General Principles of Intellectual Property: Concepts of Intellectual Proper...
Stand van zaken MDG's
1. Presentation from Jan Vandemoortele
Presented at HUB at 13/02/2014
at the final event of the MDG15-project.
Without permission of Jan
Vandemoortele nothing can be quoted
or duplicated.
2.
3. ¾ see the MDGs
as a ‘good thing’
nearly 90% want
a similar agenda
beyond 2015
CAFOD survey, 104 people from civil
society organisations in 26 countries
4. UNECA survey, 112 people from
government, civil society and
academia in 32 African countries
• MDGs are important priorities for
our countries.
• They should feature in the Post-
2015 Agenda.
5. UNDG online consultation
‘My World’: over 1 million
people around the globe
Areas covered by the MDGs
remain critically important.
6.
7.
8. 3 targets achieved
5 years before
deadline
1. Extreme poverty
2. Safe drinking water
3. Slum upgrading
9. “They use statistics as
drunken men use lamp
posts – for support
rather than for
illumination.”
Andrew Lang
Scottish poet
1844-1912
16. Progress has continued
on all targets (except one!)
But it has slowed down
By and large, it has by-
passed the poorest
Storyline since 1990
17. √ Give financial support
√ Do volunteer work –
in & outside country
√ Take part in marches
and demonstrations
√ Consume consciously
Indifference
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