Group of Eight (G-8)
Groupe des huit
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History
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Exchange information and options and establish a rapport with each other; set the international agenda for the year ahead; focus economic policy and force decisions. As indicated in the Plaza Agreement: while recognizing progress in promoting convergence of favourable economic performance among participating countries, seek to achieve increased and more balanced growth and bring key exchange rates more into line with underlying fundamentals. As indicated in the Louvre Accord: coordinate activities of finance ministers so that currency stability may be maintained.
Events
159 past events available with paid subscription only.Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
- Supports: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund)
- Links with: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- Links with: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Instrumental in setting up: Africa Partnership Forum (APF)
- Instrumental in setting up: Assistance for Economic Restructuring in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
- Instrumental in setting up: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Instrumental in setting up: Financial Stability Board (FSB)
- Instrumental in setting up: G7 Support Implementation Group (G7 SIG)
- Instrumental in setting up: Global Information Network for Small and Medium Enterprises
- Instrumental in setting up: Group of Twenty Four (G-24)
- Instrumental in setting up: Group of Twenty (G20)
- Instrumental in setting up: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Advanced Robotics Programme (IARP)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)
- Instrumental in setting up: Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS)
- Links indicated by: EU Customs Union
- Links indicated by: International Energy Forum (IEF)
- Links indicated by: African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Works with: G-XN7898 - G8 Information Centre.
- Links indicated by: Environmental Crime Prevention Programme (ECPP)
- Links indicated by: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
- Links indicated by: World Innovation, Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
Members
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- Commerce → Currency
- Commerce → Commercial Exchange
- Industry → Industry
- Nation State → Government
- Economics → Economic
- Policy → Policy
- Harmony → Harmony
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2036
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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