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High Level Political Forum

Learn how to get involved in the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and engage with the 9 Major Groups to contribute to the sustainable development goals. Collaborate with Organizing Partners and work towards achieving a sustainable future.

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High Level Political Forum

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  1. High Level Political Forum https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf

  2. A new UN Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General A new WGG Champion in the new UN Deputy Secretary General 

  3. Maria LuizaRineiroViotti (Brazil) as his Chef de Cabinet and Kyung-wha Kang (South Korea)– New Position – Special Advisor on Policy

  4. Theme of the HLPF

  5. How to get involved? • The Division of Sustainable Development, through the Stakeholders Engagement Programme, collaborates closely with MGoS through a coordinating body of facilitators known as the Organizing Partners, comprised of accredited organizations that are invited to be facilitators between the Major Group constituencies and DSD. Organizing Partners are tasked with coordinating inputs and streamlining communications from their particular constituencies. 

  6. Stakeholder Engagement The 9 Major Groups Workers and Trade Unions Business and Industry Scientific and Technological Community Farmers • Women • Children and Youth • Indigenous Peoples • Non-Governmental Organizations • Local Authorities

  7. Organizing Partners https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/majorgroups/ngos • NGO Major Group – currently organizing administratively – now preparing for the HLPF Organizing Partners are Global OP (North) Daniel Perellat Bahi and Global OP (South): Alice Oluoko-OdingoSoroptimist International  Email: alice.odingo@soroptimistinternational.org, aaodingo@yahoo.com  • We also currently have five regional organizing partners who work to facilitate engagement in Africa (Paul Okumu,MasiiwaRusare,OluseyiOyebisi), and Asia (Beckie Malay), the Caribbean (Shantal Munro-Knight), Europe (LeidaRijnhout), and North America (Soon-Young Yoon). Please feel free to contact any of us with proposals, questions, or concerns.

  8. 10 January 2017 Major Group • The first NGO MG meeting of that year will be on 10 January at 11 AM eastern time (16:00 GMT). Both the physical and call-in locations are TBD, so stay tuned! However, I can tell you that we will be discussing issues related to how the clusters will be working towards ensuring that our report(s) to the HLPF are coherent and helpful. Come January, an agenda will be proposed and questions/comments can be inserted there to get the conversation started

  9. Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere • Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture • Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages • Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls • Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation • Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

  10. 40 Member states are presenting Voluntary National Reviews

  11. In how many countries have we WGG Members?

  12. What is the actual/real situation of girls in these 40 countries?

  13. In three languages • Completed an analysis of the Statement from the GA Opening in September http://www.together2030.org/en/

  14. Analysis of statement made at the opening of the General Assembly September 2016 • 40 Countries said that they had domesticated/made plans for implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development • Of the 40 countries doing the voluntary reviews the following 9 countries indicate that they have national plans • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Zimbabwe

  15. 15 countries flagged participation of Civil Society • Of our 9 countries there are 4 - El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia and Zimbabwe on the list for voluntary reviews

  16. http://action4sd.org • 3 Languages • Core Group – Organizations leading see next slide

  17. CIVICUS is the world alliance for citizen participation which has members in more than 170 countries and has incubated previous initiatives such as action/2015 and GCAP. • Climate Action Network International (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 950 NGOs in over 110 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. • Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a global civil society movement calling for an end to poverty and inequality, with national coalitions in 85 countries and regional coordination in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean and Europe. • International Forum of National NGO Platforms (IFP/FIP) is a network of 64 national development NGO platforms and 6 regional NGO coalitions • from 5 continents.

  18. http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgs/ • 4th Meeting of the IAEG-SDGos was held from 15 - 18 Nov 2016    Geneva, Switzerland United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  19. Indicator Classification • • Tier 1: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available and data regularly produced by countries. • • Tier 2: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available but data are not regularly produced by countries. • • Tier 3: Indicator for which there are no established methodology and standards or methodology/standards are being developed/tested.

  20. Statistical Commission

  21. WGG Statement for CSW ….

  22. Commissions feed into the HLPF • Regional Commissions too! • Voluntary National Reviews!

  23. And SDG’s for HLPF ??? • Living in Poverty • Without adequate Nutrition • Without access to Health Care • Experiencing gender based violence's – physical/emotional/psychological/harmful – FGM, Child Early and Forced Marriage, Breast Ironing, Girls who are trafficking, migrant/refugee girls/

  24. Thank you ! Winifred Doherty January 2017

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