Draft outcome document of the United Nations summit
for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda
A/RES/69/315
congregating all relevant stakeholders to actively contribute in their area of
expertise. The forum will provide a venue for facilitating interaction,
matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant
stakeholders and multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to identify and
examine technology needs and gaps, including on scientific cooperation,
innovation and capacity-building, and also in order to help to facilitate
development, transfer and dissemination of relevant technologies for the
Sustainable Development Goals. The meetings of the forum will be convened
by the President of the Economic and Social Council before the meeting of
the high-level political forum under the auspices of the Council or,
alternatively, in conjunction with other forums or conferences, as appropriate,
taking into account the theme to be considered and on the basis of a
collaboration with the organizers of the other forums or conferences. The
meetings of the forum will be co-chaired by two Member States and will
result in a summary of discussions elaborated by the two co-Chairs, as an
input to the meetings of the high-level political forum, in the context of the
follow-up and review of the implementation of the post-2015 development
agenda.
• The meetings of the high-level political forum will be informed by the
summary of the multi-stakeholder forum. The themes for the subsequent
multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the
Sustainable Development Goals will be considered by the high-level political
forum on sustainable development, taking into account expert inputs from the
task team.
71. We reiterate that this Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals and
targets, including the means of implementation, are universal, indivisible and
interlinked.
Follow-up and review
72. We commit to engaging in systematic follow-up and review of the
implementation of this Agenda over the next 15 years. A robust, voluntary, effective,
participatory, transparent and integrated follow-up and review framework will make
a vital contribution to implementation and will help countries to maximize and track
progress in implementing this Agenda in order to ensure that no one is left behind.
73. Operating at the national, regional and global levels, it will promote
accountability to our citizens, support effective international cooperation in
achieving this Agenda and foster exchanges of best practices and mutual learning. It
will mobilize support to overcome shared challenges and identify new and emerging
issues. As this is a universal Agenda, mutual trust and understanding among all
nations will be important.
74. Follow-up and review processes at all levels will be guided by the following
principles:
(a) They will be voluntary and country-led, will take into account different
national realities, capacities and levels of development and will respect policy space
and priorities. As national ownership is key to achieving sustainable development,
the outcome from national-level processes will be the foundation for reviews at the
regional and global levels, given that the global review will be primarily based on
national official data sources.
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