Programme de la FFD4

• General debate: Statements by Heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegation  

List of Speakers

Co-Chairs: 

• H.E. Mr. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia 

• H.E. Mr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone 

Special address by Head of State and Government: 

• H.E. Daniel Noboa Azin, President of Republic of Ecuador 

Keynote:

• H.E. Mr. Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine 

Moderator: 

• Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, ILO

Panelists: 

• H.E. Mr. José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain 

• H.E. Ms. Reem Alabali Radovan, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany 

• H.E. Mr. Cheikh Diba, Minister of Finance and Budget, Senegal

• Mr. Nigel Clarke, Deputy Managing Director, IMF 

Discussants: 

• Ms. Nadia Calvino, President, European Investment Bank

• Mr. Yingming Yang, Vice President, Asian Development Bank 

Background 

Domestic public resources are a cornerstone of sustainable development, providing fiscal space for government spending and investment, and generating incentives that shape economic and societal outcomes. Many developing countries still face significant obstacles in mobilizing domestic revenues and effectively utilizing their fiscal systems. These challenges stem from both domestic and international factors. Domestically, insufficient transparency and accountability in fiscal systems, weak alignment of fiscal policies with sustainable development, limited institutional capacity and the underutilization of public institutions (such as development finance institutions) can hamper resource mobilization and effective use. In a globalized and digitalized economy, international tax cooperation is critical to combat tax evasion and avoidance. Yet, international tax cooperation is neither fully inclusive nor effective. And persistent challenges hinder effective combatting of illicit financial flows. 

The Sevilla outcome document addresses these challenges with concrete actions in four areas: i) ensuring that countries have the necessary resources, and that resources are collected efficiently and spent transparently in alignment with sustainable development; ii) strengthening international tax cooperation to ensure that international tax rules respond to the diverse needs, priorities, and capacities of all countries, especially developing countries; iii) effectively combating illicit financial flows; and iv) fully leveraging the potential of national public development banks. 

Guiding Questions 

1. Which actions and commitments related to domestic public resources in the Sevilla outcome do you consider most urgent, and how do you plan to support their implementation? 

2. What changes are needed to strengthen fiscal transparency, align tax and spending policies with sustainable development, enhance institutional capacity and fully leveraging national public development banks in developing countries? 

3. What changes are needed to strengthen international tax cooperation and effectively combat illicit financial flows?

• General debate: Statements by Heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegation

List of Speakers

Opening remarks

• H.E. Mr. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government, Spain

Co-chairs:        

• H.E. Mr. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal
• H.E. Ms. Ana Isabel Xavier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Vice Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Portugal

Special address by Head of State and Government:

• H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland

Keynote:

• H.E. Mr. Ho Duc Phoc, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Moderator: Mr. Haoliang Xu, Acting Administrator, UNDP

Panelists:

• H.E. Mr. Jozef Síkela, Commissioner of International Partnership, European Commission
• H.E. Ms. Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
• H.E. Mr. Henry-Claude Oyima, Minister of State, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Debt, Gabon
• H.E. Mr. Maropene Ramokgopa, Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, South Africa

Discussants:

• Mr. Ilan Goldfajn, President, Inter-American Development Bank
• Mr. Liqun Jin, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 

Background

International development cooperation represents a critical source of financing and support for sustainable development in many developing countries. However, rapidly rising demands coupled with recent shifts and reductions in ODA are putting scarce resources under increasing stress. Growing fragmentation is also increasing transaction costs and runs counter to long-standing effectiveness principles. There is an urgent need for the entire development cooperation ecosystem to work better as a system with a focus on poverty eradication and on catalysing other sources of finance, both public and private, for long term sustainable development outcomes in developing countries. 

The Sevilla outcome document outlines actions aimed at enhancing the quantity and quality of all forms of development cooperation, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), South-South cooperation (SSC) and triangular cooperation, lending from Multilateral Development Banks (MDB), as well as climate finance. It lays out specific actions that all actors will take to enhance effectiveness and impact of development cooperation, as well as a vision for a revitalized international development cooperation architecture both nationally – based on country leadership, and globally – making the most of the central role of the United Nations in strengthening dialogue, knowledge sharing, coherence and accountability among all relevant actors. 

Guiding Questions

• What development cooperation actions and commitments in the Sevilla outcome are of highest priority from your perspective, and how will you advance their implementation?
• What needs to change in the design and delivery of development cooperation policies and projects to more effectively respond to the needs and priorities of developing countries, and contribute to long-lasting impact?
• What kind of dialogue and accountability mechanisms are needed at the global level to advance the actions and commitments on development cooperation in the outcome document? How best should we foster such dialogue?

• General debate: Statements by Heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegation

List of Speakers

• General debate

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• Credentials of representatives to the Conference: report of the Credentials Committee
• Multi-stakeholder round tables: reports by the Co-Chairs Adoption of the outcome document of the Conference
• Adoption of the report of the Conference
• Closure of the Conference