T-20 Summit

THINK20 SUMMIT / Antalya Global Policy Dialogue Conference
Conference/ November 14, 2015 – Saturday
Xanadu Hotel, Kubilayhan Meeting Room 2-3

The Think 20 serves as an ‘ideas bank’ for the G20 by bringing together and facilitating the exchange of policy analyses from global regional and national think tanks and experts. At a critical time between the approval of SDGs in New York in September and COP21 Summit in Paris in December, and one day before the G20 Summit, the T20 Summit - Antalya Global Policy Dialogue Platform Conference will focus on the implementation of the post-2015 sustainable development goals and on the role of the G20.

The G20 emerged at the leaders level in the aftermath of the financial crisis as a manifestation of economic power shifting and increasing multi-polarity in the world. If the G20 as “the Premier Forum for international economic cooperation” aims to be the steering committee of the global economy, it should help the international community to advance global sustainable development. The implementation of SDGs requires the international community to tackle global challenges which, if not addressed, can hamper sustainable development in developing countries. Climate stability, a multilateral trading system, global economic and financial stability, communicable disease control, are some key global issues that impact the implementation of SDGs.

The nature of SDGs are quite different than the MDGs. It is a more ambitious, a broader and multi-dimensional agenda. Coordinated action by national governments, multilateral institutions and private sector will be essential for successful implementation. The leadership role of the G20 will be essential in catalyzing the coordinated action between these spheres. The T20 Summit will bring together leaders from governments, multilateral institutions and private sector to discuss the following questions:

• How can the global governance architecture be reformed for sustainable development?
• How can the G20 and the UN can strengthen their cooperation to implement the SDGs?
• How can the G20 act further to strengthen cooperation with low income developing countries?
• What are the policy measures to maximize private sector contribution to implementation of the SDG in areas such as integrating climate risk into financial regulations, new models to catalyze private investment into sustainable infrastructure and energy?
• In what different ways and through which policy measures the advanced and emerging economies and their businesses can contribute to the implementation of the SDGs?
• How to advance towards a multi-stakeholders governance (including private sector, cities and NGOs) indispensable for the implementation of SDGs?

The audience will be around 300 people that will be a mix of scholars from the Think 20 network, business executives from the B20 network and policy-makers from the G20 delegations.

PROGRAM

G20 Engagement Groups Session on Refugee Crises
November 14, Saturday 02.00 - 3.30 pm
Xanadu Hotel, Kubilayhan Meeting Room 2-3

PROGRAM

This panel discussion is being organised through collaboration between the Civil 20 (C20), Think 20 (T20), in the lead up to the 2015 G20 Leaders’ Summit