The Annual DFI/IFI Working Group Meeting serves as a forum for exchanges of knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned as well as for coordination on SME finance among the development finance institutions (DFI) and international finance institutions (IFI). The annual meeting also provides a platform for other stakeholders in SME finance, including SME Finance Subgroup of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) and regulators, to share their SME finance agenda, work progresses and discuss next steps that may lead to a more coordinated effort in improving and scaling up sustainable SME finance and promoting business friendly regulation and macro-level policy. The working group also welcomes participation from some of the leading and successful private sector actors.
Co-hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the SME Finance Forum, the overarching theme of the 2-day meeting will be about “leveraging innovation” to promote access to finance to SMEs