UNCTAD XII CSO Parallel Forum April 17-19, 2008 Accra, Ghana UNCTAD XII Meeting April 20-25, 2008 Accra, Ghana UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum April 17-19, 2008 Accra, Ghana The REALITY OF AID NETWORK and IBON FOUNDATION will have a presentation on Development Finance and Aid Effectiveness. Speaker: Mr. Antonio Tujan, Jr. Chairperson, The Reality of Aid Network Time and Date: 1:30 – 4:00 PM, 17 April 2008 Venue: British Council Seminar Room **Please note that the IBON

Doha, Qatar, 29 November – 2 December 2008 14 February 2008 Review Session on Chapter I of the Monterrey Consensus, “Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development” 15 February 2008 Review session on Chapter II, “Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows” 10 March 2008 – 11 March 2008 (Morning) Review session on Chapter V, “External Debt” 11 March 2008 (Afternoon) – 12 March 2008 Review Session on Chapter VI, “Addressing

1. Background: The Accra High Level Forum Donor, partner governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) will come together in Accra Ghana during the first week of September 2008 in the Third High Level Forum (HLF3) to review the implementation of the 2005 Paris Declaration. In the lead-up to the HLF3 civil society organizations globally are undertaking consultations, research and advocacy on the effectiveness of aid in relation to its impact on poverty and inequality. CSOs

The Advisory Group will be bringing together approximately 150 to 200 CSOs from the South and the North, donor representatives and Southern government representatives for an International Forum to consider the results of the consultations (and from other processes related to the mandate of the Adivsory Group). The International Forum will offer analysis and advice to the Advisory Group on issues related to its mandate. The Advisory Group in turn will be providing some recommendations

The following are additional schedules for the regional workshops. India: National Consultation on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness Date: January 22 – 23, 2007 Contact Person: Anil Singh (anilsingh2005 at rediffmail.com) Organization: South Asia Network for Social and Agricultural Development (SANSAD) Sri Lanka: National Consultation on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness Date: March 6-7, 2008 (tentative only) Contact Person: Mr. Suranjan Kodithuwakku (suranjan at greensl.net) Organization: Green Movement of Sri Lanka

The Reality of Aid 2006 Global Reports will be launched at Crown Plaza Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon on January 16. This activity will be spearheaded by Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND). Miss Jazminda Lumang-Buncan of IBON Foundation will provide backgrounder of said report. Dr. Sanaa Abou Chacra will present his paper “Alternative Priorities”. Dr. Ghassan Dibeh, Chairperson of Economics at the Lebanese American University-Beirut, will analyze four papers included in said report. Mr. Ziad Abdul