More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda.

• This momentous agenda will serve as the launch pad for action by the international community and by national governments to promote shared prosperity and well-being for all over the next 15 years.

On September 25th 2015, 193 world leaders will commit to 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality & injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people.

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Why are new goals being adopted this year?


The Millennium Development Goals that were launched in 2000 set 2015 as the target year. Recognizing the success of the Goals – and the fact that a new development agenda was needed beyond 2015 – countries agreed in 2012 at Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals.After more than a year of negotiations, the Open Working Group presented its recommendation for the 17 sustainable development goals. In early August 2015, the 193 member states of the United Nations reached consensus on the outcome document of the new agenda “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

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Why are there so many goals?


There are 17 sustainable development goals with 169 targets in contrast to the 8 Millennium Development Goals with 21 targets. The complex challenges that exist in the world today demand that a wide range of issues is covered. It is, also, critical to address the root causes of the problems and not only of the symptoms.The sustainable development goals are the result of a negotiation process that involved the 193 UN member states and also unprecedented participation of civil society and other stakeholders. This led to the representation of a wide range of interests and perspectives. On the other hand, the MDGs were produced by a group of experts behind closed doors.

The goals are broad in scope because they will address the interconnected elements of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The MDGs focused primarily on the social agenda.

The MDGs targeted developing countries, particularly the poorest while the sustainable development goals will apply to the entire world, the rich and the poor.

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How to implement better?-with support of youth involvement


1. Participation- making the world a better place requires people’s engagement

Security guard voting for MY World survey in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago (Photo: A. Warner)

“It was my first experience to be given a chance to debatethe development priorities, and based on the documentson the voices of young people to be included.After listening to it and the participation, I thought, youngpeople can change the world if they are given a chance.We have to fight for that chance.”-Mukonga Parkens, a third-year student at Mukuba University, Zambia

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Young man bringing ideas to paper at UN Youth Consultation, Cambodia. (Photo: UN Cambodia)

2. Inclusion- A universal agenda means engaging all people at the local level3. Capacities- The fuel for implementation


Young people with disabilities discuss their participation in the decision-making process, Niksic, Montenegro (Photo: UN Montenegro, Milos Vujovic)


4. Multi-stakeholder partnerships- the glue for implementation

Two boys shaking hands at post-2015 workshop in Azuay, Ecuador (Photo: UNDP Ecuador)

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Youth involvement via…"We the People" feat. GET LIThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=ntRnq_U13Eo

• My World 2015 survey 5 thematic priorities: 1. Education 2. Employment and Entrepreneurship3. Health 4. Good Governance 5. Peace and Stability


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=ntRnq_U13Eo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=ntRnq_U13Eo

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• a

• Crowdsourcing Platform

• Global Call on Youth “Prioritizing Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”


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World Conference on Youth : Colombo Declaration on Youth

“Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015 Development Agenda”

ECOSOC Youth Forum


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The most important youthinvolvement for now is…

Transforming our world: Youth Speaks Uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?t=57&v=LqKhwcVqi9g -launched on 15 Jan 2015 -coalition of over 1,950 organisations around the world who are committed to fight for a better future 29,575,652 actions taken so farend poverty, inequality and climate change


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Germany…not yet the case • Large parts of the population are unaware of the unique opportunity to participate in the form of My World Survey DMUN eV untenable Solutions:

-Population should be informed and encouraged to participate in international politics (from projects, partners) We are to succeed a lot of attention for the sustainable development goals and a high turnout at the My World Survey achieve. In a formal ceremony, we will let reminisce together with project partners, sponsors, supporters and invited guests, the projects of the campaign and discuss the results of UN Climate Change Conference COP21 and the final vote of the General Assembly on the SDGsUNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK (UNYANET)- Amanda Yeo, Blog editor - www.unyanet.org

information campaign to the post-2015 agenda of the end of the year launched

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Finland is strongly committed to formulating the post-2015 development agenda

Solutions:

• Kehys: develop EU’s performance, contribute to the Finnish position and bring various stakeholders together to discuss what the post 2015 process means to them Europe day, World Village festival etc. became the public events to promote awareness

• Pay attention to fragile states, where achievementof the Millenniums Development Goals has posed the biggest challenges

The new development agenda should observe -The challenges brought on by climate change

-The multi-dimensional nature of poverty -The special challenges posed by fragile states


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Why Youth Matters

http://ugtimes.com/2015/06/featured/un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-why-youth-matters-today-more-than-ever/ As Ban Ki-moon said “You are leaders of today already. Raise your voice and claim your right! Whether political, social, economic, or educational!”


• 1.8 billion young people • 90% live in developing countries • >500 million youth aged 15-24 live on less than $2 a day • 75 million youth unemployed, and more than 600 million jobs need to be

generated globally • In developing countries, 1 in 3 girls is married before her 18th birthday

http://ugtimes.com/2015/06/featured/un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-why-youth-matters-today-more-than-ever/




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Resources • www.worldwewant2015.org• www.un.org/youthenvoy• http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/ • www.youthpost2015.org • https://crowdsourcing.itu.int• http://1world1future1chance.de/ • http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/unga14/post2015.pdf • http://

formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276673&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

• http://lapas.lv/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Feedback-report-on-post-2015-agenda_LV_EST_FIN_LT.pdf UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK (UNYANET)- Amanda Yeo, Blog editor - www.unyanet.org

http://www.worldwewant2015.org/

http://www.un.org/youthenvoy

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/

http://www.youthpost2015.org/

https://crowdsourcing.itu.int/

http://1world1future1chance.de/

http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/unga14/post2015.pdf

http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/unga14/post2015.pdf

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276673&contentlan=2&culture=en-US



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