1) The document outlines Amanda Yeo's background and experience, including her education in Singapore, London, and Cambridge. 2) It then discusses her contributions to UNYANET, including writing articles on sustainable development goals and editing other volunteers' articles. 3) Finally, the document provides information about the process of establishing the post-2015 sustainable development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals, including youth involvement through surveys, forums, and global calls for participation.

1. Post-2015 Agenda Workshop
-UNYANET General Assembly
Date: 10 Sept 2015
Time: 1700-1800
Venue: Faculty of Law of
the Bucharest University
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2. Introduce myself
• Malaysian
• Graduated from Singapore
Institute of Management
this year
• Studied University of
London Economics and
Finance degree
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3. Experience
2013:
Corporate trips (China, Hong Kong & Singapore)
2014:
-Corporate trip in Taiwan
-Summer school in King’s and Pembroke College Cambridge, UK
-Young Entrepreneurship Program in Cambridge , UK
2015:
-IPMT business training in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
-Bayesian analysis course in National University of Singapore
-Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Internship in Cathay
Financial Holdings, Taiwan
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4. Contribution to
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http://blog.unyanet.org/author/amandayeo/
• Sustainable development goals
-Goal 3 (Healthy lives)
-Goal 6 (Water)
-Goal 9 (Industrialization)
• 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
2. Edit other volunteers’ articles
3. Do WHS questionnaires
1. Write articles

5. Why 2015 matters?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BDIBRwQ88
Reference:
Copenhagen Consensus Center: A better world by 2030- post-2015 development goals

6. From MDGs to SDGs
2010
• High Level Plenary Meeting on MDG review
2012
• Initiatives by UN Secretary-General
2013
• High-Level Panel Report (five big, transformative
shift)
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7. Initiatives by UN Secretary-General
1. UN System Task Team
60 UN agencies, “Realising the Future We Want for All” (May 2012)
2. High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons
27 leaders appointed 31 July 2012, “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate
Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development”
3. Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning
Amina J.Mohammed
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8. High-Level Panel Report
(issued on 30 May 2013)
1. Leave no one behind
2. Put sustainable development at the core
3. Transform economies for jobs and inclusive
growth
4. Build peace and effective, open and
accountable institutions for all
5. Forge a new global partnership
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9. Other initiatives
to achieve SDGs
• Rio+20 Conference on
Sustainable Development (June 2012)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Consultations
11 global thematic and several national consultations in 88
countries, United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
• Global Compact
• Open Working Group (OWG)
Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY)
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10. Upcoming event…
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12:00 AM
September 25, 2015 — 12:00 AM
September 27, 2015
UN SUMMIT TO
ADOPT POST-2015
DEVELOPMENT
AGENDA
Location: UNHQ New York, New York
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11. UN SUMMIT TO ADOPT POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT
AGENDA convened as a high-level plenary meeting of
the General Assembly.
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• More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable
Development Summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable
development agenda.
• This momentous agenda will serve as the launch pad for action by the
international community and by national governments to promote shared
prosperity and well-being for all over the next 15 years.
On September 25th 2015, 193 world leaders will commit to 17 goals to
achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight
inequality & injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable
development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people.

12. Why are new goals being adopted this year?
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The Millennium Development Goals that were launched in 2000 set 2015 as
the target year. Recognizing the success of the Goals – and the fact that a new
development agenda was needed beyond 2015 – countries agreed in 2012 at
Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to establish an open
working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals.
After more than a year of negotiations, the Open Working Group presented its
recommendation for the 17 sustainable development goals. In early August
2015, the 193 member states of the United Nations reached consensus on the
outcome document of the new agenda “Transforming our World: The 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

13. Why are there so many goals?
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There are 17 sustainable development goals with 169 targets in contrast to the 8
Millennium Development Goals with 21 targets. The complex challenges that exist
in the world today demand that a wide range of issues is covered. It is, also,
critical to address the root causes of the problems and not only of the symptoms.
The sustainable development goals are the result of a negotiation process that
involved the 193 UN member states and also unprecedented participation of civil
society and other stakeholders. This led to the representation of a wide range of
interests and perspectives. On the other hand, the MDGs were produced by a
group of experts behind closed doors.
The goals are broad in scope because they will address the interconnected
elements of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and
environmental protection. The MDGs focused primarily on the social agenda.
The MDGs targeted developing countries, particularly the poorest while the
sustainable development goals will apply to the entire world, the rich and the
poor.

14. How to implement better?
-with support of youth involvement
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1. Participation- making the world a better place requires people’s
engagement
Security guard voting for MY World
survey in San Fernando, Trinidad
and Tobago (Photo: A. Warner)
“It was my first experience to be given a chance to debate
the development priorities, and based on the documents
on the voices of young people to be included.
After listening to it and the participation, I thought, young
people can change the world if they are given a chance.
We have to fight for that chance.”
-Mukonga Parkens, a third-year student at Mukuba
University, Zambia

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Young man bringing ideas to
paper at UN Youth
Consultation, Cambodia.
(Photo: UN Cambodia)
2. Inclusion- A universal agenda means engaging all people at the local level
3. Capacities- The fuel for implementation

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Young people with disabilities discuss their participation in the decision-making
process, Niksic, Montenegro (Photo: UN Montenegro, Milos Vujovic)

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4. Multi-stakeholder partnerships- the glue for implementation
Two boys shaking hands at post-
2015 workshop in Azuay, Ecuador
(Photo: UNDP Ecuador)

18. Youth involvement via…
"We the People" feat. GET LIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=ntRnq_U13Eo
• My World 2015 survey
5 thematic priorities:
1. Education
2. Employment and Entrepreneurship
3. Health
4. Good Governance
5. Peace and Stability
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19. • a
• Crowdsourcing Platform
• Global Call on Youth
“Prioritizing Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
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20. World Conference on Youth :
Colombo Declaration on Youth
“Mainstreaming Youth in the
Post 2015 Development Agenda”
ECOSOC Youth Forum
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21. The most important youth
involvement for now is…
Transforming our world: Youth Speaks Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=57&v=LqKhwcVqi9g
-launched on 15 Jan 2015
-coalition of over 1,950 organisations around the world who are committed to
fight for a better future
29,575,652 actions taken so far
end poverty, inequality and climate change
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22. Germany…not yet the case
• Large parts of the population are unaware of the
unique opportunity to participate in the form of My World Survey
DMUN eV untenable
Solutions:
-Population should be informed and encouraged to participate in international
politics (from projects, partners)
We are to succeed a lot of attention for the sustainable development goals and
a high turnout at the My World Survey achieve.
In a formal ceremony, we will let reminisce together with project partners,
sponsors, supporters and invited guests, the projects of the campaign and discuss
the results of UN Climate Change Conference COP21 and the final vote of the
General Assembly on the SDGs
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information campaign to the post-
2015 agenda of the end of the year
launched

23. Finland is strongly committed to
formulating the post-2015 development
agenda
Solutions:
• Kehys: develop EU’s performance, contribute to
the Finnish position and bring various stakeholders
together to discuss what the post 2015 process means
to them Europe day, World Village festival etc.
became the public events to promote awareness
• Pay attention to fragile states, where achievement
of the Millenniums Development Goals has posed the biggest challenges
The new development agenda should observe
-The challenges brought on by climate change
-The multi-dimensional nature of poverty
-The special challenges posed by fragile states
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24. Why Youth Matters
http://ugtimes.com/2015/06/featured/un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-
why-youth-matters-today-more-than-ever/
As Ban Ki-moon said “You are leaders of today already. Raise your voice and
claim your right! Whether political, social, economic, or educational!”
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• 1.8 billion young people
• 90% live in developing countries
• >500 million youth aged 15-24 live on less than $2 a day
• 75 million youth unemployed, and more than 600 million jobs need to be
generated globally
• In developing countries, 1 in 3 girls is married before her 18th birthday

25. Resources
• www.worldwewant2015.org
• www.un.org/youthenvoy
• http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/
• www.youthpost2015.org
• https://crowdsourcing.itu.int
• http://1world1future1chance.de/
• http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/unga14/post2015.pdf
• http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=27667
3&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
• http://lapas.lv/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Feedback-
report-on-post-2015-agenda_LV_EST_FIN_LT.pdf
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26. Get Active!
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#GPY2015
#Youth
#Post2015
#UN4Youth