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Foro del ECOSOC sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo 2025 y 4ª Sesión del Comité Preparatorio para la FFD4
El Foro del ECOSOC sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo se celebrará del 28 al 29 de abril de 2025, seguido de la Cuarta Sesión del Comité Preparatorio (4º PrepCom) para la Cuarta Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo (FFD4) del 30 de abril al 1 de mayo de 2025 en el Consejo de Administración Fiduciaria, Sede de las Naciones Unidas, Nueva York.
El 28 de abril, en un esfuerzo conjunto excepcional del Presidente del ECOSOC y los copresidentes del Comité Preparatorio Intergubernamental de la FFD4, los Ministros y altos funcionarios tendrán la oportunidad de expresar sus opiniones e impulsar el impulso político para la Conferencia FFD4.
El Foro de este año tiene una gran importancia y un papel fundamental en la movilización de impulso y soluciones concretas para la FFD4. Celebrado de manera consecutiva con la cuarta sesión del Comité Preparatorio de la FFD, las deliberaciones del foro contribuirán a las discusiones sobre el resultado de la FFD4.
Ambos eventos reúnen a jefes de Estado y de gobierno, ministros y altos funcionarios gubernamentales, así como a altos funcionarios de organizaciones internacionales. También estarán representadas organizaciones de la sociedad civil, el sector empresarial y autoridades locales.
Convocatoria para eventos paralelos
La convocatoria de eventos paralelos para el Foro del ECOSOC sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo (Foro FFD) y la Cuarta Sesión del Comité Preparatorio para la FFD4 (4º PrepCom) ya se ha cerrado. El secretariado está revisando actualmente las candidaturas . El programa final de los eventos paralelos se añadirá pronto.
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Programme for 1st mai, 2025
Trade as an Engine for Development
Programme
Panel discussion 6 on specific actions in the first draft of the outcome document on ‘II.D. Trade as an engine for development’
Introductory remarks and moderation
H.E. Ms. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
H. E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations
Panelists
Mr Guy Lamothe, Director of Cabinet of the Ministry of Planification, Haiti
Mr Charles M Mujajati, Director of Economic Planning and Modelling, Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and investment Promotion, Zimbabwe
Discussants
Mr. Patrick Olomo, Department of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, Mining, African Union Commission
Mr. Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor, Society for International Development
Interactive discussion (2-minute time limit)
Background and Guiding Questions
International trade as an engine for development is increasingly under threat. Tariffs and trade restrictions are on the rise globally amidst rising trade tensions and stalled multilateral negotiations. Developing countries, in particular LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS with limited productive capacities and trade infrastructure, have challenges integrating productively into the world economy. This calls for concrete measures to improve their capacities to trade and generate value-added, with a focus on the furthest behind including from trade in commodities and critical minerals. It also calls for a recommitment to multilateral trade that upholds policy space for sustainable development within a universal, rules-based, fair, open, transparent, predictable, inclusive, non-discriminatory and equitable system.
The trade chapter of the first draft contains actions to preserve the multilateral trading system as a key driver of economic growth and sustainable development; strengthen trade capacities of developing countries, in particular LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, and their ability to integrate intro regional and global value chains in a very challenging global context; boost trade in LDCs, many of which remain marginalized and dependent on natural resources and primary commodity exports; and to increase local value addition and beneficiation of critical minerals and commodities in developing countries.
Panelists in this session are invited to pay particular attention in their interventions on the proposals on preserving trade as an engine for development, in particular for developing countries. They are invited to address the following questions:
- How can FFD4 support reform of the multilateral trading system and preserve the role of trade as an engine for development, particularly for developing countries? (actions 36 a-f and 37 a-d)
- How can FFD4 strengthen international cooperation to ensure that developing countries and local communities endowed with critical minerals and commodities fully benefit from these resources? (action 39a)