AU Permanent Mission in Brussels
Workshop - Assessing the Progress and Challenges in the Implementation of Addis Ababa Agenda for Action (AAAA)
Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
Luckystar Miyandazi & Faten Aggad
ECDPM
Francesco Rampa
Head of Food Security Programme, ECDPM
28 September 2016, Pre-conference workshop at the Annual German Agricultural Economics Conference (GEWISOLA) 2016.
Currently, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa are at different levels of implementing the 1991 Abuja Treaty, which lays the foundation for the eventual establishment of an African Common Market and the removal of obstacles to the free movement of people (FMP). Where integration in the areas of trade, goods and services has since advanced, integration through FMP in Africa has not made much progress due to the lack of requisite policy and political will.
Comparing EAC, SADC and ECOWAS EPAs: What can ESA EPA draw from them?
Isabelle Ramdoo
ECDPM Deputy Programme Manager
24-25 November 2014
Harare, Zimbabwe
Offical Development Assistance extended by local and regional governmentsOECDregions
Presentation on ODA extended by local and regional governments and emerging paradigms in DDC, made at the 5th Assises of Decentralised Cooperation “Regions and Cities for Development”,10-11 July 2017, in Brussels, Belgium, by Aziza Akmouch, Regional Development Policy, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
OECD presentation on Land Value Capture Research, made at the Land Value Capture Research Symposium, at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 15-17 August 2017, by Abel Schumann, Regional Development Policy Division, OECD.
More information at http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Francesco Rampa
Head of Food Security Programme, ECDPM
28 September 2016, Pre-conference workshop at the Annual German Agricultural Economics Conference (GEWISOLA) 2016.
Currently, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa are at different levels of implementing the 1991 Abuja Treaty, which lays the foundation for the eventual establishment of an African Common Market and the removal of obstacles to the free movement of people (FMP). Where integration in the areas of trade, goods and services has since advanced, integration through FMP in Africa has not made much progress due to the lack of requisite policy and political will.
Comparing EAC, SADC and ECOWAS EPAs: What can ESA EPA draw from them?
Isabelle Ramdoo
ECDPM Deputy Programme Manager
24-25 November 2014
Harare, Zimbabwe
Offical Development Assistance extended by local and regional governmentsOECDregions
Presentation on ODA extended by local and regional governments and emerging paradigms in DDC, made at the 5th Assises of Decentralised Cooperation “Regions and Cities for Development”,10-11 July 2017, in Brussels, Belgium, by Aziza Akmouch, Regional Development Policy, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
OECD presentation on Land Value Capture Research, made at the Land Value Capture Research Symposium, at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 15-17 August 2017, by Abel Schumann, Regional Development Policy Division, OECD.
More information at http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Presentation by Gwenda Jensen, Senior Technical Manager, IPSASB, for American Accounting Association, International Accounting Section, Midyear Meeting, February 19, 2016 in New Orleans, LA, USA
Mining, indigenous and regional developmentOECDregions
Presenation on Mining, Indigenous communities and regional development, made at the meeting of Minteral Development in the Arctic held on 30 april 2018 in Kotzebue, Alaska. Presentation by Chris McDonald, Economist, Regional and Rural Development, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm & http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/indigenous-communities.htm
Indigenous Peoples Dialogue and Regional DevelopmentOECDregions
Presentation on Indigenous Peoples and Regional Development, made at the EU event on A Sustainable Arctic: Innovative approaches, held on 15-16 June 2017 in Oulu Finland. Presentation by Chris McDonald, OECD Regional Development Policy Division.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
These highlights from the OECD Investment Policy Review of Myanmar were presented by Stephen Thomsen at launch events in Myanmar on the 1 and 4 March 2014. Myanmar's Union Minister of National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Kan Zaw, praised the comprehensive nature of the report and said that it would help to guide the government in solidifying investment climate reforms and in promoting more and better investment.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/investment-policy-reform-in-myanmar.htm
Managing Economic Transformation and Value Chains Development: What Role for SADC Member States and the SADC Secretariat?
5-6 April 2016, Cresta Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana
Indigenous rights, governance and economic developmentOECDregions
Presentation made at the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the United Nations Headquarters, New York on 17 April 2018.
Presentation by Chris McDonald, Economist, Regional and Rural Policy OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/indigenous-communities.htm
Growth in low density and remote economiesOECDregions
Presentation on Growth in low density and remote economies made at the European Week of Cities and Regions on 11 October 2017. Presentation by Chris McDonald, Regional and Rural Policy, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Presentation on mining regions and their cities made at the 11th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining, held on 30 October to November 2017 in Levis, Lapland, Finland. Presenation by Chris McDonald, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm
These highlights from the OECD Investment Policy Review of Myanmar were presented at launch events in Myanmar on 1 and 4 March 2014. Myanmar's Union Minister of National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Kan Zaw, praised the comprehensive nature of the report and said that it would help to guide the government in solidifying investment climate reforms and in promoting more and better investment.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/investment-policy-reform-in-myanmar.htm
The Jordan Competitiveness and Investment project supports the Government of Jordan in strengthening the reform implementation capacity of selected institutions responsible for investment policy, promotion and services.
Unpacking local content requirements in the extractive sector: What implications for the global trade framework?
Trade and Investment in Extractive Industries
The E15 First Expert Group Workshop
Isabelle Ramdoo
ECDPM
13 March 2015
Subnational capacities and multi-level governance for public investmentOECDregions
Presentation made at the European Week of Regions and Cities, on 11 October 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Presentation by Joaquim Oliveira Martins, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
For more information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Aung Naing Oo from the Myanmar Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development describes how the Investment Policy Review of Myanmar was based on the OECD Policy Framework for Investment. This presentation was made at the Southeast Asia Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia, on 24-26 March 2014.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/seasia.htm - http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/pfi.htm - http://www.oecd.org/globalrelations/seaforum.htm
This presentation outlines the investment policy review process that the government of Viet Nam is undertaking in partnership with the the OECD and ASEAN as part of an active programme of investment policy reforms.
To find out more visit: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/viet-nam-investment-policy.htm
The BEPS Project and Developing Countries - From Consultation to ParticipationOECDtax
Taxation plays a central role in promoting sustainable development, and developing countries face significant challenges in developing their tax capacities and mobilising domestic resources. Engagement of developing countries in the international tax agenda, including on BEPS, is therefore important, in particular to ensure they receive appropriate support to address the specific challenges they face.
More information: www.oecd.org/tax/developing-countries-and-beps.htm
Presentation by Gwenda Jensen, Senior Technical Manager, IPSASB, for American Accounting Association, International Accounting Section, Midyear Meeting, February 19, 2016 in New Orleans, LA, USA
Mining, indigenous and regional developmentOECDregions
Presenation on Mining, Indigenous communities and regional development, made at the meeting of Minteral Development in the Arctic held on 30 april 2018 in Kotzebue, Alaska. Presentation by Chris McDonald, Economist, Regional and Rural Development, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm & http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/indigenous-communities.htm
Indigenous Peoples Dialogue and Regional DevelopmentOECDregions
Presentation on Indigenous Peoples and Regional Development, made at the EU event on A Sustainable Arctic: Innovative approaches, held on 15-16 June 2017 in Oulu Finland. Presentation by Chris McDonald, OECD Regional Development Policy Division.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
These highlights from the OECD Investment Policy Review of Myanmar were presented by Stephen Thomsen at launch events in Myanmar on the 1 and 4 March 2014. Myanmar's Union Minister of National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Kan Zaw, praised the comprehensive nature of the report and said that it would help to guide the government in solidifying investment climate reforms and in promoting more and better investment.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/investment-policy-reform-in-myanmar.htm
Managing Economic Transformation and Value Chains Development: What Role for SADC Member States and the SADC Secretariat?
5-6 April 2016, Cresta Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana
Indigenous rights, governance and economic developmentOECDregions
Presentation made at the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the United Nations Headquarters, New York on 17 April 2018.
Presentation by Chris McDonald, Economist, Regional and Rural Policy OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/indigenous-communities.htm
Growth in low density and remote economiesOECDregions
Presentation on Growth in low density and remote economies made at the European Week of Cities and Regions on 11 October 2017. Presentation by Chris McDonald, Regional and Rural Policy, OECD.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Presentation on mining regions and their cities made at the 11th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining, held on 30 October to November 2017 in Levis, Lapland, Finland. Presenation by Chris McDonald, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm
These highlights from the OECD Investment Policy Review of Myanmar were presented at launch events in Myanmar on 1 and 4 March 2014. Myanmar's Union Minister of National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Kan Zaw, praised the comprehensive nature of the report and said that it would help to guide the government in solidifying investment climate reforms and in promoting more and better investment.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/investment-policy-reform-in-myanmar.htm
The Jordan Competitiveness and Investment project supports the Government of Jordan in strengthening the reform implementation capacity of selected institutions responsible for investment policy, promotion and services.
Unpacking local content requirements in the extractive sector: What implications for the global trade framework?
Trade and Investment in Extractive Industries
The E15 First Expert Group Workshop
Isabelle Ramdoo
ECDPM
13 March 2015
Subnational capacities and multi-level governance for public investmentOECDregions
Presentation made at the European Week of Regions and Cities, on 11 October 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Presentation by Joaquim Oliveira Martins, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
For more information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/
Aung Naing Oo from the Myanmar Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development describes how the Investment Policy Review of Myanmar was based on the OECD Policy Framework for Investment. This presentation was made at the Southeast Asia Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia, on 24-26 March 2014.
Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/seasia.htm - http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/pfi.htm - http://www.oecd.org/globalrelations/seaforum.htm
This presentation outlines the investment policy review process that the government of Viet Nam is undertaking in partnership with the the OECD and ASEAN as part of an active programme of investment policy reforms.
To find out more visit: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/viet-nam-investment-policy.htm
The BEPS Project and Developing Countries - From Consultation to ParticipationOECDtax
Taxation plays a central role in promoting sustainable development, and developing countries face significant challenges in developing their tax capacities and mobilising domestic resources. Engagement of developing countries in the international tax agenda, including on BEPS, is therefore important, in particular to ensure they receive appropriate support to address the specific challenges they face.
More information: www.oecd.org/tax/developing-countries-and-beps.htm
The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project also includes key actions that include exchange of information as well as the elimination of harmful tax practices and mutual agreement procedures to ensure that tax treaties are applied consistent with their intents and purposes. The Inclusive Framework on BEPS, which now counts more than 100 member jurisdictions, conducts peer reviews of the implementation of BEPS action items on exchange of tax rulings, country-by-country reporting, harmful preferential tax regimes and the efficiency of mutual agreement procedures. Also, an important tool for BEPS implementation is the BEPS Multilateral Instrument (MLI), which allows signatories to quickly update its treaties to conform with BEPS tax treaty related measures. Mr. Pross will provide an overview of the BEPS implementation phase and its results so far. Ms. Chatel and Mr. Evers will focus on the importance and impact of the MLI which has been signed by close to 70 jurisdictions and which is currently under ratification in many of them.
The Addis Ababa conference is a follow up of the first conference on FfD (Financial for Development) convened in Monterrey in 2002. 'Monterrey Consensus' introduced six "major action" to the FfD. The second FfD conference in Doha in 2008 added a chapter on new challenges and emerging issues that address the impacts of the financial crisis and climate change.
Over 200 CSOs and Trade Unions support UN Draft Resolution for Inclusive Tax ...JeorgeWilsonKingson1
TJNA joins more than 200 organisations and trade unions all over the world to strongly support the UN General Assembly Draft Resolution on the Promotion of Inclusive and Effective International Tax Cooperation.
Commitments on FLW Prevention and Reduction: Call for action and coordinationFAO
Presentación de Sara Granados (FAO), en el marco del “Second Regional Dialogue on Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses and Waste”, realizado el 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2016, en Saint George’s, Granada.
Presentation By Shri Mahesh Pandya, Director, Paryavaranmitra shown at The institution of Engineers, Gujarat State Center, Ahmedabad
Note: Views expressed by the author are his own. Placing this presentation here does not mean IEI GSC is in agreement with the same.
Jeske van Seters
Head of Programme Private Sector Engagement
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Brussels, 23 November 2017 – EBCAM General Assembly
Informal CODEV/COHAFA meeting
24-25 July 2017, Tallinn, Estonia
Volker Hauck/ ECDPM
(with thanks to UN-OCHA and Cell for Coordination and Liaison (CCL) for sharing slides)
Addressing the hunger-poverty nexus:
what policy coherence means for the 2030 Agenda
James Mackie, ECDPM
UN HLPF 2017 – Side Event: Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, ECDPM & CFS
New York, 12 July 2017
Policy Coherence & the 2030 Agenda
Building on the PCD experience
James Mackie, Martin Ronceray & Eunike Spierings
EU PCD Focal Points meeting – Brussels, 22 February 2017
On 6 July 2016, ECDPM's Hanne Knaepen gave a presentation on “climate financing challenges” at the 3rd Meeting of the EU-Africa Network of Economic and Social Stakeholders, organised by ECOSOC in Nairobi.
Session 3:10 – SDG Towards Coherence
From PCD to PCSD
James Mackie PhD
Head of Learning & Quality Support, ECDPM
Visiting Professor, IRD Dept, College of Europe
University of Amsterdam, 29 June 2016
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
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Tax, Good governance and the problem of illicit financial flows from Africa
1. Tax, Good governance and the
problem of illicit financial flows
from Africa
AU PERMANENT MISSION IN BRUSSELS MISSION PERMANENTE A BRUXELLES
Workshop
ASSESSING THE PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDIS ABABA AGENDA
FOR ACTION (AAAA)
Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
Luckystar Miyandazi & Faten Aggad
ECDPM
2. • Framing the IFFs debate: the PCSD agenda
• Spotlight on illicit financial flows (IFFs)
• On-going Efforts to Curb IFFs
• Areas of potential Cooperation
• Conclusion
• Q&A
Structure
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3. Spotlight on illicit financial flows (IFFs)
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Source: TrustAfrica infographics on “track it, stop it and get it” Report of the
High-Level. Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Commissioned by the
AU/ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development in 2015.
4. ▪ National and Regional Efforts:
▪ AU: The adoption of the HLP Report on IFFs as a declaration during the
24th AU Summit and AAAA para 24 on IFFs
▪ AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
▪ APRM (African Peer Review Mechanism)
▪ Efforts to recover frozen assets (STAR)
▪ GIABA: Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in
West Africa (GIABA)
On-going Efforts to Curb IFFs-Africa
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5. • Anti-Tax Avoidance Package adopted by the European Commission on
28 January 2016
-agreement for the automatic exchange of information on country-by-
country reports (CbCR) of multinational companies, subject to UK
scrutiny
-agreement by Member States on their general approach for far-reaching
new rules to eliminate the most common corporate tax avoidance
practices. 21 June 2016
-agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information
on cross-border tax rulings, just seven months after the presentation
of the Commission's ambitious proposal on the subject.
-Platform for Tax Good Governance (Includes non-government members)
EU & Global Efforts
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6. • The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for
Tax Purposes (OECD);
• Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax
Matters (OECD);
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;
• Article 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act (United States of America);
• Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (United States of America);
• Public register (United Kingdom);
• G20 instigated base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Action plan led
by OECD process
• Calls for UN like global body to deal with tax matters-Para 29
Global Efforts
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7. • One key principle that is emerging with regard to tackling
IFFs at the global level is improving transparency;
I.automatic exchange of information
II.country-by-country and project-by-project reporting;
III.public registries of beneficial ownership
Areas of Cooperation
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8. Can PCSD serve as a framework for
dialogue on approaches to curb
IFFs?
9. • Goal 16.4: “by 2030 significantly reduce illicit financial and arms
flows, strengthen recovery and return stolen assets, and combat all
forms of organised crime”
• Goal 17.14: “enhance policy coherence for sustainable
development” – One of the key innovations of the SDGs agenda
• What is PCSD? “ An Approach and policy tool to integrate the
economic, social, environmental and governance dimensions of
sustainable development at all stages of domestic and
international policy making… As policy tool, PCSD aims to increase
governments’ capacities to identify synergies, consider trade-offs
between multiple objectives – for example between economic
growth, environmental protection and reduction of carbon
emissions – and address potential spillovers of domestic policies”
The SDGs and the PCSD Agenda
14. • EU has a strong track record championing Policy
Coherence for Development. Anticipated strong
commitment to PCSD
• Key opportunities for engagement around policy
framework: the revision of the European
Consensus on Development
Opportunities for engagement
15. Thank you!
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