The Secretariat is organising a series of informal technical briefings on the forthcoming draft report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development to give Member States the opportunity to better understand the material covered in the report, and to ask questions about it. Representatives from the relevant major institutional stakeholders (World Bank, IMF, WTO, UNCTAD, and UNDP) and other Task Force members will be available at each meeting. The schedule of briefings is as follows:

 

Date	Topic	Location
Monday, 3 April 10AM-12PM	Domestic and international private business and finance	CR 11
Tuesday, 4 April 1:15-2:30PM	International development cooperation Data, monitoring and follow-up	CR 5
Thursday, 6 April 4:30-6 PM	Domestic public resources	CR 5
Monday, 10 April 10AM-12PM	Introduction, global context, and thematic chapters	CR 5
Tuesday, 11 April 10AM-12PM	International trade as an engine for development Science, technology, innovation and capacity building	CR.11
Wednesday, 12 April 10AM-1PM	Addressing systemic issues Debt and debt sustainability	CR.6

 

The advanced unedited draft of the 2017 IATF report will be made available before the end of March, 2017, following the full Task Force meeting. For further information please contact Mr. Peter Chowla (email chowla@un.org, tel 1 (212) 963-8618).