Looking to source finance from specific countries? Choose your location and, after opening remarks from each agency’s CEO, join an interactive roundtable with ECA leadership. You’ll be able to ask:

• How can I source finance from your country? 

• What local partners should I work with? 

• How do I apply for cover? 

• How do your shopping line facilities work, and how do they compare to other agencies’?

The role of local agencies in development across Africa cannot be understated. In this session, we hear the perspectives of leading DFIs and MDBs from the continent: 

• What projects are in the pipeline? 
• What partners are African agencies seeking, and how can partnerships support origination? 
• How do agencies support project preparedness to aid bankability?

In this workshop, we discuss the boom in ECA and DFI backed renewables projects in Eastern Europe. Hear directly from project sponsors on their journey to bring resilient, reliable infrastructure to the region over the coming years. 

In this case study, we delve into the details of one of Uxolo’s Pathfinder Award winning Deals of the Year. Dealmakers expound upon: 

• Conditions that brought the deal into being 

• How partners collaborated to overcome unique challenges

• What makes this deal a ‘pathfinder’, and how others can learn from its success

Sponsors, developers, and government join our workshop to discuss their significant core infrastructure pipelines across Central Asia. Countries covered include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; industries include rail and road.

Looking to source finance from specific countries? Choose your location and, after opening remarks from each agency’s CEO, join an interactive roundtable with ECA leadership. You’ll be able to ask:

• How can I source finance from your country? 

• What local partners should I work with? 

• How do I apply for cover? 

• How do your shopping line facilities work, and how do they compare to other agencies’?

Efforts to reconstruct, or bolster, critical infrastructure are picking up - but there is still no appetite from international commercial banks. This session considers the pathfinding deals that have been closed in Ukraine over the past year, as well as how to bolster the pipeline:

• The role of ECAs and DFIs in Ukrainian energy infrastructure - which agencies are active? 

• Developments in the support for Ukrainian metals & mining

• The critical role that private equity firms can play

Over the past few years, Turkiye has established itself as a construction powerhouse - with EPCs looking outwards as well as a significant local pipeline. This workshop considers Turkiye’s inbound market, focusing on large scale infrastructure set to shape the country’s future.

In this case study, we delve into the details of one of Uxolo’s Pathfinder Award winning Deals of the Year. Dealmakers expound upon: 

• Conditions that brought the deal into being 

• How partners collaborated to overcome unique challenges

• What makes this deal a ‘pathfinder’, and how others can learn from its success

The opportunity for African infrastructure deals far outweighs perceived risk - but raising funds for critical projects can be tricky. This workshop invites guests to put their heads together on how to combine financing solutions - including EPC+F, blended finance, DFI direct loans, and ECA wrap - and propel development across the continent.

Choose your sector and join a tailored group of dealmakers to workshop . All sessions are conducted off-record to promote candid conversations. 

• Cruise

• Defence

• Aviation

• Metals & Mining 

• Power generation

The past few years have seen ECAs an DFIs collaborate on some of the market’s standout deals, including Sizewell C in the UK and several packages for Angola. In this session, we welcome ECAs, DFIs, and other structuring partners to workshop:

• What makes for a good partnership on an ECA/DFI deal? 

• What legal and regulatory requirements need to be considered? How should ECAs and DFIs balance their differing mandates to best serve customers? 

• How can everyone in the room work together to increase the pipeline for blended finance transactions? 

• What other innovative structures could be implemented to boost financing in emerging markets?

China’s role in the global export finance landscape cannot be understated - yet it could be better understood. This workshop focuses on how ECAs, exporters, and borrowers alike can work with Chinese entities to source finance and equipment for a range of projects. 

• What terms can Sinosure offer?

• How should one approach applying for cover?

As public budgets tighten across emerging markets, especially in Africa, private markets can be the catalyst to ignite investment. This workshop considers:

• What makes projects attractive to private investors? How can investors balance risk to optimise 

• Which investors are open to work alongside DFIs and public entities in emerging markets? 

• What structures can public and private partners collaborate on to attract larger capital pools? 

Export finance is changing. The increase in innovative products and untied financing means that fewer deals are financed under the consensus each year. In this workshop, we debate where the consensus is today, and where it needs to go in the next five years to remain relevant for this ever-changing market. 

• Are more flexible regulations required for ESGs in emerging markets? 

• Can the OECD adapt to cover untied financings and shopping line facilities? 

• What is the role of the OECD consensus today, and what needs to change for it to keep up with the times? 

Choose your region and sit down with dealmakers with active pipelines. 

• Latin America

LatAm is a tale of many sectors, with significant deals closed in the mining and pulp/paper sectors over the past years. We consider how to boost investment into Latin America with ECA and DFI wrap.

• GCC

 As demand competition grows, the market will need to think hard about the role of different energy sources - including gas - for the future of the region. The GCC focus group considers the ripe opportunities for developing resilient energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

• APAC

APAC has been a hot destination for untied financings and all new ECA shopping line facilities. Our APAC focus group will consider how untied financings have been implemented across different countries in APAC, and what this says about the future of ECA financing. APAC, like many other regions, is a significant market for energy development. However, it’s going to take creativity and a holistic approach to financing to keep up with demand. Our APAC workshop considers how to combine financing structures to create innovative deals that will support large scale energy development. 

• Caribbean 
• High risk markets

The higher the risk the higher the reward - this table gathers dealmakers looking at high risk markets that may be newer to export finance but still have significant need for development. For example, how can a market like Syria learn from Iran’s budding Sovereign Guarantee Initiative?

When a credit insurance claim hits a syndicated or distributed book, the real work starts. This session brings recovery specialists and insurance buyers together to walk through how recoveries are actually run, how they sit alongside insurer claims processes, and what that means for brokers, underwriters, and the banks that originated or distributed the risk.

• What does a ‘good recovery’ look like in practice? 

• How are claims and recoveries fed back into pricing, capacity, and how is risk syndicated or placed next time?

• How does the recoveries process work in cases of fraud?