Financing for Development
Strengthening aid transparency and rebuilding trust in multilateralism
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) will take place in Seville, Spain, 30 June – 3 July 2025.
The United Nations has identified FFD4 as a pivotal moment for global commitments to close the estimated US$4.2 trillion investment gap required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The conference also aims to reform the international financial system and “rebuild trust in multilateralism”.
Outcome Document: Compromiso de Sevilla
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) has been included in the final Outcome Document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).
UN Member States agreed the final draft of the Compromiso de Sevilla (on 17 June 2025) and recommended the text for adoption at the FFD4 Conference, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Sevilla, Spain. The inclusion of IATI in the FFD4 Outcome Document (Para 40 d) reaffirms the initiative’s role in "fostering transparency of development cooperation".
Side event: Data as Dialogue: Unlocking Interoperability for Financing Sustainable Development
At the FFD4 conference, IATI is co-hosting a side-event with the governments of Australia, Germany, and Nigeria and the Lowy Institute. Attendees of FFD4 are encouraged to join:
Data as Dialogue: Unlocking Interoperability for Financing Sustainable Development
🗓️ 2 July 2025
📍 Room 10, FIBES Conference Centre, Sevilla
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This event will explore how open data standards, inclusive governance, and system-wide interoperability can drive better coordination and delivery of development finance.
Emerging Donors in Action – Tracking, Boosting, and Shaping Development
IATI will also join the panel of a side-event co-hosted by the Lowy Institute, which explores the evolving role of emerging development partners—particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The discussion will focus on the importance of transparency, data predictability, and aligned reporting standards.
📅 Wednesday, 2 July 🕐 14:30–16:00📍 Side Event Room 23, FIBES Conference Centre 🔗Event information
Sevilla Platform for Action Initiatives
IATI is proud to endorse the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) through three voluntary initiatives that will be launched at FFD4.
These initiatives aim to mobilise alliances to implement specific actions of the Compromiso de Sevilla for Action, and their implementation will form part of the Financing for Development follow-up process:
- FfD4 and the Future of Data: Strengthening Systems for Sustainable Financing
Led by Colombia, Norway, and the UK—with IATI and a broad coalition—this initiative will promote more efficient, AI-ready data systems, better data financing, and stronger political leadership. The goal is to align data investments with national priorities and support countries to mobilise resources, manage debt and deliver on the FFD4 agenda.
- The 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation
Facilitated through the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), this initiative aims to reinvigorate global commitments to development effectiveness through an ambitious new Pact. It will launch a political and technical process through global debates, regional learning labs, and the co-creation of a new narrative for development cooperation. IATI’s contribution will help inform efforts to strengthen the key development principle of transparency and mutual accountability.
- Bridging Data Systems for Financing for Development
This joint initiative—led by the International Forum on TOSSD,IATI, the OECD, the UN CEB Secretariat—aims to enhance interoperability between international reporting systems on development cooperation. It aims to ease reporting burdens through pilots and system upgrades, contributing to more coherent data ecosystems. This initiative directly supports the FFD4 outcome’s call for more coherent data ecosystems and will contribute to tracking progress across the Sevilla Platform for Action.
All three initiatives will be presented at the Sevilla Platform for Action press-facing space at the conference venue and will be registered on the FFD4 online platform.
Side Event at the Third PrepCom for FfD4, 11 February 2025
IATI co-hosted a side-event on 11 February 2025, at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in UNHQ, New York.
Data-Enabled Development Cooperation - High-level Roundtable