The Economic Justice Network, joined some 50 South and North debt activists from 35 countries from June 9 to 14, 2009 in Collevecchio, Italy to debate and develop consensus on a Global Platform on Responsible Financing. The meeting was held against the background of the G8 Finance Ministers’ Meeting taking place in Lecce, Italy and was hosted by CRBM of Italy. The resultant platform is part of the broader agenda of southern and northern movements, organizations, NGOs and networks working to end debt domination and build new financial and economic systems nationally and internationally. It takes into cognisance that the establishment of sovereign, democratic, and responsible financial relations entails acknowledging and redressing the historically unjust and inequitable power relations between countries and between elites and the majority that for centuries have marked the lives of peoples, countries, and the environment. This clearly implies reversing the autonomy, privileges and the corresponding legal standing that have been ceded to capital over recent decades.