6 September 2005, Helsinki, Finland

Chair: Katarina Sehm Patomäki, NIGD (Network Institute for Global Democratisation)

Antonio Martins, WSF, Brazil, speaks about the overall picture of world financial issues, the debt problem and lack of regulation on the financial markets

Jacques Cossart Attac France suggests a package of taxes and the need for overall solutions

Matti Kohonen, NIGD & Tax Justice Network introduces specific needs for global taxation and deliberates on the bases for taxation

Heikki Patomäki NIGD, presents the Draft Treaty for a Currency Transactions Tax as a first step in introducing global taxation and in introducing democratic control over financial markets