27 January 2012 The UBUNTU Forum, present and active in the Social Forum Theme On the road to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro for next June 2012, known as Rio+20 process, a Thematic Social Forum about Social and Economic Justice is held in Porto Alegre (Brazil). The UBUNTU Forum, present for many years at the World Social Forum and following the Rio+20 process, organizes two activities self organized and participated in the discussions within the thematic group on Governance and Architecture of Power. Read more...

2nd december de 2011 UBUNTU Forum activities in the context of the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (6th to 8th of December 2011) Nurturing Development The role of the innovative financing for development and its implications on economic governance UN NLB Conference Room 4 1:15 - 2:30 pm Read more... The vision of FfD endorsed in the Monterrey Consensus 10 years ago is a long way from becoming reality. And recent events -from the global financial crisis of 2008-9 to the ongoing democratic uprisings in the Arab World- show that the current international economic system does not support equitable development and sustainable growth. Read more...

04 November 2011 - Directors of 64 organisations (36 Southern and 28 Northern) from 33 countries (21 Southern and 12 Northern) sent a letter on behalf of the Beyond 2015 campaign to the UN Secretary General on 19 October 2011. The aim of the letter was to share with the UNSG a number of recommendations and action points that would maximise the chances of a UN-led post-2015 (deadline to achieve the MDG's) agreement meeting the Beyond 2015 "essential must-haves" of leadership, substance, accountability and legitimacy. The UBUNTU Forum as member of the platform has also joined and signed this letter that you can check here.

25 October 2011 Proposal of an International Treaty on Financial Transactions Tax On 21st of October it was hold in Paris, in the context of the French Presidency to the G20, a Conference on Development "G20 Development Conference: solutions for a new world". One of its workshops was dedicated to Innovative Financing for Development, reason why the UBUNTU Forum assisted to the conference. Read more...

20 September 2011 Side Event Ubuntu: "Innovating in justice, innovating in finance: Time for a F&CTT" NYC 22 September 2011 The UBUNTU Forum organized on last September the 22nd a side-event in parallel to the opening of a new period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The event had the collaboration of the Global Policy Forum, the Center of Concern, Stamp Out Poverty and the UN-NGLS, about the topic of the implementation of some kind of financial transaction tax for financing for development Read more...

06 September 2011 "Taxing financial transactions for a fairer world : here and now." Paris, 14 September 2011 Taxing financial transactions for a fairer world : here and now Wednesday September 14th 2011 9.00am - 12.30pm Room 4, UNESCO 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75015 Paris Read more...

01 August 2011 - Beyond 2015 is an international campaign which brings together more than 150 organizations in over 50 countries and where the UBUNTU Forum participates. Its main aim is to kick-start and accelerate the post-2015 process, deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. One of its first initiatives has been writing to the UN Secretary General to urge him to "encourage the United Nations General Assembly to begin working in 2011 on establishing a process to develop a development agenda for beyond 2015" and to offer their support in this initiative. You can check the letter and the campaign here.

07 July 2011 - One of the outcomes of the Conference on the World Financial and Economical Crisis and its impact on Development, which was held in the UN in 2009, was the creation of a Panel of Experts on economical and financial issues within the UN. Several civil society organizations are asking its discussion and implementation during the next ECOSOC meeting this July. You can check the petition here.

23 June 2011 Global Economic Governance, Global Inequality and the Role of the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly's President, the Swiss Mr. Joseph Deiss, has organized during 2010 and 2011 several thematic debates around different issues. Next Tuesday 28th of June is going to be celebrated the debate around "Global Governance". In this background, and due to the importance of this issue for the UBUNTU Forum, we are going to co-organize jointly with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung a side-event titled "Global Economic Governance, Global Inequality and the Role of the United Nations". You can check the programme here. Read more...

12 May 2011 Task Force on Financial Integrity The Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development is a global coaliton of civil society organizatons and more than 50 governments working together to achieve greater transparency in the global financial system for the benefit of developing countries. Since May the UBUNTU Forum is part of it as Allied Member in order to contribute to the reforms towards a new worls governance, particularly in economical and financial issues.

15 April 2011 Over 1,000 economists ask the G20 for the application of a tax on international financial transactions Over 1,000 economists from many of the world's leading universities ask in a letter addressed to the ministers of finances of the G20, gathering in Washington on April 14 and 15, the definitive implementation of a tax on International Financial Transactions. This proposal, defended by the UBUNTU Forum and a number of civil society organizations for a long time, would raise thousands of millions of Euros to reduce inequalities, fight poverty and the climate change, among other priorities. The technical feasibility of the tax (of about 0'05%) has already been proved, thus political will is the only missing element for the application of the proposal, which responds to a fair and imperative need.

23 February 2011 - Several NGo's involved in the Financing for Development (FfD) process within the United Nations have sent a letter to the Bretton Woods Institutions (the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund) requesting them its real engagement with the FfD process within the UN system and, mainly, in the ECOSOC Spring Meetings to be held with them, the World Trade Organizations and the UNCTAD, that wants to be shortened to just one day instead of two. Check the requests sent to the WB and the IMF.

15 February 2011 Robin Hood Tax. Global Day of Action http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/

12 February 2011 February 2011 - World Social Forum, Dakar Read more...

3 February 2011 The UBUNTU Forum at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar From February 6 to 11 a new edition of the World Social Forum will take place in Dakar (Senegal). Having participated in the World Social Forum process since its birth, the UBUNTU Forum will be in Dakar to participate in several activities Read more...

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