| January |
| Start of G7/8 Presidency |
| February |
| G7 Finance Ministers meeting |
| Enterprise Conference |
| Launch of Comic Relief |
| 3rd meeting of the Commission for Africa |
| March |
| NGO fair trade fortnight |
| Red Nose Day |
| April |
| Global Week of Action on Trade / Trade Justice Week |
| Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank |
| May |
| Commission for Sustainable Development, New York |
| OECD Ministerial, Paris |
| June |
| G8 Finance Ministers pre-Summit meeting |
| July |
| Start of UK's Presidency of the EU |
| G8 summit, Gleneagles |
| 20th Anniversary of LiveAid |
| August |
| September |
| UN MDG Review Summit, New York |
| Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting |
| Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank |
| October |
| G20 Ministerial, Beijing |
| November |
| December |
| G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting |
| End of UK Presidency of the G7/8 and EU |
