New Rules for Global Finance invites you to attend the session “The Financial Stability Board: Views from Insiders and from Campaigners” at the upcoming IMF-World Bank 2013 Spring Meetings. More information about this event is below as well as information on other events New Rules is coordinating or co-hosting. Please feel free to share this announcement with your friends and colleagues.
For up to date information on the events below, please visit the Civil Society Policy Forum website.
The objective of this event will be to bring together the FSB secretariat staff, government representatives, think-tanks and non-governmental organizations to discuss the major challenges in global financial reform and its relationship with development goals. In addition, this event will examine the functions and responsibilities of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and its Regional Consultative Groups (RCG).
Where: IMF-World Bank HQ, Room No. MC C1 – 200
When: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Country Representatives:
Mr. Turalay Kenc, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
H.E. Dr. Hasan, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Jordan
Grant Spencer, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Mr. Vardan Aramyan, Deputy Minister of Finance, Armenia
Panelists:
Michael Taylor, FSB Secretariat Staff
Lori Wallach, Director, Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen
Chair:
Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance
Dissecting the IMF-FSB Early Warning Exercise
Given its systemically sensitive nature, little is known of the processes and outputs of the exercise. This session is meant to dissect the FSB and the early warning exercise, discuss with CSOs the challenges inherent in the process, highlight areas of concern, and seek CSO feedback on proposed recommendations to streamline and improve the efficacy of the exercise.
Dustyn Lanz, Skyler Brooks, Warren Clarke, and Michael Cockburn (Panellists)
Jo Marie Griesgraber (Discussant)
Where: IMF – World Bank HQ, Room MC C1- 200
When: Friday, April 19
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
IFIs and Aid Coordination in Burma’s Economic Transition
New Rules for Global Finance is co-hosting with BICUSA and it’s partners, US Campaign for Burma, the Paung Ku Project, International Finance Corporation, IFI Watch Myanmar and the World Bank.
