Validation Workshop India National Consultation Post -2015 Development Agenda New Delhi

1. Validation Workshop India National Consultation Post -2015 Development Agenda New Delhi 19 March 2013

2. India’s National Consultation on the post 2015 global development agenda is based on structured dialogues The aim of the consultation is to seek views from nine constituencies on the new global development agenda. The methodology has been standardized. National conveners have been asked to use a set of 25 guiding questions grouped into four sections: 1) the changing global context; 2) the national context; 3) development in India; and 4) the elements of the new framework. A report summarizing the findings of each constituency has been prepared by the conveners in preparation for today's validation workshop and for inclusion in the annexes of the National Consultation Report. Participation has been broad. Seventy-seven consultations have been held in 24 States and Union Territories and included more than 980 organizations representing an estimated 10 million people. “I feel empowered to be part of this group. It is now my responsibility to take back what I have seen and learnt.” (Youth, North East)

3. The India National Consultation Report will be based on the main outcomes of the Consultations The Validation Workshop brings together all of the national conveners to identify the key principles for inclusion in the India National Consultation report. The India National Consultation Report, which will focus on the main outcomes of the Validation Workshop and will include detailed annexes submitted by the conveners, will be submitted by the UN Resident Coordinator.

4. During this session, colleagues will reflect on the consultative process • What was good about the process • What didn't work as well as it should have • What would have made the process better • Are there opportunities to continue to be part of the global process

5. During this session, conveners will present their main findings Convenerswill share their recommendations grouped into four sections: • the changing global context • the national context • development in India • the new post 2015 development framework

6. Participants in the national consultations have suggested that the new global development agenda should: • reconfirm the rights-based commitments in the Millennium Declaration • elevate the reduction of social and economic inequality, particularly for the bottom 20 percent, as the overall aim of the new framework • promote sustainable development by setting clear targets for economic growth and job creation, particularly for youth, in a new goal • help people break out of poverty by setting clear targets for guaranteed decent work, skills development and social protection safety-nets • help people break the cycle of poverty by setting clear targets for universal access to quality healthcare and quality basic education • help reduce gender inequality by setting clear targets for women’s empowerment in a new goal and a commitment to women’s equality in all goals • help protect the environment by setting clear targets to mitigate climate change in a new goal • help manage natural resources and reduce hunger by linking water, energy and food security in a new goal

7. Participants in the national consultation have drawn attention to the importance of: • including a commitment to inclusive and responsive governance as a primary responsibility of all governments • including global standards of accountability in the new framework which can be nationally monitored through disaggregated data • defining commitments, particularly financial and environmental commitments, in a way which reflects shared but differentiated responsibility among developed and developing countries

8. During this session, colleagues will break into working groups and identify top recommendations in four areas Group One Changing Global Context Facilitated by Research Institutes Group Two National Context Facilitated by Women’s Associations Group Three Development in India Facilitated by Trade Unions Group Four Post 2015 Development Framework Facilitated by Civil Society Groups are asked to discuss and identify five to seven top recommendations and observations and then to present these to the plenary.