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The Civil G20 Dialogue 2010
20 Key Recommendations for the Seoul G20 Summit
This document is meant to be a media resource and tool to evaluate the outcomes of the Seoul G20
Summit. The following 20 recommendations were formulated by representatives of more than 50
civil society organisations during the “Civil G20 Dialogue” held in Incheon on October 15, 2010. It was
the first-ever dialogue between civil society activists for global economic justice and the government
negotiators (Sherpas) who set the agenda for the G 20.
For more about the Civil G20, including audio interviews in three languages with campaigners and
government sherpas (negotiators), go to www.choike.org/2009/eng/informes/7964.html
The order of the following twenty recommendations is in line with key agenda items of the Seoul G20
Summit.
A.
Global Economy & Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth
1. Enact inclusive equitable economic policies to put millions of people back to work, with decent jobs.
2. Provide universal social protection, with a focus on food security, health care, clean water and
education for all of its citizens.
3. Mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis in developing countries, with a particular focus on
women and socially-excluded groups, who did not cause the crisis but are most affected by it.
B.
Reform of International Financial Institutions
4. Fully reform the IMF quota system to provide more representation to developing countries.
proposed six percent shift is insufficient to rectify the current democratic and legitimacy deficit.
C.
A
Financial Sector Reform
5. Introduce a mandatory Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) and use the proceeds to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs0, fight climate change and reduce deficits.
6. Increase funding and technical assistance to developing countries to strengthen tax systems and
tackle illicit financial outflows.
7. Work together across borders to prosecute tax evaders and perpetrators of other financial crimes.
D.
Development Framework for Shared Growth
8. Honour commitments to provide 0.7% of GDP as Official Development Assistance(ODA).
9. Ensure that all development projects are implemented from a human rights-based approach which
is pro-poor and gender-sensitive.
10. Engage independent civil society experts to conduct environmental impact assessments of all
development projects to ensure that they are sustainable, renewable and utilise low carbon
technologies.
11. Protect small-holder farmers, especially women, from speculation in commodity food prices, in line
with the 2009 L'Aquila Global Food Security Initiative.
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E.
Trade and Investment
12. Integrate just labour and environmental standards into the global trading system.
13. Do not support agreements that link trade with financial liberalisation, including the current Doha
round of negotiations.
F.
Climate Change and Green Growth
14. Develop a long term low-carbon and climate-resilient action plan with concrete targets to keep the
rise in global temperatures below 2 degrees Celcius.
15. Commit to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will fast-track
financing to the world’s poorest countries for climate change adaptation and mitigation, which will
stop deforestation and enable the growth of clean energy economies. This financing needs to be
both new and additional.
G.
Energy
16. Eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.
H.
Anti-Corruption
17. Ratify and fully implement the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), including on-site
reviews with active civil society participation and full publication of reports.
I.
G20 Governance and Cross-cutting Issues
18. Recognize the United Nations as the central body to address international financial and economic
affairs and establish an “Economic Security Council” within the UN.
19. Be transparent and create institutional mechanisms for civil society and labour union participation
in all G20 deliberations and decision-making processes, including the Summit.
20. Recognise that gender and human rights are cross-cutting issues across all areas of financial
economy and development and mainstream gender equality into all G20 policy frameworks and
programmes.
CONTACTS
Michael Switow
GCAP Global Council
cell: 010-8659-6508 (Korea)
cell: +65 9070 1724 (Singapore)
email: [email protected]
Anselmo Lee
GCAP Korea
tel: 010-4293-0707 (Korea)
email: [email protected]