Forum for Environment and Development

Our Goals

Overall outcomes

A democratic global financial system, where the UN has a clear leadership role, the financial institutions are transparent, rights-based and democratic, where illicit financial flows are prevented and where a country’s right to decide its own economic policy is respected.

 

Policy outcomes

That the Norwegian authorities:

1. take an international leadership role in establishing regulations for responsible lending from bilateral and multi-lateral lenders, including the World Bank, the IMF and the regional development banks.

2. distinguish themselves as a force driving for the UN to have more influence in global economic decision-making, and the economic analyses, and vote for democratic elections of leaders and an increase of power within the international finance institutions for developing countries.

3. establish national guidelines for country-by-country reporting and initiate international programmes to ensure automatic exchange of tax information. 

4. assume an international leadership role in establishing an independent, transparent and fair international mechanism to evaluate and cancel unpayable and illegitimate debts.

Finance and Reform

Thematic Advisor:
Ane Schjolden
Cell 478 34 540

Policy news

We are a contact point for the coordination of policy initiatives and recommendations. Many of the following documents are in Norwegian adressed to the Norwegian government. But we also influence international processes so quite a few of them are in English.

ForUMs forslag til revisjon av bærekraftstandardene til IFC

Nordisk brev til styrerepresentantene i Verdensbanken og IMF til vårmøtene, april 2010

Brev til IMF som foreslår skatt på finanstransaksjoner

International Partners

Eurodad (European Network on Debt and Development), Jubilee South, Third World Network (TWN)

Other European and North American partners: EuroIFInet, Bretton Woods Project, Action Aid, Bank Information Centre, Oxfam, Christian Aid and Tax Justice Network.