“Stop the Bleedingâ Africa IFF Campaign
| Type | Voluntary commitment by other stakeholders |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Tax Justice Network - Africa on behalf of the CSO Interim Working Group |
| Scope | Regional |
| Location(s) | Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, CĂ´te dâIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Themes | Addressing systemic issues; Cross-cutting areas; Domestic public resources |
Description
TJN-A and partners noted with grave concern the substantive issues raised recently in the Progress Report of the High-Level Panel on IFF at the on-going 7th AU-ECA Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance presented by former South African President, Mr. Thabo Mbeki. The report estimates that African countries lose between US$50 billion and US$60 billion annually through IFFs. This is a missed opportunity for development on the continent. Until now, African civil society organizations have not strategically coordinated themselves to give IFFs the attention it deserves. This is the rationale behind the âStop the Bleedingâ Campaign.
Partners
AFRODAD, FEMNET, Third World Network – Africa, African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), Global Alliance for Tax Justice and Trust Africa
Targets
The overall goal is to launch and implement one Africa led Campaign on IFFs that is led and spearheaded by African civil society organizations. As such the Campaign will involve the major Pan African groups and will be led by TJN-A and TWN-A.
Campaign targeted stakeholders include: African policy makers, civil society, donors and international organizations and media
Indicators
At least two regional and national launches of the campaign
Collected 1 million signatures by January 2016
Monitored/tracked governments that have begun implementing the HLP Mbeki report
Resources
Financies and Time
Timeframe
June 2015 – 2018