Linking Economies

Through Knowledge

Linking Economies

Through Knowledge

T20 South Africa Summit

"The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD), and the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) are pleased to announce the T20 South Africa Summit. This high-level event will be held in...

INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDUSTRIALISATION, EMPLOYMENT AND REDUCED INEQUALITY

"Despite economic growth in the past two decades, many economies failed to create sufficient job opportunities for those who are able and willing to work, indicating that economic growth on its own is not enough. This “missing jobs” crisis is more severe in Africa...

B20 South Africa Employment & Education Task Force

"Jobs are at the heart of political stability, long-term growth and economic productivity. Global technological, societal and demographic changes have transformed the job creation landscape and upended definitions of what “employment” means, both to policymakers from...

B20 South Africa Digital Transformation Task Force

"In every corner of the globe, digital technology is reshaping how people live, work and interact. From AI and automation to high-speed connectivity, the pace of change brings immense promise for economic growth and social progress. Yet, alongside these opportunities...

Implementing Funding Platforms: A Solution to Fragmentation

B20 South Africa, Business at OECD, and IOE published a joint paper: “Implementing Funding Platforms: a solution to fragmentation” The Business 20 (B20) South Africa, Business at OECD (BIAC), and the International Organization of Employers (IOE) published a joint...

Brazil launches global anti-hunger alliance before G20 summit

Brazil launched the Global Alliance for Hunger and Poverty on Friday at the G20 Summit in Rio, a Brazilian government official said, with an initial 41 participating members pledging to lift 500 million people out of poverty through cash transfers and social...

PM Modi meets with leaders of Brazil, Chile and Argentina at G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday met with the Presidents of Brazil, Chile, and Argentina in Rio de Janeiro and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in various areas such as defense, energy, biofuels, and agriculture. Modi, who arrived in Brazil on...

Brasil sets a future agenda

The opening of the B20 in Rio de Janeiro this week has set the tone to examine the attributes and opportunities for Brasil, but more importantly the entire South American continent. Perhaps it can play a important role in the much needed reality check for the whole of...

India moves the needle towards greater progress

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant continues his exceptional promotion and advocacy for India's social and technical reforms, many of which he energised during the conducting of the G20 during 2023. Mr Kant has spoken at recent events about how PM Modi had set the tone for some...

eNotus at the B20 Brazil Opening Event

Prof. Guillermo Pivetta will be attending to the B20 Brazil Opening Event. On January 29th, CNI will hold the event that marks the beginning of the B20 Brazil 2024 cycle. The purpose of the event is to discuss and plan the main priorities, goals and actions that will...

The eNotus Vision

The eNotus vision is a single information standard by which all nations can view economic opportunities, examine the minutiae of distant markets and adopt world-best practice. Our vision is to enable investment to target efficient production and cost effective service providers in developing economies, increase investment flows into these economies, help their private sectors to raise growth rates, and to connect their labor markets to global opportunities. Since 2003 eNotus has been engaged in the first of their kind economic development initiatives in the Middle East, Africa and across the Asian Continent. These include the Economic Summit MENA, the International University MENA and thought leadership forums such as the Faculty of the Future for MENA. Since 2010 extensive investigations have been conducted into privacy issues and those related to Trust in and between business entities.

The result has been new projects and relationships beginning in 2017 that have focussed on Cities and their needs, for new more democratic financial systems, and the future of work; as jobs, education and security moved to the centre of the global agenda for a digital world. This of course is highlighted by economic disruption and the health crisis resulting from the Pandemic. 

What People Have Said About eNotus Projects

“eNotus projects are ambitious and challenging and address a real need among economic development stakeholders. eNotus promises to be a unique knowledge base and management system for organizations with a global approach to handling information in the new economy.”

  John Dryden, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

“I consider Linking Africa a great project and I have asked our director for Africa to see if it can be integrated into our next summit.”
 

Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman, World Economic Forum

“We share your enthusiasm on the eNotus initiative and agree that it is a visionary project which will be aligned with the objectives of many governments and international organizations.”

Khoong Hock Yun, Assistant Chief Executive, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
“Your eNotus proposal is extremely interesting and I anticipate that you will find interest across the business community for such a global approach.”
 
 

Juliet Borton, Project Manager, Global Digital Divide Initiative, World Economic Forum

Global Solutions Summit 2022

The Global Solutions Summit is the world’s premier forum for transforming research-based insights into policy recommendations for the G7/G20. Its goal is better global governance for the common good. This high-level meeting brings together senior government officials with top-level academic researchers, NGO leaders, and international CEOs. Held annually in Berlin, this year’s conference takes place March 28-29 in a hybrid format.

The theme of the Global Solutions Summit 2022 is “Listen to the world: Promoting social well-being within planetary boundaries”.  It covers the priorities of the G20 and G7. It aims to be a steppingstone to the G/T20 and G/T7 Summits, a place where Think20 and Think7 Task Forces can discuss their work with regard to their policy briefs and where multistakeholder decision-makers can discuss collective approaches to G20 and G7 problems. 

The B20 has officially handed over its Policy Recommendations to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin

The B20 has officially handed over its Policy Recommendations to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin – May 3rd, 2017

The recommendations are the product of a yearlong process of our seven Taskforces and Cross-thematic Groups, which comprise over 700 members from all G20 economies. Developed under the theme “Building Resilience – Improving Sustainability – Assuming Responsibility”, the B20 Policy Recommendations span the entire scope of the G20 process: from the need to maintain an open, rule-based trading system, to facilitating sustainable finance and increased efforts to widen the inclusiveness and resilience of the labor market in the face of technological change.

Germany assumed the G20 Presidency at a time of growing uncertainty around the world. The business community stands ready to take responsibility and do its part. We would like to thank all our members and partners for their continuous engagement, without which this process would not have been possible.

You can download the English version of the B20 Summary document containing the Policy Recommendations here.

The German version is available for download here.

B20 Indonesia 2022. Stakeholder consultation with G20 Future of Work & Education working group.

Responding to COVID-19 pandemic conditions and in line with the agenda of the B20 Indonesia, the Future of Work and Education Task Force shared three main priority issues of the group, namely:
1. Sustainable job creation
2. Education and skills for productivity
3. Enquity and inclusion 

The Future of Work and Education Task Force will offer concrete policy recommendations based on these major challenges. This meeting aimed to get more insight from the G20 Education Working Group on how to develop the learning systems to meet labor-market needs, with a focus on improving productivity, innovation and shrinking skills gaps.

2021-22 Developments

In 2021 and 2022 eNotus International continued its activities under the G20 Italian Presidency and the current Presidency held by Indonesia. This followed participation in several Italian B20 task forces, in Italy, and developing proposals for the U20 in conjunction with the special advisor for the Italian event. During this period disrupted by the pandemic, assistance from the OECD made it possible to continue research and projects of importance, including further work on Inclusive capital concepts and with Business for Inclusive Growth, (a group inspired by the G7 in Paris during 2019) and having its organization hosted by the OECD. Considerable focus is on needs of small business enterprises in Indonesia, Vietnam and in India, where partnerships are being forged in areas of fintech, new working capital products and related data analytics.

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Events eNotus participation

13-14 Nov 2025 T20 South Africa Summit

29 Sep Digital Transformation TF: Promoting Inclusive Growth in the digital economy. B20 side event. 

22 Sep 2025 Advancing´s African Industrial transformation. B20

15-17 Sep 2025 Global SME Finance Forum. B20 

5 Aug Connected Futures: from Digital divide, to digital dividend for South Africa. B20 event. 

16 Jul 2025 Financing the Future: Driving Inclusive Growth in Emerging Markets. B20 Side event. 

5-6 May 2025 Global Solutions Summit 2025:  Bridging divides: new pathways for global prosperity.  

25–27 Aug 2023: B20 Summit India 2023, New Delhi

24 Aug 2023: Economist Impact Forum, New Delhi

31 Jul 2023: T20 Summit

19 Jul 2023: CII Financial Inclusion and FinTech Summit, New Delhi, Delhi

1 Jul 2023: B20 Surat Meet 2023, Surat, Gujarat

30 Jun 2023: Conference on Jobs and Mobility, Bengaluru, Karnataka

2 May 2023: Global Science, Innovation & Research Summit, New Delhi, Delhi

13 Mar 2023: Conference on Future of Work, Skilling and Mobility, New Delhi, Delhi

16 Feb 2023: Conference on Digital Transformation – Securing Digital Infrastructure, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

22–24 Jan 2023: B20 India Inception Meeting, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

8–9 Dec 2022: Global Economic Policy Summit 2022, New Delhi, Delhi

13–14 Nov 2022 : B20 Indonesia Summit, Bali, Indonesia

2020 /21 update

With the advent of the Covid 19 Pandemic many events were forced into a virtual mode and although eNotus team members have continued their participation in G20 events including B20 and T20 task force meetings. These online events in fact became ever more frequent in 2020 and 2021 and among other related global meetings and educational programs have included but were not restricted to those that follo

April 2022

6-7 OECD Global Deal Conference A Better Future for Essential Workers

March 2022

28-29 Global Solutions Summit 

February 2022 

21-25 OECD International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills

15-17 OECD Local Skills Week Future-Proofing Local Skills Systems

January 2019

22-25 Davos, Switzerland / World Economic Forum. 

22-24 Chicago, USA / Smart Cities International Symposium & Exhibition.

March 2019

8-11 Austin, USA / SXSW Cities, Government & Politics Track. 

14-15 Tokyo, Japan / B20 G20 Tokyo Summit.

April 2019

2 Vienna, Austria / GOVTECH PIONEERS. The Next Era: Future Governments.

8-12 Geneva, Switzerland / World Summit on the Information Society WSIS. 

15-17 San Diego, USA / Smart Cities Week San Diego. 

24-26 Málaga, Spain / New Economy & Social Innovation (NESI) Global Forum.

May 2019

20-21 Paris, France / OECD FORUM 2019 World in E-Motion.

20-22 Tokyo, Japan / URBAN 20 G20 Tokyo Summit.

24 Paris, France / International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean.

26-27 Tokyo, Japan / T20 G20 Summit.

28-31 Geneva, Switzerland / AI for Good Global Summit.

June 2019

3-5 The Hague, Netherlands / The Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). 

5-7 Chicago, USA / Pritzker Forum on Global Cities. 

10-12 Washington DC, USA / AWS Public Sector Summit. 

10-14 London, England / London Tech Week.

12-13 Bangkok / Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum.

17-23 Amsterdam / WeMakeThe.City 

19-29 Amsterdam / Blockchain EXPO EUROPE.

20-21 The Hague / SMART>CITY Global event. 

28-29 Osaka, Japan / G20 Summit

28-1 Honolulu, USA / The United States Conference of Mayors, 87th Annual Meeting. 

July 2019

2-4 Puebla, Mexico / SmartCITY Expo Latam Congress. 

8-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands / The Urban Resilience Summit. 100 Resilience Cities. 

17-19 Houston, USA / Sister Cities International: Cities Mean Business. Annual Conference.

August

25-27 Biarritz, France / 45th G7 Summit. 

September 2019

12-13 Paris, France / OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum.

17-20 Córdoba, Argentina / 5th World Forum of Local Economic Development. 

17-30 New York, USA / 74th session of the UN General Assembly.

24-25 New York, USA / SDG Summit. 

30-2 Washington DC, USA / Smart Cities Week Washington DC. 

October 2019

1-2 Paris, France / OECD Trust in Business Forum

7-10 Brussels, Belgium / European Week of Regions and Cities. 

9-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands / World Summit AI. 

7-11 Vancouver, Canada / EcoCity World Summit. 

9-12 Copenhagen, Denmark / C40 Mayors Summit.

30-1 Sydney, Australia / Smart Cities Week Australia.

November 2019

4-8 Malta / Malta A.I. & Blockchain Summit. 

9-11 Durban, South Africa / Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit. 

11-15 Durban, South Africa / UCLG World Congress and World Council.

20-22 Beijing, China / Bloomberg New Economy Forum. 

19-21 Barcelona, Spain / SmartCity Expo World Congress.

20-23 San Antonio, USA / NLC CITY Summit. 

January 2020

7-10 Las Vegas, USA / Consumer Technology Association (CES) Conference.

April 2020

7-8 Dubai, UAE / Future Blockchain Summit.