The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held in Seville from June 30 to July 3, 2025, is one of the most important international forums dedicated to shaping the future of sustainable development finance. As the world confronts intersecting crises—from climate change to rising inequalities—the role of public development banks (PDBs) has never been more vital.

Given the strategic importance of this global gathering, the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) is actively engaged. IDFC has co-organized four official side events at FfD4, all in partnership with Finance in Common (FiCS), and several of its members are also contributing prominently through their own events.

IDFC Co-Organized Side Events

Monday, 30 June 2025

• 16:30–18:00 | Room: Side Event 17
  Country-Driven Approaches to Financing Climate Action and Sustainable Development
  Description: Launch of the Seville Impact Initiative, emphasizing national leadership, country platforms, and integrated financing strategies.
  Co-organizers: Governments of Egypt and South Africa, AIIB, UNDP, IDFC, FiCS, INFF Facility

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 6
  Protecting Borrowers from Currency Risk: Responsible Lending Products
  Description: Launch of the Seville Impact Initiative, emphasizing national leadership, country platforms, and integrated financing strategies
  Co-organizers: TCX, IDFC, FiCS, P4, Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS)

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 15
  Enhancing Market Access for Public Development Banks: Reducing the Cost of Capital for Sustainable Investment
  Description: Exploration of mechanisms to reduce financing costs for PDBs and increase access to capital markets.
  Co-organizers: IDFC, FiCS, MIGA, Rothschild & Co

Thursday, 3 July 2025

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 21
  Towards Public Development Banks Fully Aligned with the SDGs: Overview of Current Practices and Ongoing Dynamics
  Description: Presentation of the IDFC SDG Integration Tracker and tools for ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments
  Co-organizers: IDFC, FiCS, Asian Development Bank (AsDB)

Events Co-Organized or Led by IDFC Members

Monday, 30 June 2025

• 12:30–14:00 | Room: Side Event 5
  Innovative Mechanisms of Cooperation and Financing between CAF and Local Governments in Latin America
  Co-organizers: CAF, UCLG, Mercociudades

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 20
  Reclaiming Competitiveness: Commodities, Trade and Industrialization for Sustainable Development
  Co-organizers: CAF, UNCTAD, UNDESA, Government of Chile

• 16:30–18:00 | Room: Side Event 22
  Scaling Debt Swaps: Nature, Climate, Social and Sustainable Growth as Drivers of SDG Investment
  Co-organizers: CAF, The Nature Conservancy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain, Bridgetown Initiative (Barbados)

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 17
  Unlocking Sustainable Finance through Quasi-Sovereigns: Accelerating Sustainable Investments in Emerging Economies
  Co-organizers: CAF, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), ECLAC

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 4
  Financing Resilience: Investing in Early Recovery for Long-Term Resilience
  Co-organizers: KfW, UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), UNDP, European Investment Bank (EIB), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 3
  Financing Care Systems for Gender Equality and Economic Prosperity: A Multistakeholder Approach
  Co-organizers: CAF, UN Women, Governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, Oxfam, Global Alliance for Care, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

• 16:30–18:00 | Room: Side Event 18
  Going Regional, Scaling Global: Unlocking Development Finance through Regional MDBs
  Co-organizers: CAF, CABEI, BOAD, AIIB, Caribbean Development Bank, Governments of Costa Rica and Uruguay

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 17
  Financing an Equitable, Fair, Inclusive and Resilient Future
  Co-organizers: CAF, Club de Madrid, Bridgetown Initiative, Government of Barbados, UN-Habitat, UNEP, International Energy Agency (IEA), Climate Emergency Collaboration Group, IE University

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 24
  Accelerating the Shift from Dialogue to Action: Empowering NDBs in Emerging and Developing Economies
  Co-organizers: AFD, Bancóldex, CDG, KfW, BMZ, Brookings Institution, SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

• 10:30–12:00 | Room: Side Event 19
  New Approaches for Renewed International Cooperation: Coalition of the Willing and Beyond GDP
  Co-organizers: CAF, Government of Spain, UNCTAD, UNDP, AUDA-NEPAD, SEGIB

Participation of the IDFC Secretary General

Nicolas Picchiottino, Secretary General of IDFC, will take part in several key side events during the conference:

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 17
  Unlocking Sustainable Finance through Quasi Sovereigns: Accelerating sustainable investments in emerging economies – as speaker

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 23
  E3G – Scaling adaptation finance and the road to COP30 – as speaker
• 10:30–12:00 | Room: Side Event 17
  CIFF – Unlocking development through country platforms – as speaker

• 14:30–16:00 | Room: Side Event 15
  Enhancing Market Access for Public Development Banks – as moderator

Thursday, 3 July 2025

• 08:30–10:00 | Room: Side Event 21
  Towards PDBs Fully Aligned with the SDGs – as speaker

• 10:30–12:00 | Room: TBD
  Climate Finance Reform Compass – as speaker