¾ see the mdgs as a ‘good thing’ nearly 90% want a similar agenda post-2015
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CAFOD survey, 104 representatives from civil society organisations in 26 countries. ¾ see the MDGs as a ‘good thing’ nearly 90% want a similar agenda post-2015. UNECA survey 112 representatives from government, civil society & academia in 32 African countries. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
¾ see the MDGs as a ‘good thing’
nearly 90% want a similar agenda post-2015
CAFOD survey, 104 representatives from civil society organisations in 26 countries
UNECA survey112 representatives from government, civil society & academia in 32 African countries
‘Overwhelming majority agrees: • MDGs are important
priorities for our countries• They should feature in the
post-2015 agenda’
My World (Some 2 million people from 194 countries voted online)
The areas covered by the MDGs should ‘continue to be directly addressed
in the future agenda’
MDGs:
SDGs:
(draft)
18
169
DNA of MDGs
1. Clear
2. Concise
3. Computable
Post-2015 risks
1. Fuzziness
2. Overload
3. Non-measurability
‘To measure the unmeasurable constitutes an elaborate method of moving from preconceived notions to forgone conclusions’
‘Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Targets• Quantitative
• Contextual
• Clear
• Concrete/Precise
• Feasible
• Objective
Values/Principles• Qualitative
• Absolute
• Hazy
• Abstract/Vague
• Ideal
• Subjective
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Way forward Answer two vital questions
1. Why global targets?
2. Global Deal or Universal Agenda?• Nutrition• Youth unemployment• Gender discrimination• Climate Change
• Inequality
Of all the competing ends world leaders might
pursue beyond 2015, addressing high inequality
must come first.
About 2
50
US sites
‘Capital of the World’
or
‘A Workshop for Peace’ ?
John D. Rockefeller Jr. & son
‘…the search for a site proceeded without first determining
exactly what the new organization wanted
to build ’
Way forward Answer two vital
questions
Focus on narrative, not on targets
Set targets about ends, not about the means
Designate a ‘gatekeeper’
• Small group of member states taking global debate in another direction
• UN Secretariat playing more assertive role
How?
We must choose between two concepts for the organisation:
either as a ‘static conference machinery’
or as a ‘dynamic instrument for an organised world
community’
Prof. Paul Piff