Memo: Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 13-16 July 2015, Addis Ababa

According to a memo issued by the European Commission on 06 July 2015, from 13 to 16 July 2015 the international community was scheduled to gather in Addis Ababa for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.

The aim of the conference was to agree on the financial and non-financial means of implementation that would support the post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The post-2015 framework would succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and integrate the follow-up to the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development.

The new agreement was expected to pave the way for two other milestones in 2015: the UN General Assembly in New York in September, where Heads of State were due to decide on the list of Sustainable Development Goals, and the UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP) in Paris in December.

ESO: Background information: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A global partnership for poverty eradication and sustainable development after 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-a-global-partnership-for-poverty-eradication-and/

EurActiv, 10.07.15: Tax evasion to dominate Addis Ababa development conference http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/tax-evasion-dominate-addis-ababa-development-conference-316173

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: PRESS RELEASE: IP/15/5353, 13.07.15: EU leads in mobilising resources for sustainable development http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5353_en.htm

EurActiv, 13.07.15: Commission laments EU development aid cuts http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/commission-laments-eu-development-aid-cuts-316258

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/5368, 14.07.15: Speech by European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, at the plenary session of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5368_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: STATEMENT/15/5389, 16.07.15: Statement by Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica following the adoption of the “Addis Ababa Action Agenda” by the Third International Conference on Financing for Development http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-5389_en.htm

EurActiv, 17.07.15: Addis Ababa development financing conference stumbles on tax evasion http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/addis-ababa-development-financing-conference-stumbles-tax-evasion-316431

EUObserver, 29.07.15: What place for aid in the new era of development? https://euobserver.com/news/129797

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