About The Event
The FEBEA Annual conference brings together practitioners and experts in the filed of ethical finance and social economy at European and international level. The FEBEA annual event is an unique opportunity to exchange on the challenges and opportunities faced by ethical finance actors with respect to the changing social and political context.
Programme
- Welcome Dinner 24 September 2023
- General Assembly & Workshops - only for members 25 September 2023
- Annual Conference 26 September 2023
- Training and Visit 27 September 2023
20:00 - 23:00Welcome Dinner
Location details will be provided soon
- Zappeion
09:00 AM - 09:30 AMWelcome and registration
09:30 AM - 09:45 AM6th Ethical and value-based finance in Europe annual report
09:45 AM - 11:15 AMFEBEA General Assembly
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMCoffee Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMClosing of the Assembly
12:30 PM - 02:00 PMNetworking Lunch
02:00 PM - 04:00 PMWorkshop 1 – EIF & EIB advisory Hub
Update on InvestEU by the EIF and presentation of the SIFTA TA program by the EIB Advisory Hub.
02:00 PM - 04:00 PMWorkshop 2 – Communication Community
03:00 PM - 06:00 PMTraining – Impact management
Training on Impact management – latest developments and trends by European Center for Social finance – part 1
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMWorkshop 3 – Council of Europe Development Bank
Presentation of new financing lines for social financiers, supported by InvestEU by Council of Europe Development Bank.
- Zappeion
Simultaneous interpretation EN – FR – GR
09:30 AM - 10:00 AMRegistration
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMWelcome
- Pedro Manuel Sasia Santos – President of FEBEA
- Michail Marakakis – President of Cooperative Bank of Chania
10:30 AM - 11:30 AMChanging times!
- Mr. Georgios Christopoulos – General Secretary of Economic Policy & Strategy
- Mr Fotios Kourmousis – Ministry of Economy and Finance of Greece.
- Giorgos Stathakis – former Finance Minister, former Environment and Energy Minister, former Professor of Political Economy and Vice Rector of the University of Crete.
- Panagiotis Liargovas – Professor of Economics at the University of Peloponnese & Chairman of the Board of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) and of the National Productivity Board.
- Nikolaos Filippas – Professor of Finance University of Piraeus & Chairman and Founder of Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute.
- Yannis Phillis – professor emeritus and former rector, Technical University of Crete.
- Theodora Antonakaki – Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Centre of the Bank of Greece.
Video by Ruth Passerman, Director DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at European Commission
Q&A
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMAmbiguities of finance for sustainability
Professor Pawel H. Dembinski director of the Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva.
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMCoffee break – Networking session
12:15 PM - 01:15 PMBoosting Local Impact – How ethical financiers invest in their communities
How do ethical financiers boost their local impact?
- Initiatives undertaken to support local community: Cooperative Bank of Chania – Chrysa Despotaki
- Community Impact: Community Finance Ireland – Donal Traynor
- Social Impact: Fondazione di Comunitá di Messina – Giacomo Pinaffo
Moderator: Valentina Patetta
01:15 PM - 03:15 PMNetworking Lunch
03:15 PM - 04:40 PMFinance designed for Impact – How ethical banks create impact
● Impact by mission: La Nef – Amandine Platet
● Climate Impact: Banque Alternative Suisse – Judith Capello
● Impact on resilience: Cooperative Bank of Karditsa – Panagiotis Tournavitis
● Cultivating impact: Cultura Bank – Jannike Østervold
● Impact by design as a Bank: Banca Etica – Tomasso Rondinella
Moderator: Gian-Luca Gasparini
04:40 PM - 05:00 PMClossing Remarks
- Daniel Sorrosal – Secretary General of FEBEA
- Chrysa Despotaki – CEO of Cooperative Bank of Chania
08:00 PMDinner
Networking dinner for FEBEA members and guests [invitation required].
Restaurant: ΒΑΡΟΥΛΚΟ – VAROULKO
10:00 - 12:00Training – Impact Management [2nd part]
[Enrollment required] Training on Impact management – latest developments and trends by European Center for Social finance – part 2
13:00 - 15:00Touristic visit
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