BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d059fd00b0 DTSTART:20220321T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220321T160000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 5 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Financing for development: Mobilizing sustainable development f inance beyond COVID-19There is\, by now\, little doubt that the economic f allout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is set to further widen pre-pand emic financing gaps to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .While the nature and global reach of the COVID-19 crisis is exceptional f or now\, combined health\, environmental\, economic and financial crises m ay soon become the rule rather than the exception. It will therefore be im portant to turn the current crisis into an opportunity to rethink coordina ted policies to scale up development finance from public\, private\, domes tic and external sources.Building back better requires “looking back to move forward”.  During the COVID-19 crisis\, long-standing external con straints on domestic financial resource mobilization have become starkly a pparent. A squeezed fiscal policy space\, due to higher pandemic-related f inance needs and falling public revenue because of lower levels of economi c activity\, combined with rising external debt burdens and high servicing costs on these\, a steep fall in private external finance and an overall muted crisis response by international actors.This would suggest an urgent need for a wider rethinking on how public oversight\, control and plannin g\, at the international\, regional and national levels\, can be leveraged more effectively to ensure a combined public and private delivery of deve lopment finance and planning\, not only in terms of the volume of this fin ance but also in terms of directing those funds towards developmental purp oses and infrastructure projects.Some progress would also be required beyo nd the international community’s current focus on supporting improved ta x reforms and debt transparency in (debtor) developing countries to widen these to include internationally coordinated measures needed to alleviate external constraints on domestic (and regional) resource mobilization and to increase financial transparency in international capital markets.Guidin g questions:What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the stable and reliable provision of long-term development finance?How can do mestic and international\, public and private financing instruments be imp roved to facilitate green industrialization and inclusive structural trans formation in developing countries?Which additional and/or alternative poli cies and initiatives can contribute to closing the infrastructure gap and\ , at the same time\, promoting inclusive industrialization in developing c ountries and productive employment?Written contributions:In order to facil itate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best prac tices on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requ ested to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.<\;h3 cl ass="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad .org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-5th-ses sion DTSTAMP:20260707T135647Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d059fd00dc DTSTART:20220322T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220322T160000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 5 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Financing for development: Mobilizing sustainable development f inance beyond COVID-19There is\, by now\, little doubt that the economic f allout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is set to further widen pre-pand emic financing gaps to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .While the nature and global reach of the COVID-19 crisis is exceptional f or now\, combined health\, environmental\, economic and financial crises m ay soon become the rule rather than the exception. It will therefore be im portant to turn the current crisis into an opportunity to rethink coordina ted policies to scale up development finance from public\, private\, domes tic and external sources.Building back better requires “looking back to move forward”.  During the COVID-19 crisis\, long-standing external con straints on domestic financial resource mobilization have become starkly a pparent. A squeezed fiscal policy space\, due to higher pandemic-related f inance needs and falling public revenue because of lower levels of economi c activity\, combined with rising external debt burdens and high servicing costs on these\, a steep fall in private external finance and an overall muted crisis response by international actors.This would suggest an urgent need for a wider rethinking on how public oversight\, control and plannin g\, at the international\, regional and national levels\, can be leveraged more effectively to ensure a combined public and private delivery of deve lopment finance and planning\, not only in terms of the volume of this fin ance but also in terms of directing those funds towards developmental purp oses and infrastructure projects.Some progress would also be required beyo nd the international community’s current focus on supporting improved ta x reforms and debt transparency in (debtor) developing countries to widen these to include internationally coordinated measures needed to alleviate external constraints on domestic (and regional) resource mobilization and to increase financial transparency in international capital markets.Guidin g questions:What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the stable and reliable provision of long-term development finance?How can do mestic and international\, public and private financing instruments be imp roved to facilitate green industrialization and inclusive structural trans formation in developing countries?Which additional and/or alternative poli cies and initiatives can contribute to closing the infrastructure gap and\ , at the same time\, promoting inclusive industrialization in developing c ountries and productive employment?Written contributions:In order to facil itate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best prac tices on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requ ested to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.<\;h3 cl ass="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad .org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-5th-ses sion DTSTAMP:20260707T135647Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d059fd00e7 DTSTART:20220323T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220323T160000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 5 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Financing for development: Mobilizing sustainable development f inance beyond COVID-19There is\, by now\, little doubt that the economic f allout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is set to further widen pre-pand emic financing gaps to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .While the nature and global reach of the COVID-19 crisis is exceptional f or now\, combined health\, environmental\, economic and financial crises m ay soon become the rule rather than the exception. It will therefore be im portant to turn the current crisis into an opportunity to rethink coordina ted policies to scale up development finance from public\, private\, domes tic and external sources.Building back better requires “looking back to move forward”.  During the COVID-19 crisis\, long-standing external con straints on domestic financial resource mobilization have become starkly a pparent. A squeezed fiscal policy space\, due to higher pandemic-related f inance needs and falling public revenue because of lower levels of economi c activity\, combined with rising external debt burdens and high servicing costs on these\, a steep fall in private external finance and an overall muted crisis response by international actors.This would suggest an urgent need for a wider rethinking on how public oversight\, control and plannin g\, at the international\, regional and national levels\, can be leveraged more effectively to ensure a combined public and private delivery of deve lopment finance and planning\, not only in terms of the volume of this fin ance but also in terms of directing those funds towards developmental purp oses and infrastructure projects.Some progress would also be required beyo nd the international community’s current focus on supporting improved ta x reforms and debt transparency in (debtor) developing countries to widen these to include internationally coordinated measures needed to alleviate external constraints on domestic (and regional) resource mobilization and to increase financial transparency in international capital markets.Guidin g questions:What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the stable and reliable provision of long-term development finance?How can do mestic and international\, public and private financing instruments be imp roved to facilitate green industrialization and inclusive structural trans formation in developing countries?Which additional and/or alternative poli cies and initiatives can contribute to closing the infrastructure gap and\ , at the same time\, promoting inclusive industrialization in developing c ountries and productive employment?Written contributions:In order to facil itate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best prac tices on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requ ested to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.<\;h3 cl ass="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad .org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-5th-ses sion DTSTAMP:20260707T135647Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR