G20 GPIB/IBAN Alleviating Poverty through Inclusive Business

The G20 Global Platform on Inclusive Business (GPIB) and the Inclusive Business Action Network (IBAN) jointly invite interested policymakers and G20 members, donor representatives, inclusive businesses, international organizations, development banks, foundations and academia to build upon previous GPIB workshops in order to continue to advance inclusive business policies. The conference will focus on ongoing peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange by establishing new alliances with concrete action plans and agreeing on a follow-up agenda.

The one-day conference is pursuing three main objectives:

1. Create alliances between government representatives, businesses and other actors in the ecosystem to discuss the four main policy dimensions, applying a variety of approaches (sectoral, cross-cutting, and regional).
2. Develop recommendations for the future work of the GPIB.
3. Provide participants with information about the link between the SDGs and inclusive business, as well as the importance of the business environment for inclusive business.

To achieve the objectives, the conference is divided into two sessions:

• Morning session - The road so far: Provide participants with an update on the work done by GPIB, IBAN, and other inclusive business stakeholders
• Afternoon session - Taking action: Share information and define concrete actions for coalitions on specific
  issues within three parallel breakout sessions:

1. Sectoral approach: Scaling up policy links to accelerate commercially viable inclusive businesses in the energy sector
2. Cross-cutting approach: Access to financing for inclusive business
3. Regional approach: Building the enabling environment for inclusive business in the ASEAN/APEC region

Important Information

Please follow the registration link and click on 'checkout'. You will then have to fill in your personal information. At the end of the registration process, you will be asked to choose which breakout session you would like to engage in and you may add topics you would like to share in an additional breakout session. According to the feedback that we receive, we may consider a fourth breakout session.

You will find more detailed information about the event on the GPIB website. For further questions please send an email to 'G20GPIB@ib-an.net'.