A summary of the progress made by G8 countries towards achieving specific committments as reported in the 2012 Camp David Accountability Report. This progress is measured, where applicable, against recommendations made by the U.S. G8/G20 Advocacy Alliance prior to the summits. 

The U.S. G8/G20 Advocacy Alliance welcomes the G8's continued focus on combating global corruption and commends its commitment to the Deauville Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition, which will provide increased support to transition governments in the Middle East and North Africa on anti-corruption issues.

A schedule outlining the dates of the 2013 G8 and G20 summits and their related meetings. Contains additional background information on both groups. 

We welcome the G20’s two year extension of the Anti-Corruption Working Group’s mandate. It is positive that the G20 endorsed the Working Group’s principles for denial of entry for corrupt officials and those who corrupt them, as well as asset and financial disclosure for public officials.

A summary of the specific committments made by G20 countries in the 2012 Leaders Declaration. Notations are made where specific reports or actions are pledged. Comparisons are also made, where relevant, to recommendations made by the InterAction G8/G20 NGO Task Force prior to the summit. 

In advance of the 2012 Group of Eight Summit held at Camp David, the G8/G20 NGO Task Force proposed recommendations for leadership on humanitarian and international development issues, including calls to guide the G8’s self-directed reporting process for accountability and transparency.

InterAction President and CEO Samuel A. Worthington tells members of thr G8 why they should support food security ahead of the 2012 summit.

Declaration issued by the leaders of the Group of 20 nations at the conclusion of their 2012 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. 

WASHINGTON (June 19, 2012) – Members of the U.S.-based NGO alliance InterAction released the following statements on the outcomes of the G20 Summit:

This week's update includes summaries of a series of panels at USAID's "Frontiers in Development" forum, an update on InterAction's G20 work, and the usual list of upcoming hearings and articles of interest.

"The June 18-19 summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) major economies in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos is expected to be dominated by discussions on resolving the Eurozone’s crippling debt crisis and restoring global growth."

Sam Worthington is quoted in this article saying that the G8 can make a difference by coming together over issues of food security and agriculture.

G-8 leaders urged to end child malnutrition in order to stimulate long-term economic development and greater progress against hunger and poverty

President Obama's speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' annual symposium, where he announced the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.

At the Camp David Summit, G8 leaders recognized the important progress that has been achieved in a number of countries undergoing transition and committed to maintaining their support for these transitions in four key priority areas: stabilization, job creation, participation/governance, and integration.

The Leaders of the Group of Eight, met at Camp David on May 18 and 19, 2012 to address major global economic and political challenges.

ActionAid today called the just released 2012 G8 Accountability a big step forward for accountability and transparency, but cautioned that the large unfinished agenda outlined in the report stood in stark contrast to the inadequate new initiatives taken by the G8 at this year’s summit.

Over the course of this weekend’s G8 Summit, President Obama and the other G8 leaders took real strides to improve food security and nutrition for children around the world; the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition set an important target of bringing 50 million people out of poverty in the next 10 years.

ActionAid USA offered to the following reaction to the food security section of the communique of the 2012 G8 summit. 

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered a speech on food scurity at an annual symposium hosted by the Chicago Council on May 18, 2012.

InterAction members respond to the final communique released at the end of the G8 summit.

Members of the U.S.-based NGO alliance InterAction released the following quotes on President Obama’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.

Leading NGO alliance InterAction welcomes an announcement by President Barack Obama on Friday that the Group of Eight  nations will commit to a new food security alliance during talks in Camp David this weekend and  urges G8 nations to follow through on previous promises.

Washington, DC— On the eve of the G8 Summit, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders heading to Camp David to make predictable, measureable funding and policy commitments that will help 50 million people lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable, small-scale agriculture by 2015.

Congressional Hunger Caucus and Global Health Caucus sent a letter to President Obama to maintain a global commitment to food security and nutrition at the G8 Summit.
 

Accountability is more than a process, it is the means by which governments, international organizations and institutions build and preserve credibility.

The U.S. G8/G20 Task Force urges G8 leaders to implement the following recommendations at the May summit in Camp David. As the largest association of U.S.-based, non-profit organizations, InterAction, its members, and allies seek to address the impact of global poverty. The current financial crisis has had a serious impact on commitments made by G8 members to developing nations.

To maximize collective efforts to improve the health of women and children it is critical that the G8 prioritize and support MNCH programs and strategies to accelerate progress for women and girls. To this end, we urge President Obama and the other G8 leaders to take the following steps:

G8 leaders meeting at Camp David in May must take bold steps to encourage good governance and transparency and remove impediments for economic growth which further impoverish the world’s most vulnerable populations.

InterAction, Oxfam and Save the Children are quoted in the Croatian news publication.

http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/119130/siromasnima-ne-pakovati-krizu

ActionAid today issued the following reactions at the conclusion of the G20 summit in Cannes, France.

“The G20 summit outcomes show progress on tax and banking secrecy but fall far short of what is needed to resolve the world`s food crises,” said Soren Ambrose, Head of Policy for ActionAid.



 

Sam Worthington quoted. Members ONE and Oxfam were also quoted.

Bill Gates has urged politicians to use the proceeds from a financial transaction tax to fight poverty and disease

Sam Worthington quoted.

The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, had planned to use his leadership of the G20 this year to highlight some of the needs of the developing world. Instead, the focus of G20 summit in Cannes has been on the threat of a Greek default and destabilization of the eurozone.

Sam Worthington quoted in G-20 photo gallery.

''The fact that it takes a report from Bill Gates to get development back on the agenda speaks volumes about how the G20 needs to shift its focus in the future from not only being in crisis mode but towards building a more inclusive, sustainable global economy"

Sam Worthington quoted in news story published by multiple media outlets including Germany's Greenpeace magazine.

John Ruthrauff, InterAction's Director of Intl Advocacy, was interviewed about the G20.

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20111103/110252.shtml

InterAction News Release: G20 leaders meeting in Cannes should heed recommendations by philanthropist Bill Gates today in his innovative funding report and invest in inclusive and sustainable growth, said the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs on Thursday.

John Ruthrauff, InterAction's Director of International Advocacy, was quoted.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as they arrive at the G20 venue where world leaders gather in Cannes, France, November 2, 2011.

InterAction News Release: G20 leaders meeting in Cannes tomorrow must not solve the sovereign debt crisis on the backs of the world’s poor and should take the lead on fulfilling previous commitments, particularly on food and agricultural assistance, said the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs.

The G20 Summit has evolved from its initial focus on the global financial crisis and macroeconomics to include issues of interest to development NGOs.

At the G-8 summit in France, Obama wins support for aid to shore up emerging democracies and movements. Aid groups are skeptical, noting that the G-8 is behind on previous financial pledges.

InterAction News Release: G8 leaders meeting in Deauville this week must break a cycle of broken promises and honor billions of dollars in commitments for food, agricultural and health assistance, said the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs.

InterAction News Release: The selection of the next leader of the International Monetary Fund should be done in a transparent and inclusive manner, said the U.S-based NGO alliance, InterAction, whose work focuses on the world’s most poor and vulnerable populations.

 Almost six years ago at the Gleneagles Summit, the G8 promised to increase overseas aid by US$50 billion by 2010, with $25 billion of it going to Africa. But today, the G8 have failed to deliver on their aid promises to the world’s poor.

InterAction News Release: The official G8 “Deauville Accountability Report” released today underscores the need for the world’s richest nations to be fully accountable and follow through on previous public promises to deliver aid in key areas like food security and global health.

INTERACTION STATEMENT: With food prices at record levels, financial leaders meeting in Washington this week must urge their governments to follow through on pledges they made two years ago to improve food security. 

NGO alliance InterAction welcomes World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s speech today in which he described the importance of civil society's role in development economics.

InterAction's G8/G20 Task Force published a G20 Summit Policy Brief on innovative financing and the elimination of tax havens. The short brief provides information on the potential role a global financial transfer fee (also sometimes called a transfer tax) might play in responding to international crises.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 – InterAction, the biggest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs working internationally, welcomes the inclusion of development on the G20 agenda but is disappointed more specific actions were not announced at the end of the summit in Seoul.

In the wake of the most severe economic shock in recent history, the G20 has the opportunity to contribute to the reconstruction of the world economy in a form conducive to strong, sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth.

Along with the Seoul Summit Document, G20 leaders, through its Development Working Group, released the Multi-year Action Plan for Development.

Bond, InterAction’s United Kingdom counterpart coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in international development and humanitarian relief, released Seoul G20 Summit: UK NGO Briefing Paper on Tuesday, November 9.