Foreign Affairs Council (Development)
Mon 26 May
|Location is TBD
The Foreign Affairs (Development) Council will address financing for development, EU-Africa relations, the situation in Ukraine, and any other business, including the Nutrition for Growth summit, before discussing external action post-2027 during a ministerial working lunch.
Time & Location
26 May 2025, 21:00 CEST – 27 May 2025, 06:00 CEST
Location is TBD
About the event
Financing for development
The Foreign Affairs (Development) Council; the first one for the high representative Kaja Kallas, will dedicate the first session to financing for development.
Ministers will meet one month prior to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), scheduled for 30 June – 3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain. This conference will focus on new and emerging issues, the pressing need to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the ongoing reform of the international financial system. It will unfold against a backdrop of a rapidly changing global environment, marked by rising geopolitical tensions and exacerbated by the US's suspension of foreign aid, which has put considerable strain on global development financing.