IPI and G20 Social cohosted a policy forum on September 26th entitled “The G20 and the Reform of Global Economic Governance Structures.”

Speaker interventions centered around the debate on the Reform of Global Economic Governance Structures. The discussion focused on: IMF Governance Reforms; gender and regional balance in international financial institutions; the role of MDBs in global governance and the “G20 Roadmap for Better, Bigger, and More Effective MDBs;” and the Global civil society agenda for new global governance. The event also focused on key points regarding Brazil’s G20 Social Initiative and how it will achieve its goal of increasing nongovernmental stakeholder participation in the work of the G20.

Welcoming Remarks:
Adam Lupel, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, International Peace Institute

Opening Remarks:
Fernanda Santiago, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Counselor on the Superior Council of the Office of the Attorney General, and Attorney General of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil

Speakers:
Flávio Luís Pazeto, First Secretary of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and responsible for the general coordination of the G20
Bruno Coelho Saraiva, Alternate Executive Director, Brazil IMF Office
Karin Costa Vazquez, General Coordinator for Multilateral Development Banks Reform on the Finance Track, Brazilian Ministry of Finance
Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
Jeroo Billimoria, Founder of One Family Foundation, Co-founder of Catalyst 2030

Moderator:
Tatiana Berringer, Coordinator of the G20 Social on the Finance Track, Brazilian G20 Presidency, and Senior Lecturer of International Relations at Federal University of ABC, Brazil