Knowledge from the margins
So, you are bound to take a personal loan because of the tight cashflow? There is nothing wrong with taking a loan if you are willing to manage your expenses. But there are some important things you must understand before making that major decision. So, let’s dive into the details …
The Participate network contributed to raising the issue of participation and accountability at the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development July 11-20, 2016- UNHQ, New York. Participate was one of many civil society actors to co-create a Together 2030 side event “Are we already left behind? The role of civil …
The United Nations Secretary General’s (UNSG) has taken a look at the progress made in articulating a Post 2015 development agenda and released a synthesis report- the Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming all Lives and protecting the Planet. The report comes after close to four years of a …
A warm welcome to Ban Ki-Moon’s new independent expert advisory group on the data revolution. While the data revolution conversation has been bubbling away over the last year, it’s been difficult to see how it will be brought into the official post-2015 process. With the announcement of the expert group, that …
The 13th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals is not the only post2015 event taking place in New York during July. Away from the UN, civil society organization members seeking to influence the final document will be working together at meetings across the city, discussing the latest goals …
Participate’s new report ‘Work with us: How people and organisations can catalyse sustainable change’ argues that the wellbeing of the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities will only be improved if they are seen as active partners in efforts to tackle poverty and injustice. Participation and realising the rights of allThe report …
In June and July, four participatory research organisations from the Participate initiative facilitated Ground Level Panels to mirror the United Nations High Level Panel (HLP) for a post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda, which was co-chaired by David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President …
Burdened by predicament and angst on the one hand and energised by hope on the other, the Ground Level Panel comprising of 14 people from across India, living in poverty and experiencing various forms of marginalisation, deliberated on development goals (Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Post-2015) as it currently is, …
From East, North, West and Central Uganda, 12 people gathered for a common cause. Though they had been briefed about the Ground Level Panel, to begin with no one knew what to do exactly and what to contribute. Seated in a circle, the 12 experts were assured that their views …
What do we have in common? We, caboclos, ribeirinhos (riverside-dwellers), people of African descendants, youth, slum-dwellers, Indians, men and women, human beings, assembled at the Tijuca Forest, in the month of July of 2013, send our message to the planet, trying to reach primarily the people with decision-making power over …