and technologies”
The session will discuss, among other things:
•
Trends, status and outlook of sustainable and innovative finance
instruments, including
green and sustainability bonds, impact bonds,
blended finance, debt swaps and innovative
guarantees for small-and-
medium enterprises (SMEs);
•
Opportunities to increase access to and scale sustainable finance across
VPoA priority sectors,
including energy, transport and digital
infrastructure
•
Trends and gaps on digital finance market
and solutions in North and
Central Asia
15:00-15:20
Coffee break
15:20-16:30
Session 4: “Enhancing regional cooperation to finance better
connectivity for LLDCs in North and Central Asia”
The session will discuss, among other things:
• Scaling-up international and regional support
to expand financing for
transport, energy, and information technology and communications (ICT)
infrastructure at regional level;
• Enhancing cooperation on financing
regional
infrastructure corridors
and cross-border industrial clusters in the subregion;
•
Strengthening institutional, policy and financing environment
for
cross-border connectivity investment in the subregion, including through
PPPs;
• Exploring regional cooperation on
carbon pricing and trading
mechanisms.
16:30-16:40
Evaluations
16:40-17:00
Closing remarks
Further Information and Registration
The Workshop will take place in hybrid modality on 9 June 2023. It will be conducted in English and
Russian with simultaneous interpretation.
Detailed information will be available on ESCAP event page. For further information, please contact
escap-sonca@un.org
.
