The 2026 WE Finance Code Global Forum will take place in-person on October 1–2, 2026, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France.
The Forum will bring together the Global Community of National Champions – a cadre of leaders from Central Banks and financial sector regulators, supply-side data aggregators, trade associations, and National Code coordinators who are at the forefront of implementing the Code in their respective countries. The community will be joined by a network of influential ecosystem actors, leading financial institutions, strategic development partners, investors, donors, and key stakeholders from across the globe.
This Forum marks a pivotal moment in the Code’s evolution. It will celebrate the success of the pilot phase, and it will mark the beginning of the scale-up implementation phase. Over two days, participants will actively engage in high-level dialogue, peer learning, and collaborative exchange.
The Forum will center on three critical priorities:
- Translating commitments into lasting, measurable outcomes for women entrepreneurs
- Strengthening data systems to deepen impact, drive better policy outcomes, and inform the development of more effective financial products for women entrepreneurs, and
- Advancing market and policy incentives that encourage greater financing for women-led businesses.
Logistical Information
Venue: OECD Conference Center, Paris (2, rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France)
To obtain your visitor badge and access the premises, Forum participants will need to have registered beforehand and present a valid passport or national ID card upon arrival.
Travel and accommodation: Forum participants are responsible for arranging their own travel, accommodation, and related expenses for the Forum. OECD has shared these recommendations for conveniently located hotels in Paris to assist with accommodation planning. For more information on trip planning participants are encouraged to visit the OECD site https://www.oecd.org/en/about/plan-your-trip.html.
For questions, please each out to us at ddezso[at]worldbank.org
Agenda
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(updated September 22, 2026)
This year’s Forum will include several high-level plenary sessions as well as sessions organized in two parallel tracks:
- A Data Track, designed specifically for National Aggregators and teams leading data-related work within Code countries. Sessions in this track will explore lessons learned from the first round of data collection on the Code indicators, develop solutions for data collection and usage challenges, deep dive into use cases for data usage at global, national, and financial institution levels.
- A Leadership & Actions Track, designed specifically for National Coordinators and other ecosystem actors. Sessions in this track will explore strategies, tools and incentives to support leadership and action commitments.
