SDG Follow Up Ideas 1
As we approach the May session of the Post 2015 negotiations the focus will shift to follow up mechanisms. I thought this was a good time to put forward some suggestions so here is post 1 on ideas for the Follow Up. National Councils or Commissions on Sustainable Development After the 1992 Earth Summit many countries set up National Councils or Commissions on Sustainable Development to develop Sustainable Development Strategies often drawing from Agenda 21 chapters, though not exclusively. Countries were expected to finish their strategies by 2002 and then engage in implementing them. There were over 100 councils or commissions created in the period from 1992-2002. These Councils and Commissions differed in where they were set up in government or in some cases as an independent entity. They were established through widely diverse mechanisms such as: Presidential decree: Argentina and Vietnam. Ministerial decree: Niger and Barbado...