From Advocacy through Implementation to Acceleration and Beyond

The Global MDG Conference (GMC) was held in Bogota, Colombia on 27 to 28 February 2013, with close to 200 participants from about 40 countries. The GMC brought together partners who have played a crucial role in turning the global MDG agenda into a force for human development at national and sub-national levels. The main objective of the conference was to maintain the momentum for accelerating progress to 2015, while taking stock of lessons learned from efforts to achieve the MDGs so as to help inform the development agenda beyond 2015. Drawing from their rich repository of practical knowledge and evidence that have been accumulated in different development settings, participants highlighted successes and constraints in implementation of MDG initiatives.

The conference featured plenary sessions, as well as technical roundtables. The two days discussions covered the following themes:

•    MDG breakthroughs and challenges for the next generation;
•    The Final Push: Accelerating towards the MDGs and sustaining progress;
•    Mainstreaming the MDGs- translating a global agenda into national action and addressing gaps;
•    The unfinished business of the MDGs and the emerging agenda beyond 2015.

Lead experts, practitioners and thinkers from governments, academia, civil society, UNDP and other UN/development agencies actively exchanged their views, knowledge and evidence on areas of relevance to the MDGs. A global report on MDG achievement and acceleration will be prepared based on the proceedings of the conference.

Read UNDP Administrator Helen Clark's opening remarks to the conference.