EIB Group co-hosts Global Gender Summit with financial leaders

As part of the Multilateral Development Banks Working Group on Gender (MDB WGG), the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group hosts The Global Gender Summit, a biennial event.

Driving the global gender agenda

The main objective of the event is to bring together experts from development institutions, government officials and private sector representatives from across the world to facilitate dialogue and exchange of good practices, lessons learned and advances impacting and driving the global gender agenda.

The theme for the Summit is: Building Back Better: Advancing Gender Equality for a More Resilient Future and focuses on work and the care economy, climate change, and digitalization.

Topics at the Summit include:

Women’s Employment : The Impact of COVID 19 and Opportunities to Accelerate the Creation of Decent Work
How to Accelerate Women’s Participation in the Labor Force and Invest in a More Equitable Care Economy
How can different stakeholders support care in the workplace and strengthen the care market?
What are sound policies to create investments in accessible and high-quality childcare in emerging markets, for formal and informal workers?
Gender and Fiscal Policy
Inequality & External Shocks: Creating Opportunities and Building Resilience
Beyond Barriers: Women’s Access to Climate Finance
Building Back Better: Green Skills and new Employment Opportunities
COP27: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
Fintech and Financial Inclusion of Women
Digital financial services and fintech
Women and Disruptive Technology: Barriers and Opportunity to Driving an Equitable Online Economy
Digitalization in Fragile and Conflict Contexts

Knowledge exchange and collaboration

The MDB WGG was established in 2001, to serve as an important platform for the most senior staff leading the gender work in member institutions to convene for knowledge exchange and collaboration on current and most pressing issues and challenges impacting the gender equality agenda globally.

Members include the European Investment Bank (EIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), IDB Invest, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the World Bank (WB).

Hosting biennial global summits

As part of their exchange and dissemination of knowledge commitments, the working group organizes biennial global summits to facilitate the dialogue and exchange of best practices. These events are crucial to promote cross-fertilization of experiences and accelerate the pace of learning which encourage member institutions to engage and offer state-of-the-art policies and initiatives to their respective clients.

The MDB WGG has organized previous events in Manila (2008), Peru (2009), Addis Ababa (2011), Istanbul (2012), Manila (2014), Washington, DC (2016) and Rwanda (2019).