Ambition and Momentum - Financing Sustainable Development for Global Justice

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) is expected to catalyse the urgently needed policy change to mobilize the necessary funds for sustainable development and climate action and, therefore, to set milestones in terms of reforming the international financial architecture. From a civil society perspective, fundamental reforms of the international financing system are imperative for reaching sustainable development and ending global poverty and hunger. A successful FfD4 outcome must at least include ambitious agreements to systematically overhaul the international debt architecture, to advance a fair international tax system and to make multilateral financial institutions more inclusive and effective for countries of the Global South. At our international civil society conference, we will provide in-depth insights into key issues surrounding the financing of sustainable development.

Programm 

12:30 Uhr Welcome and Interview: 

How to Overcome the Structural Obstacles of the International System to Finance Sustainable Development?

With: 

• Prof. Dr. José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Chair of the Group of Experts for the Fourth UN Conference on Financing for Development
• Jean Saldanha, Director European Network of Debt and Development (Eurodad)

Moderation:
Dr. Sonja Grigat, VENRO

Workshops:

14:00 - 15:00 Uhr 

Financing Rights – The Right to Finance?

With: 

• Maria Ron Balsera, Ph.D., Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)
• Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR)

Moderation: Wolfgang Obenland, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung

Bridging Climate and Development Finance: From Baku to Sevilla

With: 

• Julius Mbatia, Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance)
• Martha Bekele, DevTransform (Development Transformations)

Moderation: Sophie Knabner, VENRO

Building a new Debt Architecture for Economic Justice: Opportunities and Obstacles in the FfD Process

With: 

• Patricia Miranda, Latin American Network for Economic and Social Justice (Latin-dadd)
• Malina Stutz, Jubilee Germany (erlassjahr.de)

Moderation: Sarah Ribbert, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Workshops:

15:30 - 16:30 

How Taxing Global Billionaires Can Contribute to Reduce Global Inequality?

With: 

• María Fernanda Valdés, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
• Chenai Mukumba, Tax Justice Network Africa (tbc)

Moderation: Sarah Ganter, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Christoph Trautvetter, Tax Justice Network Germany

How to Reform the International Financial Architecture for Fairer and More Equal Financing Costs?

With: 

• Dr Oliver R Pahnecke, Cobden Centre
• Dr Daniel Cash, Aston University
• Catherine Mithia, African Forum and network on Debt and Development (Afrodad)

Moderation: Verena Kroess, World Ecology and Economic Development (WEED) und Bodo Ellmer, Global Policy Forum (GPF)

Make Private Finance Work for Sustainable Development – Progressive Policy Outcomes or FfD4

Mit: 

• Maria-Jose Romero, European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)
• Dr Kathrin Berensmann, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Moderation: Ulrike Lohr, Suedwind Foundation und Dr Klaus Schilder, MISEREOR