The Expert Working Group on Global Public Investment (EWG-GPI) was established in October 2020 to deliberate on the key technical and political questions of GPI in order to produce a concrete proposal for its implementation. While the broad outlines of a new framework have been sketched out, the EWG-GPI was tasked with moving beyond principles, and envisioning what GPI will look like in practice. The EWG-GPI\u2019s overall purpose is:<\/p>\n
To deliver a\u00a0<\/i><\/em>technically sound<\/i><\/u><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/i><\/em>politically attractive<\/i><\/u><\/em>\u00a0action plan for GPI which will garner support across the globe and in various sectors.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the core of the formation of the GPI Expert Working Group, is the concern to ensure that this is not just another \u2018top down\u2019 initiative, devised by powerful interests \u2018on behalf\u2019 of others.<\/p>\n By assembling an Expert Working Group in this way and reporting on its progress here, we open for a democratic and transparent route to international public spending fit for the\u00a0twenty-first\u00a0century. Prior to its final publication a draft of the Report will be made available on this website for consultation.<\/p>\n Take a look on the members page and you will see representatives from across the political spectrum, from all the major regions of the world, from national government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and multilateral bodies \u2013 including UN agencies.<\/p>\n By assembling such a representative group we aim to ensure that the GPI proposal is developed in as robust a way as possible. It gives us confidence that that the group will deliver, in\u00a02021, a\u00a0technically sound<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0politically attractive<\/u>\u00a0action plan which will garner support within key sectors around the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To date the EWG-GPI has met in plenary session four times, in October 2020, December 2020, January 2021 and March 2021.\u00a0The\u00a0first\u00a0plenary\u00a0established the scope and objectives of the group. <\/span>The\u00a0second\u00a0plenary\u00a0established a\u00a0set\u00a0of sub-groups\u00a0that\u00a0have delved\u00a0into key issues \u2013 these are described in the next section.\u00a0The\u00a0third plenary\u00a0reviewed progress and agreed on a plan for a consultation phase to influence the final report.\u00a0The\u00a0fourth\u00a0plenary\u00a0worked on the consultation materials.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The EWG\u00a0is assisted by the work of\u00a0sub-groups to delve more deeply into\u00a0certain\u00a0areas. Some members of these sub-groups\u00a0bring\u00a0additional\u00a0expertise from outside\u00a0the EWG.<\/p>\n Definitions:<\/i><\/em>\u00a0This group\u00a0focuses on\u00a0the definitional components of the proposal (e.g. what will GPI be spent on, how do we define GPI as against other possible approaches (e.g. GPGs, ODA\u00a0as well as examining\u00a0issues of GPI \u201ccompliance\u201d.<\/p>\n Governance:<\/i><\/em>\u00a0This group\u00a0focuses on\u00a0core governance arrangements relating to GPI in practice (across regions, countries, organisations, and key sectors like civil society)\u00a0and\u00a0\u201ccore\u201d GPI principles.<\/p>\n National\/regional:<\/i><\/em>\u00a0This group\u00a0focuses on\u00a0what GPI would mean specifically for different country types and regional bodies. What are the benefits to different kinds of government\/country of the GPI approach? How would a GPI approach enable bilaterals to contribute more and better to global objectives? And what steps do bilaterals need to take to further the GPI approach?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Expert Working Group on GPI Introduction International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of \u201caid\u201d is outdated and ineffective. The concept of Global Public Investment (GPI) was developed to make the case that, because of its unique characteristics, concessional international public finance continues to have a critical role in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/globalpublicinvestment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JOURNEY-SO-FAR-2-1.png\")
<\/p>\nHow was the Expert Working Group convened?<\/h3>\n
Plenary meetings<\/h3>\n
Sub-groups<\/h3>\n