GEC Steering Group, Wednesday 5th October 2022– MINUTES

• GEC strategy and coalition agree – GEC want to intervene in contemporary events and debates, but needs more confidence and capacity in political economy influence and advocacy • G20 is totemic of what we want to do. [...] o We need to recognise that the (finance ministers) barriers to create innovative structural policy include: time to prepare is massive, time and public administration, and hard to actually spend and shift (procurement). [...] Target the finance ministers too… o G20 is thinking about international finance and debt most key for them o G20 – is in a bit of political crisis: with various big challenges – position this as help • Routes to influence o G20 is important to be part of – but really about continued presence, and in multi forum o Key is discussing with min finance – g20 key for that. [...] Land a successful last 6 months of E4N GREEN • 6th October - Next frontiers of existing and • Developing key collaborative product nature based green closing on ’10 key steps to a nature based economies’, and document contracts: E4N, green-economy’ • 1st – 3rd November E4N team and EC Finance • Team delivery on track for programme wrap up and learning dialogues and milestones and spend Green recov. [...] o Work underway to better define • Developing a shared funding Partnership approach with HUBS growth global international policy enabled convening role and for members • Improve global communications role with o Developing a shared pitch for hubs members to land financing for national green • Define and start to become, economy work (min €100k per hub through new funding, actions per year) and par.