Headline: Need for Broad Participation: IASS and Partners Discuss Options for Successful Implementation of Post-2015 Development Agenda at UN

In September, UN Member States will agree on a Post-2015 Development Agenda and adopt a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs). To ensure the successful implementation of the SDGs at national level, effective follow-up and review mechanisms are required. These mechanisms are due to be negotiated this week at the United Nations. In the run-up to the negotiations, the IASS organised a high-level event, together with its partners, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Biovision Foundation and the Millennium Institute. More than 60 representatives of politics, science and civil society attended the event in New York on 12 and 13 May. It built on discussions at the 3rd Global Soil Week about the sustainability of the SDGs and the need for coordination at national level in order to resolve any conflicts of interest inherent in the SDGs.

Detailed Report on the “High-Level Event on Follow-up and Review Mechanisms for Natural Resource Management and Governance to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” published by the Reporting Service of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

20.05.2015