Post-2015Development Agenda

Emerging Cross-Cutting ThemesDecember 5, 2013

Emerging Cross-Cutting Themes

• Review of current activities

• Cross-cutting approaches to

• Health

• Education and Employment

• Water and Food Security

• Growing interest in financing for development

Multiple Reports• Multiple and competing reports

• HLPF and SDSN reports early in year

• Reports from UNDG, UNSG and UN NGLS in August and September

• This last being Advancing Regional Recommendations for the Post2015 DA

• Discussed at MDG Summit and other September events at UN General Assembly

OWG has determined that:

•Major Groups may participate

•UN Technical Support Team briefs on energy, macroeconomic policy questions, and sustained and inclusive economic growth, infrastructure development and industrialization

OWG Process

•Session 4: 17 to 19 June

•Employment and decent work for all, social protection, youth, education and culture

•Health and population dynamics

•Poverty eradication emphasis

Fifth Session OWG Process

• Session 5: 25 to 27 November

• Sustained and inclusive economic growth

• Macroeconomic policy questions, including international trade, international financial system and external debt sustainability

• Infrastructure development and industrialization, including energy

Sixth Session OWG Process

• Session on 9-13 December 2013

• Means of implementation, global partnership for achieving sustainable development, human rights

• The needs of countries in special situations

• Science, technology and innovation, knowledge sharing and capacity building

Sustainable Development Financing

• Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing August and again on 2 to 6 Dec

• Assessing financing needs, existing instruments and additional initiatives

• Three clusters – financing, mobilization, and institutional arrangements

• Steering Committee of Non-State Actors – four from Major Groups, four from Financing for Development Constituency - two civil society and two private sector

Consensus

• Vision of poverty eradication and universal human development

o Dynamic and resilient economies

o Healthy and resilient environment

o Sustained and sustainable social and economic progress

o Multi-dimensional approach encompassing a cross-cutting objective

Broad Support

• Poverty eradication

• Employment

• Education

• Health

• Water and sanitation

• Food security

• Universal attainment of a social development threshold

Health in Post-2015

• International organizations

o WHO in the lead but also UNICEF, FAO and UN General Assembly

• NGOs

o NCD Alliance (WHF, IDF, IUCC and others)

o International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Roll Back Malaria

o Handicap International, HelpAge International

o Save the Children, World Vision international

• Foundations

o Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation, GAVI Alliance

Health NGO Strategy Meeting

• Convened by NCD Alliance, UN Foundation and International HIV/AIDS Alliance

• Over 35 NGOs participated – from MNCH, nutrition, ageing, disability as well as core groups

• Identify opportunities for collaboration and joint advocacy

• Debate over role of universal health coverage

o Goal versus enabler

o WHO and World Bank process on metrics

• Integrating health across other dimensions of sustainable development

Health in Post-2015

• Single, overarching health goal

o Maximize health at all stages of life

o Maximize health life expectancy

o Quality of life of those with disabilities

• Universal health coverage

o Access to quality basic health services

o Health promotion, prevention and treatment

o Protection from illness and disability

Health in Post-2015

• Integration into all three dimensions of sustainable development

• Health sensitive indicators throughout – new position paper

o Inclusive economic growth

o Sustainable industrialization

o Decent employment, a healthy workforce,

o Gender equality and inclusive economic growth

o Infrastructure, trade, financial stability

o Energy, water, sanitation and climate change