The ACTION Support Centre has been involved in a series of events as part of our ongoing engagement with the discussions that are informing the global process to negotiate and agree on a set of developmental targets that will replace the Millennium Development Goals.

Readers will recall the updates in our previous newsletter that spoke of our involvement in an African delegation visit to Shanghai, China, hosted by the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. The discussions in Shanghai centered on the upcoming 6th Forum on China Africa Cooperation and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and included officials from the African Union and various civil society formations and academic institutions.

ACTION is also involved in the Beyond 2015 Peace and Security Task force, a collaborative effort between 33 civil society groups from within the peace sector which aim to tap into and influence policy discussions at the UN level. As part of this collaboration, ACTION contributed to and endorsed an Open Letter to the UN General Assembly Open Working group discussion on Sustainable Development Goals. The Open Working Group letter is available here.