The DCED 2025 Annual Meeting will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-19 June, hosted by ITC, ILO, SDC and SECO. More information will be shared with members by email and posted here as it becomes available. The annual meeting is for DCED members and invited guests only.
Schedule of meetings
Monday 16 June: Working Group meetings
- Exchange with interested members on ‘Mobilising commercial finance and enterprise support services for SMEs‘, including next steps for the DCED (morning only, from 10:30-13:00 CET)
- Women’s Economic Empowerment Working Group (13:30-17:30 CET)
- Market Systems Development Working Group (afternoon only)
- Business Environment Working Group (afternoon only)
Tuesday 17 June: Working Group meetings
- Private Sector Engagement Working Group (8:45-15:00 CET)
- Results Measurement Working Group (9:00-15:00 CET)
- Green Growth Working Group
- Informal DCED-wide exchange session on challenges and new priorities for PSD emerging from the changing global aid context (final afternoon session from 15:30-17:00 CET)
Wednesday 18 June: Thematic day on PSD in a changing global aid context: Navigating fragility, trade and reconstruction
The Thematic Day will bring together member agency representatives and invited guests and speakers on the topic of PSD in a changing global aid context. It will focus on changing realities on the ground, with widespread fragility, protracted displacement situations and more uncertain global trade relationships, alongside changing parameters for PSD in donor countries, including budget cuts and the shift towards a more interest-based development paradigm.
Thursday 19 June: Business Day (ending by 13:15)
This day will offer an opportunity for updates on the latest developments in PSD in each member agency, followed by the DCED Business Session for important information about, and voting on, internal key documents and other operational aspects of the DCED.
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