September 21st: FJGET Co-design Workshop for Task Force Members

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September 23rd: Just and Green Transition: Development Finance and Women Leaders Accelerating Sustainable Finance

 

Opening Session - 8:00am

Welcoming session:

• Janja Lula da Silva (Janja), First Lady of Brazil

• Achim Steiner, Under Secretary General, Executive Director, UNDP

• Ana Claudia Rossbach, UN Under Secretary General, Executive Director, UN-Habitat

• Sergio Diaz-Granados, Executive President of CAF (to be confirmed)

 

Keynote Speakers:

• Fernando Haddad, Minister of Finance of Brazil

• Esther Dweck, Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services of Brazil

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High Level Dialogue – Session ONE  - 08:40am​

Development Finance and Just Ecological Transformation: The role of multilateral banks and women leaders in

finance in scaling up public and private sustainable finance, with a particular focus on localizing finance for a just

green energy transition in Latin America.

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Keynote Speakers:

• Tatiana Rosito, G20, Secretary of International Affairs of Ministry of Finance of Brazil

• Tarciana Medeiros, President, Bank of Brazil

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Panel: Financing for Just and Ecological Transformation with Gender Equality at Scale | Speakers:

• Ana Toni, Secretary of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil

• Luciana Costa, Managing Director of Infrastructure, Climate and Energy Transition, BNDES

• Antonio Silveira, Vice-President of Private Sector, CAF

• Gabriela Elizondo Azuela, Head of Engergy Sector, LAC World Bank

• Marisela Alvarenga, Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest Bank

• Vera Songwe, Chair and founder of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

 

Moderator: Cristina Reis, Undersecretary for Sustanaible Economic Development, Ministry of Finance of Brazil

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Panel: Localizing Just Green Energy Transition Finance and Latin America

• Aline Damasceno, Deputy Executive Secretary, Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade

• Viviane Vargas, Deputy Secretary of the National Treasury, Ministry of Finance

• Jorge Arbache, PhD Economist, professor at UNB

• Samina Anwar, Lead, Gender Financing and Inclusive Cities, UNCDF

• Ana Luiza Ferreira, Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of Pernambuco State

 

Moderator: Liane Freire, founder and Executive Director, Blend Institute

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High Level Dialogue – Session TWO - 10:00am

Women Leaders Reshaping the Financial System: Developing policies that support the scaling up of just climate

transition finance, with a focus on gender equity. This includes the announcement of the Global Women Leaders in

Finance Platform (GWLFP) and a call to action for financial solutions that promote gender-equitable, sustainable

development in developing countries.

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Keynote Speaker: Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil

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Panel:  Enabling Women in finance leadership as effective finance system change drivers and just climate with gender equity finance leveragers

 

Speakers:

• Wendy Teleki, Head of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), World Bank (to be confirmed)

• Monica Aleman, International Program director for Gender, Ford Foundation (to be confirmed)

• Ticiana Rolim, Ellaimpacta Co-Founder

• Diana Rodrigues Franco, Special on Gender and Diversity to the President of IDB

• Renata Amaral, Secretary of International Affairs, Ministry of Planning and Budget of Brazil

 

Moderator: Fernanda Santiago, Strategic Advisor of Minister of Finance of Brazil, GWLFP Leadership Team

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Women Leaders in Finance: Global Platform Announcement - 10:40am

A call to action to promote a wide range of financial solutions supporting developing countries in implementing a

just and green energy transition with gender equity.

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Closing Session: 10:50am

• Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Executive Secretary, UNCDF 

• Raquel Lagunas, Global Director of Gender Equality, UNDP

• Jaime de Aguinaga, Vice Provost for Strategy & Development