Save the dates: 12th -13th december 2023 at Hotel Laico Tunis, the Tunisian Observatory of Economy will hold a conference entitled "Debt & the Impacts of the IFIs: Exploring Paths to Reparation and Change".
This two-day conference is intended to open a space of joint reflection and dialogue between different stakeholders on the mobilizations that occurred at the sidelines of the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech. Its goal is to provide an inclusive framework that is necessary for the emergence of a shared vision on the issue of debt and International Financial Institutions (IFIs), in Tunisia.
More specifically, the conference aims to:
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highlight the disastrous impacts of IFIs' policies on Tunisia and the countries of the Global South, putting forward the systemic damages of these institutions ;
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stress need for active denunciation of these policies, given their consequences for populations and economies ;
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monitor the ongoing mobilization of Southern countries against the IFIs and the global economic order, as a sign of South-South solidarity ;
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Oppose planned or ongoing reforms and define a clear advocacy agenda for alternatives to these reforms in Tunisia ;
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Put back on the agenda the action on debt in Tunisia, building on post-revolutionary victories and the experiences of countries in the South to renew the objectives of a Tunisian struggle on debt and the IFIs ;
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Place the Tunisian struggle in a regional (North Africa) and global (Global South) context.
- Assessment for accountability
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Accountability for reparations
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Auditing the debt to negotiate and cancel
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Resisting and changing development policies in Tunisia (alternatives to the IFIs reforms)
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Resisting to reverse the balance of power at the regional and global level.
