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IIASA Deputy Director General Nebojsa Nakicenovic has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to serve on a special advisory group from civil society, the private sector and the scientific community which will support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, a key part of the post-2015 architecture for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Also named to the group were IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow William Colglazier, and Peter Bakker, who is a member of the Alpbach-Laxenburg Group.  

When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the UN General Assembly in September 2015, the agenda called for a multi-stakeholder Technology Facilitation Mechanism. The mechanism will comprise three elements: a UN interagency task team on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs, a collaborative multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs that meets once a year and an online platform.

After an extensive and open selection process, the Secretary General selected 10 individuals to be invited to serve in their personal capacity on the 10-Member Group to support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism. The group, working with the UN interagency task team, will prepare the meetings of the multi-stakeholder forum, support the development and operationalization of the online platform and provide briefings and other inputs to the high-level political forum on sustainable development. 

Nakicenovic was nominated for the post by the International Council for Science (ICSU). He is a former member of ICSU Committee on Scientific Planning and Review, and long-standing contributor to ICSU’s activities. 

Members of the group will serve for two years, and the group will meet at least once a year. The group will have two co-chairs who will represent the group for a period of one year at a time. 

The full list of members of the group, and its terms of reference, are available from the UN website.