{"id":2244,"date":"2013-05-20T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/2013\/05\/20\/may-newsletter-engagement-in-post-rio20-and-post-2015-processes\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T22:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T22:01:14","slug":"may-newsletter-engagement-in-post-rio20-and-post-2015-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/may-newsletter-engagement-in-post-rio20-and-post-2015-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"May Newsletter: Engagement in post-Rio+20 and post-2015 processes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 698px; height: 175px;\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/thumbnail.ymlp.com\/8zws_networknews.jpg\" height=\"128\" width=\"729\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\" height=\"10\">\n<table style=\"width: 99%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"52%\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<b>20&nbsp;May, 2013<\/b><\/span><br \/> <\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"44%\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ymlp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">www.stakeholderforum.org<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 717px; height: 1044px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#F5FFDB\" valign=\"top\" width=\"48%\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Stakeholder Engagement in post-Rio+20 and post-2015 processes<br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ymlp.com\/8zws_civilsocietycropped.jpg\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" height=\"133\" width=\"326\" \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&nbsp;<\/span> <\/i> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Participatory democracy is the idea that involving all stakeholders, at every level, will result in better informed, and more thoroughly deliberated, decisions being taken. It means that all stakeholders will thereby take greater ownership of the outcome and then be active in the delivery of policy on the ground, optimally in partnership with governments and other stakeholders.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Broadly, any modalities of stakeholder engagement should fulfil three functions:<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">1) participation and expression,<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">2) expert input and decision shaping and<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">) review and accountability.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&nbsp;<\/span> <\/i> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Farooq Ullah, Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum<\/b><\/span> <\/i> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#36A946\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentmagazine.org\/Archives\/Back%20Issues\/2013\/May-June%202013\/building-on-rio-full.html\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Commentary: Building on Rio+20 to spur action for sustainable development<\/span><\/span> <\/b> <\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span> <\/b> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Derek Osborn, President of Stakeholder Forum, looks at the role of the United Nations in advancing sustainable development. In particular, the article in Environment Magazine summarises the outcomes of key UN conferences, while highlighting the need for policies to be implemented at a national, local and sectoral level.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#36A946\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsds.org\/index.php\/news\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Global Network engagement with National Councils for Sustainable Development&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><\/span> <\/b> <\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span> <\/b> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As administrators of the Global Network of National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSDs), Stakeholder Forum will be engaging Councils from across the world at the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) Working Group meeting in Berlin from the 23-24 May, as well as in the preparation of a briefing paper exploring the work of a number of NCSDs from regions outside of Europe.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#36A946\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/business-and-a-post-2015-sustainable-development-agenda\/\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Business and a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda: Where Next?<\/span><\/span> <\/b> <\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">On 17 April, Stakeholder Forum in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Business Fights Poverty held an event to look at how the private sector is engaging with the current Post 2015 Development Agenda and sustainable development goals process.<\/span><\/span><br \/> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#005581\">\n<table style=\"width: 713px; height: 11px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 708px; height: 336px;\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 48%; background-color: #f5ffdb; height: 50px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sustainable Development 2015 Blog<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainabledevelopment2015.org\/index.php\/blog2\/item\/281-financing-our-future-the-expert-committee-on-sustainable-development-financing-strategy\"><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Financing our future: The Expert Committee on Sustainable Development Financing<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; line-height: 1.3em;\">As discussions to develop a set of<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">sustainable development goals (SDGs) build momentum<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; line-height: 1.3em;\">, attention is starting to shift towards not only what the world should try to achieve, but also how to go about it. This in large part means starting to think about where the money for the proposed transformative action is going to come from.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amy Cutter, Project Officer at Stakeholder Forum, provides an overview of the intergovernmental process tasked with proposing options for the mobilisation of resources to support countries in their efforts to promote sustainable development, including the achievement of SDGs.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f5ffdb;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;Additional Resources<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"..\/fileadmin\/files\/MG_CSO_Meeting_Summary_FINALv2.pdf\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #f5ffdb;\"><b>Major Groups and Post 2015 constituency meeting on post Rio+20 and Post 2015<\/b> <\/a> <\/span> <\/span> <\/b><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Last month, representatives from the Major Groups and other stakeholders that are engaged with post Rio+20 and Post 2015 processes came together to identify areas of mutual advocacy, create joint strategies and formulate proposals for enhanced stakeholder engagement.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b> <\/span> <\/span> <\/b><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdgseinventory.org\/\"><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thumbnail.ymlp.com\/8zws_SDGseinventorylogo.jpg\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" height=\"74\" width=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdgseinventory.org\/\"><b>The Sustainable Development Goals e-Inventory<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">View and submit proposals for global goals to feed into the intergovernmental process on SDGs.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdgseinventory.org\/timeline.php\">Timeline: SDGs e-Inventory outputs and Open Working Group meetings<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Timeline of the SDGs e-Inventory project outputs, which have been planned to correspond with the meetings of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on SDGs.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#005581\">\n<table style=\"width: 697px; 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