Dereje Alemayehu, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ), speaking at the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) conference.
From January 28-29th, members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) attended the Eurodad Conference 2025: A once in a decade opportunity to achieve economic justice. At the two-day conference, experts working on economic justice convened in the lead-up to the fourth UN Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) and ahead of the organisational session for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention).
GATJ Secretariat and regional members in Barcelona. From left to right, Henry Morales (Latindadd), Adrián Falco (RJFALC), Dereje Alemayehu (GATJ), Lison Rehbinder (GATJ), and Nathalie Beghin (Latindadd).
As the co-coordinators of the Tax Justice Workstream of the Civil Society Finance for Development Mechanism, GATJ and Eurodad work closely on creating a fair international tax system. Eurodad co-coordinates Tax Justice Europe, the regional tax justice network of GATJ.
From left to right, Adrián Falco (RJFALC), Tove Maria Ryding (Eurodad), and Dereje Alemayehu (GATJ) speaking on the upcoming UN Tax Convention negotiations.
In a breakout session on international tax cooperation, Tove Maria Ryding, Tax Coordinator at Eurodad and Member of the Coordinating Committee of GATJ, discussed the need for a strong Framework Convention on Tax. Expanding on this, Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, Executive Coordinator of GATJ, added, “We are calling for a robust UN Tax Convention where governments and all involved respect the integrity of the negotiations process.”
He went on to highlight the importance of building a united movement, “We must continue connecting the UN Tax Convention to all of our movements from development to gender to climate.” Adrián Falco, Coordinator of Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe and Member of GATJ, built on this by saying, “Hemos construido, y debemos fortalecer, la alianza de la sociedad civil, de los movimientos sociales y de los sindicatos que juegan un rol clave en la lucha por lograr la creación de la Convencion Tributaria en ONU [We have built and are obliged to continue strengthening our strong alliance of civil society, social movements, and trade unions that play a key role in this fight for a UN Tax Convention].”
Check out Eurodad’s website to learn more about the conference.