Helena Owen, UK Mission to the UN, Anthony Smith, Director, Department for International Development (DFID), Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum, Jainey K. Bavishi, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Disaster Risk and Resilience (APDR3) Network, University of Hawaii Foundation ,Ajit Yogasundram, Senior Progamme Officer, Ecosoc, Alex Charlton, President of Corporate Relations, Cavendish Global, Arun  Bhan,
Roger Sen Gupta, Chairman, Park Place Group
 

ECOSOC 2014
The Role of Partnerships
 in the Implementation
of the Post 2015 Development Agenda
 

The Outcome Document of the Special Event to Follow-Up Efforts to Achieve the
Millennium Development Goals held on September 25th of 2013 underscored the need to
strengthen the existing and build new global partnerships for sustainable development
under MDG8 and build new partnerships for sustainable development.

With less than 800 days remaining, efforts must be intensified for the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals by 2015, building on successful, effective
and well-managed
national, regional and global strategies that have allowed the international community to
meet several of the MDG targets and to achieve significant and substantial advances in
those goals and targets that have not yet been met. Strengthened global partnerships for
sustainable development will be a catalyst for the international community to aspire and
advance towards an ambitious and transformative sustainable
development agenda beyond 2015.

National ownership will be a fundamental factor of the post 2015 development agenda.
National efforts will also need to be assisted by international support and an enabling
international environment. The mobilization and effective use of all resources, public and
private, domestic and international, will be vital. A renewed sense of commitment and
partnership holds the key to both leveraging new public and private resources and
leveraging stakeholders’ comparative advantage, including in the areas of research,
technology, innovation, finance and human capacity.

Objective

The primary objective of the joint thematic debate is to provide a platform for Member
States to address how strengthened global partnerships for sustainable development
including multi-stakeholders partnerships can contribute to the implementation of the post 2015 development agenda.

The event will promote the scaling-up of the impact of all forms of cooperation in the post
2015 development agenda, and promote the urgent implementation of existing
commitments under the global partnership for development while also addressing the
emerging role of innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships.

The event will be guided by the following preliminary questions:

1) What are the key lessons learned of the implementation of MDG 8 and what
incentives can be created to reinforce its implementation?

2) While not a substitute to existing cooperation mechanisms, how can multi-stakeholder
partnerships be an important complement to achieving internationally agreed
development goals, including in the context of the post 2015 development agenda?
3) How can Governments, at all levels, incentivize multi-stakeholder engagement for the
implementation of sustainable development, in particular from the private sector?
4) Which models or mechanisms can help ensure effective monitoring and accountability
of the means of implementation of the post-2015 development agenda?

Format and outcome

The joint thematic debatel featured three consecutive, interactive, multi-stakeholder panel discussions as well as two partnership sessions.

To avoid any duplication and promote coherence and synergies with the Open Working
Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing, the preparations and organization of the event will be carried-out in close consultation with the co-chairs of both groups. A Presidents summary will be issued at its conclusion and will subsequently be made available to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing for their consideration, as applicable.

Participants

Member States are invited to participate at the highest possible level and to express to the
President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council
their interest in co-chairing an interactive panel discussion.

Representatives of United Nations agencies and of civil society, major groups and other
relevant stakeholders will also be invited to attend including high-level private sector
representatives, including CEOs and heads of corporate and non-corporate foundations, as well as representatives from civil society organizations and academic institutions.

Agenda

Opening Session
H. E. Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly
H. E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC
H. E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Keynote address
Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Founder, Tony Elumelu
Foundation

Civil Society Representative
Ms. Alessandra Cabral dos Santos Nilo, Co-founder and Executive
Director, GESTOS

Panel Discussion 1: Realizing the MDGs: Building on Key Partnership
Opportunities and the Way Forward

Moderator: Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic
Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary-General

Panellists:
• Mr. John Whitehead, CNZM, Former Secretary of the New Zealand
Treasury, Former Executive Director (Asia-Pacific), World Bank
• Mr. Michael O’Neill, ASG and Director of the Bureau of External
Relations and Advocacy, UNDP
• Mr. Miguel Pestana, Vice-President Global External Affairs,
Unilever
• Ms. Betty Maina, CEO, Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM)
• Ms. Bhumika Muchhala, Third World Network

Panel Discussion 2: Collaborating with businesses, foundations, civil
society and other actors in support of the
Post-2015 Development Agenda

Moderator: Ms. Christine Bader, Visiting Scholar and Lecturer,
Columbia University

Panellists:
• Mr. Anthony Smith, Director of International Relations,
Department for International Development, UK
• Ms. Lise Kingo, Executive Vice President Novo Nordisk A/S
• Mr. Benedict Cheong, CEO, Temasek Foundation
• Mr. Yaya Winarno Junardy, President Commission, PT Rajawali
Corporation and President, Global Compact Network Indonesia
• Ms. Alice Albright, CEO, Global Partnership for Education

Panel Discussion 3: Towards a more effective framework for
monitoring the implementation of global development goals

Moderator: Ms. Jane Wales, Vice-President, Aspen Institute, and
President and CEO, Global Philanthropy Forum

Panellists:
• Mrs. Brenda Killen, Head, Global Partnership and Policy Division,
OECD-DAC
• Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Co-Chair, Independent Expert Review Group
and Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
• Ms. Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC)
• Mr. Jorge Soto, Director, Sustainable Development, Braskem, and
President, Global Compact Network Brazil

Panel Discussion 4: Scaling up partnership opportunities in food and
nutritional security and marine resources

Moderator: Mr. Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum

Panellists:
• H.E. Mr. Devant Maharaj, Minister of Food Production, Land and
Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
• Mr. Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance on
Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
• Mr. Αrni M. Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Department, FAO
• Mr. James Hamilton, VP, Human & Nutrition and Health - North
America, DSM
• Ms. Marie Haga, Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust

Closing Session
H. E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC
 

Ambassador Colin Beck, Permanent Representative of the Solomen Islands
to the United Nations, H. E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC

Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Founder,
Tony Elumelu Foundation

Judy Kuriansky, UN Main Representative International Association of Applied Psychology, Mathian Osicki, Global HR Partner, IBM

Mr. James Hamilton, VP, Human & Nutrition and Health
- North America, DSM ,
Mr. Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance on
Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
 

Mr. Gyan Acharya, High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs
 and SIDS.

Mr. Miguel Pestana, Vice-President Global External Affairs,
Unilever, Donnetta Campbell, Co_Founder, The Barnyard Group,

Arun Bhan, Ghislaine Maxwell, Founder, The TerraMar Project

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief Executive of the initiative Sustainable Energy for All

Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum and Special Advisor to the Partnerships Committee for the Global Sustainability Foundation

 Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, World Trade Organization (WTO)

 Mr. Chola J. Chabala, Director for National
Planning, Ministry of Finance, Zambia 
Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary-General, International Road
Transport Union (IRU)

Roger Sen Gupta, Chairman, Park Place Group

Helena Bernadette Rajaonarivelo, Ministre Conseiller  Representant Permanent Adjoint, Mission Permanenter de la Republique de Madagscar Aupres De l'Organisation
 Des Nations Unies, Cianfarani Jaonary.

Donnetta Campbell, Co_Founder, The Barnyard Group,
Jacques-Philippe Piverger, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Mpowered

Diana Fu, Mr. Wu Fei, ( 伍飞 ) Secretary General, Global Travel Peace Organization

 H. E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC ,
Mr. Anil Kumar, SeniorVP, Strategic Growth, Capgemini.
 Navid Hanif, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum and Special Advisor to the Partnerships Committee for the Global Sustainability Foundation
 Dick Fuld,CEO, Matrix Advisors

Mr. Anil Kumar, SeniorVP, Strategic Growth, Capgemini.

HIH Arianna Romanov, CEO/ Founder, Crystal Tears Foundation,  
Ms. Sandar Soe,  Stephaine Rudy, DESA
Judy Kuriansky, UN Main Representative International Association of Applied Psychology, Ms. Rebekah Chew, DESA

Guests

Alex Charlton, President of Corporate Relations, Cavendish Global, Tas Dossal

Ajit Yogasundram, Senior Progamme Officer, Ecosoc,
 Anil Kumar, SVP and Mr. Pratosh Jhari, VP, Capgemini

Rui Zhang, Xu Ren

Mr. Kumar, Mr. Jhari, and Dick Fuld

Arun  Bhan,
H. E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC ,
Mike Lackey, President, AIT Global,

Ms. Leslie Wade, Chief, EICB/OESC/DESA
Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum

Mike Lackey, President, AIT Global, Diana Fu,

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