North-South Institute - Institutional Support Program 2009-2013

Results achieved by North South Institute through the support of CIDA and other international donors as of September 2012 include: (i) hosting the “Future of Multilateral Development Cooperation” conference in Ottawa (June 2011)—bringing together key stakeholders in international development to determine how they can better serve the poor in the context of an evolving global order; (2) capturing a statistical analysis of Canadian contributions to multilateral institutions in the 2011 Canadian Development Report; (iii) setting up two initiatives (Natural Resources Charter led by Paul Collier and Tony Venables with Revenue Watch and the African Mining Vision led by the African Union) to establish global norms and regulations for the use of natural resources; (iv) elaborating the concept of a global Financial Transaction Tax for the G20 meeting in Cannes which was shared with key decision makers and formed part of the global discussion around macroeconomic stability following the global economic crisis; and (v) launching the Canadian International Development Platform in consultation with CIDA and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade a one-stop interactive source for essential information and analysis on Canada’s relations with developing nations (http://cidpnsi.ca/).