PRIMER ACTIVITY: The Millenium Development Goals

PRIMER ACTIVITY: The Millenium Development Goals

Roger_jg 1182260594|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

"The Millennium Development Goals were adopted five years ago by all the world's Governments as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century." Kofi Annan

Amongst the numerous problems that ride our world, the UN choose to address 8 of them. The MDGs promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS and other diseases. By doing so, the UN members clearly indicated that some issues are more important than other. This also suggests that there is a limited amount of energy (or money) available and that therefore only some problems can be addressed.

Should an organisation based on the work and contribution of volunteers adopt a similar approach. If yes what should be its "list of priority".

General discussion in this thread. Specifics in their respective threads. Thread will be updated to reflect contributors' thoughts.

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Re: PRIMER ACTIVITY: The Millenium Development Goals

Teresa Flanagan 1183745481|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

The UN Millenium Project has an agreed framework of 8 goals (as Roger has mentioned); 18 targets and 48 technical indicators to measure progress towards the Millenium Goals. For example, Goal 1 is to eradicate extreme hungerand poverty. Target 1 is to halve between 1990 an 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. Indicator 1 is to count the proportion of the population below $1 per day (which will be done through the World Bank.) A concensus of experts from the United Nations, IMF, OECD, World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO all have roles in measuring progress through technical indicators. Obviously this is a huge, and far reaching project with thousands of people involved. So if thousands of paid people are working on 8 goals, 18 targets, and 48 technical indicators, I think that it behooves an online volunteer organisation, to carefully pick and choose their list of priorities and goals and to match it with their manpower, expertise, and realistic capabilities.

Re: PRIMER ACTIVITY: The Millenium Development Goals

Roger_jg 1183780933|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Dear Teresa.

I think it says it all !!!

Roger_jg

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The Millenium Development ... an upgrade

timedesk 1185607280|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

This article describes the experiences in Sauri, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=231264
One of the model villages of The Earth's Institute Millenium Village projects. It's an interesting report on what can be done based on the Official institutions concepts. It may give us a framework of where an OVO organization could fit in. One important aspect we're not restricted by the complicated planning an control mechanism UN initiatives follow. maybe one of our roles could be bridging gaps between institutions and people on the ground, more effectively than has been done so far?

Ben

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"In the end, Bunde questioned whether outside experts really understand the problems in Sauri. While life had improved in the years since the Millennium Village experiment began, Bunde wondered fearfully what will happen when the project ends, “because we have become so dependent.” Change, he said, needs to be led from inside the village. “As we say here, only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.”

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