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The Committee for Development Policy Agenda 2014-2015
I. Plenary issues
A. Triennial Review
The Committee is responsible for undertaking the triennial review of the list of LDCs. In addition to measuring the progress of countries vis-à-vis the established criteria of the category, vulnerability profiles and impact assessment reports will be prepared for Angola and Kiribati. The Committee will also monitor the development progress of the countries graduating (Equatorial Guinea and Vanuatu) and graduated (Maldives and Samoa) from the list, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 67/221and Council resolution 2013/20.-
Status Update
- Subgroup: Stephan (chair), Alonso, Ocampo, Pilar, Aiguo, Madhura, Dzodzie, Leonce, Cornia, Plane, Wahid
- CDP Secretariat focal point: Matthias Bruckner
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Timeline
- Expert group meeting: 28-29(am) January 2015
- CDP Plenary: 23-27 March 2015
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Additional information
- 2015 Plenary: Preliminary Agenda
- 2015 Plenary: List of Documents
- 2015 Plenary: Identification of countries belonging on the list of LDCs
- 2015 Plenary: Ex-ante impact assessment of likely consequences of graduation of Angola from the least developed country category
- 2015 Plenary: Vulnerability Profile of Angola
- 2015 Plenary: Ex-ante impact assessment of likely consequences of graduation of Kiribati from the least developed country category
- 2015 Plenary: Vulnerability Profile of Kiribati
- 2015 Plenary: Kiribati Additional Comments to the CDP Plenary
- 2015 Plenary: Report on Graduating Countries: Equatorial Guinea and Vanuatu
- 2015 Plenary: Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the Category of Least Developed Countries as a complement to the 2015 triennial review: Maldives and Samoa
B. Review of the LDC criteria
The Committee will reconsider possible revisions of the HAI.-
Status Update
- Subgroup: Stephan (chair), Alonso, Ocampo, Pilar, Aiguo, Madhura, Dzodzie, Leonce, Cornia, Plane, Wahid
- CDP Secretariat focal point: Matthias Bruckner and Hiroshi Kawamura
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Timeline
- Proposal for additional health related indicators: 31 August
- Expert group meeting: 29(pm) January 2015
- CDP Plenary: 23-27 March 2015
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Additional information
- 2015 Plenary: Report of the EGM on HAI criteria
- Additional simulations on the Human Asset Index
C. Input on Istanbul Midterm Review
In preparation for the mid-term review of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020, the Committee will review the factors that have enabled or constrained countries in moving towards graduation from the LDC category and how support for the category can be strengthened.-
Status Update
- Subgroup: Alonso, Ocampo, Pilar, Aiguo, Madhura, Dzodzie, Leonce, Cornia, Plane, Wahid, and Stephan
- CDP Secretariat focal point: Roland Mollerus
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Timeline
- Suggestions on the third version of concept note and final offers of inputs: 14 October
- Final outline and division of labour: 17 October
- Inputs to be received by the Secretariat: 15 November
- First consolidated draft: 15 December
- Expert group meeting: 30 January 2015
- Revised draft: 28 February 2015
- CDP Plenary: 23-27 March 2015
D. Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
AMR is a function of the ECOSOC and the Committee addresses AMR topic as a contribution to the deliberations at the ECOSOC. At its seventeenth session, the Committee will follow up on its work on the post-2015 United Nations development agenda. It will analyse and provide recommendations on how to enhance accountability by all relevant actors and make it more effective and transparent for a successful implementation of that agenda. In this regard, it will also consider how to improve existing monitoring mechanisms.-
Status Update
- Subgroup: Ocampo, Sakiko, Onalenna, Keun, Zenebewerke, Tea, Ann, Adil, Victor, Diane and Claudia
- Coordinator: TBA
- CDP Secretariat focal point: Ana Luiza Cortez and Hiroshi Kawamura
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Timeline
- Inputs to be received by the Secretariat: 31 October
- First consolidated draft: 15 December
- Revised draft: 28 February 2015
- CDP Plenary: 23-27 March 2015
II. Other issues
A. Research volume on Global governance in post-2015 (CDP volume 2)
CDP members take a proactive role in exploring new rules and more democratic and inclusive mechanisms of global governance which are necessary for new concerted responses and international efforts to address emerging issues in shifting international environment.-
Status Update
- Available for sale: October 2015
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Additional information
- Final draft
- Publication for sale
- Background research papers
List of useful links about the work of the Committee:
- CDP reports
- Criteria for identification of LDCs
- Capacity development for LDCs
- LDC support measures portal
- Frequently asked question on CDP
Contact the CDP Secretariat
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