Next Meetings of the NGO Committee on FFD: 2PM @ UN Church Center unless otherwise noted

2 April 2008
7 May 2008
4 June 2008 
 

In addition:

Calendar of Conferences and meetings, 2007 - 2009

Oct 14 to 21 Global Week of Action: Debt and IFI campaigners will be holding actions world-wide to articulate issues, analysis, calls and demands on debt and the role and policies of International Financial Institutions. Check out the website of the Week of Global Action www.debtweek.org 

Oct 19 – 21  Days of action against the IMF and World Bank, Washington, DC

Oct 22  – FFD – Civil Society Hearing 10 – 1 p.m.

Oct 22 – NGO Strategy Session 3 – 6 p.m.

Oct 23-24 – GA High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, New York
CLICK HERE to view talking points for the six points of the Monterrey Consensus

Nov 30 – Dec 2   Conference for the NGOs of Catholic Inspiration, Rome

Dec 11 – 12  Special Commemorative high-level session on Children

Review Sessions of the Chapters in Monterrey Consensus: Roadmap to Doha Conference:
1. 14 February 2008 - Chapter 1: "Mobilizing Domestic Financial Resources for Development"
2. 15 February 2008 - Chapter 2: " Mobilizing International Resources for Development: Foreign  Direct Investment and Other Private Flows"
3. 10-11 March 2008 - Chapter 5: "External Debt"
4. 11-12 March 2008 - Chapter 6: : Addressing Systemic Issues: Enhancing Coherence and Consistency of the International Monetary, Financial and Trading Systems in Support of Development"
5. 15-16 April 2008 - Chapter 4: "Increasing International Financial and Technical Cooperation for Development"
6: 19-20 May 2008 - Chapter 3: "International Trade as an Engine for development"
 

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2008 – International Year of Potato

2008 – International Year of Planet Earth

2008 – International Year of Sanitation

2008 – International Year of Languages

2008 - Second Global Forum on Migration and Development, Philippines
UNESCO will serve as the lead agency in promoting unity in diversity and international understanding in 2008 proclaimed the International Year of Languages by the United Nations after adoption of the GA Resolution on Multilingualism.

January 26 2008  WSF process in 2008: global day of mobilisation and action

February 6 to 15 Commission for Social Development (CsocD), 46th Session, New York, Policy Year on the theme, 'Promoting full employment and decent work for all'

25 February - 7 March 2008:  Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 52 Session, theme ‘Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women’

13 April: Civil Society Forum prior to ECOSOC/BWI meeting (UN Church Center)
14 April: Spring Meeting of ECOSOC with BWI, WTO, and UNCTAD, New York

April 20-25: UNCTAD XII on “Addressing opportunities and challenges of globalization for development” (Accra, Ghana) 

May 5–16:   Commission on Sustainable Development 16:  Thematic cluster for the implementation cycle 2008-2009 review session:

(a)    Agriculture;
(b)    Rural development;
(c)    Land;
(d)    Drought
(e)    Desertification;
(f)      Africa

18 June 2008: Interactive Hearings with Civil Society and the Business Sector on Financing for Development

July 5     Launch of ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum, New York 

Aug 3–8   XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City 

29 November–2 December 2008:  Follow-up Conference on FFD (Doha, Qatar) Monterrey Review Conference

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2009         International Year of Reconciliation 

2009           International Conference of NGOs, Sydney, Australia

2009    PrepCom and Review Conference on Durban (Racism)            

February 23 – 27 2009    Intergovernmental preparatory meeting – CSD 

May 4– 15  2009   Commission on Sustainable Development 17

2009/2010   Proposed Forum on Human Rights Education and Learning