The Leading Group under Japanese Presidency
Toward a Peaceful and Prosperous World, by Katsuya OKADA, Minister for Foreign Affairs. The severe reality facing the world today is one in which many people suffer from starvation, diseases, conflicts, climate change and natural disasters such as earthquakes, and are unable to live in dignity. The negative impact of the global economic and financial crisis remains serious among vulnerable segments in developing countries. This is the case particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) seems elusive. In these circumstances, Japan believes that it is of great importance to consider the plight of people around the world as our own challenges and to work on assisting developing countries in order to make the concept of human security a (...)
- Report to the Task force : Globalizing Solidarity : The Case for (...) (19-07-2010)
- Le Monde on innovative financing for education (12-07-2010)
- UN: Informal event on innovative financing (21-06-2010)
- (PRESS) EU leaders put transactions tax back on G20 agenda (18-06-2010)
- Innovative financing and education (17-03-2010)
Report to the Task force : Globalizing Solidarity : The Case for Financial Levies
16 July 2010
Report of the Committee of Experts to the Taskforce on International Financial Transactions for DevelopmentTaskforce meeting, 25 June 2010, Paris
5 July 2010
Taskforce meeting, 25 June 2010, Paris The twelve member States of the Taskforce met again on 25 June in Paris, following the submission of the expert report that they had requested in October 2009. This report, which has not yet been made public, offers a menu of innovative financing options for development, focussed on international (...)Informal event organized at the UN on June 3rd 2010
25 June 2010
An informal event on innovative sources of development finance was convened on 3 June at the United Nations to discuss different existing mechanisms and ongoing initiatives, and to present innovative financing for "guidance" purposes and show the concrete success achieved over the past four (...)Second meeting of the international Taskforce on Education and Innovative Financing, 17 June 2010
25 June 2010
During the second session of the international Taskforce on Education and Innovative Financing (EifD), which was held under the authority of the Japanese Presidency of the Leading Group at UNESCO in Paris on 17 June, attention focused on the various concrete proposals that might help mobilize supplementary resources, in addition to Official (...)COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
25 June 2010
Supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 (…) 31. Innovative financing sources and mechanisms complement other resources. The EU seriously considers proposals for innovative financing mechanisms with significant revenue generation potential, with a view to ensuring predictable financing for sustainable (...)
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