November 26, 2024

CS FfD Mechanism at the Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4

The Civil Society Financing for Development (CS FfD) Mechanism will be participating in Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4 to be held 3-6 December, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development will be held in Conference Room 4 of the UN Headquarters in New York from 3 to 6 December 2024. The session is meant to provide a platform for Member States and other stakeholders including civil society to reflect on the elements paper with a view to sharing priorities and expectations for FfD4 that will feed into the zero draft of the FfD4 Outcome Document. 

If you cannot attend in person we encourage you to follow the discussions online via UN Web TV.

Our Side Events

Raising the FfD4 Ambition: UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt

Date: Dec, 3, 2024 Time: 1:15- 2:30pm Venue: CR-A The event aims to create space to discuss the proposal for a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt to address the necessary reforms in the global debt architecture for the prevention and resolution of debt crises.

Raising the FfD4 Ambition: Towards a UN Convention on International Development Cooperation and UN-Member States led MDBs Reform

Date: Dec, 5, 2024 Time: 1:15- 2:30pm Venue: CR-C The event aims to create space to discuss the proposals for a UN Convention on International Development Cooperation and a UN Member States led reform of the development finance ecosystem.

Raising the FfD4 Ambition: Democratizing trade, financial and monetary governance under the aegis of the UN

Date: Dec, 6, 2024 Time: 1:15- 2:30pm Venue: CR-C The event aims to create space to discuss concrete proposals on how FfD4 could provide the opportunity to democratize trade, financial and monetary governance and reaffirm the critical role of the United Nations in these domains, particularly from a developmental angle.

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Official Draft Programme of the Session

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Official Side Events Programme

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Interventions on behalf of the CS FfD Mechanism

Stay tuned! All the interventions from the CS FfD Mechanism participants will be uploaded here

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The FfD Chronicle

Stay tuned! All the Chronicles published by the Mechanism during the Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4 will be uploaded here.

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