EVENT / PUBLIC SOURCE RECORD
Capital at the Edge — Financing Humanitarian Impact
- This ended in-person seminar was held June 10, 2026, 12:00–15:30 at Litteraturhuset, room Skram, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo. Innovation Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised it with Norad as partner. Ragnhild Nauste (ragnhild.nauste@innovasjonnorge.no) is the listed contact.
- The event explored aligning public, private, and philanthropic funds where traditional financing is limited, including how aid organisations can access new financing, governments can reduce investment risk, and investors can work in complex settings while pursuing social impact and returns. The description says innovative finance may help address funding gaps while improving efficiency, local leadership, and resilience, and connects this to Norway’s “Vendepunkt” development-policy discussions.
- Schedule: 11:45 arrival; opening remarks 12:00 by Marit Fikke (MFA), Sara Lisa Ørstavik (Norad), and Therese Marie Uppstrøm Pankratov (Innovation Norway); 12:15 practical financing lessons by Ragnhild Nauste and Linn Tomasdotter (TINKR); 12:30 panel on new instruments/ecosystems with Eva Mach (IOM), Siddhartha Sinha (UNHCR), Kristoffer Grandrup-Marino (UNICEF), moderated by Therese Marie Uppstrøm Pankratov; 13:15 “Waste 4 Value and the road to ROI” with Eivind Aalborg and Siv Øystese (Norwegian Church Aid); 13:30 break; 13:45 diaspora finance and inclusion by Abigail Maristela (IOM); 14:00 investment in displacement settings with Iganachi Razaki Omia (Omia Agribusiness), Anne Katrine B. Vedstesen (Nordic Impact Funds), moderated by Pierre Jallow (HAUS/Remode); 14:15 panel on private capital with Ylva Lindberg (Norfund), Morten Schacht Högensen (Danish Refugee Council/Refugee Investment Facility), and Anne Katrine B. Vedstesen, moderated by Pierre Jallow; closing remarks at 15:00 by Emilie Skogvang (Innovation Norway), followed by mingling until 15:30.
- The event page describes the meeting as in-person only, without streaming. Standard event conditions require ESG-aligned responsible business, compliance with the UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines, and due diligence on adverse impacts.