Blended finance – a term becoming more and more common amongst sustainable investors – refers to a strategic combination of public and private funding that helps mobilise additional capital flows to foster development. But what exactly does blended finance mean?

Program

08:45
Welcome & Opening Remarks, Ivo Germann, Head of Operations of Economic Development Cooperation Directorate, SECO

08:55
Updates on Convergence and SSF Joan Larrea, CEO, Convergence Kelly Hess, Senior Project Manager, Swiss Sustainable Finance

09:05
Insights into the Concept of Blended Finance, Joan Larrea, CEO, Convergence

09:30
Innovative Case Studies from Switzerland, Tanja Havemann, Founder, Clarmondial and Maria Teresa Zappia, CIO, BlueOrchard