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3RD G20 FINANCE MINISTERS
AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS
MEETING AND SIDE EVENTS
8-11 July 2021
Venice - Italy
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CONTENTS
1 ABOUT THE G20
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2 ITALIAN G20 PRESIDENCY
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3 2021 G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETINGS
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4 3RD G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETING
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Agenda
Participants
5 MEDIA
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Accreditation
Media opportunities
Media centre
- Map
- Operating hours
- Facilities and services
- Media liaison officers
- Information technology
- Interview rooms
- Host broadcaster and photographer
- Venue access
Host city: Venice
Reach and move in Venice
- Airport
- Trains
- Public transports
- Taxi
Accomodation
Climate & time zone
Accessibility, special requirements and emergency phone numbers
6 COVID-19 PROCEDURE
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CONTACTS
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1 ABOUT THE G20
Population Economy Trade
60% of the world population 80 of global GDP 75% of global exports
The G20 is the international forum How the G20 works
that brings together the world’s major The G20 does not have a permanent
economies. Its members account for more secretariat: its agenda and activities are
than 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade established by the rotating Presidencies, in
and 60% of the population of the planet. cooperation with the membership.
The forum has met every year since 1999 A “Troika”, represented by the country that
and includes, since 2008, a yearly Summit, holds the Presidency, its predecessor and
with the participation of the respective its successor, works to ensure continuity
Heads of State and Government. within the G20. The Troika countries are
currently Saudi Arabia, Italy and Indonesia.
In addition to the Summit, ministerial and
finance track deputies meetings, working Origins of the G20
groups and special events are organized In 1999, in the wake of the 1997 economic
throughout the year. crisis, the “Group of 20” was established,
aimed at including other countries in their
Participants discussions related to global economics
The G20 members are: Argentina, Australia, and finance. The first official meeting of the
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, G20 was held in Berlin in December that
Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, same year.
Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Following the 2008 financial crisis, the level
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, of participation of the G20 was elevated to
the United States, and the European Union. Heads of State and Government.
Spain is also invited as a permanent guest.
At the 2009 Pittsburgh Summit, the
Each year, the Presidency invites guest Heads of State and Government decided
countries, which take full part in the G20 to institutionalize the G20 as the main
exercise. Several international and regional forum for global economic and financial
organizations also participate, granting the cooperation. The G20 Leaders have met
forum an even broader representation. every year since 2010.
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2 ITALIAN G20 PRESIDENCY
PEOPLE PLANET PROSPERITY
The world is facing many difficult This is why in 2021 the G20, under the
challenges today, which he G20 is intensely Italian Presidency, will focus on three broad,
working to address, by identifying – and interconnected pillars of action: People,
implementing – shared, coordinated and Planet, Prosperity.
equitable responses. This requires vision,
dialogue, mutual understanding, and a Within these pillars, we are taking the
profound awareness of our common global lead in ensuring a swift international
responsibilities. response to the pandemic - able to provide
equitable, worldwide access to diagnostics,
The pandemic has had profound impacts therapeutics and vaccines - while building
on the health of humans worldwide. up resilience to future health-related shocks.
It has affected peoples’ livelihoods, our
economies, international trade. It has added We are also looking beyond the crisis,
its burden onto other systemic problems, towards ensuring a rapid recovery that
from climate change to inequality, which addresses people’s needs. This implies a
are hampering our ability to fully prosper focus on reducing inequalities, on women’s
and express our potential. It has also made empowerment, on the younger generations
one thing clear: we live in an era in which and on protecting the most vulnerable. It
local problems swiftly become global means promoting the creation of new jobs,
challenges. social protection and food security.
This, however, also means that we can work The G20 is also intent on paving the way to
together to recover from this crisis and rebuilding differently in the aftermath of
seize the opportunity to shape the future, the crisis. More efficiently, through a better
learning from our shared experience and use of renewable energies and with a firm
ensuring that efficient, innovative tools and commitment to protecting our climate and
technologies become the basis for a more our common environment.
resilient, sustainable and greener growth. This is a prerequisite for our sustained
prosperity. A prosperous future, however,
In an increasingly interconnected world, also requires that we properly harness the
multilateralism is far more than an abstract main drivers of growth and innovation. We
concept. It is the key to responding to these are working to bridge the digital divide
challenges, and the G20, bringing together and make digitalization an opportunity for
much of the world’s population and of the all, improve productivity and – in short – to
global economy, must live up to its role. leave no one behind.
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3 2021 G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETINGS
The decisions to establish the G20 (1999) investigating the various aspects related
and raise the level of participation at Heads to economic, financial, monetary and tax
of State and Government (2009) were taken issues.
following two major crises that affected the
global economy. This framework is structured into six separate
workinggroups,dedicatedtomacroeconomic
Although the topics addressed by the G20 issues, international financial architecture,
have significantly expanded over the years, infrastructure, sustainable finance, financial
the economic themes have maintained a inclusion and Africa. The Finance Track also
particular importance in the process. covers issues such as on financial regulation
and taxation.
The term “Finance Track” refers to the
meetings coordinated by the Ministry of The dates and format of the events may be
Finance and the Central Bank, aimed at subject to change.
26 Feb 1st G20 Finance Ministers and Central VTC
Bank Governors Meeting - More info
7 Apr 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and VTC
Central Bank Governors Meeting -
Communiqué
9 – 10 July 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Venice
Bank Governors Meeting
15 – 16 October 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Washington DC
Bank Governors Meeting
29-30 October (TBC) Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Rome
Meeting
30th - 31st October G20 Leaders’ Summit Rome
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4 3RD G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETING
CONTEXT / INTRODUCTION
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank In this third meeting, the first in-person
Governors (FMCBG) have already met twice under the Italian G20 Presidency, G20
under the Italian G20 Presidency. members will progress their discussions
on issues related to international economy
The first official meeting was held on and global health and on the efforts to
26 February 2021, in which, Ministers and push forward the economic recovery and
Governors acknowledged that health promoting a more sustainable growth.
and economic conditions remained
difficult despite the launch of vaccination Ministers and Governors will also touch
campaigns and signs of strengthening upon the digital revolution-productivity
economic activity. nexus, the support to the most vulnerable
countries, international taxation matters,
In February, they also expressed a strong financial sector related issues and how to
committed to scale up international finance the green transition.
coordination to tackle global challenges by
adopting a stronger multilateral approach From Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 July, a number
and focusing on a set of core priorities. More of side events will be held within the
on the 1st G20 FMCBG meeting here. context of the G20 FMCBG Venice meeting.
These include the Annual Conference of
G20 FMCBGs met again on 7 April. the Global Forum on Productivity, the G20
In their second meeting, G20 Ministers High-Level Tax Symposium and the Venice
and Governors recognised that after the International Conference on Climate.
contraction registered in 2020, the global
outlook has improved, mainly due to the
roll out of vaccination campaigns and
continued policy support. Nonetheless, the
recovery appeared clouded by uncertainty
and uneven across and within countries.
G20 Members agreed on a series of
commitments, detailed in the official
Communiqué, issued at the end of the
meeting. More on the 2nd G20 FMCBG
meeting here.
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AGENDA 8-11 JULY 2021
Thursday 8 July 2021
Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity co-
organised by the Italian G20 Presidency
Event open to accredited journalists only.
11.15am – 4pm Accredited journalists can follow the event remotely. Credentials
to access the event virtually will be sent one hour before the
event starts to the same email address used for accreditation.
Please be aware that the media centre at the Arsenal will be
closed on Thursday 8 July.
Friday 9 July 2021
G20 High-Level Tax Symposium
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the Media Centre
09.00am – 11.00am or remotely.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation.
Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity co-
organised by the Italian G20 Presidency
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the Media Centre
11.30am – 5.30pm
or remotely.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation.
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Banks Governors Meeting
1.15pm – 5.30pm
Closed-door meeting
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AGENDA 8-11 JULY 2021
Friday 9 July 2021
Press Conference by the G20 High Level Independent Panel
(HLIP)
Presentation of the report on financing the global commons for
pandemic preparedness and response. Introductory remarks from:
6.00pm Giudecca • Daniele Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
Room - Tesa 100
With the presence of the Co-chairs of the G20 HLIP:
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade
Organization and former Foreign and Finance Minister, Nigeria;
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Former Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for Finance, Singapore;
• Lawrence Summers, Former United States Treasury Secretary.
Saturday 10 July 2021
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
9.45am – 5.15pm
Closed-door meeting
G20 Presidency Press Conference
5.30pm Giudecca With:
Room – Tesa 100 • Daniele Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy;
• Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Venice International Conference on Climate
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the Media Centre
09.15am - 5.30pm
or remotely.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour before
the event starts to the same email address used for accreditation.
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PARTICIPANTS
G20 FINANCE MINISTERS
Daniele Franco Minister of Economy and Finance Italy
Martin Guzman Minister of Economy Argentina
Simon Birmingham Finance Minister Australia
Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes Finance Minister Brazil
Minister of Finance and Deputy
Chrystia Freeland Canada
Prime Minister
Kun Liu Minister of Finance China
Bruno Le Maire Minister for the Economy and Finance France
Olaf Scholz Federal Minister of Finance Germany
Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister India
Sri Mulyani Indrawati Finance Minister Indonesia
Tarō Asō Finance Minister Japan
Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez Finance Minister Mexico
Anton Siluanov Finance Minister Russia
Mohammed Al-Jadaan Finance Minister Saudi Arabia
Tito Mboweni Finance Minister South Africa
Nam-Ki Hong Minister of Economy and Finance Republic of Korea
Lütfi Elvan Minister of Treasury and Finance Turkey
Rishi Sunak Chancellor of the Exchequer UK
Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury United States
Paolo Gentiloni Commissioner for Economy European Union
Council of the EU
Andrej Šircelj Finance Minister (Slovenia’s
Presidency)
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PARTICIPANTS
G20 CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS
Ignazio Visco Governor Italy
Miguel A. Pesce Governor Argentina
Philip Lowe Governor Australia
Roberto de Oliveira
Governor Brazil
Campos Neto
Tiff Macklem Governor Canada
Gang YI Governor China
Francois Villeroy De Galhau Governor France
Jens Weidmann Governor Germany
Shaktikanta Das Governor India
Perry Warjiyo Governor Indonesia
Haruhiko Kuroda Governor Japan
Alejandro Diaz De Leon Governor Mexico
Elvira Nabiullina Governor Russia
Fahad Almubarak Governor Saudi Arabia
Lesetja Kganyago Governor South Africa
Juyeol Lee Governor Republic of Korea
Sahap Kavcioglu Governor Turkey
Andrew Bailey Governor United Kingdom
Jerome H. Powell Chair United States
European Central
Christine Lagarde President
Bank
10PARTICIPANTS
G20 INVITED COUNTRIES - Ministries of Finance
José Sele Yalaghuli AU Chair and Finance Minister African Union (AU)
Association
ASEAN Chair and Minister of Finance and
Amin Liew Abdullah of Southeast Asian
Economy
Nations (ASEAN)
Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Treasury
Ukur Yatani Kenia
and Planning
President’s Representative in the Ministry of
Charles Adu Boahen Ghana
Finance
New Partnership
NEPAD Chair and Minister of Finance and for Africa's
Uzziel Ndagijimana
Economic Planning Development
(NEPAD)
Wopke Hoekstra Finance Minister Netherlands
Lawrence Wong Finance Minister Singapore
Third Vice President and Minister for
Nadia Calviño Spain
Economy and Digitalization
Ueli Maurer Finance Minister Switzerland
G20 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
President and Chair
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun of the Board
of Directors
Agustin
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) General Manager
Carstens
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Odile Renaud-
President
(EBRD) Basso
President
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Marcus Pleyer of Financial Action
Task Force
Randal K.
Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair
Quarles
Marie Chief Executive
Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH)
Lam-Frendo Officer
The Group of 24 Marilou Uy Director
11PARTICIPANTS
G20 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing
Tharman
the global commons for pandemic preparedness and Co-Chair
Shanmugaratnam
response
High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing
Ngozi Okonjo-
the global commons for pandemic preparedness and Co-Chair
Iweala
response
High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing
Lawrence
the global commons for pandemic preparedness and Co-Chair
Summers
response
Kristalina Managing
International Monetary Fund IMF
Georgieva Director
International Monetary and Financial Committee Magdalena
Finance Minister
(IMFC) (Chair - Sweden) Andersson
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Secretary
Mathias Cormann
Development (OECD) General
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner Administrator
World Bank Group WBG David Malpass President
*) Please be aware that the list of participants He/She will participate in virtual mode.
may be subject to change.
125 MEDIA
This section provides you with all relevant Accreditation centre timing:
information on media opportunities, • Wednesday 7 July, from 9.00am to 6.00pm
logistics and media related issues. Should • Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun 8-11 July, from 8.30am to
you have any further question, please 6.00pm
contact g20italyfinance.media@dt.tesoro.it Passes must be worn at all times when
accessing a G20 venue or using G20 media
Badge retrival transport vehicles. Accreditation will be
Accreditation on site will not allowed. checked either visually or electronically.
Accredited journalists can retrieve their It is strictly forbidden to swap passes.
badges at the Hotel Monaco & Gran Canal In the case of loss of the personal media pass,
- P.za San Marco, 1332, 30124 Venezia VE. please contact the Media Liaison Officer.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Thursday 8 July
Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity, co-
organised by the Italian G20 Presidency
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the media centre
11.15am - 4pm
or connected remotely.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation. Please be aware that the media centre at the
Arsenal will be closed on Thursday 8 July.
Friday 9 July
Head of Delegations arrival at the Arsenal
• LIVE from Host Broadcaster
08.00am
• Photo opportunity - photographers can request access at the
Media info point.
13MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Friday 9 July
G20 High-Level Tax Symposium
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the media centre
09.00am - 11.00am or connected remotely.
Tour de table from Host Broadcaster.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation.
Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity,
co-organised by the Italian G20 Presidency
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the media centre
11.30am - 5.30pm or connected remotely.
Tour de table from Host Broadcaster.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation.
PRESS CONFERENCE by the G20 High Level Independent
Panel (HLIP)
Presentation of the report on financing the global commons for
pandemic preparedness and response.
Introductory remarks from:
• Daniele Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
6.00pm
With the presence of the Co-chairs of the G20 The High Level
Giudecca Room,
Independent Panel’s (HLIP) on financing the global commons
Tesa 100
for pandemic preparedness and response:
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Directo r general of the World Trade
Organization and former Foreign and Finance Minister, Nigeria
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Former Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for Finance, Singapore
• Lawrence Summers, Former United States Treasury Secretary
LIVE from Host Broadcaster
14MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Saturday 10 July
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors PRESS
CONFERENCE
5.30 pm With the presence of:
• Daniele Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
• Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy
LIVE from Host Broadcaster
Sunday 11 July
Photo opportunity
From 8.00 am
Photographers can request access at the Media info point.
Venice International Conference on Climate
Event open to accredited journalists only.
Accredited journalists can follow the event in the media centre
09.15am - 5.30pm
or connected remotely.
Credentials to access the event virtually will be sent one hour
before the event starts to the same email address used for
accreditation.
Virtual press conferences virtual mode. Connection details will be
Accredited journalist will also have the provided individually (to the same email
possibility to join the press conferences in address used for accreditation).
15MEDIA CENTRE
The Finance Ministers and Central Bank be located inside the Venue of the G20
Governors Meeting Media Centre will Ministerial Meeting, the Arsenal.
Operating Hours • Common workspaces with printing
The Media Centre will be open: facilities.
• from 7am to 10pm on Friday 9 and • Media TV Booth (3 square meters,
Saturday 10 July. located in the tower in front of the
• from 7am to 9pm on Sunday 11 July media center) with Wi-FI and electricity.
• Please be aware that the number of TV
Facilities and services Booth is limited
The Media Centre will support journalist • Hence, it is not possible to book TV
with: booths for the whole duration of the
• MEDIA INFO POINT inside the media events but only for a maximum two-
centre - for any inquire related to hour slots.
schedules, press releases and press • Booking requests should be addressed
conferences, transport and media to: g20italyfinance.media@mef.gov.it
opportunities. before 8 July at 1pm.
16MEDIA CENTRE
• Complimentary catering will be served Simultaneous Translation (ENG-ITA)
to all accredited journalists nearby the The simultaneous translation is available on
Media Centre. iOS and Android devices.
In order to use the service, you need to
Media Liaison Officers download the Converso® app from:
A Media Liaison Officer will be available in h t t p s : //p l a y. g o o g l e . c o m /s to r e /a p p s /
the Media Centre to provide assistance to details?id=it.verso.converso2
media during the G20 Finance Ministers https://apps.apple.com/us/app/converso/
and Central Bank Governors Meeting. She id1167058681?l=it&ls=1
can assist with Interview room bookings,
interview requests and other logistical We suggest downloading the app in
information. advance.
Before the event starts you need to:
Make sure you have an internet connection
Information technology • open the app
Each workspace will have access to power • enter the token: 107202
and wireless broadband connectivity. • wait for the available languages to load
Complementary wi-fi will be available • choose the language
throughout the venue.
Venue Access
Interview Rooms Journalists and media cannot access the
Interview rooms can be booked via the Venue of the Meeting neither by foot nor by
Media Information Desk or through a Media public or private vehicles.
Liaison Officer.
A water shuttle service, provided by the
Host Broadcaster and Photography organisers, will transport accredited journalists
Official media opportunities and press from Piazza San Marco - Giardinetti to the
conferences will be covered by RAI, Italian Venue of the meeting.
national Broadcasting Company, Coverage
produced by RAI will be made available to The shuttle service will operate from Friday
all accredited journalists. 9 to Sunday 11 July 2021, according to media
centre opening hours.
The Host Photography team will capture
key elements of the G20 Finance Ministers Accredited media must display accreditation
and Central passes to access the transfer service and
Bank Governors Meeting. High resolution designated media zones.
photos will be made available on www.g20.
org. Media will be restricted to media zones unless
Media are encouraged to download and escorted by an appropriately accredited G20
publish these photographs freely with credit official or Media Liaison Officer and wearing
to ‘G20 Italy’. the badge.
17HOST CITY: VENICE
Photo of the Municipality of Venice
A crossroad of peoples, cultures, religions Venice plans to grow in a sustainable
and a historic centre of trade and manner by implementing innovation
international cooperation, Venice will be projects (notably, the green conversion of
hosting the G20 meeting, on the occasion the Porto Marghera industrial area) that
of the 1600th anniversary of its founding. are directly associated with environmental
protection − the city ranks first in Italy in
Welcoming the Summit of the Economy terms of differentiated waste collection and
and Finance ministers, which brings management of the waste cycle. By means
together 20 of the world’s major economies, of these projects Venice aims to become a
marks the restart of Venice, as do the “World Sustainability Capital”.
official opening of the 17th International
Architecture Exhibition of the Venice
Biennale, and the second edition of the
Venice Boat Show “Salone Nautico” −
tributes to the harmonious convergence of
innovation and tradition.
Universally considered one of the most
fascinating cities in the world, Venice and
its lagoon are a UNESCO world heritage
site. The city has now reopened its theatres
and museums and is ready to welcome its
visitors back.
18REACH AND MOVE IN VENICE
Venice is connected to the mainland (Venice Canal, designed by the Spanish architect
Mestre) by the Ponte della Libertà, 4 km Santiago Calatrava.
long, where trains and cars go to the lagoon.
The bridge leads to the cruise terminals Outside the station, line 2 leaves from stage
(Tronchetto), Piazzale Roma terminals and B in the direction of Rialto and S. Marco via
the railway station. Beyond these terminals, Canal Grande.
vehicles cannot pass.
Public Transports
So those arriving by car must park and those In Venice you can move around on foot,
arriving by train must necessarily get off at or along the waterways by choosing one
Venice Santa Lucia. of the 159 boats (vaporetti, motorboats,
breakwaters, motor ships or ferries) available
Airport to the Actv fleet, an over 100-year-old
From the Marco Polo airport there is an company founded in 1881. Transport public
ACTV public transport bus connection to Actv guarantees mobility on almost the
Venice Piazzale Roma, the bus terminal and entire territory.
the ACTV navigation service.
There are City Center Lines, which cross
To reach Venice from the Marco Polo airport, Venice sailing mainly along the waterways
the 5-AeroBus line is active which, with a of the Grand Canal or the Giudecca Canal.
journey lasting about 20 minutes, allows you They leave from Tronchetto or Piazzale
to arrive in one of the main Venetian tourist Roma and go as far as the Lido di Venezia
terminals, Piazzale Roma, from where (lines 1 and 2). There are also connection
you can reach the historic center using lines along the external lagoon perimeter of
the specific lines of Navigation of public the city. GiraCittà lines that lead to Murano
transport Actv. Line 5-AeroBus leaves from and Lido di Venezia (lines 3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6).
the bus lane located a few meters from the
arrivals exit of the airport (door B). Taxi
The easiest and fastest way to get around
Trains Venice is a water taxi: a private solution
Venice Santa Lucia station is located at that will allow to reach exactly the chosen
the western end of the Grand Canal, in the destination. The service reaches all the
Cannaregio district. desired points.
The foundations in front of the station are
connected to Piazzale Roma (the city’s
main car terminal and terminus of all public
transport lines to Venice) by the Constitution
bridge, the fourth bridge over the Grand
19ACCOMODATION
The G20 Italian Secretariat has arranged Group rates applied and conditions are
competitive market rates for media in indicated in each hotel website, using the
selected hotels. promotional code PRESSG202021.
All suggested hotel are located in Piazza San Any other 3* or 5* Hotel could be suggested
Marco (St. Mark’s square) area, where free on request.
transportation will be available to and from
meeting venue and press center, all located Please contact: g20@abcomunicazioni.it
in the Arsenal.
If media choose to stay in an hotel other
than those listed, they will be required to
arrange their own transportation and please
note that Arsenal area will be with restricted
access during G20 events (except from
collective transportations from and to San
Marco square, arranged by Organization).
Please be informed that no rooms have
been confirmed yet. Media are responsible
for all accommodation costs.
20ACCOMODATION
Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal Venezia 4*S
www.hotelmonaco.it
Rooms overview
99 guest-rooms
San Marco 1332,
Venezia
21ACCOMODATION
Hotel Cavalletto & Doge Orseolo 4*
www.hotelcavallettovenice.com
Rooms overview
107 guest-rooms
San Marco,
Sotoportego del Cavalletto, 1107
Venezia
22ACCOMODATION
Hotel Saturnia & International Venezia 4*
www.hotelsaturnia.it
Rooms overview
87 guest-rooms
San Marco 2398,
Via XXII Marzo
Venezia
23ACCOMODATION
Hotel Royal San Marco Venice 4*
www.royalsanmarcovenice.com
Rooms overview
50 guest-rooms
San Marco 848,
Venezia
24CLIMATE AND TIME ZONE
The climate of Venice, the capital of the The average temperature of the warmest
Veneto region, is moderately continental, months (July, August) is of 23 °C (73 °F). The
similar to that of the Po Valley, with cold, average temperature in July is MIN 18°C
moist winters and hot, muggy summers, (64°F) MAX 28°C (82 °F).
but it’s slightly tempered by the Adriatic Sea.
ACCESSIBILITY, SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
AND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
Media are encouraged to advise the G20 Emergency phone numbers:
Media and Communications team of any • Police: 113
special needs requiring assistance, including • Fire Services: 115
accessibility and ambulatory requirements • Ambulance: 118
or other accessibility or special requirements.
For any inquire, please contact g20italyfinance.
media@mef.gov.it.
The country code for Italy is +39.
256 COVID-19 PROCEDURE
The Health and Safety Protocol, which will G20 events taking place at the Arsenal.
be in place during the G20 events in Venice,
specifies that PCR or antigen rapid tests not PCR test points are located:
later than 48 hours are required to access • At the Arsenal
the meeting venue. It also requires that PCR • At the Hotel Monaco & Gran Canal, P.za
tests or antigen rapid tests be taken every San Marco, 1332, 30124 Venice.
48 hours, according to the “European Green
pass” standard. PCR test points timings:
• 8 July
Italy’s G20 Presidency will seek to grant 6.30am to 8.30am / 6.00pm to 8.00pm;
derogations for G20 media representatives • 9 July
coming from countries with special COVID 6.30am to 8.30am / 6.00pm to 8.00pm;
restrictions. Such derogations, however, will • 10 July
only be in force for the duration of the G20 6.30am to 8.30am / 6.00pm to 8.00pm;
events taking place in Venice, notably from • 11 July
7 July to 11 July 2021. 6.30am to 8.30am / 6.00pm to 8.00pm.
All participants are required to wear the A PCR Test Point is also available at Venice
FPP2 mask at all times when attending the Airport
7 CONTACTS
Press Office Ministry of Finance G20 Social Media accounts
Phone +39 06 47614605 - 4606 - 4625 Twitter
E-mail ufficio.stampa@mef.gov.it twitter.com/g20org
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