The fifth annual Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) conference on the future of global governance is organized by the Center for International Institutions Research of RANEPA, with expert support from the G20 Research Group of the University of Toronto, the Italian Institute for International Political Studies and the BRICS Research Group.
The conference brings together representatives from the academic community, think tanks and government structures, such as the Group of Twenty (G20) and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS).
Questions for Discussion
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, work and cooperate. The global governance environment transformed radically due to digital technologies and the obvious failure of major multilateral organizations to produce a timely, coordinated international response. However, in the current uncertain outlook for global economic recovery, the focus on national concerns, and preference for unilateral and bilateral actions rather than multilateral ones, we need global cooperation and coordination to deal with the double-pronged crisis and restore global economic stability.
Will the G20 deliver on its emergency summit commitment to protect human life and build solid foundations for strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth? Will international cooperation reach new levels “to deliver the global public goods urgently needed by a world beginning to understand that it is both far more interdependent and far more fragile than ever”? What are the immediate priorities for major international institutions, such as the G20, BRICS, the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and regional groups? What form should governance take in the post-COVID world? What international architecture is needed by the digital economy and society?
Participants of the conference will discuss the impact of COVID-19 and dramatic digitalization on international cooperation, emerging trends and approaches to digital economy regulation, key global governance institutions’ role in shaping the rules of the game for a new era, as well as the outlook for global governance in the digital world.
Session 2 features CIGI President Rohinton P. Medhora.
Digitalization: Impact on the Economy, Society, International Cooperation and Global Governance
Moderator: Paola Subacchi, Professor, Chair of Advisory Board, Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Participants:
- Rohinton P. Medhora, CIGI President, Member of the Commission on Global Economic Transformation
- Marat Berdyev, Russian G20 Sous-Sherpa, Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Karoline Postel-Vinay, Director of Research, Centre de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po
- Zia Qureshi, Visiting Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
- Jonathan Luckhurst, Associate Professor, the Graduate School of International Peace Studies, Soka University, Tokyo
