SEVILLE, Spain – At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, Spain, Spotlight Initiative hosted a side event to catalyse and scale up international investmen...

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At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), held in Seville, Spain, Spotlight Initiative hosted a high-level side event titled: “Increasing Momentum for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.” The event convened stakeholders from governments, UN agencies, international financial institutions, civil society and the private sector to: ✅ Explore sustainable financing mechanisms ✅ Share evidence-based strategies to prevent and respond to VAWG ✅ Reinforce political commitment to gender-responsive budgeting Spotlight Initiative is the @unitednations high impact initiative to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls — placing survivors and communities at the center of a whole-of-society approach to achieving the SDGs. 🔗 Learn more: www.spotlightinitiative.org 📢 Watch the recap and help amplify the message. #SpotlightInitiative #FFD4 #SDG5 #UN #EndVAWG #FinancingForDevelopment #GenderEquality #UNWomen #UNFPA #IOM #FordFoundation #LeaveNoOneBehind

Amidst growing fiscal pressures, rising debt service costs, and shrinking aid budgets, strengthening domestic resource mobilisation...

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The World Bank Group, a Spotlight Initiative partner, is working to end violence against women and girls in 59 countries. Hear from Ms. Hana Brixi in this message on advancing gender equality through action and financing. #GenderEquality #FfD4 #EVAWG #UnitedNations #WorldBank #SDGs

Increasing Momentum for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Spotlight Initiative's Side Event at FfD4 This high-level side event was hosted by the Spotlight Initiative at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, Spain, on 3 July 2025. Bringing together leaders from government, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations, the event explored innovative strategies for mobilizing sustainable financing and political commitment to end violence against women and girls (EVAWG) and accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Co-organized with the Government of Uganda, IOM, UNFPA, UN Women, the International Olympic Committee and the Global Civil Society Reference Group, this event showcased successful models of gender-responsive budgeting and policy, and emphasized the importance of placing women and girls at the center of sustainable development. 🔸 Learn more about Spotlight Initiative: https://spotlightinitiative.org 🔸 Follow us on social media: X: @GlobalSpotlight Instagram: @SpotlightInitiative Facebook: Spotlight Initiative #FfD4 #SpotlightInitiative #EndViolence #GenderEquality #EVAWG #SDGs #FinancingForDevelopment

🏛️ Safeguarding Domestic Resources and Corruption-Proofing the Financing for Development Agenda brought together global leaders to examine how anti-corruption and financial integrity measures are essential for securing sustainable development financing. 💰 This critical side event at FFD4 reviewed the conference's outcome document and charted a path forward for strengthening safeguards against corruption in public resource management. 🌍 Co-organized by Transparency International with the Governments of Bangladesh, France, and the United Kingdom, alongside UNODC, INTOSAI, and leading civil society organizations, this dialogue explored concrete strategies to tackle illicit financial flows, enhance transparency in sovereign debt arrangements, and build robust public financial management systems. 🎯 Essential viewing for policymakers, anti-corruption advocates, researchers, and anyone committed to ensuring development financing reaches those who need it most. 🏛️ Press play and join the movement for financial integrity in development. ✨ **📊 Timestamps:** 00:00 - Introduction and FFD4 Context 05:00 - Toril Iren Pedersen (Norad): Governance and Transparency Commitment 08:00 - Dr. Ketakandriana Rafitoson (TI): Anti-Corruption in Development 13:00 - M. Saifullah Panna (Bangladesh): Domestic Resource Mobilization 18:00 - Phil Stevens (UK): International Finance and Transparency 23:00 - Maira Martini (TI): CEO Perspective on Corruption-Proofing 28:00 - Ana Patricia Muñoz (IBP): Budget Partnership and Accountability 33:00 - Panel Discussion: Building Reform Momentum 48:00 - Key Takeaways and Strategic Next Steps 01:00:00 - Q&A Session: Audience Engagement and Solutions 01:20:00 - Ana Revuelta Alonso (UNCAC Coalition): Closing Reflections ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Explore More Resources ✨ 🔗 IBP's Work on Budget Transparency: https://www.internationalbudget.org/ 🔗 Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/ 🔗 FFD4 Conference Resources: https://www.un.org/en/conferences/financing-for-development2025 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ _About This Channel_ Welcome to the International Budget Partnership – your gateway to transparent, inclusive, and accountable public budgeting worldwide. 🌍✨ Discover the transformative power of fiscal transparency and embark on a journey toward democratic governance and social justice. Our content is crafted to: 🏛️💚 Advance transparent and participatory budget processes 🌍❤️ Strengthen civil society engagement in fiscal policy 🚪🌟 Promote accountability in government spending and revenue 💭✨ Cultivate informed public participation in budget decisions Whether you're a civil society advocate, policymaker, researcher, or engaged citizen, we provide tools for budget analysis, fiscal advocacy, and democratic participation. Join us as we work toward a world where fiscal systems serve all people equitably—one budget at a time. Subscribe now and make budget transparency a part of your advocacy toolkit. 📊🏛️🌍 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **🔔🚨 Subscribe to our channel:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/@IntBudgetPartnership?sub_confirmation=1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **Featured Speakers:** **Opening Remarks:** - **Toril Iren Pedersen** - Assistant Director, Head of Section for Governance and Transparency, Norad - **Dr. Ketakandriana Rafitoson** - Vice-Chair, Transparency International **Panel Discussion:** - **Jonathan Bourguignon** - Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer (Anti-corruption), UNODC (Moderator) - **M. Saifullah Panna** - Secretary, Chief Adviser's Office, Government of Bangladesh - **Phil Stevens** - Director of International Finance, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - **Maira Martini** - CEO, Transparency International - **Ana Patricia Muñoz** - Executive Director, International Budget Partnership **Closing Remarks:** - **Ana Revuelta Alonso** - Regional Coordinator for Europe, UNCAC Coalition **Co-organized by:** Transparency International, Governments of Bangladesh, France, United Kingdom, and Norway, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives of Pakistan (CPDI), Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International Nigeria, FACT Coalition, International Budget Partnership, Open Contracting Partnership, Open Ownership, and UNCAC Coalition ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #BudgetTransparency #FiscalTransparency #TransparentBudgets #AccessibleBudgets #OpenFiscalData #GovernmentAccountability #PublicAccountability #BudgetOversight #BudgetMonitoring #BudgetCredibility #ExternalAudits #PublicAudit #SupremeAuditInstitutions #ParticipatoryBudgeting #BudgetParticipation #BudgetAdvocacy #AdvocateForBudgets #BudgetLiteracy #FiscalLiteracy #CivicEngagement #CivicBudgeting #BudgetEducation #PublicSpending #GovernmentSpending #PublicExpenditure #StateExpenditure #FiscalPolicy #EquitableFiscalPolicy

🏛️ Raising Tax Revenue in an Equitable and Inclusive Manner: Taxing High Net Worth Individuals in Africa brought together global experts to explore how African countries can strengthen domestic resource mobilization through progressive tax reform. 💰 This critical virtual side event at FFD4 examined practical solutions to ensure high-net-worth individuals pay their fair share, addressing the estimated $14 billion lost annually to tax havens across Africa. 🌍 Co-organized with GI-ESCR and Oxfam, this dialogue showcased innovative approaches to taxing income and wealth, emphasizing citizen participation and accountability in creating more equitable tax systems. 🎯 Essential viewing for policymakers, civil society advocates, tax professionals, and anyone committed to reducing inequality and strengthening public services through fair taxation. 🏛️ Press play and join the movement for tax justice in Africa. ✨ **📊 Timestamps:** 00:00 - Introduction and Context: Africa's Revenue Challenge 05:00 - UN Economic Commission for Africa: Regional Tax Policy Framework 20:00 - African Union Representative: Continental Tax Coordination 35:00 - Civil Society Perspectives: Grassroots Advocacy and Accountability 50:00 - Ministry of Finance: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities 01:05:00 - Oxfam Analysis: Wealth Inequality and Tax Haven Impact 01:20:00 - Q&A Session: Practical Solutions and Policy Recommendations 01:35:00 - Closing Reflections and Next Steps for Tax Justice ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Explore More Resources ✨ 🔗 IBP's Work on Tax Justice: [https://www.internationalbudget.org/](https://www.internationalbudget.org/) 🔗 Oxfam Tax Justice Campaign: [https://www.oxfam.org/](https://www.oxfam.org/) 🔗 FFD4 Conference Resources: [https://www.un.org/en/conferences/financing-for-development2025](https://www.un.org/en/conferences/financing-for-development2025) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ _About This Channel_ Welcome to the International Budget Partnership – your gateway to transparent, inclusive, and accountable public budgeting worldwide. 🌍✨ Discover the transformative power of fiscal transparency and embark on a journey toward democratic governance and social justice. Our content is crafted to: 🏛️💚 Advance transparent and participatory budget processes 🌍❤️ Strengthen civil society engagement in fiscal policy 🚪🌟 Promote accountability in government spending and revenue 💭✨ Cultivate informed public participation in budget decisions Whether you're a civil society advocate, policymaker, researcher, or engaged citizen, we provide tools for budget analysis, fiscal advocacy, and democratic participation. Join us as we work toward a world where fiscal systems serve all people equitably—one budget at a time. Subscribe now and make budget transparency a part of your advocacy toolkit. 📊🏛️🌍 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **🔔🚨 Subscribe to our channel:** [https://www.youtube.com/channel/@IntBudgetPartnership?sub_confirmation=1](https://www.youtube.com/channel/@IntBudgetPartnership?sub_confirmation=1) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **Featured Speakers:** - **Representative from United Nations Economic Commission for Africa** - **Representative from African Union** - **Civil Society Representatives** - Tax justice advocates and policy experts - **Representative from Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development** - **Oxfam Tax Policy Specialist** **Co-organized by:** International Budget Partnership (IBP), Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), and Oxfam ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #BudgetTransparency #FiscalTransparency #OpenBudgets #TransparentBudgets #AccessibleBudgets #OpenFiscalData #GovernmentAccountability #PublicAccountability #BudgetOversight #BudgetMonitoring #BudgetCredibility #ExternalAudits #PublicAudit #SupremeAuditInstitutions #SocialAudits #ParticipatoryBudgeting #BudgetParticipation #BudgetAdvocacy #AdvocateForBudgets #BudgetLiteracy #FiscalLiteracy #CivicEngagement #CivicBudgeting #BudgetEducation #PublicSpending #GovernmentSpending #PublicExpenditure #StateExpenditure #FiscalPolicy #EquitableFiscalPolicy #EconomicJustice #FiscalJustice #TaxEquity #FairTaxation #DebtAccountability #ResponsibleDebt #GenderBudgeting #GenderResponsiveBudgets #InclusiveBudgets #BudgetsForAll #InternationalBudgetPartnership #IBP #IBPGlobal #OpenBudgetSurvey #OBS #OpenGovernmentFinance #OpenGovFinance #SAI #BudgetJustice #PeoplePoweredFinance #BudgetInclusion #RightToInformation #PublicFinanceMatters #DemocratizingFinance #FiscalDemocracy #CivicPower #TransparencyMatters #AuditTheBudget #BudgetForEquity #BudgetChampions #OpenData #RightsBasedBudgeting #FiscalActivism #AccountableSpending #DataForAccountability

🚰 Unlocking Water and Sanitation Financing Through the Heads of State Initiative brought together global leaders to explore how high-level political commitment can transform financing for universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. 💧 This pivotal side event at FFD4 examined how countries leveraged the Heads of State Initiative to cultivate political leadership at the highest levels, elevating water and sanitation as priorities for economic growth, public health, climate resilience, and social equity. 🌍 Co-hosted by the Republic of Burundi and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in collaboration with Sanitation and Water for All, this session showcased country experiences and fostered dialogue on how political leadership can drive sustainable financing and mutual accountability. 🎯 Essential viewing for policymakers, development partners, civil society advocates, and anyone committed to accelerating progress toward universal water and sanitation access. 🚰 Press play and join the movement for accountable water financing. ✨ **📊 Timestamps:** 00:00 - Welcome and Opening Remarks by Álvaro Lario 10:00 - Heads of State Initiatives: Burundi and Nepal Announcements 30:00 - Panel Discussion: From High-Level Vision to Financing Action 35:00 - Aligning Political Commitments with Budget Policy 50:00 - Enhancing Domestic Revenue and Public Investment 01:05:00 - Leveraging Development Finance and Private Capital 01:20:00 - Co-financing Solutions: Debt, Blending and Fiscal Efficiency 01:25:00 - Closing Remarks: Building Momentum for Water and Sanitation Finance ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Explore More Resources ✨ 🔗 IBP's Work on Water and Sanitation Budget Transparency: https://www.internationalbudget.org/ 🔗 Sanitation and Water for All Partnership: https://www.sanitationandwaterforall.org/ 🔗 FFD4 Conference Resources: https://www.un.org/en/conferences/financing-for-development2025 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ _About This Channel_ Welcome to the International Budget Partnership – your gateway to transparent, inclusive, and accountable public budgeting worldwide. 🌍✨ Discover the transformative power of fiscal transparency and embark on a journey toward democratic governance and social justice. Our content is crafted to: 🏛️💚 Advance transparent and participatory budget processes 🌍❤️ Strengthen civil society engagement in fiscal policy 🚪🌟 Promote accountability in government spending and revenue 💭✨ Cultivate informed public participation in budget decisions Whether you're a civil society advocate, policymaker, researcher, or engaged citizen, we provide tools for budget analysis, fiscal advocacy, and democratic participation. Join us as we work toward a world where fiscal systems serve all people equitably—one budget at a time. Subscribe now and make budget transparency a part of your advocacy toolkit. 📊🏛️🌍 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **🔔🚨 Subscribe to our channel:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/@IntBudgetPartnership?sub_confirmation=1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **Featured Speakers:** - **Álvaro Lario** - President of IFAD and Chair of UN-Water (Opening Remarks) - **H.E. Prosper Bazombanza** - Vice President of the Republic of Burundi - **Right Honorable K P Sharma Oli** - Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal - **Ana Patricia Muñoz** - Executive Director, International Budget Partnership (Moderator) - **H.E. Steven Collet** - Vice Minister for Development, Kingdom of the Netherlands - **H.E. Ibrahim Uwizeye** - Minister of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines, Republic of Burundi - **H.E. Pradeep Yadav** - Minister of Water Supply, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal - **H.E. David Mahlobo** - Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Republic of South Africa - **H.E. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu** - Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations - **Srilata Kammila** - Chief Investment Officer, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) - **Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin** - Water Sector Lead, Green Climate Fund (GCF) - **Lola Pascual** - Director General for Water, Spain (Closing Remarks) **Co-hosted by:** Republic of Burundi, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and Sanitation and Water for All **Supported by:** Government of the Netherlands, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UNICEF, IRC WASH, and WaterAid ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #BudgetTransparency #FiscalTransparency #OpenBudgets #TransparentBudgets #AccessibleBudgets #OpenFiscalData #GovernmentAccountability #PublicAccountability #BudgetOversight #BudgetMonitoring #BudgetCredibility #ExternalAudits #PublicAudit #SupremeAuditInstitutions #SocialAudits #ParticipatoryBudgeting #BudgetParticipation #BudgetAdvocacy #AdvocateForBudgets #BudgetLiteracy #FiscalLiteracy #CivicEngagement #CivicBudgeting #BudgetEducation #PublicSpending #GovernmentSpending #PublicExpenditure #StateExpenditure #FiscalPolicy #EquitableFiscalPolicy #EconomicJustice #FiscalJustice #TaxEquity #FairTaxation

Transforming global food systems to become more sustainable, resilient, nutritious, and equitable requires a fundamental reorientation of financial policy and investment priorities, particularly in the context of growing fiscal constraints and environmental pressures. This high-level side event, convened by CGIAR and IFPRI at the UN FfD4 Conference, will examine policy and funding pathways for aligning public and private capital with food systems transformation in low- and middle-income countries.

🌍 FFD4 High-Level Side Event: The role of Regional Commissions in supporting member States in the follow up to the outcomes of FfD4 📅Recorded on 3 July 2025 | 📍FFD4 Side Event | FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre Sevilla, Spain The Compromiso de Sevilla encourages enhanced regional follow-up processes led by the regional economic commissions of the United Nations, with regular regional reporting on progress, regional committees, and consultations on progress and priorities. This side event brings together the Executive Secretaries of the five Regional Commissions, along with high-level government officials from each of the regions, to discuss regional perspective on financing for development and explore how the regional commissions can effectively implement regional follow-up processes to the Compromiso de Sevilla. #FfD4 #ESCAP #UNRegionalCommissions #DevelopmentFinance #SDGs

🌏 FFD4 Side Event: Energy Transition Financing at a Crossroads: Asia Pacific’s Critical Decade for Action 📅 Recorded on 30 June 2025 | 📍FFD4 Side Event | FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre Sevilla, Spain As the Asia-Pacific region faces surging energy demand and mounting climate challenges, this high-level side event—led by ESCAP, featuring UNDP, UNCTAD, IRENA, ADB, and AIIB—explores how countries can finance a just, inclusive, and sustainable energy transition. 📘 Featuring the launch of ESCAP and IRENA’s joint report on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific, this event brings together ministers, experts, and institutional leaders to chart a path forward for climate-resilient development. #ESCAP #FfD4 #EnergyTransition #ClimateFinance #AsiaPacific