24 October 2014: The co-facilitators for the preparatory process of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) have issued an updated road map and programme of work for the preparatory process of the Conference, following consultations with Member States on 17 October 2014.

The new documents detail three upcoming informal substantive sessions, to address: The Global Context (10 November); Mobilization and effective use of resources (11-13 November); and Enabling environment, systemic issues, follow-up process and learning from partnerships (9-12 December).

The substantive sessions will be followed by an informal interactive hearing with civil society and the business sector (January 2015), regional consultations held by the UN Regional Commissions, and a series of three drafting sessions on the outcome document of the Conference, in January, April and June 2015.

Arrangements to support the participation of delegates from developing countries are being finalized by the Financing for Development Office (FfDO) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), according to the letter of the co-facilitators, George Talbot (Guyana) and Geir Pederson (Norway).

The co-facilitators plan to provide background notes with further details of the sessions in advance of the next session. [UNGA President Letter]