WHAT’S MISSING IN THE SDGS AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

THE KEY MOMENTS
AND HOW YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
RAISED THEIR VOICES SO FAR.
2012
In 2012, a UN High-Level Panel on Post-2015 was established to
guide the first stage of the process of developing the new framework.
The three co-chairs were the Presidents of Liberia, Indonesia and
the UK Prime Minister.
2013
At the UN General Assembly in 2013, it was decided that the Post-2015
framework will be a universal agenda, combining the SDGs with poverty
eradication, and will be applicable to all countries.
A working group was created, called the UN Open Working Group
on SDGs. It was a group of 70+ Member States who met several times
in the course of 2013 and 2014 to share their views on the SDGs.
An unprecedented level of consultation took place, including with
children and youth, to gather their views on the SDGs.
2014
In July 2014 the Open Working Group concluded their work with an
outcome document, The Future We Want, which proposed 17 goals
and 169 targets. This document became the basis of intergovernmental
negotiations.
In December 2014 the UN Secretary General’s Synthesis Report
brought together the results of the different work streams on the SDGs.
Young people were highlighted throughout, referred to as ‘the torch
bearers of the next sustainable development agenda.’
2015
Throughout 2015, UN Member states met frequently in New York
to debate what the final SDGs should include
The negotiations concluded in July 2015, and the final 2030 agenda
will be announced at the Summit in New York in September 2015.
2016
Beyond 2015, big decisions are still to be made such as choosing
which indicators will be used to measure the goals. Governments
will be interpreting the goals in national level implementation plans,
including national level targets.
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