Crowdsourcing proposals for post-2015 to feed into the intergovernmental process on SDGs Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future and partners are pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals e-Inventory,...

A new day, a new post. But, first I want to thank everyone for all the support they have shown after yesterday's post. A lot of you wrote me to connect and it really meant a lot. Thanks. Now, back to business! The Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions have issues a new communication on Europe's engagement with civil society in external relations. You can read the document here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0492:FIN:EN:PDF The document highlights the importance of an active civil society for democracy. It defines "CSOs" as follows:

The 39th Session of the CFS has gotten underway with a FULL plenary. They have 200 more people in attendance this year! As a result, all of the sessions will...