Revue de PRESSE PLATFORMA

SEMAINE 1 8 MARS 2015

SHAME ON ME: WHY IT WAS WRONG TO COST THE MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Brookings Institute, 2/03/2015
Fourteen years ago, as preparation for the 2002 Monterrey Conference on Financing for
Development, two colleagues and I wrote a paper estimating the costs of achieving the
MDGs. While the paper was widely cited and our estimatean additional $50 billionwas
the same as that adopted by the conference (see for example Kofi Annans speech), I have
been feeling increasingly uncomfortable with some of the methods we used to arrive at an
estimate. A number of thoughtful people have also criticized us (here and here). I now think
the whole exercise was wrong on at least three counts (Read article)

JOCELYNE BOUGEARD : LES AUTORITS LOCALES ET RGIONALES SONT

AUJOURDHUI CONSIDRES COMME DE RELS PARTENAIRES DANS LA
POLITIQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DAIDE AU DVELOPPEMENT
Toute lEurope, 3/03/2015
Jocelyne Bougeard est adjointe la Maire de Rennes, dlgue aux relations
internationales et aux relations publiques. Elle est par ailleurs Prsidente de la Commission
Europe, Coopration et Dveloppement de lAFCCRE quelle reprsente notamment au
sein de Platforma. Dans une interview Toute lEurope, elle revient sur le rle que jouent les
collectivits territoriales dans la coopration au dveloppement et sur les enjeux de cette
Anne europenne pour le dveloppement (Lire l'article)

ACP COMPENDIUM OF RISK KNOWLEDGE RELEASED BEFORE THE WORLD

CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
European Commission, 3/03/2015
The ACP Group, with the support from the EU, launched this Compendium on the risks faced
across ACP countries but also valuable on-going efforts to reduce them. This document looks
at the threats facing ACP countries but also the changes that can be undertaken, at the local
and national level, to help reduce these risks (Access document)

MEET A 2015-ER: EMILIA SAIZ

UN Dispatch, 4/03/2015
This is the third installment of the Meet A 2015-er series that profiles the women and men
who are helping to shape the Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change
negotiations as they take form later this year. Today, we get another perspective from civil
society: Emilia Saiz is Deputy Secretary General of United Cities and Local Government
based in Barcelona, Spain...(Read interview)

BLENDING OR STILL JUST MIXING?

ECDPM, 4/03/2015
Although several MDGs have been reached, there is still a huge financing gap
(approximately US$ 2,500bn per year), which is needed to meet the new SDGs for post-2015
development. There is, therefore, more interest in cooperation between the public and private
sector to fill this gap, both sides. At the same time, the attention to efficiency and
effectiveness of donor funds is increasing. Blending and innovative financing can help to
achieve these goals (Read article)
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