DEVELOPMENT FINANCE IMPACT DAY

6 November 2025

This day brings together investors, development actors, policymakers and changemakers shaping solutions to today’s global sustainability challenges. From climate action and energy access to inclusive finance and job creation, discover how 30 years of pioneering development finance have driven impact worldwide.

Whether you’re seeking bold ideas, practical tools or stronger partnerships, this is where collaboration meets action.

Co-hosted by:

The event will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholders:

Clients from Africa, Asia, and Latin America who are leading projects on the ground
Impact investors and private companies, focusing on emerging and developing markets
Belgian government representatives and policymakers
Civil society and NGOs

Together, they will reflect on the evolution of development finance, current global shifts, and what the future holds.

Key Themes to Be Explored

Impact: Showcasing flagship investments that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and social impact.
Development Finance in a Changing World: Navigating increasing geopolitical complexity—including Western budget cuts, growing influence from new countries, and political risk in partner countries.
Balancing Impact, Risk, and Return: Addressing policy and regulatory hurdles, leveraging public funds and blended finance, and exploring the role of de-risking instruments like EU guarantees.
Cooperation as a Cornerstone: Emphasizing the “Team Belgium” approach, synergies between investment and technical assistance, and promoting a new narrative of equal partnerships and mutual benefit.

Why It Matters

In an era of global uncertainty and rising inequality, development finance is more relevant than ever. It represents a smart, strategic tool for driving sustainable impact while reinforcing Belgium’s commitment to international solidarity, innovation, and partnership.

This event is both a celebration and a call to action—to deepen cooperation, innovate financing models, and reassert Belgium’s role as a leader in global impact investing.

Program Overview

08.30 - Check-in & Welcome Coffee

09.00 - Opening Plenary

10.00 - Coffee Break

10.30 - Breakout Round 1 (2 parallel sessions)

11.45 - Breakout Round 2 (2 parallel sessions)

12.45 - Closing

13.00 - Lunch

14.15 - Networking

Detailed Program

Impact Finance Belgium (IFB) is an independent and not-for-profit organization. IFB's goal is to mobilize more, and more effective impact-driven investment, capital and funding to seed and accelerate solutions addressing the needs of people and planet, also where it matters most. The aim is to increase the part of Impact Investing in Belgium to 10% of the Belgian AUM by 2030.