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| State Secretary Burian at the Informal Development Ministerial Meeting |
| Florence, 17.07.2014 |
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| State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry Peter Burian left for Florence on Monday for an Informal Development EU Ministerial Meeting of the Italian Presidency, the conclusions from which are to form the basis of the further direction of the Italian Presidency concerning the development agenda.
The first item on the two-day agenda was food security and nutrition as related to the Milan EXPO 2015 priority topics and initiatives. As well, the Minister of Economy and International Cooperation of the Central African Republic Florence Limbio outlined main challenges lying ahead of her country on the path to stabilization.
The plenary meeting today (July 15, 2014) was devoted to the presentation of the main priorities of the Italian Presidency in development cooperation, the post-2015 development agenda and the role of private sector within. The discussion focused on preparing the EU strategy and position on sustainable development goals, especially setting targets and indicators, as well as implementation and financing methods. State Secretary Burian appreciated the existing work of the UN Open Working Group (OWG) drafting a final document, as well as the achieved progress on setting the goals, expressing support for the thorough preparation of the EU’s positions for talks on the post-2015 development framework. Special attention was paid to the need for maintaining the EU key priorities in the final document, among which there are building inclusive societies, support of democratic principles, human rights, access to justice and the efficient functioning of institutions, stressing the need to include building the rule of law within one of the goals. “As our own transformation experience confirms the rule of law, good governance, combating corruption and preserving human rights in general are key elements of success and sustainable development,” emphasized Burian.
The ministers then talked about migration and its nexus to the post-2015 development agenda.
The ministers´ meeting continued with informal discussion with selected representatives of the Italian Government, non-governmental organizations and the international community concerning the role of private sector in development agenda. The discussion followed up on the conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council from this June recognizing the role of the private sector in lowering poverty, support for sustainable development and inclusive growth, as well as expressing the will to continue in the cooperation with the private sector as an active partner in the development agenda. The participants of the meeting were also addressed via video link-up by Bono Vox, who promised the support of civil society in meeting development goals.
From its position of the V4 presidency country, the Slovak Republic summoned a traditional meeting of the V4 state secretaries beforehand, mainly featuring the realization of the joint V4 activities within the European Year of Development (EYD) 2015 and coordination of development cooperation with Ukraine.
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