Panel discussion -- "Beyond 2015 - Development Goals for the World"

Apr 27

Global Development Panel Discussion

CIGI, 57 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of eight targets, established by the UN in 2000, to mobilize national and collective efforts on critical development issues by 2015.

At this public panel discussion, international development experts who are part of the CIGI-IFRC project Toward a Post-2015 Development Paradigm, will address the current state and future direction of the MDGs recently following their first group discussion in Geneva, Switzerland.

Speakers

Barry Carin, CIGI Senior Fellow

Barry Carin has served in a number of senior official positions in the Government of Canada and played an instrumental role in developing the initial arguments for the G20 and a leader’s level G20. A senior fellow at CIGI, Barry brings institutional knowledge and experience to his research on the G20, international development, energy and climate change.

Maureen O'Neil, President and CEO, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Maureen O'Neil joined CIGI's Operating Board of Directors in 2010. She has spent a good part of her professional life in the areas of public policy, research, policy analysis and development, and previously served as the president of the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. She also sits on CIGI's International Board of Governors.

Robert Fowler, Ambassador

Canadian diplomat and special envoy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Niger. In December 2008 he was reported missing in Niger; he was freed in April 2009. Fowler was Canada’s longest serving Ambassador to the United Nations.