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Events
Find out about upcoming and past events featuring CoP partners and members - such as webinars, workshops, conferences, and interactive sessions - to generate ideas, share practical solutions, and accelerate the financial and economic empowerment of persons with disabilities.
If you’d like to host or co-host a CoP event, share ideas for future events, or publicize external events to CoP participants, contact us at info@barrierfreefinance.org
BFFI workshop “Disability Inclusion: The New Frontier for Inclusive Finance” at SAM: African Inclusive Finance Week 2025, Nairobi, Kenya
Upcoming events:
Dates | Event | About | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
Sep 2024 | Alliance For Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum 2024: Keynote speech
(BFFI) | BFFI co-founder Paul Surreaux delivers a key-note speech at the AFI Global Policy Forum on the experiences of persons with disabilities in accessing financial services. | Watch the conference session (13:47) |
Nov 2025 | “The Disability Inclusion Journey: Case Studies and Best Practices from Financial Services Providers”
(Fundación Paraguaya, Opportunity International, Humanity & Inclusion & BFFI) | This panel discussion at the Inclusive Finance 2025 (IF25) conference explores case-studies from three financial services providers (FSPs) who have embedded disability inclusion across their culture and operations: Fundación Paraguaya, Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd, and Palmis Mikwofinans Sosyal (PMS) Haiti. | Watch the panel session |
Mar 2026 | “Financial Inclusion Unlocked” S2 EP1 – How Can Financial Institutions Better Serve Clients with Disabilities
Hosted by Jack Farren | Luis Fernando Sanabria, CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, shares how his organization approaches disability inclusion as a core part of its mission. Paul Surreaux, co-founder of BFFI, explores strategies for disability inclusion across the inclusive finance ecosystem. | Listen to the podcast |
Apr 2026 | “Barriers and Opportunities for Disability-Inclusive Financial Services and Entrepreneurship” (Grameen Foundation, National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) & e-MFP) | This webinar presents findings from a comprehensive assessment conducted in Uganda, which examines barriers faced by people with disabilities — particularly women and youth — to building sustainable livelihoods and accessing business finance, and provides concrete recommendations to overcome these. | Watch the webinar |
Apr 2025 | “Disability inclusive financial services: a new frontier for inclusive finance”
(BFFI & e-MFP) | This webinar explores how stakeholders across the inclusive finance ecosystem can advance financial inclusion of persons with disabilities, featuring a panel of experts and practitioners who are leading in this field, representing a central bank, a disability-focused NGO, a financial services provider, and an academic researcher. | Watch the webinar |
Past events:
Event | About | Date | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
Cersie+SPTF Global Meeting 2026: Finance to Empower and Protect
Cairo, Egypt | BFFI will moderate a panel discussion on disability inclusive financial services showcasing the Egyptian experience, and featuring new resources for disability-inclusive finance linked to Cerise+SPTF’s Universal Standards for Social and Environmental Performance Management (USSEPM). | 28 Sep – 1 Oct 2026 | Link for registration |
“Barriers and Opportunities for Disability-Inclusive Financial Services and Entrepreneurship” (Grameen Foundation, National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) & e-MFP) | This webinar presents findings from a comprehensive assessment conducted in Uganda, which examines barriers faced by people with disabilities — particularly women and youth — to building sustainable livelihoods and accessing business finance, and provides concrete recommendations to overcome these. | Apr 2026 | Watch the webinar |
“Financial Inclusion Unlocked” S2 EP1 – How Can Financial Institutions Better Serve Clients with Disabilities
Hosted by Jack Farren | Luis Fernando Sanabria, CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, shares how his organization approaches disability inclusion as a core part of its mission. Paul Surreaux, co-founder of BFFI, explores strategies for disability inclusion across the inclusive finance ecosystem. | Mar 2026 | Listen to the podcast |
“The Disability Inclusion Journey: Case Studies and Best Practices from Financial Services Providers”
(Fundación Paraguaya, Opportunity International, Humanity & Inclusion & BFFI) | This panel discussion at the Inclusive Finance 2025 (IF25) conference explores case-studies from three financial services providers (FSPs) who have embedded disability inclusion across their culture and operations: Fundación Paraguaya, Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd, and Palmis Mikwofinans Sosyal (PMS) Haiti. | Nov 2025 | Watch the panel session |
“Disability inclusive financial services: a new frontier for inclusive finance”
(BFFI & e-MFP) | This webinar explores how stakeholders across the inclusive finance ecosystem can advance financial inclusion of persons with disabilities, featuring a panel of experts and practitioners who are leading in this field, representing a central bank, a disability-focused NGO, a financial services provider, and an academic researcher. | Apr 2025 | Watch the webinar |
Alliance For Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum 2024: Keynote speech
(BFFI) | BFFI co-founder Paul Surreaux delivers a key-note speech at the AFI Global Policy Forum on the experiences of persons with disabilities in accessing financial services. | Sep 2024 | Watch the conference session (13:47) |
Dissemination Workshop on Disability Inclusion for Financial Services Providers, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2023
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