In the wake of the global financial and economic crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, set up a commission of experts chaired by Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, whose mandate includes putting forward "credible and feasible proposals for reforming the international monetary and financial system in the best interest of the international community".

The Office of the President of the General Assembly has asked NGLS to consult with civil society groups across the globe and to compile their views into a single report that will be presented to the Commission as an official input to their deliberations.

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More than 250 representatives of civil society organisations gathered in Doha, Qatar from 26-27 November for the Doha Civil Society Forum under the theme ’Investing in People-Centred Development’ in advance of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development.

The Center of Concern held a side event on 29 November to address a core issue in reviewing the Monterrey Consensus: linkages between trade and finance to promote development.

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A Roundtable Side Event Convened by NGLS, ILO and Realizing Rights at the International Conference on Financing for Development
1 December 2008 (10am-1pm), Dukhan Room, Sheraton Hotel, Doha
This interactive session, moderated by Realizing Rights President Mary Robinson (former Irish President and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights), will provoke a lively discussion among senior government officials and representatives of international organizations civil society, trade unions and the private sector on how to reorient the financial system towards the needs of the real economy and the objective of decent job creation.

At the Doha Civil Society Forum (26-27 November 2008, Doha, Qatar), NGLS released two publications relevant to discussions on financing for development.