Civil society action at FfD4.
In June, members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) participated in calls for financing for development at FfD4 in Sevilla. Read along for more news on global tax justice.
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4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
FfD4 took place from June 30 – July 3 in Sevilla, Spain. GATJ’s latest publication, From Monterrey to Sevilla: International Tax Cooperation in the Financing for Development Conferences, traces the evolution of the FfD process, from the 2002 FfD1 in Monterrey to present-day FfD4 in Sevilla, as well as the origins of the call for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
Ahead of FfD4, GATJ spoke at the Civil Society Forum organised by the CS FfD Mechanism, the Feminist Forum, and participated in the Global Days of Action to Pay Up! Cancel the Debt! Change the System! Around the world, thousands of people mobilised to demand global economic justice, including at the civil society march in Sevilla.
Throughout the conference, civil society gave interventions on the lack of ambition in the outcome document as well as presented the Civil Society Forum Declaration.
At a side event, “Walking the Talk on Domestic Public Resources: From FfD4 to the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation,” organised by the CS FfD Mechanism, GATJ discussed the implications of FfD4 on international tax cooperation and what is needed in the upcoming August UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation negotiations. Find highlights from the side event here.
On the close of FfD4, civil society gathered to make it clear to delegates: while the FfD4 outcome document, the Compromiso de Sevilla, failed to reflect the ambition needed, the fight for economic justice continues.
Tax Justice for Gender Equality: Rethinking Care Systems
Katie Tobin (WEDO), Maureen Mburu (GATJ), and María Julia Eliosoff Ferrero (FES Argentina) speaking at the IAFFE side event.
GATJ’s Tax and Gender Working Group (TGWG) held a side event at the 33rd Annual International Association of Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Conference. During the side event, TGWG members spoke about the forthcoming Framing Feminist Taxation guide volume 3 which focuses on tax justice and gender equality in connection to care systems. Learn more about the side event here.
Africa
Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) participated in FfD4. TJNA also spotlighted youth-led accountability in Tobacco Control at the World Conference on Tobacco Control. From foundational principles in 2023 to advanced strategies in 2025, the International Tax Justice Academy (ITJA) advanced-level training marked the final chapter of a three-tier capacity-building journey that began with a mission to elevate African tax justice.
Asia
Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia (TAFJA) members participated in FfD4. Ahead of FfD4, TAFJA members participated in a Global Days of Action to Pay Up! Cancel the Debt! Change the System! with hundreds of protests around the world. TAFJA Co-Coordinators Jeannie Manipon and Dr. Arjun Karki shared statements on the action.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe (RJFALC) members attended FfD4. RJFALC Coordinator Adrián Falco shared the key issues at stake at FfD4. RJFALC also published a study on tax justice and the human right to education.
North America
The Financial Accountability & Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition shared Congress passed H.R.1, a budget reconciliation bill containing trillions of dollars of highly regressive tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations at the cost of steep cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and climate programs. In addition to its domestic corporate tax breaks, the bill also includes nearly $170 billion in international tax breaks benefiting the nation’s largest multinational companies.
Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF) bid a fond farewell to outgoing Executive Director, Katrina Miller, and a warm welcome to incoming Executive Director, Jared A. Walker.
Europe
Tax Justice Europe (TJ-E) members took part in FfD4. Members of TJ-E shared interventions in the conference and spoke at side events.