Berne Union Meetings

The Berne Union organises an annual calendar of physical meetings, online webinars and training, including two General Meetings (in the Spring, and Autumn) as well as a number of technical workshops and outreach meetings on specialist topics.

Meetings are ordinarily for Members and invited guests only, but from time to time we also collaborate to hold joint meetings with industry partners.

Further details on events are below. Members should ensure they are logged in to register or view relevant documents.

SME Specialist Meeting 2024

Nov 5 - Nov 6, 2024
Zürich, Switzerland
The meeting will take place in Zurich, Switzerland hosted by SERV

Berne Union MLT Webinar – The Nuclear Exclusion in Non-Payment Policies

Nov 7, 2024
We will discuss recent developments with respect to the exclusion and what insurers need to consider.

Young Professionals Forum 2024

Nov 13 - Nov 15, 2024
Netherlands
The YP's third in-person meeting will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands!

Country Risk Specialist Meeting 2024

Nov 19 - Nov 21, 2024
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi EXIM will be hosting the Country Risk specialists meeting in November 2024

Committee Drop-in Calls

Jan 2025
Online
Engage directly with the BU Secretariat, Committee leadership and Member Peer Group!

BU/ICC Joint Sustainability Workshop 2025

Feb 27 - Feb 28, 2025
London, United Kingdom
Focus on practical implementation of sustainability in export credit and investment insurance industry

MLT Technical Panel 2025

Mar 18 - Mar 20, 2025
United States
The MLT TP will take place in March 2025, in Washington D.C.

Spring Meeting Dubrovnik 2025

May 12 - May 15, 2025
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The 2025 Spring Meeting will take place in Dubrovnik, hosted by HBOR

Annual General Meeting Ottawa 2025

Oct 21 - Oct 23, 2025
Ottawa, Canada
The 2025 AGM will take place in Ottawa, hosted by EDC

Berne Union MLT Webinar – The Nuclear Exclusion in Non-Payment Policies

Nov 7, 2024
We will discuss recent developments with respect to the exclusion and what insurers need to consider.

SME Specialist Meeting 2024

Nov 5 - Nov 6, 2024
Zürich, Switzerland
The meeting will take place in Zurich, Switzerland hosted by SERV

Annual General Meeting Hamburg 2024

Oct 15 - Oct 17, 2024
Hamburg, Germany
The 2024 AGM will take place in Hamburg, hosted by Euler Hermes and Allianz Trade

Empowering Human Resources: ECAs' Best Practices

Sep 10, 2024
Online
Discussion on HR policies and current trends for the Berne Union ECAs.

Culture Change to Support Climate Change in Organisations

Sep 3, 2024
Online
Second in a series of webinars to share experiences in implementing climate strategy

Update on Doing Business in Ukraine

Jul 17, 2024
Webinar for Berne Union members on exploring the latest changes in doing business in Ukraine

Unlocking LATAM's Potential: Insights & Collaboration

Jun 27, 2024
Webinar for Berne Union members on exploring Latin America's investment potential and discussing key strategie...

Committee Drop-in Calls

Jun 2024
Engage directly with the BU Secretariat, Committee leadership and Member Peer Group!

Climate 101: Climate Strategy and Function in Export Credit

Jun 25, 2024
Webinar to share experiences in implementing climate strategy

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS London Networking Meetup

Jun 20, 2024
London N1C 4AG
The Berne Union's Young Professionals are invited to a networking social event in the Kings Cross area of Lond...

Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting 2024

Jun 11 - Jun 13, 2024
Shenzhen, China
This meeting will take place from 11-13th June 2024 in Shenzhen, China hosted by SINOSURE

Prague Club Committee Biennial Meeting Athens

May 21 - May 24, 2024
Athens, Greece
ECG will be hosting the Prague Club Committee meeting in Athens in May 2024

Lessons from Leadership – what can YP’s learn from a CEO?

May 13, 2024
Private meeting for the Berne Union's Young Professionals

Spring Meeting Oslo 2024

Apr 23 - Apr 25, 2024
Oslo, Norway
The 2024 Spring Meeting will take place in Oslo, hosted by Eksfin

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: April Virtual Hangout

Apr 17, 2024
Welcome all Young Professional Members! Come and join our first Virtual Hangout of 2024! This is a friendly in...

Digitalisation Specialist Meeting 2024

Mar 20 - Mar 21, 2024
Warsaw, Poland
The meeting will take place from 20-21 March in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by KUKE.

MLT Technical Panel 2024

Mar 19 - Mar 21, 2024
Rome, Italy
The MLT TP will take place in March 2024, in Rome.

BU 90th Anniversary Stakeholder Event

Feb 27, 2024
London, United Kingdom
The BU is holding a stakeholder networking event on 27th of February 2024, in London, hosted by UKEF

Climate Working Group Led Workshop 2023

Dec 6, 2023
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Berne Union Climate Working Group Workshop, hosted by ECI

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: November Virtual Hangout

Nov 30, 2023
Welcome all Young Professional Members! Come and join our last Virtual Hangout of 2023! This is a friendly inf...

Annual General Meeting 2023 Webinar Series

Oct 31 - Nov 16, 2023
Online
The Berne Union will hold its 2023 Annual General Meetings online from 31 October to 16 November

SME Specialists webinar: Strengthening the Community

Oct 10, 2023
Online
Webinar for the Berne Union members on how to strengthen the (online) community on the example of SME group

Young Professionals Forum, 2023

Oct 4 - Oct 6, 2023
Hungary
The YP's second in-person meeting will take place in Budapest, Hungary!

The LMA’s Export Finance Buyer Credit Facility: Overview and Upcoming Changes

Sep 28, 2023
Online
Discover insights into the upcoming changes in LMA's Export Finance Buyer Credit Facility.

Reinsurance Specialist Meeting 2023

Sep 20 - Sep 21, 2023
Washington, DC, United States
Reinsurance Specialist Meeting will take place 20-21 September 2023, in Washington, DC

Filling the Export Finance Gap: Support for SMEs and Small Tickets

Sep 14, 2023
Online
Discussion for the Berne Union's ECAs on support for SMEs and Small Tickets

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Technical Webinar - OECD Consensus

Jul 21, 2023
Private meeting for the Berne Union's Young Professionals

EU Energy Challenges and joint energy purchase platform

Jul 5, 2023
Online
Webinar with the presentation of European Commission's DG Energy presentation of EU energy challenges and join...

Project Finance Specialist Meeting

Jun 28 - Jun 29, 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Finance Specialist Meeting will take place 28-29 June 2023, in Copenhagen

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual Hangout

Jun 28, 2023
Welcome all Young Professional Members! Come and join our first Virtual Hangout of 2023! This is a friendly in...

Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting

Jun 14 - Jun 16, 2023
Prague, Czech Republic
The 2023 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting will take place in Prague, Czech Republic

MLT Technical Panel 2023

Jun 8 - Jun 9, 2023
Hamilton, Bermuda
The MLT TP will take place in June 2023, in Bermuda

Spring Meeting Brussels 2023

May 8 - May 11, 2023
Brussels, Belgium
The 2023 Spring Meeting will take place in May 2023, in Brussels, Belgium

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Technical Webinar

Apr 21, 2023
Private meeting for the Berne Union's Young Professionals

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual Hangout

Mar 22, 2023
Welcome all Young Professional Members! Come and join our first Virtual Hangout of 2023! This is a friendly in...

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual MeetUp

Dec 7, 2022
The YP's will wrap up 2022 with a friendly informal discussion, focussing on the highlights of this year and t...

Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks

Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2022
Helsinki, Finland
The 2022 Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks Specialist Meeting will take place in Helsinki, Finland, hos...

Annual General Meeting Kigali 2022

Nov 7 - Nov 11, 2022
Kigali, Rwanda
The 2022 AGM will take place 7th - 11th November, in Kigali, Rwanda, hosted by ATI

Young Professionals Forum, 2022

Oct 5 - Oct 7, 2022
London, United Kingdom
The YP's first in person meeting will take place in London!

ECAs Trajectory Towards Net Zero

Oct 4, 2022
Online
The Climate Working Group will be hosting a joint webinar with GFANZ

SME Specialist Meeting 2022

Sep 28 - Sep 29, 2022
Belgrade, Serbia
AOFI will be hosting SME practitioners in Belgrade the last week of September 2022

Rebuilding Ukraine from an ECA Perspective

Sep 13, 2022
Online
Discussion for the Berne Union's ECAs on cooperation possibilities regarding rebuilding Ukraine

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual MeetUp

Jul 27, 2022
Private meeting for the Berne Union's Young Professionals

Digitalisation Specialist Meeting - Amsterdam

Jun 30 - Jul 1, 2022
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Specialist meeting to discuss developments in the field of digitalisation and customer experience

Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting

Jun 8 - Jun 10, 2022
London, United Kingdom
The 2022 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting will take place in London, UK, hosted by UKEF

Country Risk Specialist Meeting - Seoul

Jun 6 - Jun 8, 2022
Seoul, Korea Rep.
KSURE will be hosting the Country Risk specialists from 6 - 8 June 2022 in Seoul, Republic of Korea

MLT Technical Panel 2022

Jun 6 - Jun 7, 2022
Washington DC, United States
The MLT TP will take place in June 2022, in Washington DC, USA.

Spring Meeting Istanbul 2022

May 8 - May 13, 2022
Istanbul, Türkiye
The 2022 Spring Meeting will take place in Istanbul, co-hosted by Turk Eximbank

Sub-Saharan Africa: Debt sustainability and debt restructuring

Apr 21, 2022
Online
Webinar with members sharing their experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual MeetUp

Mar 31, 2022
Private meeting for the Berne Union's Young Professionals

Project Finance Webinar Series

Feb 22, 2022
Online / Shindig
A series of online webinars beginning Autumn 2021, exploring current trends in project finance activity: deal ...

Prague Club Committee Biennial Meeting - Dubai

Feb 8 - Feb 10, 2022
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ECI will be hosting the Prague Club Committee meeting in Dubai from 8 - 10 February 2022

Two part webinar on Sub-Saharan Africa: Sovereign debt restructuring & Future sustainable investments

Nov 4, 2021
Webinar
Webinar with members sharing their experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa

Annual General Meeting Budapest 2021

Oct 11 - Oct 15, 2021
Budapest, Hungary
The 2021 AGM took place between 11-15 October, in Budapest Hungary

ST Committee Webinar

Oct 6, 2021
Online/Shindig
Webinar for the ST Committee members week before the 2021 AGM

SME Specialist Webinar

Sep 8, 2021
Online/Shindig
One day webinar, as a substitute to cancelled in-person SME practitioners meeting in Moscow, Russia

MLT Technical Panel Webinar

Jul 8, 2021
Online
The MLT TP will take place on 8 July 2021, online

Capacity Sharing Marketplace: Cooperation for climate impact

Jun 7 - Jun 10, 2021
Online
Practical workshop exploring how public and private sources of international finance can cooperate to tackle g...

Risk Underwriting during the Pandemic

May 26 - May 27, 2021
Discussion for members of the Berne Union's ECA Committee on approaches to risk underwriting during the COVID-...

ECA Climate Strategies & Policies

May 20, 2021
Discussion for members of the Berne Union's ECA Committee on approaches to climate

Spring Meeting 2021

May 4 - May 10, 2021
Online
The Berne Union will hold its 2021 Spring Meetings online in May

MLT Committee online meeting

Apr 26, 2021
Online
The online meeting will discuss the vision for the MLT Committee and the ongoing collaboration between the Mem...

ICC EFC-BU ECA Committee Workshop

Apr 20, 2021
Online
Joint workshop for members of the ICC Banking Commission’s Export Finance Committee and Berne Union ECA Commit...

Potentials and Barriers for SME Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Apr 15, 2021
Webinar with members sharing their experiences supporting private companies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Claims and recoveries in USA

Apr 8, 2021
Online
A webinar on claims and recoveries in the United States will be held on 8 April 2021.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Sustainable Finance "An overview" Webinar

Apr 8, 2021
A webinar on Sustainable Finance and ESG hosted by the Young Professionals

Digitalisation Specialist Webinar

Mar 30 - Mar 31, 2021
Online
A Digitalisation Specialist webinar will be held as a series of two webinars during 30-31 March

LIBOR Transition Webinar

Mar 25, 2021
Online
A webinar on LIBOR Transition will be held on 25 March 2021.

Claims and Recoveries Webinar

Mar 2021
Online
A short series of webinars will be held between March and May - details of individuals events tbc

BU-ICISA Regulatory Webinar

Dec 9, 2020
Online Webinar
2020 BU-ICISA Regulatory Meeting will be held as a series of three online webinars - 25 November, 2 December a...

Capacity Sharing Marketplace: How is the Marketplace Adjusting Amid the Crisis?

Dec 7 - Dec 10, 2020
Online Webinar
Practical workshop exploring how COVID, Climate and Globalisation are disrupting traditional finance structure...

Country Risk Specialist Workshop

Nov 16, 2020
Online Workshop
Interactive workshop curated by the Eurasia Group

The Advances of Use of Blockchain Technology

Nov 11, 2020
Online
During the webinar the representatives from global law firm Clyde & Co will give their view on the advances of...

2020 Annual General Meeting

Oct 12 - Oct 16, 2020
Online
The 2020 AGM will take place online during the week 12-16 October. Featuring presentations, webinars and video...

IfTI Global Symposium 2020

Sep 16 - Sep 17, 2020
Offenburg / Gengenbach, Germany + Online Virtual
The 2020 Symposium will discuss prospects and practical issues how public and private actors can support innov...

Claims & Recoveries Webinar Series - 2020

Jun 30 - Jul 31, 2020
A series of Webinar's are being held from 30th June. Here you can find the schedule for up coming webinars and...

CANCELLED: Spring Meeting 2020

May 11 - May 15, 2020
Budapest, Hungary
The 2020 Spring Meeting will take place in May - hosted in Budapest by EXIM Hungary.

CANCELLED: 2020 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting

Apr 2020
London, United Kingdom
The 2020 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting hosted by UKEF in London, UK

Hyderabad Annual General Meeting 2019

Oct 20 - Oct 24, 2019
Hyderabad, India
The 2019 AGM will take place in October - hosted in Hyderabad by ECGC.

SME Marketing Workshop

Sep 19 - Sep 20, 2019
Stockholm, Sweden
EKN will be hosting a SME marketing focused workshop in Stockholm from 19 - 20 September

Country Risk Specialist Meeting

Jun 24 - Jun 25, 2019
Bratislava, Slovakia
The Country Risk Specialist Meeting will take place from 24 - 25 June 2019, hosted by Eximbanka SR in Bratisla...

Reinsurance Specialist Meeting

May 23 - May 24, 2019
Pula, Croatia
The 2019 Specialist Meeting on Reinsurance will take place on 23 - 24 May, in Pula, Croatia, hosted by HBOR

Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting 2019

May 8 - May 10, 2019
Istanbul, Türkiye
The 2019 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting will take place on 9-10 May, in Istanbul, hosted by TURKEXIM...

Singapore Spring Meeting 2019

Apr 8 - Apr 12, 2019
Singapore
Co-hosted by AXA XL, Chubb, Liberty and Zurich, supported by Enterprise Singapore

Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks

Mar 25 - Mar 26, 2019
Washington DC, United States
The 2019 Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks Specialist Meeting will take place on 25-26 March, in Washing...

Prague Club Workshop

Feb 12 - Feb 14, 2019
Muscat, Oman
The 2019 PCC Specialist Meeting Workshop will be hosted by Credit Oman in February 2019

Project Finance Specialist Meeting

Nov 28 - Nov 30, 2018
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 2018 Project Finance Specialist Meeting will take place in 28-30 November, in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by AB...

Berne Union / ICISA Joint Specialist Meeting: Surety Bonds & Bond Insurance 2018

Nov 27 - Nov 28, 2018
Paris, France
The first ever Berne Union / ICISA Joint Specialist Meeting: Surety Bonds & Bond Insurance will take place 27-...

Paris Annual General Meeting 2018

Oct 15 - Oct 19, 2018
Paris, France
The 2018 AGM will take place in October - hosted in Paris by Bpifrance

IfTI Global Symposium: Financing. Impact. Together.

Jun 19 - Jun 20, 2018
Offenburg University, Germany
high-level symposium tackling the issue of modernising the trade and development finance landscape to serve fu...

SME Specialist Meeting 2018

Jun 6 - Jun 8, 2018
Ljubljana, Slovenia
The 2018 SME Specialist Meeting will take place 7-8 June in Ljubljana, hosted by SID Banka.

Kilifi Spring Meeting 2018

Mar 18 - Mar 23, 2018
Kilifi, Kenya
The Berne Union 2018 Spring Meeting is taking place in Kenya, hosted by ATI

Claims & Recoveries Specialist Meeting 2017

Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2017
Madrid, Spain
The 2017 Claims and Recoveries Specialist Meeting will take place in November, in Madrid, jointly hosted by XL...

Belgrade Annual General Meeting 2017

Oct 1 - Oct 5, 2017
Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia: the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers; historic meeting point of cultures and civilis...

INV Technical Panel 2017

Sep 14 - Sep 15, 2017
Washington D.C., United States
The INV Technical Panel meeting will take place in Washington DC, USA on 14 and 15 September 2017 and will be ...

Data Workshop 2017

Aug 30 - Aug 31, 2017
United Kingdom
The Data Workshop will take place in London, UK on 30 and 31 August 2017

Copenhagen Spring Meeting 2017

May 15 - May 17, 2017
Denmark
Hygge Abounds in the Danish Capital as EKF hosted Berne Union members of the ST/MLT/INV committees for their 2...

Kasane Spring Meeting 2017

Apr 10 - Apr 12, 2017
Botswana
Located in the heart of Southern Africa: Kasane showcased the culture, heritage and stunning natural environme...

Lisbon Annual General Meeting 2016

Oct 24 - Oct 26, 2016
Portugal
Lisbon: city of sun and departure port for the 16th Century voyages of discovery - COSEC gave a warm welcome t...

2016 Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks

Jun 13 - Jun 15, 2016
Norway
The 2016 Rating and Pricing MLT Commercial Risks Specialist Meeting will take place on 13-15 June, in Oslo, ho...