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"A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AFTER 2015" 29 APRIL 2015

MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PALAZZO PARISIO, TRIQ IL- MERKANTI, VALLETTA, MALTA

Post-2015 Development Agenda

The Post-2015 Agenda is a United Nations-led process to help define the future global development framework that will succeed the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and will follow up on the

• utcome of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. The Post-2015 Agenda will address the

challenges like:

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poverty

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hunger, food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture

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health and well-being

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education

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gender equality and women's empowerment

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water and sanitation

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energy

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inclusive and sustainable growth, employment and decent work

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infrastructure, sustainable industrialisation and innovation

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inequality

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cities and human settlements

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sustainable consumption and production patterns

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climate change

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• ceans, seas and marine resources

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terrestrial ecosystems, forests, desertification, land degradation and biodiversity

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peaceful and inclusive societies, access to justice and accountable institutions

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means of implementation and the global partnership for sustainable development

Sept 2015 Summit NY

Post-2015 Outcome to be comprised of four elements:

1.A political declaration 2.Goals and Targets 3.Means of Implementation and the Global Partnership 4.Monitoring, Accountability and Review

What happens Next:

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The wide consultations with stakeholders and intergovernmental negotiations that have taken place to date will culminate in a special Summit on sustainable development at the United Nations in September 2015, where world leaders will be asked to agree to the new agenda, including a set of Sustainable Development Goals.

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Prior to the September Summit in New York, the international community will gather for the third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, in July 2015. The Conference is expected to lay out how the newly proposed post-2015 framework could be implemented through both financial and non-financial “means of implementation”. This reflects the fact that, in order to successfully put the post-2015 framework into practice, it will need both the right policies and adequate financial means at a number of different levels (ODA financing, private sector participation, international development banks, civil society empowerment, etc.).

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Agreement on the post-2015 agenda will also have important implications for negotiations for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December.

Proposal from the UN General Assembly's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts* Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Goal 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Goal 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Goal 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation *Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 1. Overarching principles  2. Key components  3. Monitoring, Accountability and Review  4. The Way Forward

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 1. Overarching principles  2. Key components  3. Monitoring, Accountability

and Review

 4. The Way Forward

• New transformative spirit of solidarity and

cooperation;

• Based on the principles of shared

responsibility, mutual accountability and respective capacity. Countries at all stages

• f development must engage with and take

responsibility for its implementation;

• Integrate three dimensions of sustainable

development:

• 1. Leave nobody behind;
• 2. Achieve greater prosperity in an

inclusive manner;

• 3. Increase capital to achieve greater

resilience and secure future generations’ livelihoods;

• Go beyond traditional channels of
• cooperation. Promote more effective and

inclusive forms of multi-stakeholder partnerships (ex: civil society);

• Focus on achieving measurable, concrete

and sustainable results that contribute directly to agreed goals and targets.

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 1. Overarching principles  2. Key components  3. Monitoring, Accountability

and Review

 4. The Way Forward

• 1. Enabling and conducive policies

(including PCD)

• 2. Capacity building
• 3. Domestic public finance
• 4. International public finance
• 5. Trade
• 6. Science, technology and

innovation

• 7. Private sector
• 8. Migration

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 1. Overarching principles  2. Key components  3. Monitoring, Accountability

and Review

 4. The Way Forward

Monitoring, Accountability and Review (MAR) is imperative to implementation

• f the Post-2015 agenda, specifically

the achieving of its Goals and Targets. Malta and its EU partners fully support a single MAR process for the Financing for Development and Post-2015 procuresses.

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 1. Overarching principles  2. Key components  3. Monitoring, Accountability

and Review

 4. The Way Forward

• 1. Third Financing for

Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July 2015

• 2. UN Summit in New York in

September 2015 The outcomes from both will contribute to the 21st COP in Paris in December 2015. EU and MS to continue to develop positions during the ongoing negotiations, to enable the EU to speak with one voice.

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 Malta’s holistic priorities  Post-2015 Framework must be ambitious, focus on sustainability (SDGs)

and be implementable;

 We no longer live in a Monterrey global scenario*. We need to move

away from a North-South dependence. Post-2015 needs to be a universal commitment;

 ODA, while important, cannot be the sole means of financing

• implementation. Innovative financing is key; the private sector needs to

be incentivised to play a greater role;

 Civil Society as an equal partner.  A single process. Malta joins the rest of the EU in calling for the

Financing for Development and Post-2015 processes to be integrated. The former should enable and implement the latter.

* The Monterrey Consensus was the outcome of the 2002 Monterrey Conference. It is based on a very different international economic reality from that of today and was founded on a global North-to-South funnelling of development assistance. The Post-2015 process takes place at a time where middle-income / developing countries’ economies are growing rapidly. The scope is for responsibility for implementation of the post-2015 to be shared by all, rather than just the global North. As such, it is to be a truly ‘Universal’ commitment where all countries will need to make efforts for the global good.

Commission Communication February 2015: "A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015"

 Malta’s thematic priorities  Migration: Migration is intrinsically interlinked with development. It is an

enabler for sustainable development when managed properly, but can also be an inhibitor (brain drain) and effect of a lack of development progress (Mediterranean South -> North migration);

 Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Such states are the most

vulnerable and in the most need of international development assistance. Many are in Malta’s immediate neighbourhood;

 Post-2015 needs to shift greater responsibility for implementation on to

Middle Income Developing Countries. Emerging economies must play a greater role (shift away from the North-South dynamic);

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