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PRE-CONVENING

Pre-Convenings

GreenWorks 4 Africa is not a single event. It is a structured process that begins with a series of Pre-Convenings from February to April 2026 — regional and thematic working sessions designed to generate the evidence base, surface the case studies, test the draft frameworks, and build the coalition that arrives at the main forum in August 2026 ready to produce outputs, not starting discussions.

 

The Pre-Convenings are where the agenda is built. The main forum is where it is executed. Partners who engage in the Pre-Convenings co-design the framework. Those who arrive in August inherit it. 

  1. Feb 2026

    Pre-Convening 01

    Finance & Investment Frameworks: Mapping the current landscape of green finance instruments available to African enterprises. Testing models. Identifying gaps. Generating the evidence base for Pillar 01.

    TARGET PARTICIPANTS 

    DFIs, development banks, green finance practitioners, fintech innovators, fiscal policy specialists

     

    Finance & Investment Frameworks: Mapping the current landscape of green finance instruments available to African enterprises. Testing models. Identifying gaps. Generating the evidence base for Pillar

  2. March 2026

    Pre-Convening 02

    Policy & Regulatory Mapping: Cross-country review of existing green skills legislation, labour market regulation, and governance frameworks. Identifying harmonisation opportunities. Drafting the AGSO Charter framework.

    TARGET PARTICIPANTS 

    Ministries of labour, environment and finance; regulatory authorities; legal practitioners; regional economic bodies

     

    Finance & Investment Frameworks: Mapping the current landscape of green finance instruments available to African enterprises. Testing models. Identifying gaps. Generating the evidence base for Pillar

  3. March/April 2026

    Pre-Convening 03

    Social Systems & Inclusive Transition: Examining social protection gaps, women's access to green economy opportunities, youth enterprise conditions, and IPLC rights frameworks. Developing the inclusion standards.

    TARGET PARTICIPANTS 

    Civil society organisations, women's enterprise networks, youth innovator networks, IPLC representatives, social protection specialists

     

    Finance & Investment Frameworks: Mapping the current landscape of green finance instruments available to African enterprises. Testing models. Identifying gaps. Generating the evidence base for Pillar

  4. April 2026

    Pre-Convening 04

    Green Jobs Standard: Technical working group developing the draft Africa Green Jobs Standard — taxonomy, measurement tools, qualification frameworks, and cross-country recognition mechanisms. Peer review and refinement.

    TARGET PARTICIPANTS 

    Skills development authorities, employer bodies, qualifications frameworks specialists, ILO, education sector representatives


     

    Finance & Investment Frameworks: Mapping the current landscape of green finance instruments available to African enterprises. Testing models. Identifying gaps. Generating the evidence base for Pillar

August 2026

Main Forum

 Three-Day Structure Overview 

DAY / SESSION CONTENT & PURPOSE
Day 1 — Morning  
Day 1 — Afternoon  
Day 2 — Morning   
Day 2 — Afternoon  
Day 3 — Morning  
Day 3 — Afternoon  
Day 3 — Closing  

 

Speakers & Keynotes

Speaker nominations and confirmations are ongoing. Speakers will be selected for the depth of their operational knowledge, the authority of their institutional position, and the precision of their contribution to the forum's working agenda.

Speaker announcement schedule: Confirmed speakers will be published on this website from June 2026. Media requests for speaker access should be directed to: media@greenworks4africa.org

 

Speaker selection criteria: 

  • Demonstrated operational knowledge in their sector. Institutional authority at national or continental level.

  • Willingness to engage in structured co-design dialogue and not only to present.

  • Commitment to the forum's Africa-owned, delivery-oriented mandate.

Three-Day Structure Overview 

 

DAY / SESSION CONTENT & PURPOSE
Day 1 — Morning  
Day 1 — Afternoon  
Day 2 — Morning   
Day 2 — Afternoon  
Day 3 — Morning  
Day 3 — Afternoon  
Day 3 — Closing  

 

The Collaboration Café

The Collaboration Café is the forum's open plenary format; a structured space for debate, announcement, and institutional commitment that sits alongside the closed working sessions. Unlike the working rooms, the Collaboration Café is open to all accredited participants and registered media. 

COLLABORATION CAFÉ ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
Official Report Launches Organisations partner with GreenWorks 4 Africa to launch new research, data tools, or policy frameworks to the forum's assembled audience of institutional decision-makers.
Sector Debates Structured debates on contested questions in green economy design: carbon pricing approaches, just transition sequencing, technology transfer terms, green trade frameworks.
Initiative Unveilings New partnerships, joint pilots, and collaborative programmes announced to the forum  giving partners the convening audience as a launch platform.
Open Dialogue Segments Practitioner voices  including youth innovators and community representatives  contribute to the full forum audience, ensuring working room outputs are grounded in lived experience.