Under the sponsorship of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, the Spanish Ministry for the Cooperation and Foreign Affairs and the European Commission, the Third Governmental Workshop and a dialogue session with representatives of the Civil Society was held in Bonn last September 12 – 14 in the scope of ITC.

Both events were attended by government tax experts from American, African, Asian and European countries; international organizations representatives, business tax experts and also non-governmental organizations. The CIAT Executive Secretariat was represented by Mr. Socorro Velazquez, International Assistance and Cooperation Director and Mr. Gonzalo Arias, International Cooperation Manager.

Both meetings were highly successful for CIAT due to the diversity and relevance of the participants, who have made possible to carry out coordination tasks, discuss the needs of tax administrations in developing countries and, consequently, aspects relative to future joint activities.

As a result of the “governmental workshop,” a statement was approved by the 120 representatives from 33 partner countries and 8 international organizations participating, that basically points out the ITC importance as an informal forum for dialogue and action, and aspects related to mapping works and appropriate ways of assistance in different areas related to taxation. The statement also recommends to promote the design of redistributive and equitable tax systems, strengthen coordination among cooperation partners, optimize the national resources mobilization and aim more efforts to fight tax evasion, among others.

All documents presented in both activities, as well as information on other activities coordinated by the ITC can be found in the following link:

http://taxcompact.net/activities-events.html

Official Event Photos