FAO and the Post-2015 Development Agenda May 2015

Transcript:FAO and the Post-2015 Development Agenda May 2015:
FAO and the Post-2015 Development Agenda May 2015 Post-2015 – building on the MDGs The MDGs have been groundbreaking – the most successful development push in history Poverty and hunger have fallen but progress has been uneven across regions New priorities have emerged since 2000: governance, environmental sustainability, addressing price volatility Post-2015: what’s new and why it’s important The Post-2015 Agenda will set global goals and targets adaptable to countries for next 15 years Builds on ongoing MDG work at country level – UNDAF/MAF SDGs: country-driven, universal, transformative, human rights-based Time for countries to highlight priorities not supported in the past to ensure Agenda reflects their goals Global Thematic Consultation on Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition Co-led by FAO and WFP with the support of IFAD Participation of a wide range of stakeholders Highlighted the importance of structural change in global governance and increased role and accountability of all actors Madrid Statement (April 2013): “Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition can be ended sustainably by 2025” Outcomes were reflected in HLPEP/SG report Global Thematic Consultation on Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition II Calls for investments to empower the critical agents of change: women and men small scale producers, fishers, forest users, livestock keepers, indigenous peoples, and rural entrepreneurs. Promote gender equality and women's empowerment, guarantee secure access to and control over financial and productive resources, and enhance their "access to markets, means for value addition, business opportunities, and critical knowledge, extension and information services and offer new models of doing business." Post-2015: A Member State-led process with UN System support Rio+20 follow-up: Member States’ Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs [9/12  9/14] Post-2015 UN Development Agenda negotiations [9/14  9/15] OWG Background: The Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals for the post-2015 development agenda completed its work on 19 July 2014 and the final report was welcomed by the UN General Assembly, which decided that this “shall be the main basis for integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda” Sustainable agriculture, food security, nutrition and in the SDGs The report offers a comprehensive vision for food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture (Goal 2) and for the sustainable use and management of natural resources (inter alia, Goals 12, 14 and 15). Goal 2 is very much inspired by the five pillars of the UN Zero Hunger Challenge FAO in OWG’s 17 proposed SDGs End hunger, achieve