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Friends in Media,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> Greetings
from COAST Foundation, Equity BD and Network members . <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> As
a part of our regular advocacy, we are planning to organize
a press conference titled ``<b> </b></span><b><span>International
Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)</span></b><span style="color:black"><b> and Civil Society Perspective</b>'' at the <b>Economic
Reporters Forum (ERF) in Dhaka, 87 Purana Paltan Line, Paltan Tower, Dhaka, 23
June( Monday) 2025 from 11.00 am to 12.00 pm.</b><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span><span>"Financing for Development"
(FDD) is a UN-led process that aims to create a comprehensive framework for
mobilizing resources to support sustainable development, especially the 2030
Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 4th International
Conference on FFD from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Sevilla, Spain, will assess
progress and identify gaps in financing sustainable development since the Addis
Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) in 2015. </span><span>FFD4 seeks to reform global finance systems, including domestic resource
mobilization (DRM), debt policy, and climate finance\u2014 areas critical to Bangladesh\u2019s
next phase of progress toward achieving the SDGs. We will share our legitimate
demand at the press conference to draw global attention in favour of fair
taxation, debt cancellation, and laundered money back to Bangladesh. </span><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We
cordially invite you to assign one of your reporters, along with a
photojournalist, to cover the important issue for the sake of the people\u2019s
interest in Bangladesh.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Please find the attached press invitation . <span></span></span></p>
<br clear="all"></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely <br><div><b>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (Mr)</b> <br>Director- Administration & SR<br></div><div>COAST Foundation </div><div>Mobile & WhatsApp: +8801711455591 <br></div><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>