Toward a Post-2015 Development Paradigm
PROJECT AIMS
Toward a Post-2015 Development Paradigm is now in its second phase, following a successful initial stage of work in 2011.
The project aims to conduct critical examinations of policy options for a future set of development goals. The first phase, spearheaded by CIGI and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), convened expert groups to shape international policy approaches to succeed the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. The final product of the first phase was a proposed set of future development goals to provoke debate on the post-2015 agenda.
With additional partners, including the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the project will build on the past work by CIGI and IFRC, reviewing the potential goals, determining their associated quantifiable targets and indicators, and gauging their acceptability in different regions around the world.
BACKGROUND
The 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. With only five years remaining, however, it is highly unlikely that all of the goals will be met. What, then, should follow after 2015?
In 2011, CIGI and IFRC assembled a group of development and governance experts to explore a range of research questions and create a set of recommendations for international action. These experts considered issues of development and sustainability, in the spirit that efforts should be measurable and enduring. This work resulted in the first set of potential successor goals to the MDGs. Described as "the most interesting specific proposals," they have been cited by a number of national governments and international development organizations.
In 2012, the objective is not to provide the answer to post-2015 MDGs, but to filter through some of the challenging questions and issues involved in designing a new set of global development goals leading to the best policy choices.
ACTIVITIES
In 2012, an initial baseline report on the current state of indicators and measurement for development will be produced; this will serve as a background report for a gathering of experts at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development April 10-11, 2012. Regional consultations hosted by Brazilian, Chinese, Indian and South African partners will follow the April meeting, in order to sharpen a draft options paper. The final product of the collaboration will be presented to UN officials in the fall of 2012.
The project will produce a range of policy-oriented research outputs for international actions in the development field.
PARTNERS
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Korea Development Institute
- Fundação Getulio Vargas
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences
- South African Institute for International Affairs
- International Poverty Reduction Center in China
SPONSOR
- Bellagio Center, The Rockefeller Foundation
RESOURCES
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