EDD2013 Thematic Programme on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
This year's edition of the European Development Days (26-27 November 2013) is approaching. Under the broader theme Towards a New Partnership for Development, the below panel discussions, project presentations and workshops on financing beyond ODA should be part of the programme.
New Story for Development. A New Story by and for All?
Development Education: Still Useful? Does Development Education and Awareness Raising Work?
Engineering a Data Revolution. Acting Together for Better Statistics and Better Decisions
Young voices fo Inclusive Governance: Implications for the post-2015 Framework
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New Story for Development. A New Story by and for All?
Brainstorming
These are challenging times for the fight against poverty and injustice.
Concord – representing 1800 development organisations – needs to take on a new role and tell citizens, professionals and politicians a new and sharper story about the development sector - about who we are and what we believe in. That makes clear the necessity of a new story for development.
To have a sharper approach and a stronger political engagement this process is Concord's first priority for 2013 “whilst recognizing the reality that we live in and the already existing vision and positions we work with, the narrative will be positive, inspiring and will speak of us as Europeans but at the same time as citizens of the world.”
A crucial aspect of the new narrative is the involvement of the citizens. A participatory process with interlinked involvement of citizens all over the globe will create the new narrative that we need to build the democratic legitimacy and ownership for global development Beyond 2015.
Organised by CONCORD
francesca.minniti@concordeurope.org, soledad.briones@concordeurope.org
Development Education: Still Useful? Does Development Education and Awareness Raising Work?
Roundtable
Development education and awareness raising (DEAR) aims at informing European citizens about development issues, mobilising greater public support for action against poverty, providing citizens with tools to engage critically with global development issues and foster new ideas, and changing attitudes.
The dedicated DEAR programme is powering this drive and focuses on two lines of action:
- Global learning;
- Campaigning and advocacy.
Civil society actors and local authorities in EU and acceding countries implement it.
The European Union co-finances DEAR projects – with a budget of approximately €30 million per year – through the thematic programme ‘Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development’.
Organised by European Commission
laetitia.ricklin@ec.europa.eu, markus.pirchner@ec.europa.eu
Engineering a Data Revolution. Acting Together for Better Statistics and Better Decisions
Brainstorming
With 2015 approaching, the importance of statistics, data and measurement for evidence-based policy making has many calling for a “data revolution”.
Statistics must feature in the post-2015 development framework discussions including how to best utilise big and open data for development as well as institutional innovations linked to the production and dissemination of statistics. While progress has been made through the Millennium Development Goals, missing, untimely and poor quality data are leading policy makers, business people and civil society organisations to take decisions that are not “based on evidence”.
Engineering a “data revolution” involves two important actions:
- Assessing the situation with respect to data availability, comparability and quality; and
- Creating a global strategy on how an improved data system better serves development. Statistical capacity development will drive this “data revolution” and contribute to improving evidence-based decision making in development.
Organised by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, OECD PARIS 21
Territorial Approach in Post-2015 (I) Political Approach to the Territorial Cooperation and Resources Management
Roundtable
The United Nations High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda has confirmed that local authorities' role in the post-2015 agenda is determinant in setting priorities, executing plans, monitoring results, delivering basic public services, amongst others. To succeed, LRAs need to be involved in policies by national governments and international donors, working with a multilevel approach that ensures ownership at all levels of government and the capacities, competences and resources for a fruitful performance in development and in cooperation for development.
Organised by Committee of the Regions, Diputació de Barcelona – DIBA, United Nations Development Program – UNDP
monica.garciapuerto@cor.europa.eu, bernard.chanekune@cor.europa.eu, ferran.perez@undp.org, francesco.bicciato@undp.org, vargamo@diba.cat, rosesmc@diba.cat
Territorial Approach in Post-2015 (II) Practical Experiences on a Territorial and Multilevel Approach to Development
Roundtable
The role of local and regional authorities (LRAs) as key drivers of development has been affirmed during the acceleration of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. This underlines the importance of bringing the perspectives of LRAs to the debate on the renewed global development agenda.
The Post-2015 Development agenda will have to overcome the complexity of involving a multiplicity of stakeholders and different levels of government into a common framework, as their interaction is key for the effective definition and implementation of socio- economic development strategies. It is therefore an appropriate time to get lessons of the current MDG framework and discuss the operational features that the post-2015 framework should have to make the most of the capacities of LRAs in advancing progress towards all development goals. Particularly relevant is the assessment on how national governments and multilateral organisations can better support LRAs in their efforts to promote sustainable development and good governance.
Organised by
Committee of the Regions, Diputació de Barcelona – DIBA, United Nations Development Program – UNDP
monica.garciapuerto@cor.europa.eu, bernard.chanekune@cor.europa.eu, ferran.perez@undp.org, francesco.bicciato@undp.org, vargamo@diba.cat, rosesmc@diba.cat
Understanding 'Development Progress'
How Can a Better Understanding of Past Progress Inform the Post-2015 Development Framework?
Project Presentation
With 2015 fast approaching, ODI’s Development Progress project is working to help highlight where and how progress has been achieved towards the Millennium Development Goals.
Development Progress contributes to discussions on post-2015 development targets, advancing a holistic view of wellbeing and a deeper understanding of how we set, measure and advance meaningful global and national targets.
Development Progress has completed more than twenty case studies of country-level progress and is currently researching twenty-five more. Looking across a range of dimensions – health, education, security, environment, political voice, social cohesion, employment and material wellbeing – case study findings advance an understanding of how progress happens and why.
Organised by Overseas Development Institute – ODI
s.nicolai@odi.org.uk, katy.harris@odi.org.uk, c.little@odi.org.uk
Multidimensional Poverty Post-2015. Measuring what you Treasure and Keeping Poverty at the Heart of Development
Project Presentation
Understanding poverty in all its dimensions tells us that improving income and material conditions is not enough. Meeting other basic needs is equally important (e.g. housing, health, education, security, clean water, support from the community, effective non-corrupt institutions). It is also essential to increase people’s access to opportunities and to reduce inequalities. Poverty measures should also move beyond absolute thresholds to reflect distribution, i.e. relative poverty.
For these reasons, there are growing calls to put the broad notion of “wellbeing” at the core of the post-2015 development agenda. Since wellbeing is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon, assessing it requires a comprehensive framework that includes the large number of components whose interrelations shape people’s lives.
The OECD’s Better Life Initiative could help respond to the United Nations call for new ways to measure wellbeing. It has the notion of “people’s wellbeing” at its core.
Organised by
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD
People’s Participation in Development – Ensuring Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Roundtable
Volunteering is the foundation upon which much of civil society is developed worldwide and has the potential of making a profound contribution towards development and poverty reduction.
In purely economic terms, volunteers contribute greatly to the work of the world’s NGOs. Beyond this volunteering has a beneficial impact on empowerment, social capital and cohesion. In addition volunteers build capacity and raise awareness of issues of poverty and development, and they are effective and cost-effective agents of change.
Concretely volunteering in low-income countries can contribute to making development frameworks more inclusive and sustainable by:
- Strengthening civil society to give people voice and influence;
- Influencing governments for pro-poor policy change;
- Empowering individuals to take practical action to fight poverty; and
- Improving access to quality services.
Organised by
European Volunteer Centre – CEV, VSO International
katie.dalsgaard@vsoint.org, policy@cev.beYoung voices for inclusive governance - Implications for the Post-2015 Framework
Panel
Poverty, inequality, exclusion and hum an rights violations are not accidents of fate. They are the results of specific power relations and policy decisions which are discriminatory and unjust and which create obstacles to people – especially for children and young people - participating fully in society and in the economy. Despite making up over half the world’s population, children and youth face the out-dated Victorian motto ‘be seen and not heard’.
In one consultation of 346 young people from 12 countries, governance was the number one issue to be addressed by the post- 2015 framework.
Governance relates to how power and authority are exercised in the management of national and global public affairs and resources. ‘Inclusive governance’ must be human rights-based, participatory, transparent, equitable, accountable and must guarantee access to justice, respect the rule of law and fight against corruption. Let children and youth be a part of the process!
Organised by European Youth Forum, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children's Villages International, UNICEF, World Vision International
alexandra_newlands@wvi.org, Raffaela.Dattler@plan-international.org