The program includes 93 technical meetings, 26 video conferences, ten deputy ministers’ meetings and 23 ministerial meetings
The Brazilian government published this Friday (8) the calendar of preparatory activities for the main G20 meeting, which will be held in December 2024. There will be more than 120 events spread throughout the year in different host cities in the country. The program includes 93 technical meetings, 26 video conferences, ten deputy ministers’ meetings and 23 ministerial meetings. Rio de Janeiro will host two summit meetings: the social one and the one of heads of state and government, which will welcome the leaders of the G20 countries and the invited nations.
The G20 is made up of 19 countries (South Africa, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Russia and Turkey ) and two regional bodies: the African Union and the European Union. G20 members represent approximately 85% of global gross domestic product (GDP), more than 75% of global trade, and approximately two-thirds of the world’s population. It is the first time that Brazil holds the temporary presidency of the group, for a year. Upon taking office as head of the G20 on December 1, the government underlined that the three priorities to discuss will be the fight against hunger, climate issues and global governance.
Initially, when it was established, the G20 focused mainly on general macroeconomic issues, but it has broadened its agenda to include topics such as trade, sustainable development, health, agriculture, energy, environment, climate change and anti-corruption. It is currently one of the main geopolitical coordination forums on the planet.
In the Brazilian presidency, another novelty is the establishment of the G20 Social, which are parallel events so that civil society can be heard in the process of building public policies and decisions of the group. The G20 Social was announced by the president Lula during the 18th G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government, in New Delhi, India, when Brazil symbolically assumed the presidency of the bloc. According to the government, the objective of G20 Social is to increase the participation of non-governmental actors in G20 activities and decision-making processes
Timeline
The first preparatory meetings will begin later this year, from 11 to 15 December, in the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia. On the 13th, the highlight will be the unprecedented meeting of Sherpas and Finance Trails, in a joint meeting that will unite the political and financial agendas since the start of G20 activities. The participation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected in this activity. The Sherpa Trail involves diplomats who are emissaries of each G20 country and bloc and who work directly in negotiations, discussion and coordination of work. They are the ones who help guide the debates and agreements that lead to the final summit. It is made up of 15 working groups, two task forces and one initiative. The name Sherpa refers to the ethnic group from the mountainous region of Nepal, which means in the Tibetan language “people from the east”. It is they who guide climbers trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The Finance Track deals with strategic macroeconomic issues and is led by finance ministers and central bank presidents of member countries. It has seven technical groups on the financial track, as well as a task force.
In the months of January and February, 19 meetings will be held, most of them via videoconference. In the coming months there will be face-to-face meetings in the host cities. The first meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers will be held in Rio de Janeiro on 21 and 22 February. The in-person meeting, which is part of the Sherpa Trail, will be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira. On the 28th and 29th, Sao Paulo will host the ministerial meeting of the Finance Track, under the coordination of the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad.
The program also includes meetings in cities outside Brazil, such as Atlanta, Washington and New York, all three in the United States, as well as Geneva (Switzerland), Brussels (Belgium) and Paris (France), taking advantage of other international meetings. In Brazil, in addition to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, there will be events in ten other cities throughout the year: Belém, Manaus, Belo Horizonte, Teresina, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu (PR), Maceió, Porto Alegre, Salvador and San Luis.
Source: Terra
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