CS FfD Group Side Events at FfD Forum 2018

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…

ODA and Private Sector Instruments: new rules raise major concerns (Eurodad)

Moves towards the greater involvement of the private sector in Official Development Assistance (ODA, or “aid”) could have a negative impact on the quality and quantity of development aid. This paper sets out Eurodad’s concerns with the direction taken by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) towards encouraging the use of Private Sector Instruments (PSIs),…

We do need trillions to achieve the SDGs

Civil Society activists critique first week of deliberations at High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development New York City, 14 July 2017: With the first week of deliberations at the 2017 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development coming to a close this Friday at the UN in New York, civil society activists are criticizing a…

Spotlight Report 2017 side events @HLPF 2017

Reclaiming policies for the public: Privatization, partnerships, corporate capture and their impact on sustainability and inequality – assessments and alternatives Conversation with authors of the Civil Society Report Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017 http://www.2030spotlight.org 18 July 2017, 1:15-2:45pm, Baha’i International Community, Suite 120 (first floor),866 UN Plaza, New York. A global coalition of civil society…

Policy Coherence and Financing for Sustainable Development With Equality

Side-event during the 2017 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 13 July 2017 8:15 – 9:30 AM Conference Room E in the UN Conference Building Jointly organized by Civil Society Financing for Development Group including the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development, Femnet, Forum for Women and Democracy, Womankind Worldwide Download invitation The pursuit…

CSO FfD Group side events calendar at the FfD Forum 2017

Side events organized by the CSO Financing for Development Group (including  the Women Working Group on FfD) during the ECOSOC Forum on FfD Follow Up 2017 will address issues such as: public and private interface and their impact on development and poverty eradication; the intergovernmental tax body as a way to tackle illicit financial flows…