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Operationalizing Locally-Led Development: Innovative Financing Webinar-- Wednesday 9/7

  • 1.  Operationalizing Locally-Led Development: Innovative Financing Webinar-- Wednesday 9/7

    Posted 09-05-2022 08:55
    Join us on Wednesday, September 7th for the next installment in our Operationalizing Locally-Led Development webinar series!

    Register here.

    In this webinar, we will discuss financing practices that support and further locally-led development. Innovative finance for development (IF4D) encompasses a broad range of tools and approaches that go "beyond a traditional grant that mobilizes new capital and/or improves the efficiency or effectiveness of existing capital to tackle social and environmental problems." While innovative finance can represent new funding opportunities, InterAction argues that "the true potential of innovative finance is in its ability to change incentive structures, improve program delivery, and provide new solutions to development challenges."  This webinar will focus on various approaches to IF4D and how they can be specifically utilized to support local and national NGOs.

    Moderator- Dr. Christine Sow, CEO, Humentum 

    • Chidi Koldsweat, Founder and CEO, Donors for Africa Foundation 
    • Elina Sarkisova, Senior Manager Innovative Finance, Resonance  
    • Jenny Hodgson, Executive Director, Global Fund for Community Foundations 
    • Dr. Charles Benjamin, former President and CEO of the Near East Foundation 


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      Jenna Thoretz
      Government Affairs and Advocacy Intern
      Humentum
      jenna.thoretz@humentum.org
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