Peace, Security & Post-2015
The role of civil society
Our Homework...
- Make sure that you or the relevant person in your organisation is on the Beyond 2015 and the ETF GOOGLE GROUPS.
- What's coming up in the ETF:
- Thematic Drafting Teams
- Comment on draft documents
- Receive briefings and advocacy tools
- ETF meeting (10-11 December 2013, tbc)
What's coming up in the Beyond 2015 campaign
- Webinar "Lead with the leaders"
- Calls for volunteers
- Legitimacy barometer
- Engagement strategy
- Report "forensics"...
- Next phase of the VPVC...
Structure
CONCORD
A Working Group...
14 members (7 NPs, 7 NWs)
Gathering Inputs
And now WHAT
First ETF meetings
- National Deliberation in Ireland
- National Deliberation in the UK -> BOND Beyond2015 UK Hub
- Other National Events in Denmark, France, Spain, Cyprus...
- Sub-regional Deliberation in the EU-12
- August 2011
- November 2011: Adoption of the ETF vision
Putting our thoughts in order
First National Deliberations
- Pan-European Workshop (May, 2012)
- EC Consultation on Post-2015 -> joint submission
- Towards an ETF Position -> 5 Thematic WGs
Beyond what???
250 European CSOs, GG, 2 F2F x year
...and the support of 1/2
...a budget
With a Board-approved ToR
What have we been up to?
- Membership
- Geographic scope
Beyond
NGDOs
Other NGO
sectors
the Campaign's Regional Hub
for
Europe
Trade Unions
BEYOND2015
Academia
Richness of voices and expertise
Influencing -along with NHs- European policy and decision makers
Gathering the views of European CSOs
Developing common European messages
THE OFFICIAL PROCESS 2013-2015
PRESIDENT OF THE UNGA
OPEN WORKING GROUP
EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FINANCING
Thematic Events "Setting the Stage"
Debates until February 2014
Drafting report from Feb-Aug 2014
Beyond 2015
Report ready by August 2014 (tbc)
The
European
Task Force (ETF)
REPORT OF THE UNSG
Sept 2014
INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
Sept 2014 - Sept 2015
High Level Summit
Sept-2015
A Post-2015 FW is adopted
How do we do it?
Diverse yet united
CSO-led National Deliberations
What is the ETF?
Input to UN Thematic consultations
- A global, overarching, cross-thematic framework succeeds the MDGs.
- The process is participatory, inclusive and responsive to the voices of those directly affected by poverty and injustice.
Content Dialogue
"VPVC"
What does the ETF do?
Participate
Building capacities,
opening spaces
What next?
Influencing
State of Play
ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO:...
- High Level Panel: dead or alive?
- UNSG synthesis report
- UNTT Consultations
- Open Working Group
- UNGA thematic sessions
- African Union debate, G77 dynamic
- G7+, New Deal
- Broadening the coalition
Ensure the adoption of the best possible
Post-2015 Agenda
- ... draw lessons from the MDGs experience
• ... improve what worked and replace what didn't
- ... renew our very idea of development
What needs to happen...
- Redefining dev - the holistic reality
- moving from the charity approach to a RBA
Develop our THINKING and key ASKS
- embracing a new definition of poverty
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Engage in and Contribute to other Key Processes
A three-pronged approach : NL+NY+EU
From the ETF's point of view:
- Political Narrative
- EP Elections
- EYD 2015
- Broad FFD conversation
National Hubs in Europe:
Dk, Fi, Ie, It, Se, UK + some of other 8 OECD hubs
cunderwood@international-alert.org
@chris_underwood
www.international-alert.org
www.beyond2015.org