The Global Ye! launch is a youth entrepreneurship summit that will take place on 10 September 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. The event will be hosted by the Turkish Presidency and is part of the various G20 initiatives taking place that week culminating in the GPFI Forum. The event focuses on youth enterprise and innovation worldwide. High-level representatives from the private and public sector as well as some young entrepreneurs from Ye! Community will speak on the topic of youth entrepreneurship. The goal of the event is to officially announce the global launch of the Ye! platform, which aims to be the largest online community of young entrepreneurs. See the agenda.
G20 Finance Track Deputies Meeting
Past Events
Events
The GPFI Workshop: SME Finance Compact meeting will be held 10 September 2015 in Antalya, Turkey, preceding the Development Working Group meeting on 14-16 September 2015. See the agenda.
In an effort to promote SME finance policies and approaches that spur economic growth, the G20 GPFI announced the SME Finance Compact in 2012. The event will provide an opportunity for G20 and interested nonG20 countries to share knowledge and discuss their national SME finance strategies. The workshop will highlight progress made by countries in line with the SME Finance Compact, invite governments to make new commitments in this regard and provide recommendations to the G20 for scaling up country-level efforts.
The first G20 Round Table on Innovations in Agricultural Finance, an international invitation-only gathering, will take place in Antalya, Turkey on 9 September 2015 ahead of the G20 GPFI Forum and Plenary. The G20 Round Table on Innovations in Agricultural Finance is trying to uncover new ways to finance the agricultural sector in developing countries. After a panel of high level policy makers and private sector representatives from G20 and non-G20 countries sets the stage, the following innovative approaches in agricultural finance will be discussed: Agricultural Insurance; Value Chain Finance; Digital Technology, Financial Services, and Smallholder Farmers; Financing for Women in the Agricultural Sector; and Understanding Smallholder Demand, Driving Innovation. See the agenda.
The Responsible Finance Forum VI - Evidence and Innovation for Scaling Inclusive Digital Finance - is scheduled for 7-9 September 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. This two-and-a-half-day, invite-only forum engages policymakers, financial service providers, and researchers in an evidence-based discussion on consumer protection measures, financial education approaches, the design and delivery of financial products and services, and regulatory frameworks and codes of conduct.
This year's AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF) will take place 1-4 September 2015 in Maputo, Mozambique. The GPF was created as a platform for central banks and other financial sector policymaking and regulatory institutions in developing and emerging countries to engage in dialogue and share experiences in increasing access to financial services with their peers and other stakeholders. A GPFI SME Finance side event also will be held.
The IFIs/DFIs SME Working Group Meeting will take place 24-26 June 2015 in London.
The third meeting of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) under the Turkish G20 Presidency will be held on 4-5 June 2015 in Izmir, Turkey.
The GPFI will meet on 3 June 2015 in Izmir, Turkey. The meeting will follow the GPFI Workshop: SME Finance meeting on 1-2 June 2015, also in Izmir.
The AFI SME Finance Working Group Meeting will be held 25-27 May 2015 in Kuala Lumpur.