1st G-20 Infrastructure Working Group meeting under India's G20 Presidency to begin today

Pune: The first G-20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) meeting is starting in Pune today. The flagship priority to be discussed in this two day meeting is 'Financing Cities of Tomorrow: Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable'. The forum will bring together the IWG member countries, guest countries and international organisations invited by India to discuss the 2023 Infrastructure Agenda under the Indian G20 Presidency. 66 delegates from more than 30 countries will be participating in this event.

The meeting will be hosted by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India along with Australia and Brazil as the co- chairs. The G20 Infrastructure Working Group will deliberate on various aspects of infrastructure investments, including developing infrastructure as an asset class;



promoting quality infrastructure investment; and identifying innovative instruments for mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure investment. The flagship priority to be discussed in this meeting is 'Financing Cities of Tomorrow: Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable'.

The G20 meeting was preceded by a number of Jan-Bhagidari initiatives by the Pune Municipal Corporation and other Pune city stakeholders, including lectures on G-20, seminar on ‘Making Cities Future Ready and Importance of Urban Development’, a G-20 cyclothon, a motorbike rally on National Youth Day, swachhata drive and model G-20 discussions in the educational institutions. The initiative aims to involve people from all walks of life in the discussions happening around the G20 meeting.