BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cb5516a255 DTSTART:20251201T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251201T220000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 9 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Advancing the Sevilla Commitment towards a shared framework: En hancing responsibility\, capacity and scalabilityThe Sevilla Commitment is the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development\, held from 30 June to 3 July 2025\, in Seville\, Spain.Th is Commitment establishes a renewed global financing for development frame work to expand access to and unlock additional and innovative financial re sources\, and support reforms to the international financial architecture to close the development finance gap within the nine action areas of the A ddis Ababa Action Agenda.Guiding questions:What is required to create effe ctive\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments \, based on different country contexts\, lessons learned\, best practices and existing efforts towards harmonization\, as appropriate\, as highlight ed in paragraph 33 (i) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What are the next step s to take to support the development of trade-related physical and digital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity to ease trade bottl enecks and support trade facilitation and connectivity\, in particular for landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, as c alled for in paragraph 44 (a) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What capacities do developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, need to engage more ef fectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies\ , as requested in paragraph 51 (c) of the Sevilla Commitment?The three gui ding questions fall\, respectively\, under the following action areas in c hapter II of the Sevilla Commitment: domestic and international private bu siness and finance (section B)\, international trade as an engine for deve lopment (section D) and debt and debt sustainability (section E).Participa nts will address the three guiding questions\, examining policy initiative s to create effective\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments\, support the development of trade-related physical and d igital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity\, and enhance the capacities of developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, to enga ge more effectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies.ParticipationThis session is open to all member States of UNCTAD . Other organizations\, including specialised agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the general and special cate gories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, may participate as o bservers.Written contributionsIn order to facilitate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practices on the topics to be d iscussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit written con tributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.RegistrationOnline registration is ma ndatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in ord er to be included in the list of participants.LogisticsThe session will be held with physical participation at the Palais des Nations. Those who can not attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations.The link to lis ten live will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address us ed for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.<\; h3 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u nctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-9t h-session DTSTAMP:20260824T211913Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cb5516a294 DTSTART:20251202T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251202T220000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 9 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Advancing the Sevilla Commitment towards a shared framework: En hancing responsibility\, capacity and scalabilityThe Sevilla Commitment is the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development\, held from 30 June to 3 July 2025\, in Seville\, Spain.Th is Commitment establishes a renewed global financing for development frame work to expand access to and unlock additional and innovative financial re sources\, and support reforms to the international financial architecture to close the development finance gap within the nine action areas of the A ddis Ababa Action Agenda.Guiding questions:What is required to create effe ctive\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments \, based on different country contexts\, lessons learned\, best practices and existing efforts towards harmonization\, as appropriate\, as highlight ed in paragraph 33 (i) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What are the next step s to take to support the development of trade-related physical and digital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity to ease trade bottl enecks and support trade facilitation and connectivity\, in particular for landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, as c alled for in paragraph 44 (a) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What capacities do developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, need to engage more ef fectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies\ , as requested in paragraph 51 (c) of the Sevilla Commitment?The three gui ding questions fall\, respectively\, under the following action areas in c hapter II of the Sevilla Commitment: domestic and international private bu siness and finance (section B)\, international trade as an engine for deve lopment (section D) and debt and debt sustainability (section E).Participa nts will address the three guiding questions\, examining policy initiative s to create effective\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments\, support the development of trade-related physical and d igital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity\, and enhance the capacities of developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, to enga ge more effectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies.ParticipationThis session is open to all member States of UNCTAD . Other organizations\, including specialised agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the general and special cate gories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, may participate as o bservers.Written contributionsIn order to facilitate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practices on the topics to be d iscussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit written con tributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.RegistrationOnline registration is ma ndatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in ord er to be included in the list of participants.LogisticsThe session will be held with physical participation at the Palais des Nations. Those who can not attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations.The link to lis ten live will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address us ed for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.<\; h3 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u nctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-9t h-session DTSTAMP:20260824T211913Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cb5516a29b DTSTART:20251203T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251203T220000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development\, 9 th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Advancing the Sevilla Commitment towards a shared framework: En hancing responsibility\, capacity and scalabilityThe Sevilla Commitment is the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development\, held from 30 June to 3 July 2025\, in Seville\, Spain.Th is Commitment establishes a renewed global financing for development frame work to expand access to and unlock additional and innovative financial re sources\, and support reforms to the international financial architecture to close the development finance gap within the nine action areas of the A ddis Ababa Action Agenda.Guiding questions:What is required to create effe ctive\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments \, based on different country contexts\, lessons learned\, best practices and existing efforts towards harmonization\, as appropriate\, as highlight ed in paragraph 33 (i) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What are the next step s to take to support the development of trade-related physical and digital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity to ease trade bottl enecks and support trade facilitation and connectivity\, in particular for landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, as c alled for in paragraph 44 (a) of the Sevilla Commitment?  What capacities do developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, need to engage more ef fectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies\ , as requested in paragraph 51 (c) of the Sevilla Commitment?The three gui ding questions fall\, respectively\, under the following action areas in c hapter II of the Sevilla Commitment: domestic and international private bu siness and finance (section B)\, international trade as an engine for deve lopment (section D) and debt and debt sustainability (section E).Participa nts will address the three guiding questions\, examining policy initiative s to create effective\, replicable and scalable blended finance structures and instruments\, support the development of trade-related physical and d igital infrastructure\, statistical systems and connectivity\, and enhance the capacities of developing countries\, particularly in Africa\, to enga ge more effectively with financial market actors\, including credit rating agencies.ParticipationThis session is open to all member States of UNCTAD . Other organizations\, including specialised agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the general and special cate gories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, may participate as o bservers.Written contributionsIn order to facilitate deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practices on the topics to be d iscussed\, member States and observers are requested to submit written con tributions to the UNCTAD secretariat.RegistrationOnline registration is ma ndatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in ord er to be included in the list of participants.LogisticsThe session will be held with physical participation at the Palais des Nations. Those who can not attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations.The link to lis ten live will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address us ed for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.<\; h3 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u nctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts-financing-development-9t h-session DTSTAMP:20260824T211913Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR