I. A renewed global financing framework
1. We, the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, have gathered in Seville, Spain from 30 June to 3 July 2025 to put in place a renewed global financing framework for sustainable development. We uphold and will advance all commitments of previous international conferences on financing for development, as well as the commitments on financing and development in the Pact for the Future.
2. We reaffirm our commitment to realize sustainable development, including effectively implementing the 2030 Agenda and upholding all principles enshrined in it. We also reaffirm that poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, remains the greatest global challenge and its eradication is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
3. We are meeting at a time of profound transformation, rising geopolitical uncertainty and growing systemic risks. Progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is severely off track and we are running out of time to prevent catastrophic climate change. Inequalities within and between countries persist. There have been significant efforts by the international community to respond to recent multiple, interlinked crises. Despite these efforts, the gap between our development aspirations and financing dedicated to meet them has never been so large. The financing gap has widened significantly over the last five years, reaching around $4 trillion annually.
4. We cannot afford a retreat from multilateral cooperation. These global challenges far exceed the capacity of any single state to respond. They can only be effectively addressed through a strong commitment to multilateralism, international cooperation and global solidarity based on mutual respect, shared responsibility, and collective action.
5. We decide to launch an ambitious package of reforms and actions to catalyse sustainable development investment at scale to close this financing gap with urgency. We will mobilize additional and innovative financing from all sources, recognizing the comparative advantages of public and private finance. As finance is a means to achieve our common goals, not an end in itself, we will put sustainable development impact at the heart of these efforts.
6. We commit to reform the international financial architecture, enhancing its resilience and effectiveness in responding to present and future challenges and crises. To better reflect today’s realities, we commit to make global governance more inclusive and effective. We acknowledge the important role of the United Nations in global economic governance, recognizing the complementary mandates of international organizations, that make the coordination of their actions crucial.
7. We will take action to combat inequalities within and between countries, and invest in people’s wellbeing.
8. We commit to close financing gaps in the provision of essential public services, including health, education, energy, water and sanitation, and building social protection systems. First Draft: FFD4 Outcome Document 10 March 2025 2
9. We will address the diverse needs and challenges faced by countries in special situations, in particular African countries, the least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), as well as the specific challenges faced by middle income countries and countries in conflict and post-conflict situations. We reaffirm our commitments and support to fully implement the relevant development agendas, strategies and programmes of action for countries in special situations.
10. While each country has primary responsibility for its own economic and social development, national development efforts need to be supported by an enabling international economic environment. We commit to align international support with national strategies, plans and frameworks and will respect each country’s policy space to pursue sustainable development.
11. We reaffirm the imperative of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and will ensure full and equal enjoyment of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms. Gender equality brings proven economic benefits and have the potential to contribute to financing for development. We commit to mainstream gender equality and promote gender-responsive solutions across the financing for development agenda. We will increase investment in the care economy and recognize, value, and equitably redistribute the disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work done by women.
12. We reaffirm that the effective, efficient and transparent mobilization and use of resources must be enabled by freedom, human rights, including the right to development, and national sovereignty. Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies is integral to creating an enabling environment for sustainable development. We commit to developing effective, accountable, and inclusive governance systems and democratic institutions at the subnational, national and international levels and ensuring responsive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
13. We will foster transparency, accountability, rule of law, good governance and sound policies at all levels. We commit to integrate anti-corruption as a cross-cutting issue to enhance public trust, reduce inequalities, ensure fair domestic resource allocation and increase private investments and economic growth. We will prevent and combat corruption, and call on the international community to support anticorruption capacity-building efforts and promote the exchange of best practices.
14. We recognize the contributions of multi-stakeholder engagement to sustainable development. We will continue to collaborate meaningfully with the private sector, civil society, the scientific community, academia, philanthropy and foundations, the media, and all other stakeholders and encourage multistakeholder collaboration and partnerships.
15. We reaffirm our commitment to foster innovation, financial literacy and digital capacity building, particularly for youth to enhance their contributions.
16. We will invest in productive sectors and the creation of decent and productive jobs, to ensure that all people benefit from inclusive and sustainable economic growth. We will promote entrepreneurship, particularly among women and youth, and facilitate the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
17. We commit to support developing countries, particularly LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, to develop quality, reliable, resilient and sustainable infrastructure. The significant infrastructure gap in critical sectors such as energy, transport, information and communications technologies, water and sanitation severely constrain access to essential services, employment opportunities, economic growth and sustainable development, especially in developing countries.
18. We recognize that we are falling short in tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. We recognize the primacy of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and reaffirm the respective commitments and obligations under these conventions and their respective agreements. We also reaffirm the commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and its agreements.
19. We recognize that high quality data and statistics are foundational for informed financing for development decision-making, transparency, accountability and resource allocation. We will support programmes aimed at strengthening national data collection and statistics, especially on sustainable development.
20. This renewed global framework for financing for development that we adopt in Seville will unlock and mobilize access to additional and innovative financial resources, support the reform of the international financial architecture to close the financing gap with urgency, and guide our efforts towards a financing for development agenda that will help realize sustainable development. Read full document
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