About
The Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) aims to promote fair and effective domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM), policy coherence and the social contract through partnerships and knowledge building. As a multi-stakeholder partnership, the ATI plays an essential role in fostering collective action to improve tax systems in light of recognised gaps in development finance. Emerging from the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July 2015, the ATI has significantly contributed to the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) and is firmly anchored within the Financing for Development process.
Today, the ATI brings together 78 partner countries, development partners, and supporting organisations that are united by the vision of tax systems that work for people and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Members declare their strong political commitment to implement the AAAA and the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). By focusing on the needs of partner countries, the ATI provides a unique opportunity for its members to collaborate on issues related to DRM on an equal footing, engage in peer-learning, and exchange experiences and good practices.
The ATI plays a coordinating role between its members to increase volume and quality of technical assistance and broad-based capacity building in partner countries. Since 2015, the ATI has contributed to strengthening DRM and financing for development through agenda setting, donor coordination, peer learning and enhanced political commitment. By publishing annual monitoring reports on the progress made against attaining the ATI commitments, making available an extensive database and project map on official development assistance to DRM, providing an online platform for matching needs for support with available resources, collaborating on joint products and organising conferences and workshops, ATI members can identify novel areas for DRM reform.
The ATI’s agenda has been shaped by successive declarations. Following the ATI Declaration 2015 and the ATI Declaration 2025, members adopted the Seville Declaration on DRM, which now guides the initiative. The Declaration outlines four key actions, developed in a spirit of partnership and mutual accountability, to enhance collective action and advance the ATI’s vision. Each development partner and partner country adherent carries responsibility, consistent with its role and capacity, to deliver on these commitments by 2025.
The Seville Declaration represents a milestone in the international tax and development agenda. It is designed to support the implementation of the FFD4 outcomes – the Compromiso de Sevilla – and to enhance the financing of the SDGs through stronger DRM. The Declaration also introduced the Seville Platform for Action (SPA), the official mechanism for implementing the FFD4 outcomes. The SPA is co-led by The Gambia, Madagascar, Germany, Norway, and the European Union.
