A discourse on policies and legislation addressing youth homelessness, facilitated by a panel of experts and practitioners.

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The title of the UN press release following the General Assembly High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development on September 26, 2019 was “Declining levels of official development assistance (ODA) and rising levels of debt are impeding the world’s ability to pay for the Sustainable Development Goals and address the negative impacts of climate change, particularly in Africa and among small island developing States.” It speaks of the urgency for re-focused, targeted and strengthened efforts to meet the SDGs.

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A youth-led and youth focused discussion on young people as key stakeholders in financing for development.

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The objective of this side-event was to address the challenges to implementing social protection systems including floors, and to increase understanding of how women- and child-sensitive social protection – including in a migration context – will empower women, promote gender equality, and contribute to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. 

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Financial Inclusion to Financial Sustainability– Empowering Women in South Asia and across the Globe 

The objective of the session is to share information and have an open dialogue about the challenges to achieving the goal and progress made through financial inclusion strategies to ensure inclusive growth, improved livelihood, and income equality.  South Asia will be the primary case study of the session. In recent years, the region has made noteworthy progress through the announcement of important policies, but implementation continues to remain a challenge. Now is the time to identify the remaining barriers to financial inclusion and weave a coherent strategy to address them.

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Privatization of public goods and services: Human Rights implications 

The objectives of the panel were to generate substantive discussion on the topic, share concrete examples were private finance initiative model has proven to be efficient and less expensive in financing hospitals, schools and other public infrastructure than public financing, where legislation has been successful in ensuring access to public goods were ensured as human rights, propose measures to ensure the necessary checks and balances are in place so that public good continues to offer equal opportunities and equal access for all. 

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 Financing Social Protection: Finding the Political Will

The objectives of the panel are to generate substantive discussion and propose concrete measures to address the challenges to financing and implementing social protection systems including floors. Panelists will highlight initiatives taken at the highest level resulting in actions, policy changes and innovative partnerships at the national level leading to effective financing and implementation of social protection programs. The panel will also show-case success stories of multi-level collaboration leading to successful implementation. 

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Financial Inclusion to Financial Stability: Effective strategies and partnerships leading to inclusive growth, improved livelihood and income equality

The objective of the panel is to share progress made by financial inclusion strategies leading to financial
health, community health and well-being of the most marginalized. The panel, will share case studies
and insight on the work done through unique partnerships, evidence based policy making and big data to ensure effective implementation of financial inclusion strategies.

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An interactive dialogue on the 2019 Financing for Development Forum Follow-up.

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Domestic & International Financial Instruments for Financing Universal Social Protection

This event will take stock of the latest development in
financing Universal Social Protection, including Floors,
and discuss the responses to the following questions:
· What is the current situation of social protection
financing worldwide?
· How can governments ensure adequate national
fiscal resources to sustainably finance universal
social protection (SDG 1.3)?
· How can social protection spending be protected in
times of economic crisis?
· How might the United Nations Financing for
Development Forum encourage initiatives to
institute, foster, deepen and protect financing for
universal social protection around the world?

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“Tackling Illicit Financial Flows: Time to Drop False Solutions & Embrace Real Change“

This side-event aims to
Explore policy measures which will narrow the implicit
and explicit differences in definition and measurement of
IFFs which undermine efforts to curtail IFFs
Share experiences of how the national and continental
level efforts in the Global South to enhance DRM are
being impacted by IFFs and discuss the main
obstacles to progress, with emphasis on the role of
secrecy jurisdictions and tax havens
Problematize recent international initiatives and the
dominance of certain institutions, and map out concrete pathways for the establishment of an UN intergovernmental tax commission.

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“Financial Inclusion to Financial Stability: Linkages that Work Toward Income Inequality Reduction, Poverty Alleviation, & Shrinking the Gender Gap

The objective of the panel, organized by the NGO
Committee on Financing for Development, is to share
progress made by financial inclusion strategies in
reducing income inequality, alleviating poverty and
shrinking the gender gap. The Consultative Group to
Assist the Poor (CGAP) states that there is still a lack of
clarity about the specific ways in which financial inclusion
promotes income equality and reduces poverty – though
recent user studies in individual developing countries are beginning to offer important clues. The panel, will share
case studies and insight on progress being made,
measures taken to shrink the gender gap in financial
inclusion and address challenges specific to rural
communities such as limited financial tools available to
help micro-enterprises to grow to Small and Medium
Enterprises.

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The objectives of the panel, is to generate
substantive discussion about the effectiveness of
the financial services available to rural women to
meet their needs and to enhance their ability to
positively impact the welfare of their family,
community and businesses. The panel will share
examples of successful strategies and propose
measures to improve rural women’s access to
innovative financial products, services, and
partnerships that can empower them to start and
grow businesses, to strengthen their contribution
to their community as producers and free
themselves from a life of poverty.

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This event wishes to offer insights into how international financial
institutions and other global initiatives can support universal social
protection systems and floors (SDG 1.3)

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The objectives of the panel is to generate substantive discussions around the topic of financial inclusion as a tool for women’s empowerment and poverty eradication. The expectation is that the panel, comprised of representative(s) from a non-governmental organization, member state (s), UNFFD office or the World Bank and private sector, would share their perspective and experiences to validate that financial inclusion is an important tool for empowerment of women and poverty eradication.

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1. Raise visibility of new international discourse at the UN (Financing for Development) on financing social protection in which IMF and World Bank participate at ED and staff levels,
2. Encourage CSO advocacy at home for universal, sustainable and adequate social protection, and
3. Encourage further research and policy development on sustained, assured and adequate means for financing universal social protection.

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The Civil Society Policy Forum to the World Bank Group / IMF 2017 Spring Meetings will take place at the IMF
Headquarters in Washington DC from April 18 to April 21 2017. To promote discussion on innovative tools of
nancing for development, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development along with the NGO Committee on Financing for Development and the NGO Committee on Social Development will be jointly holding a
side event entitled. “Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development”. GFDD and the Committees
believe that the full participation of all stakeholders- the UN, civil society, public sector, academia and private
sector- is crucial to the success of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Press Release & Presentations

On Wednesday 13 April 2016 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm, the NGO Committees on FfD and Social Development hosted a ‘Panel Discussion at the World Bank during the Civil Society Policy Forum’ in Washington DC.
A central question addressed, was: How the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the
Paris Climate Agreement can serve as instruments to reduce inequalities and encourage
a people-centered approach to strengthening social development and care for the
future of our planet?

Financing Tools for Reducing Social Inequalities
Herman slides for Apr 13
IMF Presentation
Mani-Spring Meetings