B20 hands over the B20 recommendations to G20 President Mario Draghi
Highlights of the outputs from this week's B20 meeting.
Today, the final B20 Communiqué “Reshape the Future: Include, Share, Act” was handed over to G20 President Mario Draghi with the business priorities onTrade & Investment •Digital Transformation • Employment & Education • Finance & Infrastructure • Health & Life Sciences • Energy & Resource Efficiency • Integrity & Compliance • Action Council on Sustainability & Global Emergencies • Special Initiative on Women Empowerment.
The key messages of the paper are:
Include
- Empower Women and Youth, and Ensure Equal Opportunities for All
- Unlock the Digital Transformation and Build Skills for Tomorrow
- Scale up Sustainable Finance and Support Impact Investing and Financing
- Include LDCs and MSMEs in the Global Economy and Foster Access to Trade Finance
Share
- Promote Open Trade and Halt Protectionism, Especially on Vaccines
- Speed up Adoption of Innovation and Achieve Broader Access to Care
- Enhance Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure and Urban Regeneration
- Promote Sustainable Governance, Increase Transparency and Fair Competition
Act
- Accelerate the Net Zero Race, Drive the Just Transition, and Fight Climate Change
- Establish a Global Emergency Governance for Future Crises
- Reform the WTO and Strengthen International Cooperation
- Level the Digital Playing Field and Foster a Trustworthy Ecosystem
IOE is proud to have been again networking partner of the Italy B20 and IOE President Erol Kiresepi, and IOE VPs Mthunzi Mdwaba and Renate Hornung-Draus as well as David Iakobachvili from IOE member RSPP and Zhu Hongren from IOE member CEC being co-chairs of the B20 Employment and Education Task Force.
The G20 Summit will take place in Rome on 30/31 October 2021.
The Italian G20 Presidency will end in December 2021. In 2022, Indonesia will hold the G20 Presidency.
Please find the B20 Communiqué under the following link: https://www.b20italy2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/B20_Final-Communique_Web.pdf
