Statement delivered by Katie Tobin, Advocacy Coordinator, WaterAid on behalf of the NGO Major Group at the ECOSOC high-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions, 19 July 2018 WaterAid is an ECOSOC accredited NGO and we are also active with the NGO Major Group and the Major Groups and other Stakeholders constituency that…
Conversation with authors of the Civil Society Report: Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018 | 12 July 2018, H 6:15 PM, Church Center, 10th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York The world is off-track in terms of achieving sustainable development. Fundamental policy changes are necessary to unleash the transformative potential of the SDGs. In particular, there is…
HLPF 2018 Side Event – Wednesday, July 11, 2018 H 18:30-20:00 – UNHQ Conference Room 4 The combine MoI and FfD agendas should tackle the removal of many of the structural barriers to the socio-economic transformation and advance systemic reforms of global economic frameworks to realign them with the imperatives of human rights, gender justice,…
The 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held at UNHQ in New York from 9 to 18 July 2018 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme for the session will be Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. More information, including the draft programme, is available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2018 Stakeholder engagement within…
This document has been collectively developed by the Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Group, a very broad platform of civil society organizations, networks and federations from around the world, including the Women’s Working Group on FfD. The Group followed closely the FfD process since its origins, facilitated civil society’s contribution to the Third International…
United Nations, New York City – Members and experts from the Civil Society Financing for Development Group release statements at the conclusion of the 2018 Financing for Development Forum. Commenting on forum discussions around debt relief processes for Caribbean and small islands, Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA, said: “During the Financing for Development Forum we saw growing…
April 26, 2018–1:15pm | Conference Room A | UNHQ, New York Dowload flyer The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) has defined the follow-up process for the Financing for Development process as well as the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This includes assessing progress, obstacles, challenges as well as new and…
Time: 8 – 9.30 am, Place: CR-7, UNHQ, New York, Date: April 25, 2018 Download Flyer Organised by the CS FfD Group (including the Women’s WG on FfD); Facilitating organizations: SID, TWN and OWINFS The recent years have seen some major game changers in international trade policymaking. While for some time trade policy-making has become…
Financing for Gender Equity: Challenges and Solutions 10 Years After the Financial Crisis April 25th | H 6:30 – 8PM | Conference Room A (A UN pass is necessary to attend this event) Co-sponsors: Civil Society Financing for Development Group, including the Women’s Working Group on FfD, and the Feminist UN Campaign Co-organizers: Feminist Task Force,…
Side events organized collectively by the Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) at the FFD Forum 2018 Monday, April 23, 2018 | 6:30-8:00 PM | Conference Room Tackling Illicit Financial Flows: Time to Drop False Solutions and Embrace real Change Tuesday April 24, 2018 | 6:30-8:00 PM | Conference Room…
Last October, more than 150 organisations signed a PPP Global Campaign Manifesto, expressing our alarm at the increasing use of PPPs to deliver infrastructure projects and public services around the world, and in particular the World Bank’s role in promoting these contracts. Our combined evidence shows that the experience of PPPs has been negative, and…
Please find attached the final version of our collective comments to the Revised Draft of the 2018 FfD Forum Outcome Document as well as the letter sent by the ACG to the Co-Facilitators: Civil Sociey Letter to FfD Outcome Facilitators – 5 April 2018 CS FfD Group’s Comments on FfD Rev Zero Draft – April…
