Innovative Finance KXS - Ottawa Edition

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Innovative Finance KXS - Ottawa Edition

By CAFIID

Date and time

Tue, Sep 10, 2019 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Location

EDC - Export Development Canada - Exportation et développement Canada

150 Slater Street Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3 Canada

Description

The Canadian Forum for Impact Investing and Development (CAFIID) is pleased to invite you to join us in Ottawa on September 10th for a workshop on new models of investment and financing in developing countries. The CAFIID Knowledge Exchange Series on Innovative Finance will provide information, learning and networking to members and invited guests in cities across Canada. Innovative financing for development refers to initiatives that aim to raise new funds for development, or to optimize the use of current funds. New sources of funding are critical to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, with the United Nations estimating a $2.5 trillion annual financing gap. Blended finance is a leading form of innovative finance in development co-operation which seeks to improve the risk-return profiles of investment opportunities in developing countries to mobilize private sector investment in a project, company, portfolio, or country in which they would otherwise not invest.

The workshop has already been held in Monteral and Toronto and will also be in Vancouver on September 26th. To register for the Vancouver event, visit https://kxsvancouver.eventbrite.ca.

What is blended finance all about?

See the models in action with practical case studies including Climate Investor One, a $1B renewable energy fund that combines three investment facilities into one to finance projects in the wind, solar and hydro sectors.

Please join us for an interactive workshop led by Chris Clubb, Managing Director of Convergence, and with contributions from FinDev Canada, Canada’s development finance institution, and co-financier of Climate Investor One. Ryan Clark, Director at Global Affairs Canada, will participate in the workshop to describe Canada’s new International Assistance Innovation Program – a program designed to mobilise new sources of funding to development.


The workshop will:

  • Provide participants a beginner- to intermediate-level of knowledge of innovative finance and blended finance for developing countries

  • Describe how blended finance is a sub-set of innovative finance

  • Describe how blended finance is one tool in the development toolbox which complements traditional tools such as grants, technical assistance, capacity building, sovereign loans and development finance

  • Describe the sectors, SDGs and projects where blended finance and development finance is a good tool, and those where other development tools are more appropriate

  • Describe how development capital can be deployed in a blended finance transaction to create an acceptable risk-return investment profile that can mobilize private sector investment to increase the quantity and quality of financing and investment in developing countries

  • Describe the ‘State of Blended Finance’ globally and in Canada (i.e., key trends and current landscape)

  • Describe the main international advancements and activities in blended finance, including the OECD Blended Finance Principles and the Tri Hita Karan Roadmap for Blended Finance

  • Profile good practice innovative finance / blended finance case studies, skewing towards Canadian organizations

To join us in Ottawa on September 10, please RSVP before Thursday September 5th for this intimate gathering to learn about the players, deal structures, available resources and thought-leaders. Please arrive to allow for 10-15 minutes for on-site registration. A light buffet breakfast will be available.


This event has been made possible through support from Convergence, FinDev Canada and Oikocredit Canada.


Convergence Finance

findev canada

oikocredit

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