Beyond2015

Campaigning for a global development framework
after the Millennium Development Goals

Vision

Revision number 22. Submitted by Gerard Vives on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 09:59

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This section provides a second draft of the Vision of the framework (see here and below). The original draft was developed using materials from civil society and other sources, including the Millennium Declaration, Civicus World Assembly declarations, material from the High Level Panel, inputs from human rights organisations and several other aspects of the Beyond 2015 campaign.
 

Vision statement (v.2.0)

Our vision is: An equitable and sustainable world where every person is safe, resilient, lives well, and enjoys their human rights. A world where political and economic systems deliver well-being for all people within the limits of our planet’s resources.

Consequently, it is a world where:

  • Human rights are realised: Where states, organisations and actors at all levels fulfill their responsibilities within human rights laws and frameworks so that all individuals can enjoy their equal human rights, including the right to participate in shaping their individual and collective future.
  • Poverty has been eradicated: Where the common good of all takes precedence over the interests of a tiny elite, and where all people have access to the resources they need for their personal and social development, supported by state and international policies and systems. 
  • The environment is safeguarded: Where the natural world is protected and planetary boundaries respected by all through environmentally sustainable economic systems, energy use and resource consumption.
  • There is social justice: Where there is equity of opportunity and outcomes for individuals across all countries, and where systems and structures ensure that every country and each individual has equal opportunities to fulfil their own potential within available planetary resources.
  • Peace, safety and security are a reality for all: Where institutions and systems resolve conflict effectively; promote peace and security through disarmament, abolition of nuclear weapons, and unfettered access to justice; and strengthen the resilience and capacity of communities and structures to reduce risk of disasters.

You can see the previous version (v. 1.0) of this statement here.

What now?

Whenever the satisfaction levels on these sections dip below 50%, this will trigger an automatic redraft. There will also be pre-established moments for rewriting, notably ahead of key advocacy moments (eg. January 2013 – ahead of the HLP report, June 2013 – ahead of the UN Special Event, and one further date to tie in with Open Working Group decision-making). You will find more information on this process in Beyond2015's Content Strategy here.

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Ken Bluestone, Age International
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 16:30
9
No changes, but please safeguard to ensure the inclusive nature of the statement is not undermined. We need to make sure that the vision genuinely refers and applies to 'all individuals'.
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Tracey Martin, EveryChild
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 14:14
8
'lives well' is very hard to define - the bullet points below help but might need to have another one for that - do we want everyone (i.e. rich people too) to live in a way that safeguards the planet/within the planet's means?
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Titus Alexander, Democracy Matters
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:17
10
This is an excellent vision but it needs a statement about decision-making power: how people can participate in shaping their individual and collective future in a world where power within and between nations is so unequal? I suggest adding one point that includes many of the criteria: "• Equitable and accountable decision-making: all institutions of global governance must be firmly based on the principles of open, accountable, equitable and inclusive decision-making; freedom, international law and respect for nature” This is the call of Charter 2020 for Global Democracy and Human Development (see : http://www.oneworldtrust.org/projects/53-citizen-participation/366-chart...), which calls on the UN General Secretary to appoint a High Level Action Group to ensure that all agencies are open and accountable by 2020. This may seem a small step, but it would make a huge difference, when today 60% of the Permanent Members of the Security Council represent European nations; one country, with less than 5% of world population, has a blocking veto in the World Bank and IMF, and countries with less than 20% of world population have 60% of the votes in the Bretton Woods Institutions and dominate decision-making at the UNFCCC and WTO. If the High Level Panel supported this one principle, it would make all other points in this vision easier to achieve. Without a change in decision-making powers, this vision depends on the goodwill of the most powerful nations to come about. By including a statement about decision-making powers, we are opening the door to many more possibilities.
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antony vijayaraj, Green N Gold
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 08:01
I fully agree with your vision and mission. It is a bit far fetched but it needs to be achieved. Together, we can create the world we like to see. I am confident we have the resources and interest required. Go for Green and reach the Gold for the people only to share it with others.
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Kurian Katticaren, ProAct
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 14:46
There is an important document those working on MDG Beyond 2015 would do well to resurrect - The UN Declaration of Development Rights. This is as complementary to the Declaration of Human Rights, as the Charter of Forests was to be the Magna Carta. I think that most of the high brow MDG activists refuse to see that poverty is more a political issue than a management question. I also think it is foolish to think that plutocratic states will have the political will to attack poverty. So I hope more work will be done on strengthening the civil society for giving voice to the marginalised, than hobnob with the high and mighty!
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Heloise Emdon, self
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 16:08
6
I headed a program called Innovation for Inclusive Development. Sadly the program was closed when there were Federal government cutbacks. This program was organised around getting a science, technology and innovation policy perspective to bring justice to STI policies and processes, especially in countries where these policies have lead to extreme inequality. Inclusion needs to be addressed by every institution.
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Nathan Cantley, Medsin-UK
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 14:35
8
I think it is a really good statement that uses a lot of good buzz words. Two buzzwords though that I thinkl are missing are 'Youth' and 'Partnership.' The idea of this being a framework with the global youth at its heart is i think crucial and incredibly important if we are to get away from the top-down nature of the MDGs. Following directly on from that is the idea that the new framework needs to have that partnership between govts and the people of the countries those governments represent. If only govts sign the new framework, then it fails at its first hurdle. And although the idea of marrying top down and bottom up approaches is alluded to in the first point on human rights I just feel that it needs to be said explicitly with the word partnership. Great overall though
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Nina Schneider, Alliance Sud
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 15:34
9
I would suggest adding a bullet point about the inclusion of the vulnerable. Diversity is realized: As wellbeing is no longer defined by economic growth, people living outside of the formalized job market enjoy budgetary support, acceptance and social safety nets upon their mere existence.
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Yemi Ayodele Ayeni, Treasure Magazine International
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 13:05
My rating is 9. I will like to ask about emphasis on reducing the level of illiteracy most especially in Africa provided this falls within the scope of the effort. To ascertain convincing stage of poverty alleviation, level of illiteracy must be reduced in a significant way.
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Kurian Katticaren, ProAct
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 05:36
Satifaction level 4. The vision is too eschatalogical! See Amartya Sen - The Idea of Justice - about the danger of aimingat perfect justice - impossibility theorm of Arrow, etc. The vision shoul dbe what we would like tos ee at the ned of Beyond 2015 (say in 2025!) I would want to see "enforceabe mechanisms" in place for justiciating development rights read along with human rights at international and national levels.
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METANG Paulette, BEYOND 2015 NGO's COALITION
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 12:21
10
I think this is an excellent vision but I would like you to add a statment on wellbeing of older people namely, as you know, passed documents or statments did'nt sufficiently hightlighted this issue. My second concern will be to promote intergenerational solidarity as the world is more and more aging
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