The MDGs offer the opportunity to every citizen and individual to voice their concerns and opinions

The MDGs are much more than a mere technical exercise. The MDGs offer the opportunity to every citizen and individual to voice their concerns and opinions. They can provide a platform for debate, consultation and discussion. It is a platform which bases itself on multilateralism and social consensus and therefore has an important focus on partnership building.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals on country level by 2015 is a challenging task and requires the concerted efforts of a broad range of actors including government representatives, policy makers, civil society organizations, the private sector, the media, local communities and citizens.

However, attaining the MDGs is as much the responsibility of transitional and developing countries as it is the responsibility of developed nations to support them. Overcoming development challenges is a global effort, and participating nations can rely on the assistance of the United Nations System to define and monitor the implementation of national MDGs.