After co-chairing Think 20 Argentina back in 2018, CIPPEC continues to be involved in the G20 Interest Group, working on strategic issues it also works on in Arge tina, bringing a global perspective to local discussions.

During 2020 our experts participated in several activities of T20 Saudi Arabia, integrating its Advisory Council and several Task Forces including “G20 support for SDGs and development cooperation”, “The future of multilateralism and global governance”, “Economy, employment and education in the digital age”, “Social cohesion and the State” and “(COVID-19) Multidisciplinary approaches to complex problems”, proposing global policies on issues such as gender gaps, the future of politics, artificial intelligence, multilateralism and the environment.

These are some of the milestones of our work together with the T20

T20 Arabia Saudita official events

Julia Pomares, executive director of CIPPEC, participated in the panel “Striving for a Future of Prosperity, Sustainability, and Inclusion” during the T20 Saudi Arabia Inception Conference (January 2020). Together with several experts, Dr. Pomares discussed about the challenges posed by current inequalities in order to achieve a prosperous future, and how the T20 and think tanks have contributed with evidence-based proposals that promote the policies needed to address these challenges.

During the T20 Summit Season 2020 (September – October 2020), a series of virtual events were organized by the different Task Forces of T20 Saudi Arabia to discuss on key issues and specific recommendations drafted during the year’s work.

In this context, CIPPEC was invited to co-organize “The future of multilateralism and global governance” virtual seminar, where Task Force leaders presented the main policy recommendations around three lines: the role of the G20 in tackling global challenges and fostering international cooperation; how to achieve greater legitimacy, sustainability and trust in the G20; and technology and politics: how to govern artificial intelligence and cyberspace. Belén Abdala, coordinator of CIPPEC’s Political Institutions Program, presented the Policy Brief “Managing the transition to a multi-stakeholder AI governance”, drafted in collaboration with Dr. Pomares and Andrés Ortega, Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.

At the same time, as part of their work in different Task Forces, Alejandra Cardini, Jennifer Guevara, director and associate researcher of CIPPEC’s Education Program, and Florencia Caro Sachetti, coordinator of the Social Protection Program, participated as panelists in various webinars of the 2020 Summit Season.

During the T20 Summit, which took place October 31 – November 1, Dr. Pomares participated on the closing session together with representatives of Saudi, Italian and Japanese think tanks.

Drafting of Policy Briefs

CIPPEC collaborated in the drafting of public policy documents together with experts and organizations from around the globe, including:

• “Women in global care chains: the need to tackle intersecting inequalities in G20 countries”
• “Upscaling community-based early childhood programmes to counter inequality and foster social cohesion during global uncertainty”
• “Post-COVID19 to 2030: Early childhood programs as pathway to sustainability in times of global uncertainty”
• “COVID-19 and the global education emergency: planning systems for recovery and resilience”
• “Managing the transition to a multi-stakeholder AI governance”

To access al Policy Briefs published by T20 Saudi Arabia, click here.

Coordination meetings with G20 Argentina

The meetings were coordinated and presided by the Argentine G20 Sherpa and Ambassador of Argentina to the United States, Jorge Argüello, with the objective of sharing the priorities and work of each G20 Working Group as well as G20 Interest Groups, while strengthening the dialogue among argentine representatives and organizations involved in the G20.

Women 20

Gala Díaz Langou, director of the Social Protection Program, continued her role as Argentine delegate to the W20 and participated on several meetings and roundtables throughout the year with fellow delegates (from both Argentina and other G20 countries) and the Argentine G20 Sous Sherpa –Eduardo Tempone- to present the specific recommendations drafted by the Argentine delegation on gender equality.

Díaz Langou also participated in the W20 Summit, event during which the W20 Communiqué was handed over to the G20 Saudi presidency. The document provides a set of recommendations on how to best accelerate economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve the SDGs by supporting the social and economic empowerement of women.

Urban 20

In 2020, Sebastián Lew, director of CIPPEC’s Cities Program, participated as civil society representative of the “Circular and carbon neutral” Task Force of the U20 together with other NGOs and multilateral organizations – invitation that included participating in the third Mayors of the Urban 20 Summit that took place in Ryhad, Saudi Arabia.