Breaking barriers for women in business – delivering €1 billion impact

Name: Breaking barriers for women in business – delivering €1 billion impact
Start: 2025-09-30T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-30T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Five Bank Street, E14 4BG London, United Kingdom

Schedule

Tue Sep 30 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Five Bank Street, E14 4BG London, United Kingdom | London, EN

Please join us in celebrating the transformational impact of the EBRD’s flagship Women in Business programme, which has mobilised over €1 billion in finance and supported more than 250,000 women entrepreneurs across 23 countries.
Register here to attend in person or on-line: https://survey.ebrd.com/s/VHGS5S/
This landmark gathering will celebrate not just the numbers, but the unstoppable force of women who have turned vision into venture, challenge into opportunity and investment into lasting impact that reverberates through entire economies and generations. The evening will honour achievements, reflect on lessons and chart the course for inclusive finance in the digital age.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
🕔 Time: 17:00–20:30 GMT
💡Format: The premiere of a special, Cannes Corporate Film Festival-awarded Women in Business feature film, "Breaking Barriers for Women in Business” | High-level panel | Reception & Photo Exhibition
👥 Audience: Donors, Ambassadors, partner financial institutions, policymakers, successful entrepreneurs, media, EBRD staff and alumni.
The Women in Business programme would not be possible without the generous support of our donors: the European Union, the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, Sweden, Italy, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Türkiye, JP Morgan Chase, TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, The EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, the United Kingdom and the United States of America), the EBRD Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Multi-Donor Account (Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund and the United Kingdom), the EBRD West Bank and Gaza Multi-Donor Account (Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom) and
the Middle East North Africa Transition Fund.