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Comments on the Elements Paper for Declaration Discussion

• Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (RCEM) and the International Migrants Alliance
• Beyond 2015
• Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
• Global Business Alliance
• International Commission for Dalit Rights (ICDR)
• Major Group: Children & Youth and Beyond 2015
• Major Group: Indigenous Peoples
• Major Group: Local Authorities
• Major Group: NGOs
• Major Group: Science & Technological Community
• Major Group: Women
• Major Group: Workers & Trade Unions
• Reaccion Climatica
• Red por la tierra y el Clima (WECAN) and WECF
• Save the Children
• Stakeholder Group on Ageing
• The Hunger Project
• Voluntary Service Overseas
• Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and Women of Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
• World Vision, Biovision and Millenium Institute
• Wundanyi Disabled Persons Organization

Stakeholders provided feedback on the Elements Paper from the co-facilitators for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda througout the month of February. Comments were collected via a google doc.

The elements paper can be found by following this link: http://tinyurl.com/Elements-Paper

To read inputs from Major Groups and other stakeholders please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/MGoS-Elements-Input

On 19 February 2015, a discussion document for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda was released by the co-facilitators of the post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations. The document is available here: http://bit.ly/p2015-declaration-discussion-document

UN DESA DSD and UN-NGLS invited non-governmental stakeholders to provide suggestions for inspirational and aspirational text / language for any of the paragraphs using an online form. Stakeholders were invited to contribute to one or more of the 15 paragraphs or introduce new topics. A compilation document of all submissions with attributions was prepared by DESA-DSD and UNNGLS and can be found below.

• FINAL COMPILATION FOR DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA DECLARATION

Proposed paragraphs submitted via this form can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/p2015-declaration-paragraphs-submitted

Interactive Dialogue with Major Groups and other Stakeholders, 19 February 2015

On 19 February 2015, from 10 AM - 1 PM (Trusteeship Council), there was an Interactive Dialogue with Major Groups and other Stakeholders.

The February Steering Committee in cooperation with DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS conducted an open process to obtain nominations for civil society speakers for the February Post-2015 negotiation session on the Declaration. All applications received have been published here. Selections have now been made and the final list of speakers (21) can be found below.

• Preliminary Summary of Stakeholder Reactions to the Elements Paper on the Declaration
• Agenda for Interactive Dialogue
• Speakers List for Interactive Dialogue

The January Stakeholder Steering Committee in consultations with DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS conducted an open process to select a 16-member Stakeholder Steering Committee to collaborate on the engagement of the Major Groups and other stakeholders in the second post-2015 negotiating session (17-20 February 2015).

• Terms of Reference February Stakeholder Steering Committee

Name	Civil Society Organization
Aaron Hernandez Ceradoy	Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants
Alessandra Nilo	Gestos- HIV, Communication and Gender, Also representing ABONG+MESA de Articulaci�n
Antonia Wulff	Education International
Carmen Cristina Capriles Flores	Reacci�n Clim�tica
Cornie Huizenga	Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Galina Angarova	Tebtebba
Gerard Vives Fern�ndez	Beyond 2015
James John O'Brien	VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) and the Post-2015 Volunteering Working Group
Kabita Gautam	BYND2015 Nepal Hub
Maria Isabel Rivera de Torres	HelpAge International
Marion Steff	Sightsavers
Matthew Boms	Communitas Coalition
Muzaffer Baca	International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation(IBC)
Dr. Najat M. Es'haqi	University of Bahrain
Njeri J. Kimotho	Solidaridad Eastern & Central Africa Expertise Center
Selamawit Tesfaye	Post 2015 Women's Coalition