ポスト2015年開発枠組み策定におけるグローバルなCSOの主張と参加

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In order to put pressure on the international community, especially the United Nations which have been leading the efforts of creating the post-2015 global development framework that will replace the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), CSOs (civil society organizations) working on the global level have been active both on advocacy and campaign fronts.

In this effort of creating “The World We Want 2015,” CSOs have characterized the world we live in as “obscene,” in which the rich-gets-richer-and-the-poor-gets-poorer global system dominates. What CSOs demand is the realization of a transformative agenda in which three principles are respected. They are 1) upholding fundamental human rights and using the rights-based approaches (RBA) in looking at and understanding development across all spectrums; 2) ensuring participation of all stakeholders and the marginalized and disenfranchized in particular; and 3) focusing on accountability of the international community and of the nation-states who have been making and not keeping promises for eradicating poverty.

CSOs have created various coalitions to put forward their demands. At least partially, this formation of advocacy coalitions represent shifting norms of CSOs, in that there has been a push from internal and external stakeholders to bring civil society from the global “south” into the spotlight，rather than spokespeople from the “north” speaking on behalf of the marginalized. Among others, Beyond 2015 and GCAP (Global Call to Action against Poverty) have played a leading role in the global CSO advocacy for the post-2015 agenda.

Combining the sustainability agenda, we only have less than a year before the finalization of the new set of development goals. CSOs will carry on their advocacy and campaigns, knowing that the year 2015 may be a milestone but is not the end of the fight against poverty and inequality.