Financing for Development Update 3
Monday, February 16, 2015 at 5:59PM Regional consultations on Financing for Development
A number of regional consultations are being held. They take different forms and there are different rules for civil society participation. Below is the information that is currently available:
12-13 March 2015 Santiago, Chile -- Latin American and the Caribbean regional consultation on Financing for Development
Participation to this regional consultation is by invitation. It is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) and the Ministry for External Affairs, Chile
The coordinator is: Luis Fidel Yáñez, Oficial a Cargo, Secretaría de la Comisión; Email: luis.yanez@cepal.org ; Teléfono: (+56) 2 2210 2275, Claudio Rojas Rachel, Unidad de Desarrollo de la Dirección General Adjunta para Asuntos Multilaterales y Globales del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile; Email: crojasr@minrel.gov.cl: Tel: (+56) 2 2827 5009
For more information see: http://bit.ly/1DyqmNu
23 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland -- Regional Consultation on Financing for Development
At the request of the General Assembly (See: A/RES/68/279), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Regional UN Development Group for Europe and Central Asia will hold a one-day regional preparatory consultation, focussing on strategies and instruments that region has to offer to promote resource mobilization for sustainable development and the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.
The consultation will take stock of trends and needs regarding financing sustainable development in the UNECE region. It will also discuss solutions to unlock private resources and ways to set conducive frameworks for resource mobilization and renew and strengthen the global partnership for development.
25-31 March, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8th Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
The 8th Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place from 25-31 March 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Conference will tackle the theme, Implementing Agenda 2063 - Planning, Mobilizing and Financing for Development in a Ministerial segment from 30-31 March 2015, which will be preceded by an expert’s segment from 26-27 March.
The Conference will be held against a backdrop of intensive activities leading up to the MDGs 2015 deadline and the global negotiations on the post 2015 development agenda.
In 2013 the Joint Conference focused on industrialization for Africa’s emergence, and shifted attention in 2014, to inclusiveness and transformative development for Africa. A call was made to African countries to adopt dynamic industrial policies with innovative institutions, effective processes and flexible mechanisms to transform their economies to bring about inclusive and sustainable economic and social development.
The format of the Conference will comprise intellectually stimulating plenary sessions, as well as round table debates and side events intended to deepen discussions on the theme. The Conference will also feature the inaugural lecture for the Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture Series, launched in Abuja in 2014 and the launch of the annual Economic Report on Africa, which tackles the theme of trade and industrialization.
For information note see: http://bit.ly/1FTnRVI
29-30 April 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, -- Asia-Pacific High-level Consultation on Financing for Development
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia will co-host the Asia-Pacific High-Level Consultation on Financing for Development on 29-30 April 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Objectives:
The Asia-Pacific regional consultation aims to assess the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration, reinvigorate and strengthen the financing for development follow-up process, address new and emerging issues, the current evolving development cooperation landscape, the interrelationship of all sources of development finance, the synergies among financing objectives across the three dimensions of sustainable development, as well as the need to support the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015. The discussion of the consultation will focus on these key issues, and to highlight priorities and propose recommendations for the Addis Ababa conference to move towards a transformative post-2015 development agenda.
The meeting will provide an opportunity for ESCAP member States, associate members and other stakeholders such as private sector, academia and civil society organizations to undertake a policy dialogue, in an open, inclusive and transparent setting, to understand and highlight issues pertaining to catalyzing and mobilizing financing for development at national, subregional and regional levels in the Asia and the Pacific.
Expected outcome:
The Jakarta Consensus (TBC), outcome document of the regional consultation containing discussions and recommendations related to the mobilization and effective use of financial resources in Asia and the Pacific, will be Asia-Pacific region’s input to the preparations and outcomes of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July 2015. Importantly, the deliberations will significantly contribute to summit in September 2015 for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda.
This policy dialogue will also provide an opportunity to discuss and consolidate some regional specific inputs from the working group on the regional financial cooperation which will be taken up for adoption at the Second Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific at the end of 2015, and its preparatory meetings are to take place in August and October of 2015.
For the Concept Note is available.