4th FfD Conference 2025

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) was announced to take place from June 30 to July 3, 2025, in Seville Spain.

You can find the official link to the Conference here: FFD4 | Financing for Sustainable Development Office (un.org)

The draft resolution (A/C.2/78/L.59) was adopted by consensus at the Second Committee on Tuesday, 22 November 2023. Member States decided to convene the 4th FfD Conference in 2025.

In preparation for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, member states are scheduled to hold up to three Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) sessions in 2024 and up to two sessions in 2025. 

Resolution 78/231, adopted on December 22, 2023, establishes an Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee tasked with making the organizational, procedural, and substantive preparations for the conference. This resolution outlines the structure of the Preparatory Committee and provides for several preparatory sessions to be held in various locations including Ethiopia, and New York, leading up to the main conference in 2025 in Spain.

Addis Ababa Preparatory Session

The preparatory session in Addis Ababa towards the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development took place from July 22 to July 26, 2024. This session was part of the preparatory process that included multiple sessions across different locations aimed at facilitating discussions and groundwork in the lead-up to the main conference.

Multi-Stakeholder Hearing

A Multi-stakeholder hearing was held in New York on 28 October 2024. This space offered a platform for all non-governmental actors, including civil society, academia, private sector, and philanthropy organizations, among others, to actively engage in discussions towards an ambitious FfD4 outcome. The Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism presented its Elements Paper Submission and hosted a series of Side Events.

Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4

The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development was held in Conference Room 4 of the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 6 December 2024. Learn all about the CS FfD Mechanism's participation during this session here.

Third Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4

The Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development will be held in Conference Room 4 of the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10-14 February 2025.

FfD4 - Key Dates

• 18-19 November 2024: ECA FfD4 Africa regional meeting

• 22 November 2024 : Elements paper to be published by the co-facilitators

• 2-6 December 2024: 2nd Preparatory Committee/negotiation session in NY

• 17-18 December 2024: ESCAP FfD4 Asia regional meeting

• 16 January 2025: Zero draft to be published

• ⁠10-14 February 2025: 3rd Prepcom/negotiation session in NY

• 28-29 April 2025 : FfD Forum

• 30th April - 1 May 2025: 4th Prepcom session in NY

• 28-29 June 2025 : Civil Society forum at Seville, Spain

• ⁠30 June - 3 July 2025: FfD4 conference in Seville, Spain