Put People First March
On 28th March thousands will march through London as part of a global campaign to challenge the G20, ahead of their 2nd April summit on the global financial crisis.
- Put People First policy paper (article linked)
- Stop-G20: Nous ne paierons pas pour leurs crises (event)
- Internationaler Akionstag 28 März 2009 (event)
- Wir Zahlen Nicht Für Eure Krise (event)
- Movilización contra la crisis sistémica (event)
- G20 summit is no launch pad for an election (news post)
- G20 summit in London must tackle causes not symptoms (news post)
The Bretton Woods Project
posted by admin | Tue, 10/03/2009 - 00:04The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Let's put finance in its place
posted by pchowla | Tue, 10/03/2009 - 19:10
The statement, signed by hundreds of civil society organisations, developed at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Belem, Brazil.
Alternative London Summit 2009
The G20 Alternative Summit will be a popular assembly or ‘teach-in’ in a densely populated, working class area of London. It is being hosted at the national level by Britain’s University and College Lecturers’ Union (UCU).
Alternative ECOFIN meeting
Our conference is meant to discuss such alternatives and to contribute to the process of reform ahead. This Prague conference continues in the tradition of Alternative ECOFIN Conferences held since 2006 in Vienna, Berlin and Ljubljana. To discuss alternatives and contribute to the process of reform. With regards to deep and multiple crises the conference will go beyond the EU financial and economic policies.
Civil Society Groups Call for New, More Flexible Policies in Face of Financial Crisis
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 11/03/2009 - 14:03
On the day before a high-level conference of policymakers co-hosted by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Dar es Salem - civil society groups are calling for new and more flexible economic policies in Tanzania and across the African region
UK seminar: A coherent civil society response to the financial crisis
On 28 October, more than 40 representatives of NGOs, development organisations, labour unions, think tanks, academia and the media came together in London to discuss how to take forward demands for a fundamental redesign of the international financial system. The participants included not only British organisations but also others from around Europe.
Alternative Investments and Secrecy Jurisdictions: Environmental, Social and Governance Issues in the Context of the Financial Crisis
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 11/03/2009 - 15:42"In the context of the rapidly developing global financial crisis, it would be prudent for regulatory authorities, concerned citizens, and decision-makers to focus on the implementation of strong transparency and accountability requirements for alternative investments, as well as the common use – even by public financial institutions – of secrecy jurisdictions."
G7 Finance Ministers meet to prepare G20 summit
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 11/03/2009 - 17:17The G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors have met in Rome on February 14. As the meeting was mainly to prepare the G20 summit in London in April and to meet new US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, very little has been agreed on.
G20 working groups on IMF and World Bank reform and financial regulation
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 11/03/2009 - 17:21Details are beginning to emerge on the four working groups formed to report to the G20 on issues of financial regulation, IMF and World Bank reform. Each group is co-chaired by one representative from an emerging economy and one from an industrialised economy. The Working Groups will report to Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors when they meet on 14th March in the UK.