Category: Global Policy and Advocacy

Global Policy and Advocacy

Stakeholder Forum’s work on global policy and advocacy seeks to promote progressive and inclusive policy on international sustainable development. It conducts policy consultations, lobbies for particular policy outcomes at a UN level, produces briefing and background papers as well as building coalitions and setting agendas.

Stakeholder Forums’ initiatives in this area are listed below:

Earth Summit 2012
Stakeholder Forum has played a critical role in advocating for an Earth Summit in 2012, which has now been approved by the UN General Assembly. Stakeholder Forum will continue to play a key co-ordinating role in the run-up to this crucial policy event. More..

GPPN – The Global Public Policy Network on Water Management
The GPPN is a joint initiative of Stakeholder Forum and Stockholm International Water Institute, working with global stakeholders to identify priorities for the international water and sanitation agenda, and communicate those priorities to decision-makers. More…

Commonwealth People’s Forum  (CPF) and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), November 2009, Port of Spain
Stakeholder Forum played a key role in facilitating civil society engagement in the run-up to the CPF and CHOGM in November 2009. Stakeholder Forum co-ordinated inputs from civil society, resulting in a civil society statement focussing on a number of key themes. More…

High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, September 2008
Stakeholder Forum was supported by the UK Department for International Development to conduct a global stakeholder consultation on the 7th Millennium Development Goal (MDG7) for the High Level Event on the MDGs in September 2008. More…

UN ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review on Sustainable Development, July 2008
Stakeholder Forum conducted a global stakeholder consultation on sustainable development and the 7th Millennium Development Goal, providing perspectives and recommendations for the consideration of the review. More..

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Global Transition 2012

Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, nef (the New Economics Foundation) and New Economics Institute worked in partnership to catalyse the Global Transition 2012 initiative.

Global Transition 2012 Initiative

Global Transition 2012 Initiative

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in 2012 (more commonly known as Rio+20) will be the fourth conference of its kind. It represents another milestone in ongoing international efforts to accelerate progress...

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UN ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review

For the UN ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review on Sustainable Development, July 2008, Stakeholder Forum conducted a global stakeholder consultation on sustainable development and the 7th Millennium Development Goal, providing perspectives and recommendations for the...

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Earth Summit 2012

Stakeholder Forum played a critical role in advocating for an Earth Summit in 2012, which took place in June 2012. Stakeholder Forum played a key co-ordinating role in at the crucial policy event.