High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
16-17 March 2010, UN Headquarters, New York
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/194, the fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development will take place on 16 and 17 March 2010 at United Nations Headquarters (re-scheduled from original dates of 23-24 November 2009).
This year’s Dialogue will focus on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The first day of the Dialogue will consist of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials will be able to make formal statements. The second day will be devoted to three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables followed by an informal interactive dialogue with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. The themes of the 3 round tables and the interactive dialogue will be as follows:
16-17 March 2010, UN Headquarters, New York
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/194, the fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development will take place on 16 and 17 March 2010 at United Nations Headquarters (re-scheduled from original dates of 23-24 November 2009).
This year’s Dialogue will focus on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The first day of the Dialogue will consist of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials will be able to make formal statements. The second day will be devoted to three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables followed by an informal interactive dialogue with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. The themes of the 3 round tables and the interactive dialogue will be as follows:
- Round table 1: “The reform of the international monetary and financial system and its implications for development”;
- Round table 2: “The impact of the current financial and economic crisis on foreign direct investment and other private flows, external debt and international trade”
- Round table 3: “The role of financial and technical development cooperation, including innovative sources of development finance, in leveraging the mobilization of domestic and international financial resources for development”;
- Informal interactive dialogue: “The link between financing for development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals: the road to the 2010 high-level event”.
The Dialogue will result in a summary by the President of the General Assembly.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations are invited to participate in the multi-stakeholder round tables and the informal interactive dialogue, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. Registration, through the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service and the Financing for Development Office of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, will be open to: (a) all non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council; and (b) all non-governmental organizations and business sector entities that were accredited to the Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development and its follow-up process, including the Doha Review Conference.
If you registered for the original dates, you do not need to register again.
Each multi-stakeholder round table will include three, and the informal interactive dialogue five, representatives of accredited civil society entities and the same numbers of accredited business sector entities. Their participation in the round tables and the informal dialogue will follow the practice established at the International Conference on Financing for Development and its follow-up process.
To register, please go to: www.un-ngls.org/ffd
Participants may also apply for limited number of roundtable seats. In this regard, special consideration will be given to the following criteria:
Representatives of non-governmental organizations are invited to participate in the multi-stakeholder round tables and the informal interactive dialogue, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. Registration, through the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service and the Financing for Development Office of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, will be open to: (a) all non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council; and (b) all non-governmental organizations and business sector entities that were accredited to the Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development and its follow-up process, including the Doha Review Conference.
If you registered for the original dates, you do not need to register again.
Each multi-stakeholder round table will include three, and the informal interactive dialogue five, representatives of accredited civil society entities and the same numbers of accredited business sector entities. Their participation in the round tables and the informal dialogue will follow the practice established at the International Conference on Financing for Development and its follow-up process.
To register, please go to: www.un-ngls.org/ffd
Participants may also apply for limited number of roundtable seats. In this regard, special consideration will be given to the following criteria:
- Expertise
- Active participation in the FfD process
- Geographic balance
- Gender balance
Completed registration forms must be received by 19 February 2010. Please note that the UN Secretariat cannot provide funding for participants in this event.
Questions can be directed to ffd@un-ngls.org