The UN and partners present MY World website
The United Nations and partners have teamed up to put in place MY World, an innovative global survey to encourage people´s participation in the process of defining the next set of global goals to end poverty. From today, people throughout the world can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for the changes that are important for them.
MY World is an options survey that asks individuals which six of sixteen possible issues they think would make the most difference to their lives. The sixteen issues cover the existing MDGs, plus issues of sustainability, security, governance and transparency.
The first phase of MY World has been completed and, from today, people can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for their priorities for the next development agenda. The survey will be also available through mobile technologies such as SMS and IVR (toll-free phone numbers) and paper ballots in late January 2013 to ensure maximum outreach, particularly to reach out directly into communities and draw the digitally disconnected, illiterate and poorest communities into the global debate.
Since they were adopted in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals have made a huge impact in the lives of millions of people. However, as the 2015 deadline approaches we must work together to agree on a new development framework to build on the progress and confront the persistent challenges facing people and planet.
MY World will provide a simple entry point for individual citizens across the world to participate and make their voice heard about their priorities for post-2015, and also offer the possibility for greater engagement through www.worldwewant2015.org .
Results from MY World will be submitted to the Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Post-2015 (Hiperlink here to http://www.un.org/sg/management/hlppost2015.shtml), to the Secretary General of the United Nations and global leaders as they prepare the next development agenda in the run up to 2015.
For further information, please contact:
Anna Ortubia, UN Millennium Campaign, anna.ortubia@undp.org
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, United Nations Department of Public Information, mohi-ud-din@un.org
Sophia Qureshi, United Nations Development Programme, sophia.qureshi@undp.org
The United Nations and partners have teamed up to put in place MY World, an innovative global survey to encourage people´s participation in the process of defining the next set of global goals to end poverty. From today, people throughout the world can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for the changes that are important for them.
MY World is an options survey that asks individuals which six of sixteen possible issues they think would make the most difference to their lives. The sixteen issues cover the existing MDGs, plus issues of sustainability, security, governance and transparency.
The first phase of MY World has been completed and, from today, people can access MY World at www.myworld2015.org and vote for their priorities for the next development agenda. The survey will be also available through mobile technologies such as SMS and IVR (toll-free phone numbers) and paper ballots in late January 2013 to ensure maximum outreach, particularly to reach out directly into communities and draw the digitally disconnected, illiterate and poorest communities into the global debate.
Since they were adopted in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals have made a huge impact in the lives of millions of people. However, as the 2015 deadline approaches we must work together to agree on a new development framework to build on the progress and confront the persistent challenges facing people and planet.
MY World will provide a simple entry point for individual citizens across the world to participate and make their voice heard about their priorities for post-2015, and also offer the possibility for greater engagement through www.worldwewant2015.org .
Results from MY World will be submitted to the Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Post-2015 (Hiperlink here to http://www.un.org/sg/management/hlppost2015.shtml), to the Secretary General of the United Nations and global leaders as they prepare the next development agenda in the run up to 2015.
For further information, please contact:
Anna Ortubia, UN Millennium Campaign, anna.ortubia@undp.org
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, United Nations Department of Public Information, mohi-ud-din@un.org
Sophia Qureshi, United Nations Development Programme, sophia.qureshi@undp.org