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Post - 2015 Sustainable Development Goals the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme the Task Team supports the post-2015 process by providing analytical thinking and substantial inputs. An inter-agency technical support team (TST) was established to support the Open Working Group, under the umbrella of the UN System Task Team. The TST is co-chaired by DESA and UNDP, and it consists of over 50 UN entities. The TST provided technical support, including analytical inputs, background material and expert panellists. A key output of the TST were 29 issues briefs covering the full range of issues considered by the OWG. The TST is open ended (http://sustainabledevelopment. un.org/owg.html). To support the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing, a UNTT working group on financing for sustainable development was created. Its work is also open ended. The UN Development Group (UNDG) In an effort to assist Member States in building a coherent post-2015 development agenda, the United Nations Development Group spearheaded an unprecedented, multi-stakeholder outreach to facilitate a global conversation to contribute to the work of the Secretary- General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the deliberations of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. The ongoing initiative provides a space for people�s voices, including a sustained effort to reach out to the poor and marginalized. The consultations were held as national dialogues led by United Nations country teams in collaboration with governments, civil society and other partners, global thematic consultations, along with the World We Want web platform and My World global survey. Building on the results of the national consultations, regional United Nations Development Group teams and the UN Regional Commissions convened consultations that further broadened the scope of country representation in the multi-stakeholder dialogues. Preliminary findings of the ongoing global initiative are captured in the United Nations Development Group reports (available from the World We Want web platform), entitled The Global Conversation Begins: Emerging Views for a New Development Agenda and A Million Voices: The World We Want � A Sustainable Future with Dignity for All. Over 1750 initiatives now registered on Partnerships for SDGs platform By UNDESA/DSD on 30 Sep 2015 O ver 40 initiatives from a range of stakeholders were registered in the Partnerships for SDGs platform in the leadup to and during the United Nations Summit for Sustainable Development, bringing the total number to 1751. Initiatives were registered in support of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and included a knowledge sharing platform on sustainable policies for integrated water resources management and climate change adaptation, a sustainability literacy test aimed at assessing knowledge of students from higher education institutions all over the world, and a communication initiative aimed at spreading the word about the sustainable development goals. Registrations also included an initiative on solar empowered schools in Tanzania, an e-learning programme in Africa, an initiative to create sustainable means of nutrition for the mentally challenged, the elderly, street kids, and other vulnerable groups across West Africa, and a global partnership to end violence against children. Partnerships for SDGs is an online platform for encouraging global engagement around multi-stakeholder partnerships and voluntary commitments in support of the implementation of the sustainable development goals and their targets. The platform is open for registrations in support of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. 14 Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • November - December 2015