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LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand\, Thailand
SUMMARY:First Governing Council meeting: the Borrowers&#039\; Platform
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Borrowers’ Platform\, launched in April 2026 by Ministers
  of finance and central bank governors of developing countries and UN Secr
 etary General is entering its first annual cycle.The platform addresses a 
 gap in the international financial system\, where developing countries rem
 ain underrepresented while creditor coordination continues to expand.The B
 orrowers&#039\; Platform operates through a two-tier governance structure:
  a Governing Council\, which serves as the political and decision-making b
 ody providing strategic direction\, composed of ministers of finance\, cen
 tral bank governors\, or equivalent ministerial heads\; and a Steering Com
 mittee\, which carries out the technical and operational work of the Platf
 orm. The first Governing Council of the Borrowers’ Platform will take 
 place on Monday 12 October\, on the Margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meeting
 s in Bangkok\, Thailand.Please note that this is a closed-door\, by-invi
 tation-only event.&lt\;p&gt\;The Borrowers’ Platform\, launched in Apri
 l 2026 by Ministers of finance and central bank governors of developing co
 untries and UN Secretary General is entering its first annual cycle.&lt\;/
 p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The platform addresses a gap in the international financi
 al system\, where developing countries remain underrepresented while credi
 tor coordination continues to expand.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The Borrowers&
 #039\; Platform operates through a two-tier governance structure: a Govern
 ing Council\, which serves as the political and decision-making body provi
 ding strategic direction\, composed of ministers of finance\, central bank
  governors\, or equivalent ministerial heads\; and a Steering Committee\, 
 which carries out the technical and operational work of the Platform.&amp\
 ;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;The first Governing Council 
 of the&amp\;nbsp\;Borrowers’ Platform will take place on Monday 12 Octob
 er\,&lt\;/strong&gt\; on the Margins of the IMF/WB&amp\;nbsp\;Annual&amp\;
 nbsp\;Meetings in&amp\;nbsp\;Bangkok\, Thailand.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt
 \;em&gt\;Please note that this is a&amp\;nbsp\;closed-door\, by-invitation
 -only&amp\;nbsp\;event.&lt\;/em&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad
 .org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/first-governing-council-meeting-borrowers
 -platform
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