The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) is set to take place in Seville, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025,
This conference will bring together leaders and delegates from around the world to advance solutions to the urgent financing challenges threatening the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
FFD4 aspires to build a renewed global financing framework that will unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost, building on previous financing agreements.
The draft outcome calls for actions to deliver an impact-focused SDG investment push and to reform the international financial architecture to enable the transformative change that the world urgently needs.
With progress on the SDGs off track and rising systemic risks such as climate change and conflicts, the Conference aims to drive action to unlock greater volumes of capital at a lower cost and reform the international financial architecture to better support developing countries.
The Conference will provide a crucial platform for governments, international organizations, financial institutions, businesses, and civil society to advance the transformative changes in financing that the world urgently needs.
Discussion focus
Building on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the commitments made in the Pact for the Future, adopted in 2015 and 2024 respectively, discussions will focus on delivering an SDG investment push and reforming the international financial architecture through a renewed global financing framework.
FFD4 will emphasize strengthening global cooperation and mobilizing investments, particularly in developing countries. It will also provide a critical opportunity to drive action and ensure that financing supports inclusive and sustainable development.
About the Conference
The International Conferences on Financing for Development (FFD) are high-level global gatherings convened by the United Nations to address the financial and economic challenges of sustainable development.
Since the first Conference in Monterrey, Mexico in 2002, FFD has provided a critical platform for global cooperation on development finance, including debt sustainability, investment, trade, and innovative financing solutions.
Road to FFD4
The next milestone events leading up to the FFD4 conference are:
Financing for Development Forum, 28-29 April 2025
The annual Financing for Development Forum, under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council, will bring together Ministers and high-level government officials to prepare for an ambitious FFD4 Conference, in the spirit of international collaboration and multilateralism.
Fourth Preparatory Committee Session for FFD4, 30 April-1 May 2025
The Fourth Preparatory Committee Session (4th PrepCom) for the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) will take place at UN Headquarters in New York.
Website: https://financing.desa.un.org/ffd4
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