Not on track: the 2030 agenda at half time
User manual accessible here Had the opportunity yesterday to remotely address the Opening Ceremony of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Summit. The result of a rather last-minute invitation from the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, IWRAW APs core funder, we would have rather had our community partners do the talking, but it was too short a window to mobilise grassroots voices, and too short a time slot to show a video, even if we had one that was appropriate. The concept note for the session describes it as The 2030 Agenda at Half-time (FIFA World Cup terminology???) and the phrase used repeatedly was that “we are not on track for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”. The line-up on the podium was heavy with Presidents and VIPs. - Ignazio Cassis, the President of the Swiss Federation, Paul Kagame, President of Uganda, Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, Amina J Mohamed Deputy Secretary General of the UN and Vitalice Heja the Executive Director o