The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
This paper follows a 2012 survey of Forum members by Peter Devereux, for UNV; the presentation of the paper, MDGs, Sustainable Development Goals and the post 2015 agenda: opportunities for consolidating the recognition of volunteerism (Peter Devereux and Kornelia Guse) at Forum’s IVCO meeting in Canada in October 2012; the Ottawa Declaration; and Forum members’ participation at the London High Level…read more
What will follow after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015? The discussion is well on its way. This was an important theme at the International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations conference (IVCO 2012) held in Ottawa 14-17 October 2012. The outcome of the discussions being held within the UN and other global, regional and national bodies…read more
International aid or development assistance programs have been around for about 60 years. They grew out of the post-WWII reconstruction effort in Europe and developed over the course of the Cold War, in support of decolonization and then greater equality between the “First” and “Third” worlds. For most of this period, the paradigm of international…read more
The United Nations and partners have teamed up to put in place MY World, an innovative global survey to encourage people´s participation in the process of defining the next set of global goals to end poverty. From today, people throughout the world can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for the changes that are…read more