International Trade Law and Global Data Governance: the Digital Single Market in Africa
25 April 2025 |14.00-15.00 CET | Online
Trade,
Webinar | Tags:
Africa,
Data Governance,
Digital Economy,
Services Trade
In a fireside-style conversation Rutendo Tavengerwei and Neha Mishra explore the interface between data governance in the African digital single market, national law, and global data governance frameworks.
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Fifth Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures
5 June 2025 | 13.00-14.30 CET | Online
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Brazil,
Development,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures
In the context of the Fourth Financing for Development process (FfD4), the meeting highlighted lessons learnt regarding domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries.
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Climate Adaptation and the Insurance Protection Gap: Market Challenges and Policy Options
30 June 2025 | Online | By Invitation
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Climate Change,
Financial Governance,
Insurance,
Systemic Risks
As climate-related risks escalate, rising hazards and exposures increasingly threaten the availability and affordability of insurance coverage. Individuals and businesses face a growing insurance protection gap.
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Minimum Standards for Tax Expenditure Reporting: FfD4 Side Event in Seville
3 July 2025 |10.30-12.00 CET | Seville | Open to registered participants
Conferences,
Fiscal | Tags:
Development,
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures
Governments worldwide use preferential tax treatments – called tax expenditures – to pursue different policy objectives. These measures cause huge immediate public revenue losses while their effectiveness is often in doubt.
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Tax Expenditures: Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and Beyond
24 September 2025 | London and Online | 9-13h UTC+1
Conference,
Fiscal | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
United Kingdom
Tax Expenditures in the UK result in a considerable release of fiscal resources by central government, little known and off-budget. The official estimated cost adds up to 7.6 per cent of GDP in 2023-24, equivalent to a quarter of total tax revenue collected.
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Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures
30 September 2025 | 13.00-14.30 CET | Online
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Rwanda,
Tax Expenditures,
The Netherlands
The sixth virtual meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (TEs) showcased benchmarking experiences from the Ministries of Finance of Rwanda and the Netherlands.
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from Germany
6 November 2025 | Berlin, Germany | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Energy,
Germany,
Industrial Policy,
Renewables
The Council on Economic Policies is organizing a series of country-specific roundtables to examine the opportunities and challenges for an affordable, secure, and clean energy future
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Flagship Report 2025 on Tax Expenditure Effectiveness: Launch Event and New GTETI Release
4 December 2025 | 14.00-16.30 CET | Online
Conference,
Fiscal | Tags:
GTED,
GTETI,
Tax Expenditures
The Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) co-hosted the launch of the Tax Expenditures Flagship Report 2025 and the new edition of the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index
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Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy: Sharing Insights, Seizing Synergies, Driving Progress
26-27 January 2026 | Zurich, Switzerland | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Industrial Policy,
Renewables
Ensuring access to affordable, secure, and clean energy ranks at the top of economic policy agendas around the world. While the objective is a global priority, and international coordination is key, policy frameworks at the national level are vital to pursue this goal.
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7th Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures: Tax Gap Analysis with TE Data
26 February 2026 | 15.00-16.30 CET | Online
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
GTED,
Tax Expenditures
The latest meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (CoP), organised in cooperation with the ATI Community of Interest on Tax Gap, focused on tax gap analysis with particular emphasis on the use of TE data.
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