The Association of European Development Finance Institutions’ (EDFI) annual Impact Conference aims to promote knowledge exchange and learning around the impacts of private investment on sustainable development in developing countries. European DFIs play an important role in promoting private investment in developing countries through their financing, risk sharing and supporting activities. The DFIs have decades of investment experience, working alongside co-investors and clients, and this provides an evidence base to help us understand how private investment can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, and how this impact should be monitored, estimated and evaluated. The sharing of lessons learned can inform DFIs, businesses and private investors that invest for impact in developing countries on how to be effective.

The EDFI Impact Conference, organised in partnership with the leading global affairs think tank ODI, will bring researchers together with interested experts and decision-makers from European DFIs, private investors, business, government and other stakeholders, to explore the evidence base, share lessons learned and to chart future directions for research and practice development. This year’s conference will explore impact on the SDGs with a focus on three themes:

1. climate finance impact and related developmental concerns (SDG 13);
2. catalytic effects of gender-smart investing (SDG 5); and
3. the harmonisation of impact management and reporting.

Speakers

Session: Linkages between climate finance and development impact

Moderator: San Bilal (ECDPM)

Presentation: Adaptation and Resilience Metrics - Amal-Lee Amin (CDC)

Presentation: The Just Transition - Isabelle Blanco (EBRD)

 Panellists: Ylva Lindberg (Norfund), Suzanne Biegel (Catalyst At Large/ GenderSmart)