CIGI and TEPAV are co-hosting the Think20 (T20) conference in Ottawa from May 3-5th, 2015. The conference will focus on Turkey’s G20 Agenda in the fall of 2016, while prioritizing issues that include:
- strengthening multilateral institutions
- enhancing special drawing rights in a reformed monetary system
- emerging countries’ role in the G20
- global macroeconomic imbalances and macroprudential regulation
- managing severe sovereign debt crises
- structural financial reforms on global finance
- environmental and sustainability risks through financial regulatory reforms
Turkey’s G20 agenda builds on the previous Australian presidency while also expanding the G20’s reach, attempting to make the forum more relevant for the rest of the world. This year’s presidency is focused on three “i’s”: implementation, investment, and inclusiveness. The first two build on previous accomplishments. Implementation aims to ensure that the G20 follows through on its previous commitments, including the growth strategies in the Brisbane Action Plan and financial regulatory reforms. Investment supports progress made during the Australian presidency on the G20’s infrastructure agenda and seeks to expand on it by establishing country-specific investment strategies. Inclusiveness is the attempt to leave a legacy in the G20 process; it focuses on ensuring that global growth benefits for marginalized groups are included in the G20’s conversations, including low-income developing countries, small and medium-sized enterprises, and youth. Against this backdrop, the T20 Ottawa Conference shall discuss whether Turkey’s G20 agenda is sufficiently ambitious while being realistic.
CIGI Participants include:
Rohinton Medhora
Domenico Lombardi
James Boughton
Paul Jenkins
Malcolm Knight
Olaf Weber
Barry Carin