In advance of the launch of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, the UN Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) and the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), in cooperation with a Stakeholder Steering Committee, held a preparatory forum for major groups and other civil society stakeholders.

Opening the forum on 16 January 2015, in New York, US, Lotta Tahtinen, DSD and Susan Alzner, NGLS, noted that the organizers had called for nominations for the Stakeholder Steering Committee, which led to the establishment of a 16-member committee that was gender balanced, geographically balanced and included a variety of expertise.

For a summary of the main subjects discussed, access http://sd.iisd.org/news/stakeholders-address-preparatory-forum-on-post-2015-negotiations/

For the Major Groups Website and Steering Committee Information; the Meeting Programme, the Official Summary and others, visit https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org