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Essential must haves – leadership

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2015 is the end of the timeline for the Millennium Development Goals. This presents an opportunity for the world to adopt a twin track approach of ensuring the MDGs are met by 2015, while at the same time creating a post 2015 global development framework. The Beyond 2015 campaign has convened a global dialogue on the essential must-haves that would need to be met in order for any new framework to be considered legitimate. It is important that these discussions do not divert resources from the delivery of the MDGs.

This is an open, inclusive and on-going conversation. The must-haves are based on workshops at the World Social Forum, a global consultation process with members of Beyond 2015 in almost 50 countries, consultation with NGOs and interested academics, and research undertaken in collaboration with Southern partners. Beyond 2015 recognises and welcomes other related initiatives aiming to advance thinking on a post 2015 agenda, and looks forward to continued collaboration and dialogue with interested groups.

Who leads, who owns and who implements?

a) The UN is the only legitimate and representative global governance structure and must lead the process.

b) The process must not be led by the G20, G8, OECD or any other non-representative global forum.

c) National governments must have primary ownership of, and accountability for the framework and its delivery. Governments should make use of local expertise, but must also be able to request external expertise without sacrificing control of their development strategy, and international institutions must respect and support, as appropriate to their mandate, existing national development frameworks.

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Erica Carroll, Christian Aid
Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 09:02
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I think that if we were to change this document it might include something about how the process must be UN-led, but welcomes input from other bodies and sectors (such as private sector)...so long as those voices do not have more influence than civil society.
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Raad Ali Mohammed Ahmed, Aljawf Women Organization
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 17:39
Aljawf Women Organization for Development want to participate in the programs of the Millennium Development in 2015 where it works in the field of development and combating poverty and service of women Kind Regards. Thank you Raad Ali Mohammed-Yemen 011967-771203037
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L Williams, Concord
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 08:54
Thanks for letting us know - I'll email you directly! Leo Wiliams Chair Beyond 2015
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Ashok Bharti, National Confederation of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR)
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 03:49
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I think, it is not advisable to leave everything to the Governments. It has been observed that Governments across the globe are run and managed by the ruling elites, which in general come from the historically advanced sections of the society. Victims of poverty,social exclusion and development deprivation hardly find space to influence the policies created by the ruling elites. This results in continuation of a development paradigm which made MDGs unachievable. It is, therefore, important to provide critical space to those who have been historically at the margins of development paradigm and face the consequences of underdevelopment in the form of poverty, hunger, wide spread health risk and hopeless delivery in education and other essential services. Therefore, voice of the VICTIMS and their organisations need to be the central in all mechanisms suggested or adopted. Ashok Bharti, Convener, Task Force on Social Exclusion, GCAP
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L Williams, Concord
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 08:56
Ashok So you agree that it is crucial to have a meaningful consultation process which engages civil society and the voices of the poor in a meaningful way? Have you seen the legitimacy must haves?
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Amy Pollard, CAFOD
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 14:17
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I'd agree with Ashok about the representation of poor and marginalised groups in government structures. We should add in some text supporting civil society space within nationally owned planning processes. It would also be good to specify an appropriate role that the G8, G20, OECD could play (other than leading it, obviously!). They are potentially an important and valuable part of the process - so long as this is carefully managed.
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Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 16:48
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I agree with some of what has already been said by others in terms of national governments. Working on aid and development effectiveness, our concept of "ownership" is a bit broader and framed within the context of democratic ownership that includes CSOs, local government, parliamentarians, an open media and the private sector. See "CSOs on the Road to Busan", ask (A) - http://betteraid.org/en/member-downloads/doc_download/275-csoasks.html
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L Williams, Concord
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 08:59
Fraser Agreed - we have tried to capture this in the Legitimacy Must Haves - have you seen this section?
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Graham Long, Politics Dept., Newcastle University
Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 09:15
(1) Does recognising state and inter-state institutions here as the leaders, owners and implementers diminish the potential for an extensive role for civil society (and business) actors? (2)The UN might be said to be legitimate or representative vis-a-vis states, without being representative or legitimate in respect of citizens. There's no mention of individuals here at all: I think that whether this is a problem or not depends on the larger issue of the strategy you want to pursue here. Might it be a shortcoming, that an approach aimed at the wellbeing of (and justice for) individuals across the world doesn't link the leading role of governments and the UN to their responsibilities to individual human beings?
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L Williams, Concord
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 09:01
Graham Have you looked at the Legitimacy Must Haves? Do you feel that the role of civil society and individuals is not covered, to some extent, here?
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Kiringai Kamau, VACID Africa Institute
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 09:50
When we say that National Governments must have primary ownership, what we must follow this one up by creating our envisaged conceptual framework that will make the governance structures at the national level representative. It is important to highlight the power of the grassroots economic organizations. Their integration into the national framework through ICTs, the economic and organizational power of the value chains that drive the local economy is necessary. It is not sufficient to mention poverty without identifying the critical metrics that drive it food and nutrition, education and knowledge and income ably driven by value chain opportunities that depend on what people do at their local level. I have been working with the poor addressing this and our model of aquaculture, value addition, agribusiness and knowledge (AVAAK) has turned out well for those that have embraced it. We must integrate pro-poor payment e-payment and m-payment solutions driven by localized investments of the people in the AVAAK centres. The savings that people get from unnecessary international travel to create yet more reports on poverty should provide the credit pool from which to borrow for sustainable development
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Jeffrey Newman, Earth Charter
Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 10:01
The Earth Charter http://www.earthcharter.org is a UN-inspired Declaration of 16 Principles and 61 sub-principles for a just, sustainable and peaceful global society. It does not set targets but provides a holistic framework. The Charter has four foundational pillars: Care and Respect for the Community of life; Ecological integrity; social and economic justice and democracy, non-violence and peace. The text is vested in world figures in all five continents and has been adopted by UNESCO and thousands of individuals and organisations. In 2015 a global exercise undertaken by the Beyond 2015 Campaign, in conjunction with the EC International Council based at the UN university of Peace in Costa Rica should take place to ensure that the document (which was launched in 2000 after a similar global exercise) still meets the needs of our planet..
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Jeffrey Newman, Earth Charter
Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 10:03
The Earth Charter http://www.earthcharter.org is a UN-inspired Declaration of 16 Principles and 61 sub-principles for a just, sustainable and peaceful global society. It does not set targets but provides a holistic framework. The Charter has four foundational pillars: Care and Respect for the Community of life; Ecological integrity; social and economic justice and democracy, non-violence and peace. The text is vested in world figures in all five continents and has been adopted by UNESCO and thousands of individuals and organisations. In 2015 a global exercise undertaken by the Beyond 2015 Campaign, in conjunction with the EC International Council based at the UN university of Peace in Costa Rica should take place to ensure that the document (which was launched in 2000 after a similar global exercise) still meets the needs of our planet..
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Jeffrey Newman, Earth Charter
Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 10:06
The Earth Charter http://www.earthcharter.org is a UN-inspired Declaration of 16 Principles and 61 sub-principles for a just, sustainable and peaceful global society. It does not set targets but provides a holistic framework. The Charter has four foundational pillars: Care and Respect for the Community of life; Ecological integrity; social and economic justice and democracy, non-violence and peace. The text is vested in world figures in all five continents and has been adopted by UNESCO and thousands of individuals and organisations. In 2015 a global exercise undertaken by the Beyond 2015 Campaign, in conjunction with the EC International Council based at the UN university of Peace in Costa Rica should take place to ensure that the document (which was launched in 2000 after a similar global exercise) still meets the needs of our planet..
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Azuka Menkiti, ActionAid Nigeria
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:01
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I am impressed with the momentum in the discussion on what happens after 2015 and how to ensure that the existing gaps and challeneges we are experiencing in achieveing the MDG are addressed. As the Head of Policy, Campaign and communications of ActionAid Nigeria, we are already engaging on how to develop alternative development strategies that will move the Nigerian government on the path of sustainable development.
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