2024 Social Forum: Contribution of Financing for Development to...

2024 Social Forum: Contribution of Financing for Development to the Advancement

The 2024 Social Forum will take place on 31 October and 1 November in Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva. In accordance with resolution 53/20 of the Human Rights Council, it will focus on the contribution of financing for development to the advancement of all human rights for all.

Registrations are open here!

More info is available at the 2024 Social Forum website.

9:00am CET

A Mine-free world: Human Rights and UN SDG Room XXIIInternational Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF)

10:00am CET

Opening Remarks Room XXMarc Bichler • Marcela Arias Moncada • Volker Türk • Rabab Fatima

10:30am CET

Keynote Panel: The Human Rights Lens for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Room XXNavid Hanif • Mónica Colomer • Jayati Ghosh • Agi Veres • Attiya Waris

11:30am CET

General Discussion Room XX

1:00pm CET

International Tax Cooperation and Human Rights: Pathways to Reducing Global Inequalities Room XXIVPermanent Missioni of Honduras in Geneva Perspectives on international financial architecture reform – What do we want the FfD4 Conference to achieve? Room XXIICenter for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) • Global Policy Forum (GPF) • Public Services International (PSI) • UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

2:00pm CET

What funding for what development? Room XXIVCentre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM) • Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

3:00pm CET

International Development Cooperation Room XXMarc Bichler • Carsten Staur • Yuefen Li • Fadhel Kaboub • Isabelle Durant • Mihir Kanade

3:45pm CET

Interactive Dialogue Room XX

4:30pm CET

International Trade as an Engine of Development Room XXMaria Andrea Echazu Aguero • Muhmmadou M.O. Kah • Kinda Mohamadieh • Surya Deva • Anoush der Boghossian • Hana Daoudi

5:15pm CET

Interactive Dialogue Room XX

10:00am CET

Roundtable: Debt and Debt Sustainability Room XXSakshi Rai • Attiya Waris • Ugo Panizza • Iolanda Fresnillo • Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky • Penelope Hawkins

10:45am CET

Interactive dialogue Room XX

11:30am CET

Domestic Resource Mobilization Room XXSerges Djoyou Kamga • Sharaf Sheralizoda • Chenai Mukumba • Abdul Muheet Chowdhary • Gerard Kamga • Anu Peltola

12:15pm CET

Interactive Dialogue Room XX

1:00pm CET

Fixing the International Financial Architecture for Realizing Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Room XXIVAmnesty International (AI) • Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) • Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) • Human Rights Watch (HRW)

2:00pm CET

Illicit Financial Flows from Africa and the Financing of Development Room XXIIUniversity of the Free State, South Africa

3:00pm CET

Domestic and International Private Business and Finance Room XXÖzge Aydoğan • Olivier De Schutter • Kinga Dery • Veaceslav Sterbet • Yixuan Peng • Anand Priya Deo

3:45pm CET

Interactive Dialogue Room XX

4:30pm CET

Recommendations to FFD4, with a focus on Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Room XXMihir Kanade • Patricia Hermanns • Bhumika Muchhala • Unubat Narantsatsralt • Gladys Cecilia Hernandez Pedraza • Jane Nalunga

5:45pm CET

Closing Remarks Room XXMarc Bichler