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I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
The Addis Ababa International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) will take place on 13-16
July 2015. The conference will be held at the highest possible political level, including Heads of State or
Government, Ministers of Finance, Foreign affairs and Development Cooperation – International
Organizations, and representatives of business and civil society.
The Government of Ethiopia is proud to host this event, with the support of the United Nations
Secretariat, in particular the Department for Economic and Social Affairs Financing for Development
Office and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide helpful information on the conference organization, protocol
and other practicalities for participants. It also outlines the arrangements for which the Government of
Ethiopia will be responsible, including accommodation, transportation, security, immigration and customs
arrangements.
1.2 EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THE CONFERENCE
An intergovernmentally negotiated and agreed outcome, constituting an important contribution to and
support for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda
1.3 SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
(i) assessing the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha
Declaration and identifying obstacles and constraints encountered in the achievement of the goals and
objectives agreed therein, as well as actions and initiatives to overcome these constraints;
(ii) Addressing new and emerging issues, including in the context of the recent multilateral efforts to
promote international development cooperation, taking into account:
• the current evolving development cooperation landscape;
• the interrelationship of all sources of development finance;
• the synergies between financing objectives across the three dimensions of sustainable
development; and
• the need to support the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015;
(iii) Reinvigorating and strengthening the financing for development follow-up process.
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