Strength in Unity
FEBEA Annual conference
- Reception [members and guests] 25 September 2024
- General Assembly [members] & Workshops [open] 26 September 2024
- Annual Conference 27 September 2024
- Bank of Ireland
Welcome to Dublin! FEBEA and Community Finance Ireland will be happy to receive you at the Banking Hall of the Bank of Ireland at College Green.
From 18:00 to 20:30.
Address: 2 College Green, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 VR66, Ireland
- Croke Park
How social finance organisations can benefit from direct Funding programs such as ESF+, COSME, H2020, etc through participation to specific project proposals.
Enroll here.
This workshop is implemented under the Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance (SIFTA) managed by the EIB and funded by the European Union under the InvestEU Advisory Hub.

A training on communication will allow communication professionals of different ethical financiers to boost their communication in the fields of social finance, ethical finance, and social and solidarity economy.
Enroll here.
Please note that even if the workshop is free and open to the public, a private meeting on communication of FEBEA’s network will follow after the coffee break, only for members of the network.
This workshop is implemented under the Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance (SIFTA) managed by the EIB and funded by the European Union under the InvestEU Advisory Hub.

FEBEA will bring representatives from the European Investment Fund, the European Investment Bank, the Central European Bank, and SIFTA to provide updates through practical examples on the new financial instruments offered by the EU.
Opportunities and practical examples in terms of guarantees, funding mechanisms, technical assistance – and not only – for social finance organisations.
This workshop is close to members of FEBEA’s network only.
- Pedro M. Sasia Santos, President of FEBEA
- Catherine Blackbourne, Chair of Community Finance Ireland
- Feargal McCormack, Chairperson of the GAA National Finance Management Committee
Irish Minister for Finance
- Commissioner of Financial Markets, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union
During this panel, various FEBEA members will showcase their current collaborations with specific sectors or partners in their regions. They will explain how these partnerships make them stronger.
- Colonya Caixa Pollença [Spain] – Esther Luna Navarro
- AFIN [Romania] – Bogdan Merfea
- La Nef [France]
- Hefboom [Belgium]
Moderated by Anna Ghilardi, Project and Policy Officer at FEBEA.
- Barry Symes, Head of Community Finance (RoI), CFI
- Padraic Fingleton, CEO of Donegal Local Development Company CLG
- Mary Mullen, Director at Knockatallon Community Development CLG
- Liam Devine – CEO Clanrye Group
Moderated by Phelim Sharvin.
By Donal Traynor, CEO of Community Finance Ireland and Daniel Sorrosal, Secretary General of FEBEA.
