PANAJI

Goa is set to host five important meetings of the G20 Summit in June as the delegates from the world’s major economies are scheduled to discuss start-ups, finance, audit and tourism.

Nodal Officer for G20 Sanjit Rodrigues said that the five crucial meetings will facilitate discussions, deliberations and solutions.

“Each of them is pertinent to issues within its gambit and globally. G20 Goa has prepared well to host these meetings here and every detail is being looked into to ensure the meetings that take place in Goa are well organised and successful in every aspect,” he said.

On the sidelines of these meetings, Goa has also planned to showcase its rich culture and hospitality to the visiting delegates.

Startup20 Goa Sankalpana is the third meeting of the Startup20 Engagement Group for start-ups under the Indian Presidency of the G20 2023 to be held from June 3-4. The meeting will be one of the platforms for discussions on a common framework to define startups. G20 member countries, including India and the US, will deliberate on the topic in order to promote the growth of new ventures.

“This meeting will try to come up with a defined framework that is applicable across the countries of G-20,” Chintan Vaishnav, Startup20 India Chair and Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog said.

The meeting will also focus on building consensus on the Draft Policy Communique, which was recently published by the Startup20 seeking public views and the final communique will be taken to the Gurugram meeting scheduled on July 3-4.

The International Financial Architecture Working Group (IFAWG) of G20 will hold its third meeting in Goa from June 5-7 to explore ways to improve international financial Architecture and address the pressing issues facing the global economy.

The SAI20 Summit, a meeting of the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of the G20 countries is scheduled to take place in Goa from June 12-14 and aims to discuss and produce a consensus document in the form of a SAI20 communiqué.

The 4th Tourism Working Group Meeting, organized by the Ministry of Tourism, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and WTTC (India initiative) will be held on June 19-20 in Goa. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss and address global tourism challenges and opportunities. From June 21–22, the Ministerial Meeting of the Tourism Working Group is scheduled in the State with ministers of tourism from the G20 countries and other guests to discuss the outcomes of the previous working group meetings and adopt a joint declaration on tourism cooperation.

The Goa meet will result in two official documents: a “Goa Roadmap” that outlines a common vision for the G20 tourism working group on how to address five key areas through policies, strategies and practices; and a ministerial communique that summarises the main outcomes of the meeting.