First Meetings of the Russian G20 Presidency
On 11-13 December 2012, the first meetings of the Russian G20 Presidency were held in Moscow. They included the Think 20, Business 20 and Civil 20 Meetings, the inaugural G20 Sherpas’ Meeting and the ‘Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainability’ conference.
The Think 20 meeting, which focused on some of the key issues of the global economic agenda, was held on 11 December. The National Research University Higher School of Economics acted as one of the co-organizers of the meeting. At the meeting, representatives of major global think-tanks discussed the most important issues on the global economic agenda.and the main outcomes of the Think 20 Meeting were then presented to the G20 Sherpas Meeting on December 12 and passed on to Russia's G20 Sherpa Ksenia Yudaeva.
On 12 December, the ‘Mapping G20 Decisions Implementation: How G20 is Delivering on the Decisions Made’ report, prepared jointly by IORI HSE and the G20 Research Group at the University of Toronto, was presented at the G20 Sherpas’ Meeting in Moscow by IORI HSE Director Marina Larionova and G20 Research Group Co-director John Kirton. The report was also presented at the Civil 20 Meeting. Separate sections of the report were presented in more detail by the IORI HSE researchers during roundtables on the post 2015 development agenda, food security, financial inclusion and financial education, and labor and employment.
The first meeting of the G20 Civil Society Task Force on Equity took place as part of the Civil 20 conference. Participants looked at proposals for the thematic report ‘Sustained and Balanced Growth Requires Equitable Policies’ and discussed the possible methodology, structure and timeline.
The key reports presented and discussed were:
- Presentation by John Ruthrauff ‘G20 Track Record’
- Report prepared by UNDP ‘Overcoming Economic Inequality: What Role for the G20?’
On 13 December, a conference on ‘Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainability’, dedicated to the priorities and program of Russia’s G20 presidency, was held. The outcomes of the first events of the Russian presidency were reported at the conference, including the Think 20, Civil 20 and Business 20 meetings, which were held on December 11 and 12. There were also reports from Youth 20 and Labor 20 representatives on their plans for the Russian presidency. IORI HSE Director Marina Larionova presented the Civil 20 working program for 2013.
More information:
Participants of the Think 20 Meeting
Report on Mapping G20 Decisions Implementation Published
Presentation of “Mapping G20 Decisions Implementation” report at the Roundtable on Food Security
Program of the Conference “Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainability”
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