Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
29 November - 2 December 2008, Doha, Qatar
Roadmap to Doha: Calendar of Events
The following United Nations events have been scheduled to be held during the preparatory process of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.
- 11 - 12 February 2008
- Thematic debate of the General Assembly on "Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work"
- 14 February 2008
- Review session on Chapter I of the Monterrey Consensus, "Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development"
- 15 February 2008
- Review session on Chapter II, "Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows"
- 25 February - 7 March 2008
- Fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the theme "Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women"
- 31 March - 2 April 2008*
- First Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- 10 - 11 (morning) March 2008
- Review session on Chapter V, "External debt"
- 11 (afternoon) - 12 March 2008
- Review session on Chapter VI, "Addressing systemic issues: enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development"
- 1 - 2 April 2008
- Thematic debate of the General Assembly on "Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015"
- 15 - 16 April 2008
- Review session on Chapter IV, "Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development"
- 20 - 25 April 2008
- UNCTAD XII on the theme "Addressing Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization for Development"
- 29 - 30 April 2008*
- ESCWA Consultative Preparatory Meeting for the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development (Doha, Qatar)
- 19 - 20 May 2008
- Review session on Chapter III, "International trade as an engine for development"
- 13 May 2008*
- ECE Regional Consultation on Financing for Development (Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room VIII)
- 9 June 2008
- Informal consultations on the contents of the outcome document of the Doha Review Conference
- 9 - 13 June 2008*
- ECLAC XXXII Session (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
- 16 June 2008
- Informal consultations on the contents of the outcome document of the Doha Review Conference
- 18 June 2008
- Hearings with representatives of civil society and the business sector on financing for development
- 18 - 19 June 2008
- ESCAP Regional Policy Dialogue on "Financing for Development"
- 30 June - 25 July 2008
- Substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, including the Annual Ministerial Review and the Development Cooperation Forum
- Second week of July 2008
- Release of the report of the Secretary-General on the latest developments related to the review process on financing for development (advance version)
- Last week of July 2008
- Presentation by the President of the General Assembly of the draft outcome document of the Review Conference
- September - November 2008
- Informal consultations and drafting sessions on the outcome document of the Review Conference
- 29 November to 2 December
- Doha Review Conference
*Regional Economic Commisions in coordination with the Financing for Development Office are organizing five regional consultations