Publications
Reviewing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and Partnerships - A Proposal for a Multi-level Review at the High level Political Forum
Publication Year: 2015 Publisher: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Multi-stakeholder partnerships
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Background
In September 2015, the heads of state and government of the United Nations (UN) Member States are scheduled to decide on the Post-2015 agenda. This is to include not only a list of universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but also a mechanism for monitoring and review. What would the review mechanism have to look like to contribute to the implementation of sus-tainable development?
Up to now, the UN has had almost no means at its disposal to effectively motivate or urge Member States to implement sustainable development measures. In the case of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, deadline 2015), for example, the UN mainly utilized procedures for data collection and monitoring. The Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), introduced in 2005, was celebrated as an important achievement, but is in reality a rather weak instrument.
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was launched in July 2013 to pro-vide political leadership and guidance, and to work towards a global transformation to sustainable devel-opment. But how should it go about actually playing this role? An important element of its work will be the review mechanism envisioned under the HLPF mandate, which is set to replace the AMR starting in 2016.
Up to now, the UN has had almost no means at its disposal to effectively motivate or urge Member States to implement sustainable development measures. In the case of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, deadline 2015), for example, the UN mainly utilized procedures for data collection and monitoring. The Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), introduced in 2005, was celebrated as an important achievement, but is in reality a rather weak instrument.
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was launched in July 2013 to pro-vide political leadership and guidance, and to work towards a global transformation to sustainable devel-opment. But how should it go about actually playing this role? An important element of its work will be the review mechanism envisioned under the HLPF mandate, which is set to replace the AMR starting in 2016.
