On April 17, 2025, the Permanent Mission of Nepal, as Chair of the Least Developed Country Group (LDCs), and the  Starling Institute convened a retreat for LDC Ambassadors and experts. Less than three months before the FfD4 conference in Sevilla, Spain, the retreat aimed to help clarify this group’s collective development finance priorities and how best to achieve them. Representatives from 22 of the 44 LDCs and UN experts participated in the day-long session.