B20 Saudi Arabia today submitted its 25 policy recommendations in a report entitled ‘Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All’ to the G20 Leaders imploring bold, collaborative and decisive action to put growth on a resilient and sustainable path that benefits all.
The B20 and UNDP issued a joint statement today to urge the G20 to commit more explicitly to accountability and anti-corruption efforts to ensure the impact and effectiveness of response and recovery efforts to COVID-19; proposing a set of measures for implementation.
To increase the inclusion of women in international trade networks and support their economic empowerment through trade, the B20 and the W20, recommend action-items to the G20 Members focussed on digital economy, global value chains, preferential access to trade finance, trade and development programmes, and gender-specific trade statistics.
B20 and IEA issued a joint statement to call on the G20 Leaders to accelerate clean energy transitions for a resilient recovery. The call for commitment comes in the context of a series of G20 Ministerial meetings involving ministers of environment and energy, and the ongoing UN General Assembly.
Through this Joint Statement, the B20, C20, L20, T20, W20 and Y20 call on G20 Leaders to take a leading role in coordinating international efforts at achieving collaborative and progressive education and labour reform. G20 should take immediate measures to safeguard access to education and employment as part of pandemic preparedness efforts comprising: Provide Social Protection, Foster Global Citizens with Future Skills for Future Work, and Harness Tech for Human Need.
B20 Saudi Arabia organized a virtual event today to convene leading experts from business, government and international organizations for a conversation on planning for possible rebound of infection. Experts and business leaders reviewed what steps should be taken to prepare for a second wave, its potential impact on the global economy and what governments and business must do to mitigate the risk.
B20, WTO and ICC released a joint statement today to draw attention to the significance of the growing trade finance gap and suggest possible avenues for private and public sector actors to work together to reduce it. The statement also welcomes the many positive emergency measures that many central banks, governments, development banks and regulators have taken, which helped stabilize the situation in trade finance markets.
B20 Saudi Arabia today announced a six-point plan designed to combat the current global pandemic and lay a foundation to address future resurgences of the disease, including a potential “second wave” of the virus in the coming months. More than 750 business leaders from the G20 countries and beyond, including from multinational corporations and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME), provided input to the report.
As the world tries to find effective solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on digital technologies to support their communities and citizens. The B20 and S20 call on the G20 Leaders to act on a list of short-term and medium-term priorities for a swift and globally coordinated response on a number of important policy issues across the entire spectrum of the digital domain.
B20 Saudi Arabia hosted a virtual plenary session entitled “Reviving Business for a New Normal”. The event featured three panel discussions with prominent business and public health leaders from the WHO, ICC, Bayer, Enel and Case Foundation. Mr. Yousef Al-Benyan, Chair of B20 Saudi Arabia kicked off the plenary attended by more than 600 participants from across the world.