"Norway almost proved a block to progress..."
Norway, which held such promise as a country that might be the first to
pilot a currency transaction tax (CTT) when it hosted the latest conference
on innovative financing on February 6th and 7th in Oslo, almost proved a
block to progress. Sustained pressure however, from campaigns both in
Norway and outside - notably from Stamp Out Poverty supporters - secured
the announcement of an international taskforce to investigate the actual
steps that countries would need to take to implement a CTT.
- read more
Stamp Out Poverty co-hosted an excellent forum with the International
HIV/AIDS Alliance at the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund in November last
year. The event was an opportunity to bring the NGO world up to speed with
UNITAID - the international drugs purchase facility to deliver HIV/AIDS, TB
and malaria treatments, funded principally by the first ever development
tax, a small duty on airline tickets. - read more
Stamp Out Poverty has stepped up its domestic campaign to lobby the UK
government to implement the sterling stamp duty on currency transactions.
This includes continuing to work closely with the student organisation,
People & Planet, to lobby MPs to support a sterling stamp duty to help meet
the funding gap required to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Martin Salter MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM), which is a type of
petition that Parliamentarians sign in order to show their support for a
particular policy proposal. So far EDM 376 has been signed by over 50 MPs,
but our target is to get over 100 signatures by Easter. This is where you
can help! To read more, please click <http://www.stampoutpoverty.org/?lid=10537>
