The Millennium Project was an initiative that focused on detailing the organizational means, operational priorities, and financing structures necessary to achieve the

Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenn ...

or (MDGs). The goals are aimed at the reduction of poverty,

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disease A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that a ...

illiteracy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in Writing, written form in some specific context of use. In other wo ...

, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. At the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

Millennium Summit The Millennium Summit was a meeting among many world leaders, lasting three days from 2000, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to discuss the role of the United Nations at the turn of the 21st century. At ...

in September 2000 world leaders had initiated the development of the MDGs and had set a completion date for the project of June 2005. In order to support the MDGs, UN Secretary-General

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and Administrator of the

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(UNDP)

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launched the Millennium Project to determine the best strategies for achieving the MDGs. The Project was headed by Professor

Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey David Sachs () (born 5 November 1954) is an American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor. He is known for his work ...

. The Millennium Project worked from 2002 to 2005 to devise a recommended plan of implementation that would allow all

developing countries A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...

to meet the MDGs and thereby substantially improve the

human condition The human condition is all of the characteristics and key events of human life, including birth, learning, emotion, aspiration, morality, conflict, and death. This is a very broad topic that has been and continues to be pondered and analyzed f ...

by 2015. The Millennium Project presented its final recommendations in its report to the Secretary-General ''Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals'', completed in January 2005. Ten theme-oriented task forces have been created in order to perform the majority of the research. The task forces are an amalgamation of representatives from the academic community, public and private sectors of

society A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soci ...

civil society Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.Millennium Villages Project The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was a demonstration project of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the United Nations Development Programme, and Millennium Promise aimed at proving that its integrated approach to rural development ...

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2005 World Summit The 2005 World Summit, held between 14 and 16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which had led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives ( ...

References

2^http://www.millennium-project.org/ (reference http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/ is a scam link)

External links

UN Millennium Project websiteMillennium PromiseLil' MDGs - MDGs for ChildrenInner City Kids Dream Big with MDGs
{{Authority control Millennium Development Goals

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