Our shared objectives - let us know what do you think!

The objectives define what the proposed joint civil society action on sustainable development aims to achieve.

The post-2015 agenda has to translate into real transformative change and gains for those populations and people currently left behind, and the objectives of our work at this stage of the process are:

1.Ensure full and successful implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the post-2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals at all levels (global, regional, national and local);
2. Ensure and support real citizen and civil society participation in the implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the post-2015 agenda;
3. Build a global movement with inclusive and participatory processes and with a balanced leadership from the Global South and North, representing all regions.

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Thanks Hanna. The objectives sound great. Just a small suggestion to highlight in the objectives - CSOs active participation and involvement during the drafting of the nation action plan for the implementation of the SDGs. Since after the adoption, countries are expected to contextualise the SDGs as suggested in the draft outcome document, I think it is imperative for CSOs representative to be actively involved in this process of drafting through to implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

I think the 3 objectives as we it are sufficient enough and should be kept as is. I agree with Zoneziwoh on the need for CSOs to be actively involved in contextualising the goals at the national level. This will require some attitudinal change on the side of both government and CSOs at least rooting out the culture of mutual suspicion that has long existed between both parties.

1.Ensure full and successful implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the post-2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals at all levels (global, regional, national and local);
2. Ensure and support real citizen and civil society participation in the implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the post-2015 agenda;
3. Build a global movement with inclusive and participatory processes and with a balanced leadership from the Global South and North, representing all regions need:

- Good structuration of the CSOs at global, regional, national and local level:
e.g. At glolal level: Members staff from CIVICUS and HLPFor experts to be nominated with copy to ECOSOC.
At regional level: Members staff from CSOs, académic, experts, consultants to be nominated by CIVICUS and HLPF for their competences and their engagements in the SDGs processes and affected to the UN Commissions and copy to ECOSOC.
At national level: CSO reptresentatves to be nominated by CIVICUS and the HLPF to coordinate the national SCOs. They representatives must be integrated in UNDP for their protection and copy to ECOSOC and governments.
AT local level: National CSOs representatives can nominate local CSOs representatives to coordinate local areas and copy to CIVICUS and the HLPF.

• The number of representatives at each level is in charge or the CIVICUS and the HLPF.

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Well the objectives seem ok however I was just thinking of crafting something that points towards holding leaders accountable for the post 2015 agenda?

Leaders accountability is a serious problem, it why I was pointing the competency and commitment of the CSO.

I agree with Dosse, accountability is a serious problem,
but from personal experience I think the real problem is awareness from the grassroot, and inclusive participation towards a successful implementation.
There is need to appoint focal points from the grassroots, building a tree of focal points and empowering the focal points to monitor awareness and accountability.

The proposal is in order

Great one!

These are very well defined objectives i must say. However, how we monitor and implement are the crucial questions here, i guess. Any thoughts on that would be much appreciated.

I agree with the above comments in relation to needing to be more specific about transparency and accountability of leadership in objective 3.

Another point that is important that follow-up and monitoring are not sufficient; the MDGs were monitored but not adequately evaluated. Suggest that you use the word evaluated rather than monitored. Good quality evaluation processes implicitly respond to important values like participation, equity and pathways to better decision-making. Thanks for the opportunity to provide input.

I agree Dorothy Lucks word " evaluation" using.

@siamulhuqrabbany and @dorothylucks thanks for these valuable comments. Agree with you on the need for monitoring and being clearer on the need for transparency and accountability by leaders. Will bring this back to working group and discuss how we can best include this.

Humanity is becoming aware of itself as an entity, rather than simply as discrete individuals or groups, with a profoundly interdependent relationship with its home, planet Earth. To best generate fulfillment of the SDGs and our future on this planet, the United Nations needs to relate primarily to the interests of humanity as an entity, and only secondarily to the interests of nation states or other smaller entities.

I hope that scaling up awareness about SDGs as a first step is important. Recently I was appoached by a media pp who found the SDGs content 'unachievable'. Many might be present out there. We need to start on this as soon as possible

I do agree with Richard
Beginning august 2015; I participated at training program for spokespeople and journalists to better understand and communicate the issues surrounding SDGs it was very productive to understand SDGs and how we can promote it through media.
I think we should accept journalists on board
The session was organized by Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation

Nous, à l'ONG: ADET, nous avions organisé au Togo le 16 Mai 2015, une conférence sur la journée internationale de la citoyenneté parrainée par CIVICUS, World Alliance for citizens participation. Etaient présents, les médias, la société civile, les communicateurs, les représentants du gouvernement, les invités de différents couches sociales. La conférence portait sur le racisme, la discrimination raciale, la xénophobie, la citoyenneté et les ODD et suivie de débats. Nos constats sont que l' assistance est très intéressée par l'évènement. Mais les journalistes maîtrisent peu le contenu des ODD. Ils leur faut de formations pour leur bonne implication dans la sensibilisation sur le post 2015.

Many people say local action is needed first on local goals, not global. How can we help people to see that local and global are connected, not in opposition, and that global challenges create local problems that are symptoms. Addressing local symptoms does not solve the global challenges. It is like bailing out a boat without fixing the leak. How can we help to come up with local actions that have local and global impact?

The objectives are great but like Richard rightfully noted creating awareness of the SDG's to every nook and cranny of the world should be one of our biggest push now as people easily key into what they know,understand and believe they can benefit from and that is why we need to get the awareness of the SDG's to the grassroots and urgently too, so we don't lose precious time.

Welcome all to your comments one thing CSO should ask is that how are we going to achieve this who to involve do we have indicators developed thanks. DEAN

We most develop a module for SCO implementation on the SDG-monitoring and evaluation strategy for transparent SDG implementations at the grass roots. that will leave know one behind. for us we are already working on goal 8

Estoy de acuerdo con establecer un trabajo sostenido en el territorio y luego extenderlo y vincularlo a los resultados de otros espacios.
En mi ciudad necesitamos mucho del apoyo al fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil y la conformaciòn de redes de organizaciones sociales para cubrir este proposito.
Mucho agradecerìa poder contactarme con alguien que pueda brindarnos amplia asesoria tècnica sobre este tema.
Gracias