The presidency of the Leading Group is held on rotating basis by a member country for six months, currently held by Nigeria. Since its creation, the presidency has been held by Brazil, Norway, South Korea, Guinea (2nd half of 2008), France (1st half of 2009), Chile (2nd half 2009 - 1st half 2010), Japan (2nd half 2010), Mali (2011), Spain (2011-2012) and Finland (september 2012 - february 2013).
The Presidencies
Georgia is the new Presidency country of the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development for 2017-2018.
UN high level meeting on financial solutions for the SDGs
The UN Secretary General will host a high level meeting on financial solutions for the SDGs on October 10th in New-York to fol
France chaired the Leading Group during the first half of 2009.
At the fifth plenary meeting in Conakry in Guinea, on 6 and 7 November 2008, the Leading Group called for a change in scale in the implementation of innovative financing mechanisms and unanimously
Senegal held the presidency of the Leading Group from September 2007 to April 2008, and organised the fourth plenary meeting on 22-23 April 2008.
On 3 and 4 September 2007, Korea was host to the third meeting of the Leading Group, whose six-month rotating presidency it held from March until the end of September, following on from Brazil and
On 6 and 7 February 2007, Norway hosted the second plenary meeting of the Leading Group, whose rotating presidency it held from 1 September to 1 March 2007.
The first plenary meeting of the Leading Group was held in Brasilia on 6 and 7 July 2006.
Held in Paris in 2006, the Paris Conference marked the beginnings of the Leading Group and was a milestone in innovative financing mechanisms for development.