On December 12 at 4:00 pm Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the end of Brazil's presidency and the beginning of South Africa's presidency of the G20.
The Brazilian presidency of the G20 was characterised by a decrease in the politicisation of its work, despite what Western countries have been trying to introduce since 2022. The final documents of the summit in Rio de Janeiro, which ended on November 19, are moderate in tone. On the other hand, the ambitious goal of the Brazilian presidency to strengthen the fight against world poverty and redistribute the world's wealth provoked a mixed reaction and did not find support among the developed countries.
For the fourth year in a row, the G20 chair will be from among the states of the world majority. Before Brazil, Indonesia and India chaired the group. On December 1, the presidency passed to South Africa. Throughout these years, there have been discussions about how non-Western countries can direct the G20's focus toward the problems of the developing world.
What has been achieved during this time? What have the world's majority states brought to the G20 agenda? What are South Africa's priorities for the coming year? What are Russia's interests in the G20? The participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
Speakers:
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Viktoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council Centre, Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia's Sherpa in the Women's Twenty (W20)
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Marina Larionova, Director of the Centre for International Institutions Studies at RANEPA, Russia's Sherpa in the Expert Twenty
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Marco Fernandes, Editor of Wenhua Zongheng International, Master of History, Doctor of Social Psychology (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Mikatekiso Kubayi, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) at UNISA (South Africa)
Moderator:
- Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
Working languages: Russian, English.
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Links to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen.
