http://www.whiteband.org daily 1 2007-09-27T16:18:07Z http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/financing-for-development-2008/how-does-civic-society-evaluate-the-outcome-of-the-doha-un-financing-for-development-2013-review-conference Members of 250 civil society organizations and networks representing more than one hundred million citizens around the world came together in a Civil Society Forum (Doha, Qatar, 25-27 November, 2008) leading to the Review Conference for Financing for Development. We prepared and presented to the Review Conference a Civil Society Declaration under the theme “investing in people-centred development.” We addressed an open letter to the President of the General Assembly, citing our hopes and lead recommendations for the Conference. No publisher adam 2008-12-02T15:28:58Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/11/30/rollercoaster-negotiations-in-doha On the second day of the Financing for Development (FfD) International Review Conference, negotiations went into a spin following anti-democratic power-play by the Bush administration. No publisher helena Aid 2008-12-01T14:00:29Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/financing-for-development-2008/get-out-of-the-201cwoods201d-civil-society-supports-un-led-summit-on-finances As one of the lead elements proposed for recommendation to the Financing for Development Review Conference, the Civil Society Forum supports an international summit on financial and economic architecture and global economic governance structures, in 2009. The Forum position challenges the proposal of some governments that the Bretton Woods Institutions (the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) organize an event, as well as moves to concentrate decision-making in the G-20 group of governments. No publisher adam 2008-11-28T07:35:45Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/11/28/we-need-a-fair-deal-a-safe-deal-a-strong-deal-that-binds-countries-to-their-commitments On Sunday I will take the train for 20 hours from Oxford, UK to Poznan, Poland for the first week of the 14th UN climate change conference. Last year, I attended the 13th in Bali, Indonesia where thousands of people flew to Bali to stay in a 5-star resort to discuss how to take action to tackle climate change, the human-exacerbated phenomenon widely recognised as the greatest existing threat to people and the planet. No publisher gcapmob Climate Change 2008-12-01T09:47:13Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/11/27/civil-society-forum-final-day The second and final day of the Civil Society Forum began with a variety of self-organized seminars and workshops ranging from bridging the funding gap: MDGs through innovative funding mechanisms; Reaching for Tax Justice - CSO perspectives on how to capture more funds for national development; to illegitimate debt, reality of aid policies and the GCAP co-sponsored session on the F's crises: Financial, Food and Fuel. No publisher Rosa Lizarde 2008-12-01T09:13:04Z Weblog Entry