2015 wasn’t just a
year; it was a unique opportunity to change our future and a time to act.
In
2015, world leaders had the opportunity to make historic progress on the
greatest challenges of our time. Two global processes – defining a new UN
development framework and climate agreement – culminated within months of each
other at the end of 2015. World leaders will be deciding – for good or for bad
– the future for people and the planet. At that instance, people must demand that leaders adopt new policies that are ambitious and hence we will hold
them accountable to their commitments.
We know
what we can do to end extreme poverty, hunger, and needless suffering. We can
build a world community that provides all its citizens the equal right to live
their lives to the fullest – without harming the planet.
Whether we choose to Gender Equality;
Whether we choose to end poverty;
Whether we chose to climate justice;
action/2015 Campaign:
The action/2015
campaign was formed to demand change and work to ensure world
leaders adopt truly ambitious goals and agreements on climate change, poverty, inequality,
and injustice. action/2015 was a platform to build a groundswell of public
pressure and ensure action is taken to deliver transformational change.
Since
July 2014, nearly 300 organisations from
around the world have come together behind the global campaign, and more continue to join. More than 35
national-level action/2015 coalition campaigns were formed - the majority
in countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. action/2015 members come from both the development and climate sectors.
The campaign has
already been brought to the attention of Ban Ki-moon and other leaders through
a call to action printed in newspapers across the world on Nelson Mandela’s
birthday and signed by GracaMachel, MalalaYousafzai, Desmond Tutu, Bono,
Mohammed Yunis and Mo
Ibrahim.
it will mobilize around key moments pegged to critical
milestones to increase pressure on decision makers. Such as the Financing for Development Summit; UNGA Leaders Summit; and UNFCCC Paris:
In
September 2015, and in parallel to the campaign, Project Everyone - a huge push by business, creative industries,
and civil society, will broadcast to the world the goals and agreements that
world leaders have committed in an effort to raise public awareness.
Towards this end, ICAD was funded to mobilize and increase pressure on our leaders to attend the Financing for Development conference in Addis.
ICAD had 5 objectives to accomplish:
To
host advocacy party/meeting for finance ministers (incoming/outgoing) and MPs
to demand that government make clear plans to fund sustainable future;
To Demonstrate and create awareness with a
view to Increase
action2015 campaign visibility with women and out of school youths;
To conduct Action2015 Rally for Financing Future Development with
in-school youth;
To generate media coverage about action/2015 through National Press Conference;
To mobilize 10000 youths in a rally to mark the
International Youth Day/Media Outreach on 101.5 FM
ICAD had a successful outcome in the project:
Selected
members of the coalition visited the permanent secretary Federal ministry of finance in Abuja (though No minister of Finance was appointed at this time due to regime change, the pressure paid off) and registered a
letter requesting for an advocacy visit. Due to the pressure by the coalition, it enhanced the attendance by
the Vice president (Professor Y. Osinanjo) to FfD conference in Addis Ababa.
Over
2,026 women, children and out of school youths were mobilized and demonstrated their
support for Action2015's finance future development campaign. The activities
were conducted in a church community were the women are holding their annual
convention and the children massively mobilized to speak to parents and
stakeholders.
The
event mobilized and enlightened about 2500 participants. This number includes Students, Teachers, Media
Organisations, NGOs, Community leaders, Opinion leaders, Youth leaders and
women group
Improved networking for about
50 Civil Society Organizations and relevant agencies that participated and got
co-opted into the campaign process. Wider reach (10000 people via media
circulation of the press release). Value-added information about the opportunities
and risks at stake in 2015. Amplified
endorsement of action/2015’s objectives.
Youth groups came together to hear from high caliber government functionaries and policy makers (including the governor of Plateau state) on their commitment towards ending poverty, inequality and climate change In line with upcoming meeting of world leaders for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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