{"id":258741,"date":"2023-09-05T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=258741"},"modified":"2023-10-08T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T08:40:56","slug":"sherpa-track-finance-track-and-engagement-groups-what-are-the-g20-workstreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sherpa-track-finance-track-and-engagement-groups-what-are-the-g20-workstreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherpa Track, Finance Track, and Engagement Groups: What are the G20 \u2018workstreams\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cSherpa Track, Finance Track, and Engagement Groups: What are the G20 \u2018workstreams\u2019?\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0published in <\/span><b>Indian Express on 5th September 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 18th annual G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will take place at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is G20?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/g20-and-its-significance\/#Historical_Background\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the different tracks under G20?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The G20 works in three major tracks \u2014 two of them are official and one is unofficial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official tracks are the Finance Track and the Sherpa Track.The unofficial track includes engagement groups or civil society groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Finance Track:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Finance Track is headed by the finance ministers and central bank governors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It usually meets four times a year, with two meetings being held on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly focuses on fiscal and monetary policy issues such as the global economy, infrastructure, financial regulation, financial inclusion, international financial architecture, and international taxation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sherpa Track:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sherpa Track was established after the forum became a leaders\u2019 summit in 2008. It consists of representatives of heads of state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly focuses on socio-economic issues such as agriculture, anti-corruption, climate, digital economy, education, employment, energy, environment, health, tourism, trade and investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each representative is known as a Sherpa \u2014 it is the metaphor from the mountaineering domain, where the Sherpa is supposed to do the heavy lifting or assist the mountaineer.There are 13 working groups within the Sherpa Track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Engagement Groups:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unofficial track comprises engagement or civil groups.These groups often draft recommendations to the G20 Leaders that contribute to the policy-making process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The engagement groups are as follows: Business20, Civil20, Labour20, Parliament20, Science20, SAI20, Startup20, Think20, Urban20, Women20 and Youth20.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cSherpa Track, Finance Track, and Engagement Groups: What are the G20 \u2018workstreams\u2019?\u201d \u00a0published in Indian Express on 5th September 2023 What is the News? The 18th annual G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will take place at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. 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