Global Tables on G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation
At the core of the Digital Global Solutions Summit are Global Tables, each tackling the T20 and G20 agenda as well as generating policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Tables are filled with keynotes, discussions, interviews and impulse statements by high-ranking representatives from research, politics, business and civil society.
While progress is made in many places to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to align economic, social and environmental progress globally; the overall speed and level of action is not sufficient to deliver on the targets set for 2030. The United Nations have hence launched the Decade of Action to speed up transformative change in the 2020s. This panel will discuss what can be learned from successful SDG implementation in different places to scale-up transformative action globally. What are common characteristics of successful SDG projects? What role do national governments, international organisations, business, science and civil society have to play to support effective SDG achievement? What impulses can the G20 give to kick-start the Decade of Action? How can the G20 help to operationalise the “leave no one behind principle” and support SDG achievement in Least Developed Countries? How can the G20 support effective global SDG monitoring by pioneering best practice and supporting other countries?
Paula Caballero
RARE, USA
Panel
Homi Kharas
Brookings, USA
Panel
Izumi Ohno
JICA Ogata Research Institute
Panel
Margo Thomas
Women’s Economic Imperative, USA
Global Solutions Fellow
Panel
Moderator: Declan Curry
Journalist
What can the G20 do to support city leadership on the SDGs?
Partner Global Table: Curated and produced by Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, in a world of rapid urbanization, mayors and municipal officials were increasingly demonstrating their leadership in accelerating social and economic progress to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their local priorities have taken on added importance as the world plans its recovery from COVID-19.
This session will explore how the G20 can support and leverage the actions of local leaders to advance sustainable development, especially as their economies emerge from lockdown and they reshape their communities; how the G20 can address the financing constraints that many local governments will face as they seek to enable progress towards the SDGs in the COVID-19 era; and how a healthy institutional relationship between the G20 and U20 can serve as a nexus for alignment and partnership between local and national governments as they jointly pursue a successful long-term recovery that elevates fairness, decreases inequality, and improves sustainability.
Aziza Akhmouch
OECD
Panel
Mauricio Rodas
University of Pennsylvania
Panel
Moderator: Tony Pipa
Brookings Institution
Panel
Panel
With only 10 years left to realize the 2030 Agenda, there is a common call to boost finance from additional funding sources in order to accelerate sustainable action. At the same time, new finance options and innovative tools are emerging and fueling the international debate on their potential for sustainable development.
Consequently, the United Nation’s Secretary General has appointed the “Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs” to investigate how this potential can be unlocked while limiting the associated risks. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate commitments agreed in 2015, financial flows have to be redirected into critical priorities and away from assets that deplete natural capital. Fintech offers the solution to accelerate the integration of the financial sector into the real economy. It provides the urgently needed opportunities to enable greater decentralization and active participation in the transition to sustainable development.
Discussion: Besides deliberating on emerging policy recommendations put forward by the UN Task Force and on the results of the “German Sustainable Fintech Stocktake” undertaken by the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance, this panel will discuss how fintech innovations can help to link financial resources with sustainable development pathways, which is a fundamental task especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Accelerated by the current crisis, the panel will present examples of social inclusion in financial transactions and markets as well as highlight how digital solutions can increase transparency, accountability and information sharing between regulators, citizens and businesses. The panel will share ideas on how to realize this historic opportunity to shape finance in an innovative way while empowering citizens participation for inclusive sustainable development.
Moderator: Carolin Roth
CNBC
Gender Economic Equity and the SDG 2030 Agenda: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Partner Global Table: Curated and produced by Women’s Economic Imperative
We are within the final decade of the SDG 2030 Agenda and far short of attaining the targets. Since Goal 5 – Women’s economic empowerment cuts across all of the SDGs, “We will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals if there is no accelerated action to empower women economically” (United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, March 2017).
The challenge therefore is to identify and implement policy solutions to address gender inequities, since “eliminating gender inequities can lead to faster economic growth” (IMF, 2017) and improve social, health, and political outcomes for T20 countries and globally. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic is sharply increasing income gaps and structural inequities across the globe with devastating economic and social implications for women and girls. The goal of this session is to highlight the inter-sectionalities and importance of gender economic equity across the SDGs, particularly as we work on policy responses to address the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this context, the discussion will identify key issues, propose solutions, and draw from lessons of experience where relevant.
Discussion: Besides deliberating on emerging policy recommendations put forward by the UN Task Force and on the results of the “German Sustainable Fintech Stocktake” undertaken by the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance, this panel will discuss how fintech innovations can help to link financial resources with sustainable development pathways, which is a fundamental task especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Accelerated by the current crisis, the panel will present examples of social inclusion in financial transactions and markets as well as highlight how digital solutions can increase transparency, accountability and information sharing between regulators, citizens and businesses. The panel will share ideas on how to realize this historic opportunity to shape finance in an innovative way while empowering citizens participation for inclusive sustainable development.
Thoraya Obaid
W20 Chair
Toyin Abiodun
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Moderator: Margo Thomas
Women’s Economic Imperative; Global Solutions Fellow
Panel
Merike Blofield
Institute of Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Panel
Mayra Buvinic
Data2X
Panel
Barbara Orser
University of Ottawa
Policy Recommendations, Policy Briefs and Articles
Policy Briefs on G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation
Policy Briefs contain recommendations and visions and cover policy ares that are of interest to G20 policymakers. The majority of the Policy Briefs has been developed by a corresponding T20 Task Force.
T20 Recommendations Report: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Compiled by Katharina Lima de Miranda (IfW Kiel), Juliane Stein-Zalai (IfW Kiel) and Simon Wolf (Global Solutions Initiative)
Advancing Enterprise Education for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among MENA Countries
By Dinah Bennett, Margo Thomas, Barbara Orser, Haya Al-Dajani and Khulood A. Rambo (Women’s Economic Imperative)
People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future
Final Report by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
Improve Handwashing Access to Combat COVID-19
By KE Seetha Ram and Roshan Shrestha (ADBI)
A Gender-Sensitive Response is Missing from the COVID-19 Crisis
By Jamila Razzaq (The Brookings Institution)
The Coronavirus as a Yardstick of Global Health Policy
By Félix Arteaga (Elcano Royal Institute)
The New Inequalities and People-To-People Social Protection
By Nora Lustig (IPSP) and Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development)
Disease, Like Poverty, Does Not Stay at Home
By Yonas Adepto, Karim El Aynaoui, Thomas Gomart, Paolo Magri, Greg Mill, Karin von Hippel, and Guntram Wolff (ISPI)
Politics of Pandemic: Public Health Can No Longer Wait
By Pooja Tripathi (ORF)
Harnessing Digitalization in Financing of the Sustainable Development GoalsPolitics of Pandemic
By the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
COVID-19 and Latin America
By Merike Blofield (Institute of Latin American Studies at GIGA)
Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 for Hawaiʻi
By Amanda Shaw (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Progress or pinkwashing: who benefits from digital women-focused capital funds?
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Strengthening Ecosytem Supports for Women Entrepreneurs
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Action Stategies to increase the Diversity of SME Suppliers to the Government of Canada
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Recommendations to strengthen Ontario through Women’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Action Strategies to Support Canadian Women-owned Enterprises
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Driving Africa’s industrialisation on the back of COVID-19
By Toyin Abiodun (Ministry of Trade, Rwanda; Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Strengthening Public and Private Sector Impact through Accountability and Measurement (SDG 5)
Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative), Eleanor Carey (Data2X) et al.
Gender Economic Equity and the SDG 2030 Agenda: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Call to Action – the Voices of Women
By Toyin Abiodin, Barbara Orser, Merike Blofield, Mayra Buvinic, Kustisha Ebron and Margo Thomas
Gender Mainstreaming: A strategic approach – Global Solutions Journal
Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative) et al.
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Contributions by the Young Global Changers
Ninety young people from around the world were selected to participate in the Global Solutions Summit as Young Global Changers. These young changemakers from academica, business and civil society will contribute and debate in their various working groups on the Summit topics.
Statement Video on G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation by the 2020 YGCs
Take a look at the video with statements and questions by the YGC Working Group on G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation.
Making the SDG work: A private sector perspective
Blog Article by Julian Bents, YGC Ambassador
Related Projects by the 2020 YGCs
The Young Global Changers work on projects and initiatives that are pushing for change.
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Themes
Sessions focus on the G20 and T20 agenda and also address the political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Underlying all topics is the narrative on Recoupling.
Program
Global Tables shape the program of this Summit. With a specific focus within a topic area they consist of keynotes and panel discussions, supplemented by vision statements. Participants are invited to contribute to the contents.
Speakers
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Journal
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Policy Briefs
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