2015 ECOSOC National Voluntary Presentations 1 UN Development

2015 ECOSOC National Voluntary Presentations 1

UN Development Agenda § UN conferences and summits generated: § § § shared vision of development: the Development Agenda groundwork for time-bound goals and targets The Development Agenda encompass interlinked issues ranging from: § poverty reduction, gender, social integration, health, population, employment and education to human rights, sustainable development, finance and governance 2

Achieving the UNDA n Reviewing progress of the United Nations Development Agenda at the national, regional and global levels n Member States: pursuing the UNDA through National Development Strategies (NDS) n UN system: supporting countries with UNDA implementation 3

Key 2015 NVP-related Events n 2015 ECOSOC “Managing the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainable development goals: What will it take” n Key ongoing inter-governmental processes, including the follow-up to Rio+20 and preparations for universal post-2015 development agenda n The Rio+20 mandate calls on ECOSOC to play a "key role in achieving a balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development" 4

2015 National Voluntary Presenters n Member States report on progress made towards UN development agenda, with a possible emphasis on: n n n integration challenges opportunities solutions 5

NVP: Connecting National and Global Efforts Five Phases of Implementation: The Development Sequence 6

NVP Process n Prepare a draft national report n n n Organize a national workshop and/or hold national consultative dialogues to discuss the report Evaluate policies, programmes and practices Seek examples of best practices, success stories and replicable initiatives Identify challenges, problems and bottlenecks Finalize a national report Make a presentation during the ECOSOC Highlevel Segments 7

NVP Preparations: Examples lessons-learned n Lessons could be drawn both from successes and challenges – good practices and not-sogood ones n Multi-stakeholder consultations could be undertaken to enrich the review 8

NVP Presentation Content 9

NVP Presentation n Clear structure n Short and sharp key messages n Specific examples 10

NVP Presentation Outline I. One or two key policy successes and lessons-learned II. One or two key policy challenges and constraints III. Key emerging challenges and opportunities IV. Country actions and regional and international responses 11

I. Key Policy Successes and Lessons-learned n Select one or two policies in which the country has made progress towards sustainable development n Analyze how the policies have contributed to this achievement 12

II. Key Policy Challenges and Constraints n Select one or two areas of MDG implementation where the country has had less success n Analyze the problems and challenges n Identify key policies to accelerate achievement 13

III. Emerging Challenges and New Opportunities n Identify the principle emerging challenge n Identify the principle new opportunity 14

IV. Further implementation n Country Actions & Regional and International Support n Planned country actions n Policies to ensure that activities can be sustained n Resources required n Identify partnerships n Support by regional and international development partners 15

NVP Audience n n n Member States International and regional organizations, from within and outside of the UN system Civil society and private sector organizations accredited to attend ECOSOC Audience familiar with the global sustainable development policy framework Media, Webcast 16

Role of NVP Reviewers n Two to three NVP reviewers to be selected by the NVP country from other Member States n Review the analysis and pose questions n Initiate the discussion on NVPs following the presentation 17

Presentation Scenario n n Cabinet Minister – 10 -15 minutes Up to two accompanying presenters – three minutes each Moderated inter-active discussion, beginning with NVP reviewers Interventions limited to three minutes, followed by responses from the delegation 18

NVP Follow-up n n Content added to 2015 NVP summary report and “Development strategies that work” website National meeting organized by NVP country after the ECOSOC HLS on follow-up actions Regional follow-up meetings Report to ECOSOC on actions taken since NVP 19