The NGO Major Group is tasked with facilitating the participation and enhancing the engagement of non-governmental organizations in the processes directly and indirectly related to the High Level Political Forum. When possible, we work to organize positions on behalf of the members to be delivered in various United Nations spaces. Because of the diversity of voices and perspectives within this group, we are organized around thematic clusters which act as hubs of expertise on numerous issues and/or Sustainable Development Goals.

We are always striving towards transparency and inclusiveness in our decision-making processes. Currently we are doing this through the use of a Google Group. Please click here to join.

We have two global organizing partners; Alice Odingo in Nairobi, Kenya and Daniel Perellin New York City, USA. We also currently have four regional organizing partners who work to facilitate engagement in Asia (Beckie Malay), the Caribbean (Shantal Munro-Knight), Europe (Leida Rijnhout), and North America (Soon-Young Yoon). Please feel free to contact any of us with proposals, questions, or concerns.

To ensure openness and transparency, Organizing Partners of each Major Group were asked to report on their activities and governance since the lead up to the Rio+20 Conference, including a written description of their selection/election criteria and a list of the organizations the Major Group consults with.

• Terms of Reference for Organizing Partners (OPs)