The Doha International Review Conference on Financing for Development was held in Doha, Qatar from 29 November to 2 December, 2008. Officials from more than 160 countries, including some 40 Heads of State attended the Conference. Civil society organizations (CSOs) participated actively in the Conference through roundtables, side events, lobbying and media activities. The Conference concluded with the adoption of the UN Doha Declaration on Financing for Development. Many CSOs developed critiques of the Doha declaration.

Key documents:

• UN Doha Declaration on Financing for Development
• The Road to Doha Newsletter, Issue 19, December, 2008
• Civil Society Press Releases-December 2, 2008
• Civil Society Analysis and Critiques of UN Doha Declaration
  • Center of Concern/CIDSE/EURODAD/ITUC/Women’s Working Group
• UN Press Releases
  • PGA Hails Doha Conference/NGO’s Note Missed Opportunity/More...
• Press Coverage
  • Qatar Tribune/The Peninsula

Venue:
Convention Centre, annexed to the Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel, Doha, Qatar

Schedule:
29 November - 2 December 2008

Program:
Proposed timetable for the work of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

Also, please go to the Financing for Development Office Website.

Civil Society Roundtable Participants at the Official Review Conference:
Preliminary List of Roundtable Participants

Conference Documents:
Conference Flyer
Conference Brochure

Side Events:
Calendar of side events (as of 4 November 2008)

Relevant Documents:

• Monterrey Consensus
• Draft outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development "Reviewing the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" (A/CONF.212/CRP.1)
• [Arabic, French, Spanish]
• Compilation Texts of the Doha Outcome Document (as of 31 October 2008)
• List of Civil Society representatives attending the Conference