Upcoming Roundtable on Financial Inclusion in Warsaw, in Poland 

MFC has joined forces with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank and  the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in co-organizing the roundtable dedicated to financial inclusion for Ukrainian Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs) and FDP-Owned MSMEs scheduled for May 13, 2025. 

This event, by invitation only, will bring together private and public sector stakeholders to reflect on progress and challenges in supporting the financial inclusion of Ukrainian Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDP) in Poland, three years after the onset of the full-scale invasion as well as their unique financial needs and challenges for achieving financial inclusion.  

Within this event there will be also a session/roundtable discussion on “Financial inclusion through entrepreneurship. Focus on microfinancing” moderated by Beata Biela, Advocacy Manger from MFC. We will discuss lessons learned from past experiences from Poland’s financing options for entrepreneurship for the vulnerable groups including Ukrainian refugees, women etc., challenges and barriers as well as examples of financial solutions for the future. 

We sincerely thank the speakers for the above session for accepting our invitations to represent microfinance sector, namely: Sergii Demchuk, CEO, Novalend Sp. z o. o., Taras Karpenko, cofounder of Royal Tribute,  Simone Petrillo, Transaction & Relationship Officer, MFIs, Alternative Lenders & Fintech Unit, EIF, Katarzyna Sabarańska, Vice President of the Management Board of Polish Union of Loan Funds, Vice President of the Management Board of the Foundation for the Development of Polish Agriculture.