Download the joint statement The world is in the midst of global challenges. This is particularly true for the current COVID-19 pandemic and the global climate and biodiversity crises. Both represent an unprecedented global vulnerability experience and urgently require global coordination and local actions to be addressed effectively. The world is experiencing a range [...]
T20 Italy Final Communiqué Last year brought about new, unforeseen challenges for the global community. COVID-19 pandemic came completely unexpectedly, putting the world’s health systems and economies under severe stress. Over 4.5 million people died because of coronavirus: vaccines are now available, but their production and distribution are too slow and unequal. The pandemic [...]
Events & Partners As we are heading towards the T20 Summit, here is a recap of the initiatives that we promoted together with a worldwide network of think tanks and research centres: Inception Conference 18 T20 Roundtables 3 T20 High-level Forums Global Policy Forum T20-associated event Think tanks co-hosts & partners Co-hosts Partners
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 10 on Migration Developing social protection strategies for asylum-seekers and migrants Ensuring that refugees have access to health care, income support, and suitable working and living conditions. In the short-term integrated approaches should be developed to include refugees in national protection systems to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 8 on Multilateralism and Global Governance Reforming and relaunching existing multilateral institutions in a post-pandemic scenario The lack of an unambiguous definition and specific assessment of the “costs” (not only economic) of global inaction in the face of common challenges may lead to sub-optimal policy decisions. We suggest [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 7 on Infrastructure Investment and Financing Data and Infrastructure Limited availability and poor standardization of data and information is a key barrier to both private investments and the life-cycle efficiency of infrastructure projects. More precise and standardized data would help capital-planning decisions based on the expected performance of [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 6 on Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare Systems Impact of the pandemic on poverty and social mobility The pandemic has increased poverty worldwide, created new inequalities overlapping with pre-existing ones and has reduced social mobility as the main social elevator got stuck between repeated school closures. [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 5 on 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation Supporting debt relief initiatives for fragile countries The T20 Task Force 5 (TF5) takes stock of the priorities identified by the Italian G20 Presidency on debt relief and the increase of fiscal space for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly in the [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 4 on Digital Transformation A digital-led global recovery from COVID-19 To promote innovation in developing economies, targeting better the mobilisation of its resources by supporting these economies to create a comprehensive, rights-based digital ecosystem with a clear roadmap and encourage robust public sector transformations to make the digital [...]
Preliminary findings and proposals by Task Force 3 on Trade, Investments & Growth WTO Reform agenda Improving the functioning and centrality of the WTO and confronting “deglobalization” in the multilateral trading system by: i) promoting convergence and coordination via issue-specific focused dialogue on emerging trends in trade-related policies, building on lessons from the experience with [...]
