At the tenth session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals, the representative from Guatemala affirmed, “we need to do the not nice or glamorous job of choosing and prioritizing.” The OWG is currently facing the daunting task of winnowing down and reformulating 19 focus areas into concrete goals and targets, and a lack of consensus persisted in its most recent session.
CIC Senior Fellow Alex Evans has examined the dynamics of multilateral negotiations and collective action issues for the past decade. In 2015, he will be watching the international stage closely as four key multilateral processes play out.
