Expeditio representative, Biljana Gligorić, is participating at Regional Consultation on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: “Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Europe and Central Asia on the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, November 7th and 8th 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, organized by Ministry of Development of Turkey (host), in cooperation with the UN Development Group for Europe and Central Asia and the Regional Coordination Mechanism, led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
The Regional Consultation will be a multi-stakeholder event, bringing together representatives from governments, international organizations, civil society, the private sector, academia and media. The meeting will feature a series of thematic panel discussions and conclude with an open forum that will identify regional priorities for the post-2015 agenda and formulate the regional contributions to the global debate.
The meeting will be preceded by a civil society consultation.
The civil society consultation is self-organised by major groups and stakeholders from civil society from the European, Caucasus and Central Asian region. The civil society session precedes the consultation with member states on the post-2015 agenda, which takes place on 7-8 of November in the same location. The civil society session will allow CSOs1 to prepare their input for the session with member states on 7-8 of November by themes and by major group and stakeholder constituencies.
The post-2015 framework will shape development efforts for many years. The diverse region of Europe and Central Asia encapsulates many of the global challenges. It is therefore crucial that this region makes a thoughtful contribution to the process of formulating the post-2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
