PANJIM: The third meeting of G20 Development Working Group (DWG) started in the State from Monday.
The formal DWG meeting was preceded by a side event on Women-led Development on Monday. The participants included several high-profile experts and speakers from IOs, academia, think tanks and civil society who deliberated on matters such as Women and Economy in Emerging Sectors, Women’s leadership in the Uniformed Services, and how women can act as agents of change in Climate Resilience and Food Systems.
The formal segment of the DWG meeting during May 9-11 will be inaugurated by Secretary (Economic Relations) of the Ministry of External Affairs, Dammu Ravi through a video message. The meeting will be chaired by India’s DWG Co-Chairs – Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries K Nagaraj Naidu and Eenam Gambhir.
DWG as the custodian of the development agenda of G20 and in line with the Indian G20 Presidency’s theme of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth One Family One Future”, would try to find all-encompassing and inclusive solutions and collective actions to address the diverse global development challenges of the day during the meeting, states a press release.
The developmental agenda is taking prominence and center stage during India’s G20 Presidency, especially in the wake of the impacts of the ongoing multiple crises, which are setting back progress on the 2030 Agenda, deepening inequalities and accentuating environmental and climate risks, and in the process disproportionately affecting the developing countries.
Over the next three days, detailed discussions will be held on various development priorities proposed by India which are likely to feed into Development Ministerial Meeting in June including deliberating on a G20 Action Plan to Accelerate Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and the G20 High-level Principles on Lifestyle for Environment that will provide the necessary political thrust and momentum to the efforts on achieving the 2030 Agenda.
An exhibition on the theme of Women-led Development will also be inaugurated today, organised at the meeting venue in association with the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
