Ethiopia hosted the Third International Conference on Financing for Sustainable Development, #FFD3, from 13-16 July 2015 in its capital, Addis Ababa. It was a great privilege for the nation to host such a remarkable, a once in a while and the highest level of global agenda whose outcome will have the greatest impact on the global scale. The conference came to an end with a historic agreement by nearly 200 countries and I believe it was a success to Ethiopia, Africa and the global community.
The conference was a land mark event leading to the post-2015
sustainable development agenda aiming to eradicate poverty and hunger, and
achieving sustainable and inclusive development through mobilization of
domestic resources, international development cooperation, international trade,
and international private businesses and finances, together with additional
development instruments. The conference was accompanied by about 200 side
events including Africa’s
economic transformation.
Apart from the main conference agenda, what was equally important
for Ethiopia was the opportunity to conduct the many (Secondary) side events as
bilateral and multilateral dialogues with leaders, the highest level delegates
and representatives of countries and business leaders. Ethiopia
Rising being one of them.
It was essentially an excellent selling point for the nation.
Ethiopian diplomats were, I could say, in their busiest schedules conveying the
messages of political, economical, investment, and trade opportunities the
country entails for the cautious external community.
Irrespective of frustrations and pessimistic
expectations of the outcomes of the conference, Addis Ababa laid the foundation
for the success in New York (summit on sustainable development in September)
and Paris (meaningful climate agreement in December) for the common global
agendas, leaving the global
tax policy formulation in vague at least for
now.
Well Done, Addis Ababa!
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