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In the report “Breaking the Taboo”, published by the Commonwealth Foundation, civil society assumes its responsibilities and makes a firm commitment to support the “1% digital solidarity contribution”

In the report entitled “Breaking the Taboo”¹ , which has just been published in anticipation of the International Conference on Financing for Development which will take place in Doha from 29 November to 2 December 2008 … global civil society has explicitly confirmed its support for the “1% digital solidarity contribution”, proposed by the DSF as an innovative financing mechanism for development.

This report is the result of consultations which, in Dakar on 18 and 19 April 2008, brought together platforms of non-governmental organisations representing thousands of civil society organisations from both North and South, as a prelude to the 4th plenary session of the “Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development” on 22 and 23 April 2008.

The members² of the platforms  also expressed their wish to play an active role in the drafting of the “Global Convention on Financing Digital Solidarity”, the principle of which has been officially adopted by the … countries of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development.

This declaration from civil society, the full version of which is reproduced here, has been endorsed by the “Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development”, which held its 4th session in Dakar on 22 and 23 April 2008.

The report “Breaking the Taboo” will be presented in Doha at the Monterrey follow-up conference.
  

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1) Currently only available in English, the full title of the report published by the Commonwealth Foundation is “Breaking the Taboo: Perspectives of African Civil Society on Innovative Sources of Financing Development”.

 

2) The Association of NGO’s (TANGO), Gambia; Conseil des ONG d’Appui au Développement (CONGAD); Nigeria Network of NGOs; Association pour la Démocratie, les Droits de l’Homme et la Bonne Gouvernance; Fédération des ONG de la Société Civile Camerounaise (FOSCAM); Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN), Cameroon; Children Education Society (CHESO), Tanzania; Liga Moçambicana dos Direitos Humanos, Mozambique; South African National NGO Coalition; North South Institute, Canada; Social Watch, Uruguay; Commonwealth Foundation, UK; Ubuntu: World Forum of Civil Society Networks; Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), Sierra Leone.