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Event Date: End Date: | 08:30 am - 11:00 am EAT
Multistakeholder Roundtable: Closing the SDG Investment Gap in Kenya
In 2026, the GISD Alliance has embarked on a new work programme focusing on country-level implementation, with new pilot initiatives launched in Kenya, Colombia, and Indonesia. GISD aims to scale…

Past Events

Event Date: End Date: | 09:00 am - 06:00 pm EST
GISD Strategy Group Meeting & the SDG Investment Fair
The Financing for Development Week (FFD Week) held on 20-24 April marked the first major platform for the follow-up to FFD4, with the GISD Alliance members active participating in various…
Event Date: End Date: | 10:00 am - 06:00 pm CET
International Business Forum at FFD4
The International Business Forum will be held alongside FFD4 on 30 June – 3 July 2025 in Sevilla, Spain. Organized by the FFD4 Business Steering Committee, it will bring together Heads of State,…
Event Date: End Date: | 11:30 am - 01:00 pm EST
Scaling up private investment for sustainable development: Opportunities for action at FFD4 - A side event to the 2nd FFD4 Preparatory Committee Meeting
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) provides once-in-a-decade opportunity to address these impediments to the mobilization of private investment. As UN Member…
Event Date: End Date: | 08:00 am - 06:00 pm EST
GISD Alliance Strategy Group and Annual Meeting
Business leaders from the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance will be holding their Strategy Group and Annual Meetings on the 28th and 29th of October 2024 at the UN…
Event Date: | 01:00 pm - 04:00 pm EDT
GISD Alliance side event to the WBG-IMF Spring Meetings: Scaling up private capital mobilization through blended finance
Photo is from GISD's side event to the 2023 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings An in-person side event to the 2024 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings Washington DC Despite some progress, blended finance has to date not…
Event Date: | 04:30 pm - 06:00 pm EDT
FfD Forum & SDG Investment Fair: Launch of GISD Guidance on Sovereign SDG Bonds
An in-person side event to the 2024 Financing for Development Forum and SDG Investment Fair 23 April 2024, 4:30 - 6:00 pm Conference Room 8 UN HQ, New York Over the last few years, the issuance of…
Event Date: | 09:30 am - 10:30 am GST
GISD Alliance at COP28: Mobilizing private capital to ensure a just transition and deliver on the SDGs
GISD's panel discussion at COP27                       GISD Alliance members will convene at COP28 to discuss the role of the private sector in ensuring a just transition and delivering on the SDGs…
Event Date: End Date: | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm ET
The GISD Alliance at UNGA 2023
GISD Alliance representatives will participate in the UN General Assembly High-level Week and its related side-events to discuss the challenges to increasing investment in the SDGs, the solutions…
Event Date: End Date: | 09:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
2023 (Virtual) Meeting of the GISD Alliance
The global economic and financial environment poses formidable challenges to advancing sustainable development objectives. Investment in areas like sustainable infrastructure, education, health, the…
Event Date: End Date: | 09:00 am - 11:00 am EST
GISD Alliance (Virtual) Strategy Group Meeting
The prospects for the global economy remain highly uncertain amid stubborn inflation, rising interest rates, the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. Despite global…
Event Date: | 08:00 am - 10:00 am EDT
GISD Alliance side event at the WBG/IMF Spring Meetings: Enhancing the role of MDBs in catalyzing private finance and investment
Photo: Danita Delimont / Getty Images The Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, supported by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, together with the…
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GISD Alliance 2023 Strategy Group Meeting
When the GISD Alliance was launched in 2019, there was cautious optimism on the trajectory of some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This was supported by a more favourable economic and…
Event Date: | 07:15 am - 08:15 am EST
The GISD Alliance at COP27: Scaling up private investment for SDG and climate action
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in deep peril. Global temperatures are rising quickly. By 2030, the global economy needs to emit 25 per cent less greenhouse gases compared to 2022 to…
Event Date: | 09:30 am - 03:00 pm EDT
Fourth Annual Meeting of the GISD Alliance
The Fourth Annual Meeting of the GISD Alliance will be held in the context of one of the hardest moments for the global economy. The accumulation of shocks hitting the global economy has severe…
Event Date: | 04:00 pm - 06:30 pm BST
Launch Event: ICGN-GISD Model Mandate
Hosted by Financial Reporting Council, London (in-person and virtual) The Model Mandate was first published by ICGN in 2012 and has been updated in partnership with the UN supported Global Investors…
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GISD Strategy Group Meeting
When: 21-22 June 2022 Where: Standard Chartered Headquarters, London What: The outlook for the world economy is bleak. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt international markets and economies…