A/HRC/36/49 everyone. The Special Rapporteur sees his role as ensuring that the right to development remains a focus in the global discourse on the post-2015 development agenda. The Special Rapporteur will work to ensure that the right to development, and indeed all human rights, are recognized as an integral part of the sustainable development discourse, while emphasizing that development should happen in accordance with human rights principles and with the goal of achieving the realization of the right to development for all, rather than simply for economic growth. While economic growth is important, it is a quantitative and value-neutral concept that can have both negative and positive impacts on people’s lives. Development, on the other hand, is a qualitative concept; including the human rights dimension is crucial to assessing the actual success of human development. Accordingly, the vision contained in the Declaration on the Right to Development must be the guiding force in the implementation of the post-2015 development framework. On the basis of Council resolution 33/14, the Special Rapporteur has identified several major areas of focus that he would like to develop in the course of his mandate. 34. First, the Special Rapporteur intends to focus on identifying and working to remove structural obstacles to the implementation of the right to development, by assessing national and international development policies and providing recommendations on fostering effective international cooperation, including in relation to financing for development. Depending on available resources, he also intends to organize consultations, in particular regional consultations, on some of these issues. 35. Second, in line with Human Rights Council resolution 33/14, the Special Rapporteur will develop a constructive dialogue and consult with States and other relevant stakeholders to identify, exchange and promote good practices relating to the realization of the right to development in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change. At the present stage, the Special Rapporteur has not yet developed benchmarks to assess, measure and compare what qualitatively could be considered good practices. He will further consult stakeholders in this respect. 36. A third area of focus will be exploring practical measures and providing recommendations for the realization of the right to development at the national and international levels. The Special Rapporteur is mandated to contribute to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right to development in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and other internationally agreed outcomes of 2015, and to this effect engage with Member States and other stakeholders and participate in relevant international meetings and conferences. In that context the Special Rapporteur observes that operationalizing the right to development requires not only evaluation of the outcomes of the 2030 Agenda, but also examination of the processes that lead to the above outcomes, with particular attention paid to ensuring the participation of all relevant stakeholders. 37. Further, the Special Rapporteur is mandated to contribute to the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development, with a view to supporting the accomplishment of its overall mandate, taking into account, inter alia, the deliberations and recommendations of the Working Group, while avoiding any duplication. The Special Rapporteur intends to implement his mandate by providing input to the discussions on finalizing the consideration of the criteria and operational subcriteria in relation to the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development. At the time of writing of the present report, the Special Rapporteur had initiated consultations with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, representatives of the participating States and civil society organizations to assess how best to carry out this task. The Special Rapporteur endeavours to use in his work the agreed conclusions of the Working Group as a basis for his efforts to move forward the implementation of the right to development. VII. Methods of work 38. The core of the Special Rapporteur’s work will consist of the following interrelated activities: 11