Newsletter – n°30 – February 2015

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On 5 February 2015, the European Commission approved a Communication, entitled “A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015”, which outlines the European Union’s vision for delivering on the post-2015 agenda, above all reaffirming the need for collective action and the creation of a global, multi-stakeholder partnership.

The Communication insists on that the post-2015 framework must represent a "contract" between people, civil society organisations, the private sector and elected representatives.

Key to this global partnership is an agenda developed through a "multi-layered approach” and a reinforced implementation and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals with the participation of stakeholders from the local, national and international level, as well as representatives from all groups.

With regard to local and regional governments, and in order to achieve the post-2015 objectives both domestically and internationally, the Communication calls on countries to enable the sub-national level and to reinforce multi-level coordination. National governments must above all develop the legislative and regulatory framework needed to "unlock the development potential of local authorities and stakeholders”.

Lastly, the EC vision on a global partnership is wholly based on the principles of "shared responsibility, mutual accountability and respective capacity”, it not only calls for the involvement of all stakeholders, including social partners, academia and institutions, but is universal to all countries.

Read the 5 February Communication