The T20, an outreach group TEPAV coordinated, advanced three important topics which were included in the G20 Leaders Communique.

ANTALYA-  The T20, an outreach group TEPAV coordinated, advanced three important topics which were included in the G20 Leaders Communique, which was announced on Monday, November 16, 2015.

The word "Internet" was for the first time adopted in a Leaders Communiqué. Paragraph 26 included two important statements on internet technologies. First, it called for cooperation on cyber security, especially against attacks on businesses. Second, it called for broader access to the Internet, which is an important driver of economic development.

The T20's studies had emphasized the effect of the Internet on economic development, cyber security and data protection. It argued that achieving the G20's developmental goals required overcoming the digital divide.

As a second point, the G20 Leaders Communiqué included a new emphasis on the development of clean energy technologies. It stated that there would be investments and related research and development activities would be supported to this end

Technology and innovation was one of the main priorities of the T20 that emphasized the contribution of new technologies to growth and sustainable development. In this context, the T20 organized a technology and innovation workshop in Berlin and the Innovation20 (I20) Summit alongside the G20 leaders' summit in Antalya.

As a third point, the Leaders Communiqué included a call for a renewed effort for restructuring government debts. That there is a need for a new global architecture for resolving and restructuring sovereign debt issues came to the forefront of the global economic agenda with Argentina's debt situation. The T20, in cooperation with Argentinian think tanks, recommended that international rules and standards be developed for the restructuring of government debts. This was one of the main topics discussed during the T20 meeting in Ottawa.

The T20 Chair's Statement is available at http://www.t20turkey.org/eng/pages/blog/b43.html

and the policy documents that summarize T20 Turkey discussions is available at http://www.t20turkey.org/eng/pages/research/r36.html