The President of the Pan-African Parliament, Bethel Amadi, Nigeria, welcomed participants to the Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultations on Governance. Participants challenged leaders on governance about accountability and transparency. During the first day, a governance leader’s panel “kick-started the conversation” during an interactive discussion on governance. Delegates during the meeting A participant from Ghana at the Global Thematic Consultations on Governance. Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary General, UN Development Programme; Graça Machel, the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda; and Zanele Mbeki, former First Lady, South Africa Participants debating good governance and public-private partnerships for sustainable development during a roundtable discussion. Discussions on governance continued during lunch.