The official G7 high-level side event, “Fitter, Smarter, Better: Towards a G7 Vision of Financing for Development,”

April 28, 2026, Paris

Remarks by Patrick Guillaumont, President of FERDI, during the opening session: “It is imperative to adopt vulnerability-based allocation criteria for concessional flows, differentiated according to their objectives (mitigation, adaptation, and humanitarian aid).”

The closed-door event, organised by the OECD with financial support from the AFD Group, gathered more than 300 participants throughout the day.

G7 Paris - Patrick Guillaumont – ©OCDE / Andrew Wheeler