Sustainable Impact at Scale - FfD4 Session

July 01, 2025, Séville

Side event to the 4th United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).

Date: 1st July 2025 

Time: 12:30 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.

Venue: FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre

Format: Online

Organizers: Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Scaling Community of Practice  

Objectives of the session

The event will bring together organizations, practitioners, and donors from both the Global South and North to share and exchange in three key segments:

  • Understanding the fundamentals and challenges of transformational scaling (systemic approach, strengthened partnerships, amplification of impact, etc.)
  • Exploring how it is being put into practice
  • Examining what it means for funders: the crucial role of public development banks; how far donors have come in organizing for scaling; and what the future holds for transformative scaling.

Panel

Jean-Michel SEVERINO, FERDI, Senior advisor, and former AFD CEO.

Larry COOLEY, SCoP - Scaling Community of Practice,  Founder an Co-Curator.

Benjamin KUMPF, OCDE, Head, Innovation for Development Facility.

Muttreja POONAM, Population Foundation of India, Executive Director.

Amos DEMBELE, Tarl Africa, Ivory Coast Country Director.

Anne THIBAULT, Fund for Innovation in Development (FID), CIO.

Toon DRIESEN, Enabel, Innovation Hub Manager.

Koffi Fabrice DJOSSOU, expert Principal – chargé de l’Innovation, Département du Financement du Développement Durable, Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement BOAD

Papa Amadou SARR, AFD, Executive Director, Mobilization, Parnership and Communication (MPC).