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Hi All,
I live in Vancouver Canada and am a volunteer member of the World Federalist Movement Canada, and active in the Vancouver Branch. I am also a member of United Nations Association Canada and the WFUNA TAP Network. I am most interested in SDG Goal 16 on Governance and want to see democracy at the Global Level starting with a proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly/Network. We vote Locally & Nationally, why not Globally ? Global Citizens need a voice at the Global Level if the success of the Sustainable Development Goals are ever going to be realized.

Hi Friends
Its Arslan Hyder from Pakistan. I am founder of BORN HUMAN Foundation. The working area of organization is Sindh province of Pakistan.

Hi all am Brenda form Kenya, am a Lawyer by profession, am in the process of registering my own NGO dealing with rights and governance, hoping to be very influential in putting alot of pressure in our GOvernment to intergrate the SDGs in our National policies and to be a voice for the poor man, woman and Child. Am hoping to also get much info from this group.

Hi, My name is Beomsoo Kim, South Korean. I'm a researcher about local democracy in Yonsei University. I want to know how to cooperate a state and a society in near future, so I took part in this group. ^{^}

Hi there! I am Lucy from the UK. I am the Advocacy Coordinator at GNDR - the Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Reduction. We have over 1000 members around the world who want to hold governments to account for not only the SDGs, but also the other post-2015 frameworks developed this year, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the UNFCCC Climate Change Agreement. I am keen that in acting as a watchdog, civil society should look at how these different frameworks are being coherently implemented. The outcomes of each cannot be achieved without the outcomes of the others; we must monitor that governments also recognise this.

Hi all,
I am Kholisile Dingiswayo, a Director for Communications at Serodumo Sa Rona CBO in South Africa. For everyone's convenience, our CBOs' name translated directly means "Our Pride & Dignity". Boasting over 10 000 members to-date our CBO operates in rural parts of South Africa and shares a view to holding all governments especially African to account fully in respect of the SDG's beyond September 2015.
Coming from a country portrayed as having some of the best policies and constitution in the world, we wish to share with you all the challenges faced by millions regarding climate change, land degradation, defacing of mountains and deforestation as well as the eminent threat of sustained drought.
We trust that we will benefit a lot from your various experiences and help save our planet with the small contributions we all make.

Regards,

Hi all, I am Claudia Munera, Colombian biologist but living in Nicaragua. I work as consultant in Climate Change Adaptation and sustainable development, at this moment I am supporting the 2015-2020 strategy of the Mesoamerican Alliance fo People and Forests.

Claudia

Hi all, I am Karen Philip. I am at a Project Support Intern at Caribbean Policy Development Centre. We have a vision of 'Putting People at the Centre of Caribbean Vision'. I am currently working in following the post 2015 agenda closely to inform our members.

Hi all, I'm DOSSE SOSSOUGA from Togo and president of NGO: Amis des Etrangers au Togo (ADET).
I'm very happy to join this group and to give my contributions to the post 2015 topics

Hi everybody,
I am Adebayo Waidi,Co-founder and Executive Director of Campaign Against Ignorance & Illiteracy (CAII), a Lagos,Nigeria based NGO working on Human Rights,Social Justice,Democracy and Good Governannce. I am looking forward to a united front for the sharing of information and collective action on the post 2015 agenda.

Greetings everyone from Girls Education Mission International (GEM). As the Executive Director of GEM International, I hope to give my inputs and learn from others as well.

@geminternational thanks for your introduction and for joining us! Look forward to learning about the work of GEM International and collaborating.

Bonjour
je suis activiste au sein du réseau activista/ActionAid basé au Sénégal. Je suis un étudiant et passionné de l'informatique et du monde des sciences et de la technologie. Je suis très honoré de faire partie de ce team et de participer aux discussion.

Hi All
Dorothy Lucks here. I am the Secretary of the International Organization for Collaboration in Evaluation (IOCE) and on the Management Group of EvalPartners as well as recently taken on a role as Co-Chair of the EvalSDGs - a network that has been established to advocate for ethical evaluation in the SDGs. Involvement of civil society in evaluation processes is critical to ensure transparency and that the voices of all peoples can be heard in matters that affect them.

ok thanks

Bonjour Luckmoi je suis activiste au sein du réseau activista de l'Organisation ActionAid Sénégal, un étudiant en Informatique industrielle et automatique et d'autre part suivie une formation en Suivi et évaluation d'impact des programmes pour l'emploi des jeunes au Centre International de Formation de Turin de l’Organisation internationale du travail. et Travailler pour l'IPPF via son Association Membre ASBEF (Asociation Sénégalaise pour le Bien-Etre Familiale ou, je point focal du Projet choix des jeunes en matière de santé de la reproduction.

cordialement

Hi all,

my name is Michael and I am working on SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda with UN Volunteers and the UN Resident Coordinators Office in India.

My biggest task right now is to figure out how to carry over the positive momentum of the inclusive debate on the new goals into the SDG implementation phase. We thought that it would be best to start with raising awareness on the SDGs, since we assume that a certain sense of accountability from the government will only be there if the public knows and cares about the agenda.

So how to tell 1.25 billion Indians about what the SDGs are? Whoever has creative ideas please step forward :)

Hello! My name is Amanda Lundy, and I am an Advocacy Advisor at Plan International. I have been the focal point for SDG advocacy for the last 2 years and will now lead Plan International's work on SDG implementation, supporting work across our offices in 70 countries. Looking forward to collaboration with all of you!

Je suis la première personne qui accepte cette collaboration avec vous Amanda Lundy. Bonne arrivée.

Je suis la première personne qui accepte cette collaboration avec vous Amanda Lundy. Bonne arrivée.

Hi! I'm Rich, one of the Loomio co-founders. I'm also in Aotearoa New Zealand. I wanted to join this group because it is super exciting to see this global network using Loomio to collaborate on the SDGs.

I will probably just lurk in the background, but if you would like any support or have any questions, just give me a @mention :)

Rich, you are welcome.

Amanda welcome,looking forward to collaborating with your organization.

Accept warmth and raining greetings from he foot of Mt. Cameroon. Hello, this is Zoneziwoh, director of Wfac, National co-ordinator of Action2015 Cameroon and Women Action Team co-chair. It is a pleasure to be joining you all here. I look forward to contributing in the building of a strong strategy in advancing the realisation of the Post2015 sustainable Development agenda

Welcome Zoneziwoh

Hi - I'm Paul Shaw, steering group leader for the Network of African Youths for Development (www.nayd.org). My main concern is how we effectively monitor implementation of the SDGs in rural African communities given the poor/unreliable information and communication technology systems currently in place.

Hello Colleagues,I am Okezi Odugala from Nigeria,the founder and Executive Director of Eziodu Initiative for Sustainable Environmental Development(EISED) and Coordinator, Forum of Delta State NGOs.I commend Hannah for this laudable idea for civil society to kick the ground running towards full implementation of SDGs.NGOs must be in the forefront of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SDGs most especially in developing countries if we must put an end to poverty,lack of basic amenities and violence which are aftermath of systemic corruption.My NGO and network is totally committed to this great idea for we can do more as a group.Kudos!

Dear @okeziodugala thanks for your message. I am very happy to hear that you and EISED wants to join us in building this global civil society campaign on the implementation of the SDGs. The work and expertise of national NGOs will be key for successful implementation. I look forward to be working together with you on this!

Many thanks Hanna,together we will get there on SDGs.Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Hello friends, my name is Pat O'Gorman from Ireland a new volunteer with ATD 4th World. Very keen on self transformation, SDGs, Laudato Si' and our common home. My pet goal is Goal 12 Responsible Consumption.

Hello friends. My name is Maduafor Ngozi-Joy. You can address me by either of those names. Am a Project Officer in Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (www.nulai.org). We established Law Clinics in Nigeria, and we have been breeding social justice conscious lawyers. Am happy to be with you all, and i look forward to contributing to the realization of the SDGs. Thank you.

Hello all. My name is Noel Schroeder and I'm the Deputy Director for Advocacy and Capacity Building at Women Thrive Worldwide, a nonprofit based in Washington, DC.

I've been advocating around post-2015 education for the last two years, especially focusing on building the capacity of Global South education and women’s organizations to effectively communicate with decision-makers.

I'm hoping to remain engaged in the process with other civil society partners to make sure that women’s voices are heard and heeded during implementation.

Hello everyone. I am Majo Joseph from Mozambique. I am an English Language teacher at a primary school. I am doing my final year of BA Education. I am a volunteer Program Officer in the Youth Parliament of Mozambique and Accountability Advocate with Youths in Action. With Youths In Action, we promoting an online accountability tool aimed at promoting youths participation implementation and monitoring of SDGs post 2015

Hello Mrs Noel S. We accept work with you. Email: sossougadoss@yahoo.fr

Hello everyone! I am Vasudha Ratawal from India, working as communication officer for an organisation called "National Confederation of Dalit Adivasi Organisation". Widely known as NACDAOR is a platform of more than 2200 grass root level organisations in India working across various states. NACDAOR has been at the forefront of dialogue and strategising on the MDG's similarly NACDAOR has pledged to bring forward the response of India to poverty, inequality and climate change from a marginalized perspective in the SDG's and the post 2015 agenda. We work to build a inclusive society! Email: co@nacdor.org.in

Hi am juliet Akumu,22yrs old living with HIV,also a youth rep.of YPLHIV Mombasa county.for more information +254717550345 or juliet.akumu09@gmail.com

Greetings !! My name is David Kirshbaum, and I am director of the New York Office of Nonviolence International. We are heavily involved in the Post-2015 Development Agenda amongst other issues at the UN here in NYC, and we have joined this group in order to do our part to strengthen and empower civil society as well as perpetuate the remarkable process that evolved at the UN to develop the SDGs, with unprecedented levels of openness, accountability, transparency and inclusiveness.

Wow thats good work

Dear Juliet;

Thank you for your kind words of support !!

Most Sincerely,

David Kirshbaum

Nonviolence International

Hi all, I am Rabbany working as a business development adviser for Development Consultant and Global Compliance Initiative in Bangladesh.