Upcoming Events
'The Development Agenda after 2015'
Date
From: 10 October 2012 15:00
Till: 10 October 2012 17:00
Location:
ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, Den Haag
Description
Forum on the occasion of the ISS 60th anniversary
Convenors: Rolph van der Hoeven and Wil Hout
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Introduction
Nearly all of the Millennium Development Goals that were adopted by the United Nations at the beginning of the century specified end dates in 2015. Various actors, including in the UN system, have already started contemplating what the post-MDG development agenda should look like.
The UN System Task Team on the post-2015 agenda has issued recently its report ‘Realizing the Future we want’ and at Rio plus 20 in June an agreement was reached to develop a set of ‘ Sustainable Development Goals’.
The ISS Lustrum 2012 is therefore an ideal venue to have an in-depth discussion on the future development agenda. The forum will link to an earlier report of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs,[1] and to discussions in the UN. The UN Secretary General has set up on 30 July a High-Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda.
Topic
This discussion will be based on an analysis of the shortcomings of the MDG-agenda, and will focus on the issues and approaches that will need to be incorporated into the post-MDG agenda.
Panelists
The forum will bring together three eminent participants and a set of high-ranking ISS alumni (participation to be confirmed):
- Professor Rob Vos, Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division at UN-DESA, New York, and coordinator of the UNSG's UN System-wide Task Team on the post-2015 UN Development Agenda.
- Professor K.P. Kannan, Former Director and Fellow Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala (India); Member National Commission for the Informal Sector (2005-09); Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies and the Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development (COSTFORD).
- Mr. Koen Davidse, Director Multilateral and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague.
- In addition to these speakers, the panel will be complemented by contributions from ISS alumni (through video/Skype):
- Ms. Silvia Hernandez Sanchez, MA, Deputy Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica
- Professor José António Pereirinha, PhD, Professor of Economics and Dean of the PhD Programme in Development Studies, School of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Mr. Wilfred Davidar, M.A, Chennai Cooperation Commissioner
- Mr. Kazenambo Kazenambo, M.A., Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Namibia( t.b.c.)
Audience
- ISS staff, MA and PhD students.
- EADI Directors and staff.
- Members of the Dutch Development Policy Review Network.
- Senior and PhD student members of CERES, the Netherlands Research School for Development Studies.
- Members of the ‘policy community’ in and around The Hague: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, development NGO, staff at foreign embassies.
Registration
This event is open but please let us know you wish to attend by filling in this registration form. You can also use this form to register for the other lustrum week activities.
See for more information:
This forum is one of the events taking place at ISS to celebrate it's 60th anniversary. For a full programme of the events taking place between 8 and 13 October, visit the Lustrum page on the ISS website.
Publication date: Monday, 03 September 2012
