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- Bangladesh exposes flaws in World Bank's Doing Business Index
- A flawed 'Doing Business' report
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- Rio Tinto gets Australian government loan for Mongolian mine project
- Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs
- World Bank data on measure of global poverty level faulted
Calendar of Events
For pdf click here - HI Events | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
| 2010 | |
| January 1 | Canada begins chairing Group of Eight; South Korea begins chairing G20 http://g8.gc.ca and http://www.g20.org |
| January 26 | Public launch of Canadian civil society policy platform for the G8/G20 (Ottawa, Canada) http://atthetable2010.org/sites/halifaxinitiative.org/files/documents/CANADIANG8G20PLATFORMFINAL190210EN.pdf |
| February 5 - 6 | G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada) http://www.g7.gc.ca/news-nouvelles-eng.html |
| February 12 | Launch of the UN Secretary General's Report on MDG Summit http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/665 |
| February 23 - 25 | High Level Group on Education for All (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001871/187149e.pdf |
| February 27 - 28 | Meeting of Finance Ministry and Central Bank Deputies (Songdo, Incheon, Korea) Press Release: http://www.korea.net/news.do?mode=detail&thiscode=eng022002&guid=43817 |
| March 18 - 19 | G20 Sherpa Meeting (Canada) |
| March 23-24 | High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (New York) http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/hld/HLD2010/index.htm |
| March 29 - 30 | G8 Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) http://g8.gc.ca/ministers-meetings/foreign-ministers/ |
| April 20 - 22 | G20 Labour Minister's Meeting (Washington DC, USA) http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/events/G20_ministersmeeting/results.htm |
| April 20 - 22 | The Montreal Millenium Summit (Montreal, Canada) http://www.millenniumsummit.ca/ |
| April 23 | G20 Finance Ministers Meeting (Washington DC, USA) hhttp://g20.org/Documents/201004_communique_WashingtonDC.pdf |
| April 24 - 25 | World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings (Washington) http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2010/index.htm |
| April 26 - 28 | G8 International Development Ministers (Halifax, Canada) http://g8.gc.ca/ministers-meetings/development-ministers/ |
| April 29 - 30 | 14th meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum (Toronto, Canada) http://www.africapartnershipforum.org/pages/0,2987,en_37489563_37489442_1_1_1_1_1,00.html |
| May | G20 Conference on Financial Regulation (Berlin, Germany) |
| May 24 - 25 | G20 Sherpa Meeting (Canada) |
| June 4-5 | Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Busan, Korea) http://g20.org/Documents/201006_Communique_Busan.pdf |
| June 15 | BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit (Brasilia, Brazil) http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt/2649/t688366.htm |
| June 18 | South Korean People's G20 Response Preparation Committee Meeting (South Korea) |
| June 24 - 25 | G20 Sherpa Meeting (Canada) |
| June 25 | G8 Summit (Huntsville, Ontario, Canada) http://g8.gc.ca/g8-summit/summit-documents/ |
| June 25 - 27 | Interfaith Leaders Summit (Winnipeg, Canada) http://www.faithchallengeg8.com/home_en.html |
| June 26 - 27 | G20 Leaders' Summit (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) http://g20.org/Documents/g20_declaration_en.pdf |
| July | G20 Sherpa Meeting (South Korea) |
| July 4 | AU Maternal and Child Health Summit (Kampala, Uganda) http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/conferences/2010/july/summit/15thsummit.html |
| July 7 - 8 | International Workshop of the Korea Civil Society Network on Financial Reform (Seoul, South Korea) |
| July 15 | Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) South Korea Development Workshop http://www.whiteband.org/regions/asia/kor |
| July 29 - 30 | Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) SouthEast, North and Central Asia (SENCA) International Workshop (South Korea) http://www.gcap-senca.net/ |
| September | Meeting of Finance Ministry and Central Bank Deputies (Gwangju, Korea) |
| September | G20 Sherpa Meeting (South Korea) |
| September 20-22 | General Assembly High Level meeting on the MDGs (MDG+10 Summit) (New York, USA) http://www.un.org/en/mdg/summit2010/ |
| October | Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (Washington DC, USA) |
| mid - October | Civil G20 Dialogue |
| October 9 - 11 | World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings (Washington) |
| October 22 - 23 | Finance Ministers' Meeting (Gyeongju, Republic of Korea) |
| November | G20 Deputy - Finance Ministers Meeting (South Korea) |
| November | G20 Sherpa Meeting (South Korea) |
| November 6 - 13 | People's Joint Action Week - Forum, Rally, Events (Seoul, South Korea) |
| November 11-12 | G20 Leaders Summit (Seoul, South Korea) http://www.seoulsummit.kr/main.g20?menu_seq=main |
| November 14 | Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (Yokohama, Japan) |
| 2009 | |
| January 1 | Italy takes over the Chairing of the Group of Eight (G8) http://www.g8italia2009.it |
| January 5 - 6 | First plenary session of UN Commission of Experts on the financial crisis (New York) http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/commission/firstmeeting.pdf |
| January 8 - 9 | Conference convened by Sarkozy and Blair on Financial Crisis "New World - Values, Developments, Regulations" (Paris) http://www.colloquenouveaumonde.fr/home/ |
| January 10 - 11 | European cross sectoral civil society meeting for a common response to the crisis (Paris) http://www.eurodad.org/whatsnew/articles.aspx?id=3237 |
| January 20 | US presidential inauguration (Washington DC) |
| January 27 – February 2 | World Social Forum (Belem) http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/?set_language=en |
| January 26 – February 13 | UN Commission of Experts - consultations with civil society http://www.un-ngls.org/cfr and Report on CSO consultation http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article745 |
| January 28 | Announcement of modalities of the UN Conference on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Development http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/ffd28109.pdf |
| January 28 - February 1 | World Economic Forum (Davos) http://www.weforum.org/en/events/AnnualMeeting2009/index.htm |
| February 1 | G-20 Finance Deputies meeting (London) |
| February 2 - 3 | First G8 Sherpa meeting (Naples, Italy) http://www.g8italia2009.it |
| February 13 - 14 |
G7 finance ministers (Rome, Italy) |
| February 16 - 19 | Euro-IFI Watchers meeting (Brussels). Will include two days of panels and discussion on climate change and the financial crisis. Euro-IFI strategy meeting on Feb 17 and 18. |
| February 22 | Coordination meeting of European governments in G20 (Berlin)
Outcome of the meeting, http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_6538/Content/EN/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2009/2009-02-22-outcome.html |
| February 23 - 24 | First meeting of Heiligendamm Steering Committee (G8+O5) (Rome?) |
| March 9 - 10 | Second plenary session of UN Commission of Experts on the financial crisis (Geneva). Third session to be held later in the month in New York. |
| March 14 | Meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers (London) http://www.fin.gc.ca/n08/09-030-eng.asp |
| March 15 | ECOFIN Meeting of EU Finance Ministers |
| March 19-20 | EU Heads of State Summit (to decide on position going into G-20) |
| March 23- 24 | Second meeting of G8 Sherpas (Rome?) |
| March 25-27 | General Assembly interactive thematic dialogue on the Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Development http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml |
| March 28 | G-20 mass mobilization march for jobs, justice and the planet/climate (London) http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/ |
| March 30 - April 1 | Alternative ECOFIN Conference (Prague) http://www.glopolis.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=38&Itemid=58 |
| April 1 | Global day of action against the G-20 (World) |
| April 2 | G-20 Heads of State Summit (London) http://www.londonsummit.gov.uk/en/ |
| April 3 – 4 | European Union informal (held out of Brussels) EcoFin meeting (Czech Republic) |
| April 17 - 19 | Summit of the Americas (Trinidad and Tobago) http://www.summit-americas.org/ |
| April 22 - 24 | G8 Environment Ministers (Siracusa, Italy) |
| April 25 - 26 | Spring Meetings of World Bank and IMF (Washington DC) http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2009/index.htm |
| April 27 or 28 | ECOSOC/UNCTAD/ BWIs/WTO interactive dialogue |
| April 29 | Recommendations of the Commission of Experts of the President of the General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/838&Lang=E |
| May 4 - 5 | Third meeting of the G8 sherpas (Rome) and Civil G8 will take place hosted by the mayor of Rome |
| May 18 | Draft outcome document [rev1] 18 May 2009 http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/financialcrisis/outcomedoc180509.pdf |
| May 21 - 23 | G8 Development Ministers (under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (Pecara, Italy) - Chair's Summary http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/g82010/ministerials-ministerielles/2009/2009-06-11_Rome-DevtMin.aspx |
| May 23 - 24 | Second meeting of Heiligendamm Steering Committee (G8+O5) (Rome?) |
| June 12 - 13 | G7 Finance Ministers (Venice, Italy) http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/g82010/ministerials-ministerielles/2009/2009-06-13_Lecce-FinMin.aspx |
| June 15 - 18 | Eurodad biennial conference, including focus on the global financial crisis. (Barcelona) |
| June 24 - 26 | UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Development (New York) http://www.un.org/ga/econcrisissummit/ |
| June 24 – 25 | Fourth meeting of the G8 sherpas (La Maddalena, Sardinia) |
| June 26 | G8 Foreign Ministers (Trieste, Italy) |
| July 8-10 | G8 Summit (La Maddalena, Italy) http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/g82010/summit-sommet/2009/chair_summary-resume_de_chaise.aspx |
| September 15 | Start of 64th session of the General Assembly (New York) |
| September 21 | Final report of the UN Commission of Experts released http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/PDFs/reportofexpters.pdf |
| September 23-25 | G-20 Heads of State Summit (Pittsburgh) http://www.g20.org/pub_communiques.aspx |
| October 6 - 7 | World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings (Istanbul, Turkey) http://www.imf.org/external/am/2009/index.htm |
| November | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Trinidad and Tobago) http://www.chogm2009.org/home/ |
| November 17 | G20 Finance Ministers Meeting (St. Andrews, Scotland) |
| December 7 – 18 | The United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15, and meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Copenhagen, Denmark. http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/Climate-Energy/COP15-Copenhagen-2009/cop15.htm The Copenhagen accord |
| 2008 | |
| October 15 | G8 leaders statement on the global economy http://www.imf.org/external/np/cm/2008/101508.htm |
| October 2 | Announcement by UN General Assembly President of Commission of Experts on the financial crisis (New York) http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/commission/financial_commission.shtml |
| October 22 | Announcement by US President George Bush of G-20 meeting (Washington DC) http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/g8/summit-sommet/g20/washington_102208.aspx?lang=eng |
| October 28 | Launch of statement on the Proposed “Global Summit” to reform the international financial system http://www.choike.org/bw2/ |
| October 30 | Interactive panel of the United Nations General Assembly on the Global Financial Crisis http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/gfc.shtml |
| November 8-9 | G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers (Sao Paulo) http://www.g20.utoronto.ca/2008-communique-081109.pdf |
| November 11 | G-77 introduces a resolution in the General Assembly to have a UN conference on the financial crisis (New York) |
| November 15 | G-20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy (Washington DC) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081115-1.html |
| November 29 - December 3 | Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, Qatar) http://www.un.org/ffd |
| December 1 – 12 | The United Nations Climate Change Conference - Conference of the Parties (COP) 14, (Poznań, Poland) http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_14/items/4481.php |
| December 9 | GCAP UK Campaigning Meeting re crisis (London) |
| December 15 | Joint workshop with London University SOAS, NGOs and other stakeholders (trade unions and others) to work on joint policy asks |
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