ABOUT THE EVENT

This ONE UN event, convened by the Local2030 Coalition’s Working Group 2 on Financing the Localisation of the SDGs, will showcase how UN agencies are working jointly to support local and regional governments in adopting Integrated Local Financing Frameworks (ILFFs) and innovative financial instruments to accelerate the localisation of finance for the SDGs. Building on the Sevilla Commitment and Platform for Action (SPA) initiative, “Localizing Finance to Drive Systemic Impact for the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda”, the session will explore progress on ILFFs and financial instruments, as well as their impact at the city and regional levels.

ILFFs and local financial instruments provide a structured approach to connect local development plans—covering housing, urban risk management, mobility, food systems, and climate resilience—to public and private finance. This enables cities to move beyond fragmented, project-based approaches toward coherent and scalable investment strategies. The event will present concrete country experiences where integrated financing approaches are already underway and demonstrate how Working Group 2 provides a coordinated platform for UN entities—UNDP, UNEP, UNICEF, and UN-Habitat—alongside partners, to align mandates, instruments, and tools around a shared financing logic.

The session will also introduce the WG2 2026 roadmap, focusing on six countries as learning and action laboratories, alongside a National-to-Local in-country workshop model. It will present targeted levers for action informed by the technical brief “Local Finance is Development Finance”, and highlight the Sevilla Platform for Action’s commitment to support at least 40 ILFFs and innovative financial instruments by 2030.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Learn more about WUF13:
https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf13/financing-localization-sdgs-through-integrating-local-financing-frameworks-and