Events on Financing for Development

Following are two lists documenting intergovernmental and special events on financing for development held since 2004.

Intergovernmental Events

Date	Location	Topic of Meeting
29 November-2 December 2008	Doha, Qatar	Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
18-19 June 2008 (tentative)	Bangkok	ESCAP Regional Policy Dialogue on "Financing for Development"
18 June 2008	New York	Hearings with representatives of civil society and the business sector on financing for development
16 June 2008	New York	Informal consultations on the contents of the outcome document of the Doha Review Conference
9-13 June 2008	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	ECLAC XXXII Session
9 June 2008	New York	Informal consultations on the contents of the outcome document of the Doha Review Conference
19-20 May 2008	New York	Review session on Chapter III, "International trade as an engine for development"
13 May 2008	Geneva, Switzerland	ECE Regional Consultation on Financing for Development
29-30 April 2008	Doha, Qatar	ESCWA Consultative Preparatory Meeting for the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
15-16 April 2008	New York	Review session on Chapter IV, "Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development"
14 April 2008	New York	Special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
1-2 April 2008	New York	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"
31 March-2 April 2008	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	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
11-12 March 2008	New York	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"
10-11 March 2008	New York	Review session on Chapter V, "External debt"
15 February 2008	New York	Review session on Chapter II of the Monterrey Consensus, "Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows"
14 February 2008	New York	Review Session on Chapter I of the Monterrey Consensus, "Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development"
23-25 October 2007	New York	Third High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
22 October 2007	New York	Informal Hearings of Civil Society on Financing for Development
11 October 2007	New York	Informal Hearings of the Business Sector on Financing for Development
9 October-2 November 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Third session of Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
17-18 June 2007	Doha, Qatar	Informal thematic debate on "Financing Development to achieve the Millennium Development Goals"
June 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Biennial high-level Development Cooperation Forum
16 April 2007	New York	Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
1-2 March 2007	Madrid, Spain	Special conference on development cooperation with middle-income countries
30 October-3 November 2006	Geneva, Switzerland	Second session of Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
24 April 2006	New York	Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
14-16 September 2005	New York	"2005 World Summit" - High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly
27-28 June 2005	New York	Second High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
18 April 2005	New York	Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization

Special Events

(including multi-stakeholder consultations, panel discussions, seminars, workshops and side events)

Date	Location	Topic of Meeting
17 June 2008	New York	Workshop on "Carbon Taxes - A Tool for Managing Climate Change or a Threat to the World's Poor?"
22-23 May, 2008	New York	Workshop on "Revenue's Role in the Quest for Inclusive Development: What Works and What Can Work Better? South-South Sharing of Successful Tax Practices (S⁴TP)"
13 May 2008	New York	Experts Group Meeting on "Realizing the Potential of Diasporas to Reduce Poverty and Enhance Entrepreneurship"
8-9 April 2008	New York	Workshop II on "Debt, Finance and Emerging Issues in Financial Integration"
17-19 December 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Fourth regional consultation on "National and Regional Development Banks in Asia and the Pacific: Potential and Sustainability"
17-19 December 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Third regional consultation on "Responsible Infrastructure Investment: Financing Access to Basic Utilities" (Asia and the Pacific)
16 November 2007	New York	Panel discussion on "Moving Out of Aid Dependency"
12 November 2007	New York	Panel discussion on "Financing for gender equality within the context of follow up to the Monterrey Consensus"
22-23 October 2007	New York	Side Events at the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
18-19 October 2007	New York	Expert Group Meeting: Innovative Finance for Sustainable Development
4-5 September 2007	Rome, Italy	Special Expert Group Meeting: Tax Aspects of Domestic Resource Mobilisation - a Discussion of Enduring and Emerging Issues
23-25 April 2007	Lusaka, Zambia	Second regional consultation on "Financing access to basic utilities for all" (Africa)
16 April 2007	New York	Side Events at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
10 April 2007	New York	Panel discussion on "Regulation of Microfinance"
29 March 2007	New York	Briefing on UNU-WIDER study on "World Distribution of Household Wealth"
6-7 March 2007	London, UK	Workshop on "Debt, finance and emerging issues in financial integration"
11-13 December 2006	Brasilia, Brazil	First regional consultation on "Financing basic utilities for all" (Latin America and the Caribbean)
22-23 November 2006	Johannesburg, South Africa	Third regional consultation on "Rethinking the Role of National Development Banks in Africa"
20 October 2006	New York	Panel discussion on "Scaling up of aid flows"
12 October 2006	New York	Briefing on 2006 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
5-6 October 2006	New York	Workshop on "Diasporas and the business sector"
17 July 2006	New York	Panel discussion on "Building inclusive financial sectors for development"
27-28 June 2006	Paris, France	Second regional consultation on "The Role of National and Regional Development Banks in Africa"
26-27 June 2006	New York	Expert Group Meeting on "Financing basic utilities for all"
12-13 June 2006	Lima, Peru	Seminar on "Challenges of NDBs in Latin America"
9 June 2006	Monastir, Tunisia	Workshop on "Fostering Entrepreneurship in Africa"
5-6 June 2006	Dakar, Senegal	UN Conference on Financial Inclusion in Africa
11 May 2006	New York	"Global Imbalances: An Indian Perspective" Keynote address by Dr. Y.V. Reddy,Governor, Reserve Bank of India Summary of discussion
24-25 April 2006	New York	Side events at 2006 Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC
17 March 2006	New York	Panel discussion on "Fiscal Space and National Development Strategies"
2005	New York	Side Events during the 60th Session of the General Assembly
1-2 December 2005	New York	Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting on "Rethinking the role of National Development Banks"
2005-2006		Seminars on GDP-indexed Bonds
20 September 2004	New York	World Leaders Meeting on "Action Against Hunger and Poverty" (The "Action Against Hunger and Poverty" meeting of world leaders was held on 20 September 2004, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM in the ECOSOC Chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 61 Heads of State or Government participated in the event, chaired by H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 111 Governmsents signed on to the New York Declaration on Action against Hunger and Poverty, which highlighted the need to raise development assistance levels and to give further attention to innovative mechanisms of financing, in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals.)
14-15 July 2004	New York	Seminar on "Regional Financial Arrangements"
15 June 2004	São Paulo, Brazil	High-level panel on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development

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