# Policy brief. Looking beyond 2015: a role for governance

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/policy-brief-looking-beyond-2015-a-role-for-governance
Type: Publication or report
Published: 2013-04-25
Updated: 2020-04-02

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25 April 2013

The year 2015 signals the end date for development commitments that global leaders first made at the United Nations (UN) in 2000: the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As the world looks beyond 2015, Transparency International calls on the UN and its member governments to establish a governance goal for open, accountable and participatory governance.

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