Belgium
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Kapil Kanungo
kapil.kanungo@incofin.com
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Impact for Breakfast event, hosted jointly by Impact for Breakfast, Belgium, and UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency). Join us on 3rd December 2024, from 8:30-10:00 AM at Ukrainian Voices – Refugee Committee, Rue de la Loi 89 – 1040 Bruxelles for an enlightening session on how UNHCR is evolving its funding model to drive sustainable impact for refugees and host communities.
About the Event
This session will explore UNHCR's pioneering shift from traditional grants to innovative finance mechanisms aimed at fostering economic empowerment, sustainable solutions, and long-term infrastructure development in refugee contexts. Our speakers will provide insights into the challenges, strategies, and successes of these initiatives, with a focus on how impact investments can catalyze meaningful change.
Agenda
8:30 AM - Welcome Coffee
Networking opportunity over coffee, offering time to connect with impact investors, public and private sector stakeholders, social impact practitioners, and UNHCR partners.
9:00 AM - Presentation by UNHCR Innovative Finance Unit
Speaker: Siddhartha Sinha, Head of UNHCR's Innovative Finance Unit
Duration: 10-15 minutes
An overview of UNHCR's shift to blended funding, which supports infrastructure advancements (water, energy, sanitation) through private sector engagement, featuring the Refugee Environmental Protection (REP) Initiative and the Green Financing Facility.
9:15 AM - Moderated Q&A and Discussion
Moderated by Kapil Kanungo (Incofin)
This interactive discussion will cover opportunities for collaboration between impact investors and agencies like UNHCR, perspectives on how blended finance supports refugee programs, and strategies to adapt and scale financial models for emerging refugee challenges.
Please RSVP by 26th November 2024 to confirm your participation. We look forward to an insightful session, filled with valuable discussions on how innovative finance can empower communities and foster resilience.
Warm regards,
Kapil Kanungo