POLICY AREAS

The following policy areas reflect important threads of the G20 work agenda that are of interest to G20 policy makers. Please choose your area of interest and find the respective policy recommendations on the following pages.

Overarching Visions

Visions help policymakers think about the principles for designing policies and help them communicate policies to the public. The Visions aim to align the policy objectives of different G20 member states.

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In The Spotlight

T20 Recommendations Realized: 2016 Hangzhou Summit

A report written by Julia Tops and Angela Min Yi Hou, members of the G20 Research Group, looks closely at the Think20 recommendations realized by G20 leaders at the Hangzhou Summit in 2016. The Toronto-based G20 Research Group published a report on […]

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Think 20 Dialogue

The Global Solutions Initiative supports the T20 process for think tanks by linking the recommendations of past G20 Presidencies with the current G20 Presidency and generating recommendations that serve to recouple economies, polities and the environment with social prosperity. In 2020, the T20 process is being led by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center under the Saudi Arabia G20-Presidency.  Past Think20 Summits were held by Japan in Tokyo on May 26-27, 2019, by Argentina in Buenos Aires on September 17-18, 2018 and by Germany in Berlin on May 29-30, 2017. Learn more about the G20 Insights platform.

 

 

Global Solutions Summit

The annual Global Solutions Summit held by the Global Solutions Initiative brings together international research organizations, thought-leaders and decision-makers from politics, business and civil communities. The Summit aims to provide policy recommendations on major G20 issues and to serve as a stepping stone in the Think20 and G20 calendar. The next Global Solutions Summit under the Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency will take place online. More information is available here.

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