What events are happening at the Finance for Development Conference (FfD4) 2025?

Bond will be in Seville attending the Finance for Development Conference (FfD4) to engage in discussions about how to design and deliver a financial system which can deliver and support sustainable development for all on a liveable planet.

More than 20 events will be co-hosted or supported by our members, so please join us!

Monday, 30 June:

Reimagining Global Financing: Building an international financing framework to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, 12:30 – 14:00, Side event 4, by Save the Children;

A Jubilee for the Common Good: Revisiting the Global Financial Architecture, 12:30 – 14:00, Side event 3, by Cafod;

Mobilising Domestic Resources for Sustainable Development: insights from the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, at 12:00, online – register here, by WaterAid;

Tuesday, 1 July:

Climate and debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses, 16:30-18:00, auditorium 3, with ActionAid and Christian Aid;

Wednesday, 2 July:

To Invest in the Future, Invest in Children – A Dialogue on Evidence-Based Financing Mechanisms that Best Deliver for Children, 8:30-10:00, Side event 9, Plan International and Save the Children UK, World Vision

Financing infrastructural projects for critical minerals in the energy transition: Whose energy transition?, 8:30-10:00, side event 7, IIED;

Addressing the Fragility Gap: Policy and Programme Solutions in the Face of Shrinking Global Resources, 10:30-12:00, side event 13, Mercy Corps and the UK Government;

Prioritising investments in children to accelerate the SDGs and end child poverty, 12:30-14:00, side event 12, by UNICEF;

Financing development in a climate-challenged world: debt sustainability support service, 12:30-14:00, side event 22, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Financing for Disability Inclusive Development: From underinvestment to social justice and growth, 12:30-14:00, side event 6, CBM Global Disability Inclusion,

Strengthening Relations Between Public Development Banks and Civil Society to Promote People-Centred and Locally Led Development, 14:30-16:00, Side event 5, Bond;

Financing alternatives to budget cuts to invest in universal social protection and public services for all, 14:30-16:00, side event 9, ActionAid;

Climate finance for results: Tracking funds from commitment to implementation, 14:30-16:00, side event 7, The ONE Campaign;

On the frontlines of change: What Youth-Led Organisations need for Advancing Sustainable, Just and Equitable Societies, 16:30-18:00, side event 19, Restless Development and Plan International;

Transforming water security through country-level platforms that get blended finance right: Just Water Partnerships, 17:00-18:30, AC Hotel Sevilla Forum, WaterAid

Thursday, July 3:

Jubilee Debt and Development – Discussion about the Jubilee Debt Report with authors, 8:30-10:00, Side event 1, CAFOD;

Catalysing a systemic shift to caring economies beyond GDP: The critical role of FFD4, 8:30-10:00, Side event 22, OXFAM GB;

Financing Basic Income for a Just Transition and Poverty Eradication, 8:30-10:00, Side event 10, Equal right;

Unlocking Sustainable Finance for Food Security and Resilience: Country Platforms as an approach for Social Protection, Debt Relief, and Climate Finance, 10:30-12:00, Side event 22, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);

Maximising the impact of investments: localising finance solutions for the transformation of informal settlements and slums, 12:30-14:00, room 8, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Resourcing Adolescent Girls’ Rights: Building A Toolkit for Just Futures, 12:30-14:00, side event 6, Plan International