Virtually held United Nations meeting
Monday, November 2, 2020, 9:00-11:30AM
The COVID-19 pandemic and the social and economic crisis it triggered are threatening the well-being of billions of people and risk derailing the global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and address the growing climate emergency. In some parts of the world, the pandemic is fast turning into a humanitarian crisis, pushing entire populations into a state of acute food deprivation. International cooperation and solidarity among all stakeholders are imperatives to respond to the crisis induced by the pandemic and ensure an inclusive, sustainable and prosperous future.
On May 28, 2020, Canada, Jamaica and the Secretary-General convened a High-Level Event on “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond” to join forces with Heads of State and Government, international organizations, and other key partners to enable discussions of concrete financing solutions to the COVID-19 health and development emergency, guided by the roadmap set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Six Member States-led Discussion Groups including civil society organizations produced a comprehensive and bold menu of policy options to survive and build back better from this crisis, which were presented to Finance Ministers at a High-Level Meeting on September 8, and to Heads of State and Government at a Leaders’ Meeting at September 29.
Building on this initiative, the meeting will provide an open and inclusive space for feedback on the outcomes of the above meeting and dialogue between civil society and the UN Secretary-General. In focusing on development financing, the meeting will put a human face to the challenges exposed and magnified by the pandemic, including the intersections between systemic economic reforms and the challenges and demands of peoples and their communities and climate action.
Addressing “Dialogue 2 – Menu of Options for Development Financing: Need to Focus on Strengthening Fiscal & Policy Space for Socio-Economic Transformation”
Movendi International addressed the meeting in the second dialogue on “Menu of Options for Development Financing: Need to Focus on Strengthening Fiscal & Policy Space for Socio-Economic Transformation”
Download the full statement here.
See the full meeting here and Maik’s statement at 02:03:32 hours of the session (UN WebTV).
Download the complete program of the meeting here.