The UNCAC Coalition, a global network of close to 400 civil society organizations in over 120 countries committed to furthering implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention against Corruption, urges CSO’s working on corruption to provide input to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).

UN Member States will there decide how to resource the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals, international development, and support reform of the international financial architecture. 

The Conference will take place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Spain. The consultation that will inform the negotiations is open until 15 October COB EST (find more details below).For corruption to feature prominently as a cross-cutting issue, it is crucial that as many civil society organizations and other stakeholders as possible make their own submissions.

All submissions received by October 15 will be posted, in their original language, on the Conference website. The Elements Paper resulting from the written submissions and other discussions is expected to be published in mid-November.

Context about Financing for Development:

Ten years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 4th Conference will assess progress made and identify persisting obstacles and constraints for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as actions and initiatives to overcome them. Convening Heads of State and Government and relevant Ministers from possibly all United Nations Member States, it will seek to provide much needed impetus to the reform of the global financial architecture.

For the anti-corruption community, this is an opportunity to ensure that corruption is acknowledged and included in the Conference Outcome Document as a systemic, cross-cutting issue and to call for strong commitments and concerted action against corruption, including civil society, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. 

The Co-Facilitators of the 4th Conference (Mexico, Nepal, Norway and Zambia) have invited UN Member States and other stakeholders, including civil society organizations, to provide substantive inputs. 

These inputs will inform a first paper and, further down, the draft to be negotiated by governments and adopted at the 4th Conference as the Outcome Document. 

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), supporting the Conference and its preparation, have issued detailed guidance for the written inputs.

Please see: Call for Inputs for an Elements Paper on Financing for Development

You are invited to refer to the following guiding questions: 

• What are the key financing policy reforms and solutions that the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development should deliver? 
• How could the Conference strengthen the follow-up process, to ensure accountability to and full implementation of commitments made? 

The suggested structure for written input is as follows: 

I. A global financing framework (including cross-cutting issues) 

II. Action areas 

a. Domestic public resources 

b. Domestic and international private business and finance 

c. International development cooperation 

d. International trade as an engine for development 

e. Debt and debt sustainability 

f. Addressing systemic issues 

g. Science, technology, innovation and capacity building 

III. Emerging issues 

IV. Data, monitoring and follow-up 

V. Overarching reflections 

There is also a call for side events that could be proposed for the Multi-stakeholder hearing taking place at the end of October at the UN in New York (deadline: 15 October).

The UNCAC Coalition will seek to be closely involved. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you are interested or have any questions. Contact details:

Email: info@uncaccoalition.org
Phone: +43 (0) 660 705 1279
Mathias Huter, Managing Director (Geschäftsführer), mathias.huter@uncaccoalition.org