The World We Want 2015, a joint initiative of the United Nations and Civil Society, it is a growing movement of people all over the world contributing their vision towards an overall plan to build a just and sustainable world free from poverty.
This initiative has launched a call for proposals for civil society organizations to host consultation meetings on health in the post-2015 agenda. As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there is lively debate both within and beyond the UN system on the contents and form of the post-2015 agenda. The UN Development Group (chaired by UNDP) is leading efforts to catalyse a “global conversation” on the post-2015 agenda through a series of at least 50 national consultations and eleven global thematic consultations. The aim of these consultations is to bring together a broad range of stakeholders to review progress on the MDGs and to propose and discuss options for a post-2015 framework.
The call is open to civil society organizations working in the field of health. The term civil society in this context refers to the sphere of autonomous associations that are independent of the public and for-profit sectors and designed to advance collective interests and ideas. The hosting civil society organization or coalition should be able to demonstrate the ability to reach out to a representative network(s) of civil society with links to people in the relevant region directly affected by poverty, and with an experience in advocating for health and/or providing health services directly, and in particular in reaching out to marginalised or vulnerable populations. The Organization or Coalition should have international experience, either global, regional or sub regional. Preferably the meetings should take place in developing countries.
It would be preferable that the hosting civil society organization or coalition does not have a focus on one disease or condition and has some experience in advocacy around MDGs or the post 2015 agenda. It is also preferable that organizations are based in Africa, Asia/Pacific or Latin America, or are coalitions including groups from these regions. Joint submissions to meet these conditions would be acceptable
The deadline to submit concept notes is 2 November 2012. For more information, visit this link http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/279925
