The next session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda will be held from 20-24 and 27-31 July in Conference Room 1. The programme of work, relevant documentation and a list of side events are available at the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015.

Similar to the previous negotiating sessions, a total of 12 seats with microphones will be made available in Conference Room 1 for use by major groups and other stakeholders on a rotational basis. Additional seating will be available in the balcony area of Conference Room 1. On Monday, 20 July and Tuesday, 21 July, the Trusteeship Council Chamber will function as an overflow room. Subject to room availability, overflow rooms for the subsequent days will be announced in due course. All meetings will also be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/.

Preparation of daily interventions

Major groups and other stakeholders will be able to deliver three collectively prepared statements (max. 2 min each) at the end of each day of the first week. To facilitate the collaborative preparations of these 3 daily statements, DSD and NGLS have created the following Google Spreadsheet to be used by major groups and other stakeholders to coordinate their efforts:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ViXQUAceYCNkZ8FPSNK_sMaH4jEfpaKI3lymxVcS46k/edit?usp=sharing

There will be coordination meetings every morning, lunchtime and afternoon to finalize the preparations of the statements and to discuss other pertinent matters. These coordination meetings will be held on Monday, 20 July, from 8:30-10 a.m. and from 1-6 p.m. in conference room 12. The location for the subsequent days will be shared with you on Monday.

Additional meeting rooms

A smaller conference room has also been reserved for your use for additional caucusing purposes. The room is available Monday – Friday from 8:00am to 8:00pm and can be reserved using the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lOyaJSV0_LxKZqyRKha8dUZr9YfcXCEl_G5I-PyNUr4/edit#. Please note that it is not the same room every day, please refer to the schedule available on the reservation form.

Meeting with the Permanent Mission of Brazil

The Permanent Mission of Brazil is inviting representatives of major groups and other stakeholders to a meeting on Tuesday, 21 July, at 8:30 a.m. in conference room 6.

Please be informed that the President’s summary of HLPF is now available at http://bit.ly/1K72Vxk

The programme for the first week of the July post-2015 IGN (20-24 July) is now available at: http://t.co/B5FBTiM81d

A note outlining the tentative timeline, work plan and organization of work of the IAEG-SDGs was shared with all members of the group. The note, which was prepared in consultation with the two co-chairs of the group, foresees multiple rounds of consultations and opportunities for observers and major groups and stakeholders to provide inputs to the discussions.

Mexico will facilitate the first discussion stream on conceptual frameworks and indicator concepts and definitions. France will facilitate the second discussion stream on inter-linkages across goals and targets.

The discussions will be based on an updated version of the list of proposals, which replaces the earlier version provided as an input to the first meeting of the IAEG-SDGs on 1-2 June 2015.

The Statistics Division, acting as Secretariat of the IAEG-SDGs, will support the facilitators in their function. Also, in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, an online collaboration platform has been launched. This platform will allow the IAEG-SDGs to conduct its discussions electronically in an efficient manner.

Final draft of the outcome document for the post-2015 summit that has been circulated http://bit.ly/1D2XFWv 

This draft  will be the subject of discussions at the upcoming July negotiating session, to be held from 20-24 and 27-31 July. For more information, please visit the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform at: http://bit.ly/15XJ9ok

Please note that all representatives of Major Groups and other Stakeholders must register to attend the July IGN session by completing the following form: http://tinyurl.com/JULY-P15-REG by midnight on Sunday, 12 July. It is expected that representatives of major groups and other stakeholders may make a few short interventions at the end of each day of the IGN. DESA-DSD and UN NGLS will facilitate collaboration among all registered participants to prepare these interventions, including by organising daily meetings in the morning (8-10am), at lunch time (1-3pm) and the evening (6-8pm). You will be asked to indicate in the above registration form if you wish to contribute to the collaborative preparation of the daily interventions. (Please note that even if you have already registered for an SET for the session using the form that was circulated earlier this week you will still need to fill out the above form.

DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS will conduct a planning conference call on Tuesday, 14 July at 9:15am NY time with all who have registered to collaborate.

Responses to this Google Form may be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/July-Reg-Responses

Apply to speak or serve on the civil society Selection Committee for the 25-27 September United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Application Deadlines:

Civil Society Selection Committee: 17 July 2015

Speaking Roles: 20 July 2015

From 25-27 September 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York, Heads of State and Government will gather along with leaders from civil society and business for the historic UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

At the request of the Office of the President of the UN General Assembly (OPGA), UN-NGLS in cooperation with DESA-DSD is facilitating a nomination process to identify speakers from civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the Major Groups (except Business and Industry) for the Post-2015 Summit.

This nomination process seeks candidates for:

• one civil society speaker in the opening ceremony
• three civil society speakers for each of the six Roundtable Discussions in the Summit.

Please see the descriptions for the six Roundtable Discussion themes agreed by UN member States here: http://bit.ly/p2015-Summit-roundtable-themes

Submit applications to speak here: http://bit.ly/p2015-Summit-CSO-speakers-apply

Apply for the civil society Selection Committee here: http://bit.ly/p2015-summit-CSO-SC-apply

This announcement is available in additional languages:

http://bit.ly/Arabic-p2015-Summit-CSO-speaker-apply

For more information about the post-2015 development agenda process, including the UN General Assembly resolution on the organization of the Post-2015 Summit, please visit: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015

Special Event Tickets (SETs) to attend the July Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations. If you are in possession of an annual UN Grounds Pass (blue badge) you do not need to register for a SET.

Please sign up by filling out the following google form: http://tinyurl.com/July-IGN-Reg  Registration ends midnight 12 July.

On behalf of the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN and the TAP Network, we would like to thank you for joining us for our “Transparency, Accountability and Participation: Building a Post-2015 Review Architecture that is Fit for Purpose” side-event this past Wednesday, around the High-Level Political Forum in New York. For your reference, please find a brief summary from the event http://bit.ly/1GWYB2l.

We hope that the event was as fruitful and enlightening for you as it was for us, and we look forward to our continued engagement with all of you and your respective delegations and organizations on this topic going forward.

Provisional Agenda

The report of the first Meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) held on 1-2 June 2015 is now available online following this link. The report was approved by the co-chairs of the IAEG-SDGs. It contains in para. 7 the conclusions of the meeting as agreed by the IAEG-SDGs.

The meeting was attended by 28 participants from 22 IAEG-SDGs member countries, as well as over 120 participants from observer countries, specialized agencies, funds, programmes, the UN Secretariat and Regional Commissions, and regional and international organizations. More than 80 representatives from accredited civil society organizations also took part in the meeting.