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Smart Finance & Digital Currencies for Peace and Sustainable Development - Annual International Conference 12th December, 2023, Geneva

8th International Annual Conference - High Level Workshop at Geneva See detailled presentation

Smart Finance & Digital Currencies for Peace and Sustainable Development - Annual International Conference 12th December, 2023, Geneva

8th International Annual Conference - High Level Workshop at Geneva See detailled presentation

8th Annual International Conference on Smart Finance & Cryptocurrencies for Peace and Development - 12th December, 2023, United Nations
One week of High Level Meetings, Crossing the Spheres of the Stakeholders
The halfway point between the PORTO-ALLEGRE FORUM and the DAVOS FORUM ; the platform for the creation and development of projects for peace and SDGs.

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8th International Annual Conference on Smart Finance & Cryptocurrencies for Peace and Sustainable Development - 12 December, 2023, Geneva
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International Annual Conference on Smart Finance & Cryptocurrencies for Peace and Sustainable Development
In the frame of the 15th GENEVA FORUM, December 11-15, 2023
Geneva, Switzerland

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REGISTRATION FORM
LIST OF PRESENTATIONS

Cryptocurencies and Main Financial Regulations

What is Truly the Best for Development ?

Tuesday December 12, 2023

from 09:00 to 13:00

Wednesday evening, from 19:00 to 23:00 : Networking Dinner of Finance for Peace and Development Networks

FREE ENTRANCE UNDER SUBSCRIPTION (United Nations Access Pass)
Presentations will be held in english and french. Debates and questions will be organized in english and french.
Crypto-Currencies: A Plethora of Possibilities

Since their creation, the evolution as well as the use of crypto-currencies has quickly begun to mirror the behaviours and characteristics of those of a traditional financial and economic system (stocks, bonds, centralized Euro/Dollar currencies, etc.) in such ways as the concentration of wealth, economic inequality and a lack of clear oversight.
In response to these changes, numerous studies and trials have been carried out on a range of crypto-currencies, aiming to create, develop and promote best practices and encourage a positive impact on both social and societal levels. Some solutions could be, for example, the establishment of regulations, the implementation of certain configurations within Blockchain technologies and even the definition of roles specific individuals should play.

The real challenge lies in the large-scale implementation of solutions tested in the ecosystems of crypto-currencies and Blockchain technologies. Indeed, integrated and embedded into the conventional economy and applied to the currency and other economic valuations, these solutions, or their equivalents could offer a return on “real” society’s investment, and could give a major impetus towards toward behaviour which would result in positive social actions benefiting the entire population.

This workshop consists of :

  • Establishing the goals and purpose of this projects,
  • Analysing the solutions that have been tested and/or developed by reviewing their success rates in terms of crypto-currencies,
  • Establish working groups or exchanges to study the possible routes to replicate the solutions tested on crypto-currencies within conventional economics and wider society.



This workshop will provide useful and prospective insights that will assist in the creation of system that inspires principled undertakings and positive social actions. As a new bubble or a collapse of economies is neither desirable nor sustainable for any society, every stakeholder has a major interest in contributing to and participating in this work, the benefits of which ultimately be shared by all.

Leading Projects of Scientifical Projects Development and Crowd Sources Sustainable Solutions since 1992, and creating 1st Participatory Scientific Researches Camps in 2004, the NGO Objectif Sciences International have the Special Consultative Status to United Nations. Active in all continents, the NGO organize every year, since 2012, the International Annual Conference on Rights of Nature in United Nations, at which one participate all Governments actives in this domain or interested by these works. From 2016, and every year, OSI organize into the heart of the United Nations hemicycle the International Annual Conference on the CrowdFunding, Smart Finance and Appropriate Technologies, in order to allow all the actors and operators in these domains to exchange, meet and share directly and at the largest international level.
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Financial Regulations, Market Behaviours, Wealth Concentration/Distribution

Several public or associative organizations that are active in the domain of Smart Finance and Appropriate Technologies, federated or organized, at the national level. The main national actors, the federations, and the specific operators, organized presently at the international level, and are called to meet annually at the end of the civil year, at the International Annual Conference on the CrowdFunding, Smart Finance and Appropriate Technologies, at United Nations, in Geneva.

This annual space of sharing results and pooling of skills, allow to the actors of the domain to exchange practices, solutions, ideas, needs.

Your Annual Exchanges Resource

In the following of the national and continental meetings that are organized in each country and continent by the local federation, this International Annual Conference at United Nations allow the actors to implement in consultation, or to inform mutually, of progress and actions they lead during the year, or that they have in project.

The participants at this Conference are:

  • Local and regional actors of different countries
  • Economists
  • Researchers in cryptcurrencies, artificial intelligence, science, computer science, finance and sociology
  • Cryptographers, cryptologists, cryptanalysts...
  • Regional or national federations
  • Thematic Federations, by disciplines of finance and of crowdfunding
  • Large Institutions of Finance, Sustainable Development and Economy
  • Government departments (Economy, Industry, Finance ...) and international associations of Ministries
  • Specialized Journalists (finance, economy, science, environment, education, sustainable development ...)
  • UN agencies (UNDP, UNEP ...)

Subjects that are in the agenda of this year are:

  • Standards and references of exchange on crypto-currencies practices between national and international organizations
  • National and international Charts of crypto-currencies, examples, projects, ongoing discussions of shares
  • Financing Solutions of the actions of Development and New Appropriate Technologies (lowtech, tech for good...)
  • Access of citizen actors to the Development of Projects beyond their simple financial contributions
  • Administrative Status / legislative / recognition / etc of actors of Smart Finance projects
  • The Citizen Participatory Finance, beyond the digital interface
  • Expected Features of web portals of Participatory Finance
  • Services for Participatory Finance provided by FabLabs
  • Dissemination and Exploitation of the results to the uninvolved Big Public
  • Road map for the mutual opening of the data collected
REGISTRATION FORM
LIST OF PRESENTATIONS

Detailed Program

Exchanges between stakeholders of the meeting will happen in a round table between speakers and debates with the audience of the Assembly.

Organiser : Geneva Forum, NGO Objectif Sciences International, Geneva

Chairman :

Mr Thomas EGLI
CEO
GENEVA FORUM : www.osi-genevaforum.org
Know more about Thomas EGLI, Founder of Objectif Sciences International, CEO of the GENEVA FORUM

Co-Chairpersons :

Mrs Trang FERNANDEZ-LEENKNECHT
Founding Partner
Holistik - wealth planning : www.holistik-wp.ch

Content 2023


Here the Programme of the 5 days of GENEVA FORUM of December 2023, where are described the sessions dedicated to the Conference on Finance and Science for Peace and Sustainable Development Goals.

Programme of GENEVA FORUM 2023 (Public side)

Official Opening Session - Tuesday 12 December 10:00, 2023

Session organised by the Geneva Forum

  • Keynotes
  • Remarks on current situation
  • Remarks about concepts of the International Annual Conference

Presentations currently proposed for 2023


Presentations done in 2022

Validated Presentations

Influence of cryptocurrency on trade facilitation in sanctioned countries and persistence of international and local peace ORAL PRESENTATION



Nowadays technology which changes rapidly has the most influence up on the countries relationship and even the people of most parts of the universe. Whatever relations would be facilitated in an international level, meeting the needs of countries by other countries and international companies as a result would be faster and have a considerable mutation. The most important mode of relationship in an international level is the commercial relationship which used as an instrument for help or enmity of countries with each other and its enmity face is revealed in sanctions.


In this article try to explain the role of block chain technology in financial transactions and its usage in cryptocurrency mining, then the abilities and advantages of using cryptocurrency and their daily role in an international business would be discussed and at the end their usage way in preventing the sanctions influence and facilitation in an international business would be shown. Whatever the influences of economical enemies would be decreased, it would prevent the clashes radicalization between the countries and the enemies would not enter to the severe clash phases and military conflict.

Mr SABOURI Ghasemali, Islamic Azad University - Dubai Branch, Iran, www.iau.ae











DIGIKEO - The social networking platform ORAL PRESENTATION

This platform brings together different civil society actors (project leaders, experts, academics, researchers, associative partners, economic partners and investors), who contribute to the setting up of CSR (corporate social responsibility) projects or sustainable projects targeting the 17 UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

It is a Blockchain architecture platform to allow everything to be secured while clearing itself of any illegitimacy because all data, analyses, transactions, reports and projects will be set in stone and unforgeable and verifiable at any time.

It is a platform that creates a solidarity and sustainable economy that allows everyone to remain useful and to use their skills for benevolent and constructive actions.

Every expert in sustainable development, whether they are academics, scientist-researchers, former civil servants of national or international institutions, can contribute to train (Academy) or accompany (Mentoring) project leaders.

DIGIKEO can serve all the States of the world and strongly contributes to reach the UN Agenda2030!

Mr. Stanislas CREZE, Secrétaire Général et Gérant Compagnie Financière Fondary, KOKEO, CFF et TwOcto.10, France, www.kokeo.org


The responsibility of Structural Adjustments plans on Poverty in Central Africa, the case of CAMEROON ORAL PRESENTATION

By dismantling and deconstructing the industrial base, inherited from the 6 five-year plans that took place in CAMEROON from 1960 to 1980, the Structural Adjustment Plans have been the machiavellian instruments of the impoverishment of the middle and poor classes in CAMEROON and a formidable tool of institutionalisation of unemployment and creation of the misery and destitution of populations.

The economic sectors which used to provide work for the middle classes, and therefore productivity with added value, vanished into thin air, unemployment settled permanently and immigration has exploded.

Mrs. Nathalie NKUM, Switzerland


Accessing the Carbon Markets to achieve Sustainable Development Goals ORAL PRESENTATION


An estimated one billion people currently do not have access to electricity, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. As part of the United Nations agenda 2030, World Bank estimates that half of them can gain access by 2030, through the development of renewable energy minigrids. Underfunding has been identified as one of the most pressing barriers for achieving (Sustainable Development Goal 7) SDG 7 progress. At the current pace, only $9 billion had been driven to the regions to deploy between 10-50 minigrids annually per country, while about 2,000 minigrids must be deployed annually per country if the 2030 target must be achieved. It is estimated that another $127 billion are required to achieve electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, connecting 490 million people to 217,000 mini-grids by 2030.








This finance gap can’t and won’t be served by public investments only, therefore there is a crucial need to bring private investors on board and other alternative means of financing these projects. One of such is carbon finance. At CnergyFund, we are providing renewable energy minigrid project owners a blend of debt financing and the carbon market. We facilitate the end-to-end management of carbon markets access to help eligible project earn revenue from the carbon market, hence making the projects more investible.

Mr AMUSA Akeem, CnergyFund, United Kingdom, https://cnergyfund.com/




Ethical and sustainable finance and new technology: The Kokeo Life Centre: Sustainable Farm in Cambodia ORAL PRESENTATION

UNIQUE project concerning the export of 3 LABELLED "luxury" fruits (papaya, jackfruit and duriant), chosen for their need in Asia in quality and quantity.

This exploitation is done by innovative and sustainable production techniques which can generate a real progressive profitability on about 80ha because of the staggered mutation of the selected fruits.

After 6 years, including the fallow year, it is possible to offer a 40% net profit, of which 10% of the profit will be used to finance a dispensary and a training centre, the beneficiaries of which are our own farmers as well as the farmers of the region.

In this farm we find the 3 activities that can bring the survival of the human being which are complementary and necessary:

- farm operation and training in the use and assembly of new agricultural technology tools (work and training axis)

- primary and preventive care with an important psychological cell for all the staff and people in need in the region (health axis)

- housing on the farm for the farmers’ families with an insurance contract covering minimum guarantees. (housing axis)

The local KOKEO coordination team will coordinate the social actions of the project.

This is the first model of KOKEO LIVING CENTER that can bring the survival of the human being, located at the border (Thailand and Cambodia, vector of peace and development!

Mrs Vaddana KEO, Fondatrice-Présidente, and Mr. Bruno de Monteynard Responsable de la Commission de plaidoyer en charge des relations avec ONU, KOKEO, Cambodge, www.kokeo.org


KOKEO LIVING CENTRE IN DRC: Food security "Chakula Kwa Wote ORAL PRESENTATION

It is a cooperation between farmers and agricultural workers that allows for the establishment of a series of integrated food security actions. The presence of a dispensary to provide care and prevention and possible night shelters are indispensable and complementary for the total survival of the people.

The project is based above all on an exchange activity between the use of tools and agricultural machinery, seeds and agricultural accessories before the harvest.
In this way, everything is made available to facilitate the operation of the farms and the work of the land without any financial constraints. They will repay after harvesting their fruits by depositing part of their harvest to cover the cost of using the things.

The rest of their harvest will be used in part to secure basic food for their families for the year and the rest can be sold to the cooperation so that it can make products processed for export by their machines or products for storage or preservation.

In order to guarantee the sustainability of the project over time, the tools and agricultural machinery will follow the latest sustainable development technologies and our farmers will be trained accordingly.

This project covers 9000 farming households, i.e. 54000 people, with 6 people per household.

It is the collective solidarity of this cooperation that can serve as an example to reduce hunger in the world!

Mrs Vaddana KEO, Fondatrice-Présidente, and Mr. Bruno de Monteynard Responsable de la Commission de plaidoyer en charge des relations avec ONU, KOKEO, RDC – Province Nord Kivu, www.kokeo.org

Presentations curently in Validation process

China’s Foreign Policies and Influences in Africa regarding the development of Women Entrepreneurship: The Case of Ghana. ORAL PRESENTATION

Introduction to the Research Problem: After the days of independence China’s Foreign Policies and Influences on Africa gradually intensified to the early 2000s. The Forum for China and Africa Cooperation was established in the year 2000 (Shelton,2005). Besides, China’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa grew up to $ 1 Billion in 2006 to increase infrastructure development in countries like Nigeria, Mozambique, and Angola (Ngomba,2007). China has also undertaken major Peace Missions’ operations in Liberia, and has also helped in providing Agricultural Expert, Medical Supports, Road and Railway construction in many African countries (Zafar,2007). Moreover, according to McKinsey & Co., as of 2015, Chinese loans represented about a third of new debt being taken on by African governments (McKinsey & Co. 2015).

Again, from 2001 to 2011, China provided $75 billion in aid to Africa, of which about 20 percent of the $404 billion total that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee calculated for the period (Pham, P. et al,2018). However, with regard to China’s Foreign Policies and Influences on African little or no attention is given towards Women Entrepreneurship. This sounds more worrying as women form the greater percentage of African and the world’s population (World Bank, 2017). In addition, there are some academic assertions that China is only interested in Africa’s resources and has no intentions to develop entrepreneurship in Africa (Sautman,2006:8). Also with reference to protecting local entrepreneurs in Africa, some Africans and other critiques pointed that anti-Chinese sentiments have grown in Ghana, Zambia, and South Africa because of undercutting Textile Industries, Human Right Violation, and Circulating Labour abuses, (Wines 2007; French and Polgreen 2007a; Ngomba 2007).

These assertions do not show China’s commitment to Entrepreneurship and mostly nothing geared towards Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment. On the contrary, Women Entrepreneurships forms part of the Worlds’ Women Empowerment initiatives which is being preached by the Western Countries. For instance, “the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD,2014), reported that, in the last few decades, support for Women Entrepreneurship has been present on international political agenda”. The agenda has been on two ways; those who are concerned with the global political empowerment of women (Cliton,2011), and those who are concern with the Socio- economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurial activities (L Scott,2016; Kabeer,2009). Most importantly, China’s relationship with African has been an old friendship since the days of the struggling for independence. Around the 90s China’s Economic Cooperation with African countries intensified and took various forms towards African’s Development (Sautman,2006).

Moreover, in recent times, Africa have seen the influences of China’s involvement and Foreign Policies in its continent in various forms. The questions that therefore come to mind in the academia is “is the Smiling Dragon not interested in the well-being and development of Women Entrepreneurship in Africa? Or will China use its Foreign Policies and Influences in Africa to empower African women politically, and Economically? and is there a meeting point in the future where China’s Foreign Policies on African will be totally geared toward Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment? Research Objectives The main aim of the study is to examine China’s Foreign Policies and Influences in Africa with regards to the development of Women Entrepreneurship.

Specific Objectives
- (1) To ascertain whether Foreign Policies between China and Ghana are mutually beneficial to Women Entrepreneurship
- (2) To examine how Chinese Foreign Policies and Influences can energize and initiate entrepreneurial attitudes among Women in Ghana.
- (3) To find out whether the Chinese Import Businesses in Ghana improve or distract the Entrepreneurial attitudes of women in Ghana.
- (4). To examine the working conditions of Ghanaian women employed by Chinese employers in Ghana.
- (5). To examine the obstacles in China’s Foreign policies with regards to Women Entrepreneurship in Ghana

Mrs GYAMFUAH Abena, Department of urban roads, Ghana, https://mrh.gov.gh/agencies/department-of-urban-roads/


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The GENEVA FORUM is an annual meeting of the community concerned with cryptocurrencies and smart finances. The different national, regional and international actors from different countries and from the different disciplines associated with this theme will be here to share their practices, experiences and knowledges.
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