Aissata Ndiaye (Sightsavers, Global) Aissata Ndiaye is Global Advocacy Advisor at Sightsavers. She coordinates Sightsavers advocacy on SDG implementation at international level and ensures that Sightsavers’ work is rooted in the change it wants to see in social inclusion, inclusive education and eye health. She also provides a link between the Sightsavers’ international advocacy and the advocacy work of country offices ; advising and supporting the effective delivery of Sightsavers’ country level advocacy initiatives as well supporting national Voluntary National Review process.

She has 15 years’ experience in influencing governments and co-ordinating key programme management processes working for international organisations such as Sightsavers, WaterAid UK and PLAN UK in London as well as local organisations such as “Village Pilote”(Senegal); strengthening capacity, and leading programmatic learning in health, inclusive education, social inclusion, good water and sanitation and child protection projects in 23 different countries. She lives and works in Dakar, Senegal.

Busani Sibindi (Save Matabeleland, Zimbabwe) is a dynamic development and human rights activist with more than seven years’ experience in NGO programming, leadership, and management, with a particular focus on marginalized communities. The founding director of Save Matabeleland Coalition, a member of the Together 2030 Core Group, he also runs the SDG Digest. He is a board member of the International Institute for Global Leadership and has served at the YOCIC (Youth for a Child in Christ) board since 2007. He has coordinated various high-level programs locally and globally. He was the national coordinator of the Beyond 2015 campaign in Zimbabwe, and participated in the post-2015 UN Intergovernmental negotiations, having presented in sessions in New York. Busani is a 2016 Mandela – Washington Fellow (University of California Berkeley) under President Obama’s flagship program for Young African Leaders. Busani continues his work in sustainable development with a strategic focus on Goals 1, 10, 13, 16 and 17 through amongst many the National Coordination on the Implementation (NACOS 2030) and the #SDGSFOREVERYONE Project.

Arelys Bellorini (World Vision, Global) is currently United Nations Representative (Child Rights and Sustainable Development) for World Vision in New York. Most recently, she led World Vision NY-engagement on the post-2015 development agenda. In addition, she manages the organization’s relations and partnerships with key UN agencies, in particular UNICEF as well as the inter-governmental relations and civil society partnerships.

Arelys Bellorini is a sociologist graduated from Columbia University in New York and holds Graduate degrees from New York University and the Nicaraguan National Autonomous University. She has led national programmes and strategies on the promotion and full realization of children rights in Nicaragua and at sub-regional and regional level in Latin America.

She has worked in Plan International, the Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation in Nicaragua, the Norwegian Agency for Cooperation Development, the Nicaragua Foreign Affairs Ministry, among others. She has managed national and local NGOs and has been a Professor on advocacy and multilateral organizations in her home country. Arelys Bellorini has also managed humanitarian programs and disaster risk reduction strategies at the municipal and community levels.

Gomer Padong currently serves as the Program and Development Cooperation Specialist at the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA). With over a decade of experience, he has proven himself as a catalyst for impactful policy and advocacy efforts, fostering strategic partnerships. Gomer is committed to enhancing the social entrepreneurship landscape across the Asia-Pacific region. His leadership has led to successful cross-sector collaborations, funding acquisition, and the implementation of capacity-building initiatives.

Gomer's influence extends from his role as the former Director of the Philippine Social Enterprise Network. During his tenure from 2010 to 2019, he steered the organization's strategic direction, championing policy changes that elevated the impact of social enterprises in the Philippines. His leadership resulted in empowering network members through innovative programs, training strategies, and strategic partnerships with donors and key stakeholders. A true global advocate, Gomer represented the Network in intergovernmental platforms in Asia and the Pacific, and around the globe around sustainable development. His contributions have not only shaped international discourse on social entrepreneurship but have also established him as a trusted voice in the field.

Philipp Schönrock (Cepei, Colombia) is the Director of CEPEI, an independent, non-profit, data driven think tank, working through field based analysis and high-level advocacy to scale up the participation of Latin America and the Caribbean within the global development agendas.

For 2 years he was co-chairman of the Beyond 2015 campaign, a civil society global initiative for the negotiation of the 2030 Agenda. Currently, he is a member of the GPSDD and Together 2030 Boards. Recently, he was appointed to the academic committee of the UN World Data Forum. He represents CEPEI as a member of the Colombian Confederation of NGOs Board.

John Patrick Ngoyi (JDPC Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) is the Director of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. JDPC is a grassroots based organization that sought adequate representation of people’s voices in the outcome of the post 2015 processes through participation in the Beyond 2015 Campaign and its Executive Committee for 4 years. He is now committed to securing the implementation of the SDGs at the global, regional and national levels through the JDPC of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Africa and the African CSOs engaging the African Union on the post 2015 and the 2063 Agendas