G20 Foundation - Annual Report 2013

Creating a framework
for a better global governance

G20 Foundation
Annual Report 2013

About G20 Foundation

The G20 Foundation is an independent platform
formed to help develop a framework for better global governance.

§  As an intermediary platform, the G20
Foundation positions itself as process
enabler and a facilitator between
governments, business, and academia
within the G20 process.

§  As a non-partisan think tank, we
stimulate constructive and eﬀective
discussions within “Outreach Dialogue”
in order to support the implementation of
the G20 commitments on a national
level.

§  We add value through encouraging
broader public consensus and
understanding of the G20 commitments
which leads to higher accountability and
raises eﬀectiveness of a governance
process.

§  Thereby we foster the development of
innovative solutions to global challenges,
such as economic stability and
sustainable growth.

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Our Goals
Coordinate communication between
major G20 stakeholders:
- Develop innovative solutions and share best
practices for challenges on the G20 agenda.
- Contributing to transparency in the overall
communication process and creating a broader public
consensus for G20 commitments.

Provide a framework for analysis of topics
attached to G20 agenda:
- Combining impulses from politics, economics,
academia, private and public organization at national
and international level to foster focused public
discussions on the G20 agenda and commitments.

G20
Foundation
Support the implementation of G20 action
items in individual countries:
- Reinforce the post-summit implementation process
of selective items decided upon on the G20 level in
cooperation with various stakeholders from the
member countries.

Increase international cooperation:
- Establish new approaches for international
cooperation by connecting leading personalities from
all relevant sectors worldwide on speciﬁc issues.
- This is an opportunity to unite cultures, countries,
and people based on shared ideals.

Contents
1. 

Summary

4

2. 

Russian G20 Presidency

13

a. 

Conference on the Russian Presidency, Moscow

14

b. 

G20 Civil Summit, Moscow

15

c. 

G20 Conference on Energy and Commodity Markets, St. Petersburg

d. 

G20 Summit 2013, St. Petersburg

3. 

Green Growth Forum, Berlin

4. 

G20F Insights with Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher, Frankfurt

5. 

Global Strategy Workshop, Frankfurt

6.  Going Global

17
18
20
22
24

a. 

25

b. 

Brussels Economic Forum, Brussels

26

c. 

Nexus Youth Global Summit, New York

27

d. 

World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Rhodes

28

e. 
7. 

G8 Young Summit, London

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Warsaw

29

The Australian G20 Presidency

30

Summary and Key Events in 2013


§  Amongst others, we participated at many of
the G20 Meetings of Russian Presidency as
well as all of the major G20-Outreach events.
§  As a highlight we took part in G20 Summit in
St. Petersburg on September 5-6. After the
summit our Research team elaborated the G20
Russia Summit report to evaluate the
outcomes of the Outreach Groups and their
input to the G20 Agenda to provide more
transparency in the process. You can
download the full report from our website.

Svetlana Lukash, Russian G20 Sherpa.

§  We would greatly thank Svetlana Lukash,
Russian G20 Sherpa and the team of Russian
Sherpa Oﬃce for these amazing opportunities.
Oﬃcial Logo of the G20 Foundation 2013

Green Growth Forum, Berlin
§  In addition, we held the Green Growth Forum
in Berlin, collecting not only views and
opinions from individuals and representatives
of corporations, but also research material on
the important matter of sustainable
development and implications on the energyturnaround which we assembled in a
communiqué.
§  This activity was highly supported by the
German Federal Government and the Minister
of Environment Peter Altmaier.
§  You can download the Green Growth Forum
Communiqué from our website. (German)

H.E. Francisco N. González Díaz
Mexican Ambassador to Germany
speaking at the Green Growth
Forum 2013

G20 Insights with Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher, Frankfurt
§  Another highlight was the start of our
speakers-series “G20 Insights” with Prof. Dr.
Dr. Radermacher, Club of Rome.
§  In ”G20 Insights” we are featuring highproﬁle individuals in order to gain insights in
the G20-process and facilitate the discussion
between members of the G20 Foundation
and relevant stakeholders.
§  We would also kindly thank Prof. Dr. Dr.
Radermacher for his inspiring contribution
and the Frankfurt School of Finance and
Management for providing an excellent
venue for this high level event.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher, Club of
Rome at G20 Insights


§  Being involved in G20-matters for more than
three years, we also felt the time had come to
re-evaluate the experiences of the past and
set the goals for the next years.
§  Therefore we held a three-day global kick-oﬀ
meeting in Frankfurt together with our
colleagues from the hubs in New York, Turin,
Izmir and Berlin.
§  You can ﬁnd more details about this and
other events in the following paragraphs of
our annual report.

G20 Foundation team meets in Frankfurt for a Global
Strategy Workshop with representatives from New York,
Izmir, Turin, Berlin and Frankfurt


Moving Forward
§  Through our activities, we have experienced a lot of interest in joining and supporting the G20
Foundation. This year our global team has grown a lot, attracting people from diverse
backgrounds, all with a unique set of skills which they contribute to our work.

Meeting with Peter
Launsky-Tieﬀenthal,
UN Under - Secretary General at
The World Summit of Nobel Peace
Laureates, Warsaw

G20 Foundation Executive Board Members
discussed future of governance with
U.S. Consul General Kevin C. Milas
in Frankfurt am Main


2013 - an amazing year for G20 Foundation


By enhancing the Outreach dialogue with non-G20 states,
international organizations, business circles, labour unions, civil
society, future leaders, academia and think-tanks, we will not only
ensure legitimacy, transparency and eﬃciency of the G20, but also
expand our vision, come up with better solutions, and generate
cross-sectoral synergy to enhance the public beneﬁt of the G20.
© “The Russian Presidency of the G20: Outline"


§ 

In the forefront of the G20 summit, the Russian
presidency announced to set a special focus on
growth related topics such as growth through
quality jobs and investment, growth through trust
and transparency and growth through effective
regulation.

§ 

Unlike preceding presidencies, the Russian G20
presidency set a special focus on including a wide
range of different parties and Outreach groups in
the decision process.

§ 

Following our analysis of the Outreach groups’ recommendations and the final Leaders’ Declaration, we
can state that the G20 have great opportunities to become the leading forum for solving long-term and
short-term global problems. The G20 Foundation supports the G20 by integrating the different
stakeholders of the G20 decision process like the Outreach groups as a neutral and non-partisan
process enabler.

§ 

The G20 Foundation participated at the G20 summit to build up important relationships, for example
with the Turkish delegation. As Turkey will take over the G20 Presidency in 2015, it is a member of the
G20 Troika right now.

Conference on Russian G20 Presidency, Moscow
§ 

A conference on "Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainability"
was held in Moscow on December 13, 2012, within the framework
of the Russian G20 presidency. Russia oﬃcially unveiled the
priorities of its G20 presidency.

§ 

In addition, the outcome of the ﬁrst events within the framework
of the Russian presidency was reported. These are the outreach
Think 20, Civil 20 and Business 20 meetings, which were held
on December 11 and 12. There were also reports from Youth 20
and Labor 20 representatives.

§ 

The conference featured a press occasion with featuring head of
the Expert Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation,
Russian G20 Sherpa Ksenia Yudaeva and Deputy Minister of
Finance of the Russian Federation Sergei Storchak.


G20 Civil Summit, Moscow
§ 

§ 

The Civil 20 Summit was held in Moscow's President Hotel
on June 13-14, 2013. It was attended by over 350
representatives of civil society, international organizations,
business community, government officials, and the media.
Civil society was represented by the delegates from the G20
countries and NGOs, academics from working groups that
prepared the C20 recommendations, the Global NGO Group
and the Civil Society Group. The Civil Communiqué - an
address to the G20 Leaders - was agreed on the results of the
Summit.

Michel Sidibé, Under-Secretary-General of the
United Nations, Ksenia Yudaeva, the Russian
G20 Sherpa and Mikhail Fedotov

The Civil 20 Summit is the concluding event of the Civil Track
of Russia's G20 Presidency. Russia is the first presiding
country to organize the civil society consultations process in
this format, and at such level. Its main goal is to promote
fruitful dialogue between global civil society, politicians and
decision-makers on the basis of the priorities set out in the
official agenda for 2013. The Civil 20 recommendations are
expected to influence the G20 Summit agenda and Leaders'
final Communiqué.
Russian G20 Sherpa Ksenia Yudaeva and
Victor Philippenko, G20 Foundation at G20
Civil Summit

G20 Conference on Commodity and Energy Markets, St. Petersburg
§ 

The Conference on commodity and energy markets
"Sustainable energy: designing policy for G20", preceding the
Second Energy Sustainability Working Group (ESWG) Meeting,
took place on July 8, 2013 in St. Petersburg.

§ 

The event brought together high level officials from the G20
governments, representatives of the international organizations,
top level business and industry representatives, as well as
representatives of think tanks and academia, to summarize the
ESWG activities in 2013 and look into the future G20 work in the
energy field.

§ 

G20 Foundation members at G20 Conference
on Conference on Commodity and Energy
Markets

The Conference agenda was focused on such issues, as
prospects of energy and commodity markets sustainability;
policies to promote inclusive green growth and pave the path
towards a sustainable energy of the future; improving
transparency and functionality of commodity markets; and
encouraging investment into sustainable energy.

G20 Foundation and team of Russian G20
Sherpa Office during the cultural program

Family Photo of the Participants of the G20 Conference on Conference on Commodity and Energy Markets

G20 Leaders‘ Summit, St. Petersburg
§  On September 5-6, 2013 the G20 Leaders' Summit
was held in St.Petersburg. The Summit, which is the
culmination of the Russian Presidency year, marked
the 5th anniversary of the G20 at the Leaders' level.
§  The key objective of the G20 at this moment, given
the continuing instability at the financial markets,
unemployment remaining high and persistent global
imbalances, is fostering strong, sustainable and
balanced growth. To get closer to attaining this goal,
Russia has set forth a number of tasks for the G20 to
stimulate economic growth and job creation, primarily
through encouraging long-term investment, ensuring
trust and transparency at the markets and enhancing
effective regulation.

G20 Foundation had a great opportunity to join the executive
organizing team at G20 Summit in St. Petersburg and gained unique
hands on experience supporting the operative implementation of this
top-level event.

§  Leaders' attention at their meeting was mainly
focused on the issues of ensuring economic growth
and financial stability, quality job creation and
tackling unemployment, searching for the new
sources of growth and investment financing, as well
as strengthening multilateral trade and international
development assistance.

Green Growth Forum 2013, Berlin
§ 

The Green Growth Forum, held in Germany’s capital
Berlin, was introduced 2013. The conference was
highly sought after and attracted participants from
economy, academia, civil society and nongovernment organizations.

§ 

In two working-groups, the participants developed
recommendations dealing with "sustainable
development" and "energy reform & efficiency" and
submitted them to the federal government
afterwards.

Dr. Ignacio Campino, Desertec Foundation
opening Green Growth Forum

§ 

The G20 Foundation understands itself as a non-partisan intermediary of different interests, designed to
help facilitate the dialogue between the stakeholders on both G20 and national level. Therefore, the Green
Growth Forum is an example of how we support this dialogue with our organization.

§ 

The substantial preparation took place in cooperation with the responsible experts of the Ministry of
Economy and Technology, the Ministry of Environment and the Office of the Federal Chancellor. The results
of the Green Growth Forum were documented in a comprehensive communiqué. The Federal Minister for
Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Security, Peter Altmaier demonstrated the federal
government’s support by providing a word of welcome for the final communiqué.

Green Growth Forum 2013, Berlin

Honorable guest of Green Growth Forum with members of G20
Foundation, Marco Stephan, Victor Philippenko and Robert Pﬂaum

Panel discussion “Green Growth as a key economic driver or a
solution to overcome the energy crisis of G20 countries” with
Dr. W. Scheremet (Federal Ministry for Economic Aﬀairs and
Technology), , N. Girouard (OECD), F. González Diaz (Mexican
Ambassador), E. Johns (Australian Embassy), moderated by
Dr. G. Hofmann (Agentur Zukunft)

Participants of Green Growth Forum during
welcome note of Dr. Stefan Mair, Member of
the Executive Board and B20 Sherpa of
Association of German Industry (BDI)

Thrilling discussion
in the working
groups of Green
Growth Forum


§ 

Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher, member of the Club of Rome, was
the first key-note speaker at our "G20 Insights" series.

§ 

In ”G20 Insights” we are featuring high-profile individuals in
order to gain insights in the G20-process and facilitate the
discussion between members of the G20 Foundation and
relevant stakeholders.

§ 

Prof. Radermacher, who holds the chair for artificial intelligence
at the University of Ulm, pointed out how important it is to
build up an efficient structure of global governance.

§ 

In his opinion, the G20 member states could fill the existing
gap between the United Nations and the G8. On the one hand,
they have fewer members to coordinate than the United
Nations and can therefore work more efficiently; on the other
hand, the G20 are representing two thirds of the world
population and about 90 percent of world’s economic power
and hence have a greater legitimacy than smaller groups like
the G8.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher, Club of Rome at
G20 Insights


§ 

In the following, Prof. Radermacher also underlined that a
system of global governance should act in accordance with
the big majority of the world’s population and of upcoming
generations.

§ 

Decision makers from economy and civil society,
entrepreneurs and political actors were present at the ﬁrst
event of our speaker-series. The participants were highly
encouraged after Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher’s keynote to
develop ideas of how to implement their goals into the G20
process and how to take responsibility for society.

§ 

Participants of G20 Insights in Frankfurt School
of Finance and Management

We would also kindly thank Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher for his
inspiring contribution and the Frankfurt School of Finance
and Management for providing an excellent venue for this
high level event.

G20 Foundation team after G20 Insights with
Prof. Dr. Dr. Radermacher

§ 

During the global kick-off in October, G20
Foundation-members from USA, Turkey, Italy and
Germany travelled to our headquarter in Frankfurt
am Main, Germany.

§ 

The purpose of this workshop was to assess the
experiences of the past three years of being
involved in G20 matters and set the goals for the
future. The first day gave the members an
introduction of what the G20 Foundation had been
focusing on in the past while on the second day the
strategy of the G20 Foundation for the upcoming
years was defined. This strategy was broken-down
into more details during the final day of the
gathering.

§ 

G20 Foundation global team with Hub members from New York,
Turin, Izmir, Berlin and Frankfurt during the Global Strategy
Workshop

Although the G20 Foundation-members come from different countries and various
backgrounds, we take pride in the fact that these three days were coined by a concentrated
and friendly working-atmosphere and a common understanding of the G20 Foundation’s
objective to create a framework for better global governance.


How do we add value to the G20 presidency?

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Marco Stephan (Frankfurt), Baris Zafer Oner (Izmir), Christian Umbach
(Frankfurt) and Victor Philippenko (Frankfurt) discussing strategic goals for
What do we offer?
2014

Marco Stephan sharing his vision of a framework for a
better global governance
What is our goal for 2014?


Modeling of G20 Foundation Products and
Services with Danielle Posa, Baris Zafer Oner,
Michael Wolff and Marco Stephan

Jan Brecke (Frankfurt), Michael Wolff
(New York) and Bettina Meyer-Breiting
(Frankfurt) discussing the global
strategy

Dinner after a productive day with G20 Foundation
members at Apfelwein Wagner, a traditional
Frankfurt restaurant



Going Global
§ 

With a clear vision in mind to take our idea to all
G20 countries and beyond, we attended several
symposia and events, among them the G8
Young Summit in London, the Brussels
Economic Forum in Brussels, the Nobel Peace
Prize Laureates Summit in Warsaw, the World
Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” in
Rhodes, the Annual Curators Meeting at World
Economic Forum in Geneva and the Nexus
Youth Summits in London and New York.

§ 

At each of these unique events we shared our
idea with extraordinary global citizens, change
makers, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists. We
managed to build collaborations through these
networks which enable us to grow further and
being heard by more governments and other
global institutions.

§ 

We would greatly thank all our friends and
partners for giving us the stage for spreading
our ideas and are looking forward to meeting all
of these amazing change makers in 2014!

G8 Young Summit, London
§ 

§ 

The G8 Young Summit is an annual
summit that occurs prior to the formal
G8 meeting of the Heads of State of
the respective countries. The G8 YS
Summits are held in order to prepare a
set of solutions and
recommendations to be spread
across the World and to be shared
globally, speciﬁcally, with the G8
Heads of State.

Participants of G8 Young Summit

Victor Philippenko with a key note on
a framework for a better global
governance

Chloe Smith, MP, Minister for Political
and Constitutional Reform and
Member of Cabinet giving a key note
during the presentation of 2013 G8YS
Communiqué

Members of G20 Foundation and G8
Young Summit during the Gala
Closing Dinner

To build and engage the leaders of
tomorrow to help one another achieve
a better the world we live in. These
like-minded global innovators and
change makers will collaborate to
address the challenges of tomorrow,
today.


Brussels Economic Forum, Brussels
§ 

The Brussels Economic Forum has become one of the key
debate forums on economic matters at international level. In
the light of the recent European situation the focus for 2013 was
on the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its
further development.

§ 

Several members of the G20 Foundation attended this event, in
which they discussed the upcoming projects and goals of the
Foundation with key decision makers such as oﬃcials from
national governments, EU and international institutions, as well
as leading academics and business leaders.

§ 

Representatives from the European Commission, WTO, ECB,
IMF, OEC included:
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Olli Rehn, Vice-President, European Commission
Pascal Lamy, Director-General, WTO
Filippo di Mauro, European Central Bank
Jürgen R. Thumann, President, Business Europe
Erkki Liikanen, Governor, Bank of Finland
Marek Belka, Governor, National Bank of Poland
Jim O’Neill, former Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Carlo Cottarelli, Director, Fiscal Aﬀairs Department, IMF

Heike and Marco Stephan, representing G20
Foundation at Brussels Economic Forum


Nexus Global Youth Summit, New York
§  Nexus is a global movement of 1000+
young investors, social entrepreneurs
and allies who work to increase and
improve philanthropy and social impact
investing.
§  The third annual Nexus Global Youth
Summit on Innovative Philanthropy and
Social Entrepreneurship convened at
the United Nations in New York City,
24-27 July, 2013. Bringing together
young philanthropists, investors, social
entrepreneurs and allies from over 60
countries, the Summit aims to inspire
new leadership, greater generosity and
more strategic investing in social and
environmental projects.
§  We are truly grateful to Rachel and
Jonah, the Co-founders of Nexus for
inviting us and giving us the possibility
to share our thoughts on the future of
governance with this extraordinary
group of leaders.

Adrian Grenier on how pop culture
can drive social change

Rachel Cohen Gerrol during Nexus
Opening Reception

G20 Foundation members during the
Nexus Global Youth Summit Aﬃnity
Dinner

G20 Foundation call to action on
governance innovation during Nexus
Brunch


World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Rhodes
§  Every autumn since 2003 the ancient Greek
island of Rhodes hosts a session of the World
Public Forum «Dialogue of Civilizations» called
the Rhodes Forum that brings together public
ﬁgures and statesmen, academics, clerics and
representatives of the arts, mass media and
businesses from all over the world.
§  The sessions of the WPF «Dialogue of
Civilizations» proved the urgency and eﬃcacy of
the Forum by bringing the focus of world public
opinion to the problems of intercultural dialogue
and the need to work out instruments to make
interaction among cultures and civilizations
possible. The results achieved by the Forum
encourage hope for further harmonization of
international relations and strengthen stability in
the world
§  We would like to thank Vladimir Yakunin and
Dr. Walter Schwimmer for the very kind invitation
and looking forward to join WPF in 2014.

Participants of the 11th Rhodes Forum

Victor Philippenko with Vladimir Yakunin, Founding President of the
WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations” and President of JSC Russian Railways

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Warsaw
§  This year’s Summit was held in Warsaw between October
21st and 23rd . The event was attended by such prominent
guests as His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama, former Polish
President Lech Wałęsa, former USSR President Mikhail
Gorbachev, former President of South Africa Frederik
Willem de Klerk, Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, Irish peace
activists Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan,
Muhammad Yunus, originator of the concept of
microcredit as well as representatives of Nobel Peace
Prize awarded organisations. A special guest of the
Summit was Samia Nkrumah, social activist and daughter
of the ﬁrst President of Ghana.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and
Sharon Stone during the closing ceremony

§  This year’s Peace Summit Award was presented to the
actress Sharon Stone for her “activities that brought
solidarity and new hope to the millions of people who
have fought and are ﬁghting against the tragedy of HIV/
AIDS”.
§  We would like to thank Mazda for the very kind invitation
and Burson-Marsteller for the brilliant arrangements.

G20 Foundation members meet
Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the founder of
Microcredit at Nobel Peace Prize Summit

The Australian G20 Presidency
§ 

The challenge for the G20 in 2014 will be to make
concrete decisions and take real steps that will
improve people’s lives through stronger growth,
more jobs and better infrastructure. As Australia
holds the chair of the G20 in 2014, the Honorable
Tony Abbott MP, Prime minister of Australia is
asking the world leaders to come to Brisbane with a
commitment to take action.

§ 

We support the Australian Prime minister in his
appeal and underline the importance of developing
and emerging economies working together, as well
as igniting partnership between governments, and
the G20 stakeholders.*

§ 

Oﬃcial Logo of the Australian G20 Presidency

We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation with
Australian Presidency and Outreach Groups in 2014!

* Inspired by the message from the Prime minister Honorable Tony Abbott
regarding Australian Presidency in the G20

Oﬃcial Logo of the G20 Foundation 2014


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