Chronology of Events and Calendar of Activities
For pdf click here - HI Events | 2008 | 2009 | 2010HI Events
Halifax Initiative is not organizing any events at this time
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 |
| 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 Summary by the chair, Chancellor Angela Merkel, http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_6538/Content/EN/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2009/2009-02-22-chair-summary.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.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/managingtheglobaleconomy_081208.pdf |
| April 3 – 4 | European Union informal (held out of Brussels) EcoFin meeting (Czech Republic) |
| April 6 | President of the General Assembly presents the draft outcome document for the UN Conference on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Development |
| April 13 | Inter-governmental negotiations on outcome document begin |
| April 17-19 | V 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) |
| April 27 or 28 | ECOSOC/UNCTAD/ BWIs/WTO interactive dialogue |
| May 4- 5 | Third meeting of the G8 sherpas (Rome) and Civil G8 will take place hosted by the mayor of Rome Eurogroup/EcoFin meeting (Brussels) |
| Mid-May | Final report of the UN Commission of Experts released |
| May 18-19 | UN Commission of Experts recommendations for inter-governmental negotiations |
| May 21-23 | G8 Development Ministers (under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (Pecara, Italy) |
| May 23-24 | Second meeting of Heiligendamm Steering Committee (G8+O5) (Rome?) |
| June 1-4 | UN Conference on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Development (New York) |
| June 11 | Civil society one day experts’ conference on financial regulations (CRBM) (Venice, Italy). TENTATIVE |
| June 12-13 | G7 Finance Ministers (Venice, Italy) |
| June 15-17 | Eurodad biennial conference, including focus on the global financial crisis. (Barcelona) |
| 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) |
| September 15 | Start of 64th session of the General Assembly (New York) |
| October 6-7 | World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| November 22-26 | Commonwealth People's Forum (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| November | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| November 17 | G20 Finance Ministers Meeting (UK) |
| December 7 – 18 | The United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15, and meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 2010 | |
| January 1 | Canada begins chairing Group of Eight |
| June 25-27 | G8 meeting in Canada (Huntsville, Ontario) |
