Olav Kjorven on a mission to "recruit" Wall Street Journal reporters: convince them on #MDGs and #post2015

With MDGs set to expire in 2015: UNDP leadership is trying to set new mandates and expand their agendas

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Helen Clark talked to the Harvard School of Public Health about global health and what lessons we can learn from the Millenium Development Goals, set to expire in 2015.

BOSTON, Massachusetts—Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program, spoke at the Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health on Thursday, January 15.

Clark spoke about addressing social determinants of health, and the need to look at health and environment in the promotion of sustainable development. She also discussed what we can learn from the Millennium Development Goals, which are set to expire in 2015. Here are some highlights from her talk.

UNDP Senegal: post 2015 Development Framework

UNDP: Statement by the United Nations Development Programme, on post-2015 development framework to take shape in Senegal

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Representatives from government, regional and international bodies, the private sector and civil society from across Africa are gathering today in Dakar to discuss top priorities to be included in the global development framework beyond 2015, which will be debated at the UN General Assembly in September 2013.

While efforts continue across Africa to achieve the time-bound Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this two-day forum is part of unprecedented consultations to build a collective vision, to be endorsed by African Ministers and ratified by Heads of State at the African Union’s May 2013 Summit.

Development Programme : African post-2015 dialogue launched with call for governance to build global transformational change

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10/12/2012| 12:57pm US/Eastern

12 October 2012


Midrand, South Africa - As part of the global United Nations-led post-2015 development agenda consultations, the first in a series of dialogues on governance, including accountability by governments, concluded in South Africa today.

Ahead of the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this forum opens UN-led consultations with a wide cross-section of society on how governance can be integrated into the world's future development framework.

Involving an unprecedented consultation process, national dialogues with governments, civil society, the private sector, academia and other stakeholders will be held in at least 50 developing countries by early 2013, complemented by global consultations on key themes, including governance, food security, health, education and inequality.

Supported by the Government of Germany, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), dialogues on governance will be held in different regions around the world over the coming months.

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Looking past the MDGs towards a new global agenda

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Members of the High-Level panel discuss the future global agenda. Photo credit: Kristoffer Sorbo

The deadline to meet the Millennium Developmental Goals is only three years away, causing many UN officials to reflect. The ability to achieve these goals is still a matter of much debate, as countries who have pledged help are now falling short of in their promises.

However, the question raised during this year’s General Assembly is the matter of what should be done once the deadline has been reached and the goals (ideally) met? This was the matter at hand for the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda held at UNHQ on September 25.
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Japan, the panel was composed of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark, Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina J. Mohammed, and led by Minister of Foreign Affairs in Japan Koichiro Gemba. While there was importance placed on the fulfillment of the MDGs by the allotted time, the event was meant to invite high-level stakeholders, NGOs, and private foundations to discuss and establish a new global agenda, hopefully to be built upon the success of the MDGs...

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Armut aus der Villa bekämpfen

Hollands Ex-Entwicklungshilfeministerin Eveline Herfkens erfreut sich gerade anhaltend negativer Publizität. Die Sozialdemokratin wurde von ihrer Regierung nach New York geschickt, um dort im Auftrag der UNO einen Beitrag im Kampf gegen die Armut zu leisten.

In wenigstens einem Fall ist ihr das auch gelungen - es handelt sich allerdings um ihre eigene Person. Sie strich gegen die Regeln der UNO aus dem niederländischen Staatshaushalt ca. 280.000 Dollar Miet-Subventionen ein - die sie nun nicht zurückbezahlen will. Aussenminister Maxime Verhagen will sie möglicherweise verklagen.

Jetzt wird sie auch noch verspottet. Die Zeitschrift “Weekend” zeigt ein Foto von einer “rauchenden grauen Dame” (De Telegraaf), die voller Entschlossenheit im Kampf gegen die Armut in einem VW-Beatle “bei einer beachtlichen Villa in einem Naturgebiet von Washington” vorfährt. Die Villa soll angeblich 1,5 Millionen Dollar wert sein. Wer den Schaden hat…