Upcoming Events

Join us as we host an event with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Kurdistan on the latest updates on areas of opportunities for UK businesses including key priority sectors such as infrastructure, education, and health.

The Group will particularly focus on the key thematic areas aligned to COP26 and profile our members’ capabilities and expertise. Key themes will be around; The Race to Net Zero (reducing emissions), Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainability.

Join us as we explore one of the most significant issues facing the delivery of climate adaptation and mitigation policies: finance. British Expertise International is delighted to host Rachel Turner, Director International Finance at the FCDO to give her insights into climate finance and development.

Diversity and Inclusion is not bound by geographic borders – instead it is a global agenda; however, it is challenging to drive a consistency of standards and practice across a world which still has differing cultural and religious norms

Directly following the Presidential Elections in Uzbekistan, due to be held on 24th October 2021, we are delighted to welcome the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Said Rustamov, for an in-person working lunch.

Join us for a conversation with Darren Henry MP PM’s Trade Envoy to the Caribbean. Members will be able to share highlights of their priorities in the region, including some of the challenges they face in doing business in the region. .The Trade Envoy will respond and suggest ways he can support UK business.

The Education Working Group was established to help facilitate our members’ role in driving the UK’s global education agenda, enabling better collaborative engagement between members, HMG and other key stakeholders.

The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events has risen around the globe, characterised by heat waves, heavy downpours, hurricanes, or wildfires. These examples are perhaps the most visible result of climate change and are already impacting countries and their populations both economically and socially.

In this event, members from the BEI Nature-based Solutions (NbS) subgroup will compose part of an expert panel providing a detailed overview of what NbS is and its practical application in the fight against climate change.

The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events has risen around the globe, characterised by heat waves, heavy downpours, hurricanes, and wildfires. As we begin to respond these challenges, key UK expertise can to be utilised in the fight against these changes. Join us as we gather the Extreme Weather and Climate Resilience sub-group and other expert panellists to give their insight and overview of an increasingly important sector.

As humanity and the delicately balanced ecosystem we live in undergoes rapid and uncertain changes, a crucial window of opportunity is open for institutions, governments and organisations to work collaboratively to deliver programmes that prevent, mitigate and adapt to Climate Change.

The impact and implications of the changing global environment – including Climate Change, Brexit and the Covid-19 epidemic raise new challenges for industry, including the need to explore new export markets, products, technologies and methodologies, amongst other things.

Following on from the conclusion of COP26, we are delighted to bring you an expert panel that will breakdown the key outcomes of the conference and provide an insight to what this means to UK private sector organisations going forward.

The Group will particularly focus on the key thematic areas aligned to COP26 and profile our members’ capabilities and expertise. Key themes will be around; The Race to Net Zero (reducing emissions), Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainability.

Join us for our next Trade Envoy Roundtable where we will be joined by Rushanara Ali MP the UK’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh. As South Asia’s growing political, economic and strategic significance makes it ever more relevant to the UK’s prosperity and security interests so these export markets increase in importance for UK plc

Diversity and Inclusion is not bound by geographic borders – instead it is a global agenda; however, it is challenging to drive a consistency of standards and practice across a world which still has differing cultural and religious norms

Azerbaijan has defined itself over the last few decades as one of the most significant energy producers in the world. However, in recent years there has been a growing drive to diversify and transform Azerbaijan into a dynamic and outward looking economy.

UNICEF have continued to play a central role in the recovery from the global education crisis and during in our May event, set out some of their key focuses and lessons learned during the pandemic.

USAID distributed more than $21 billion last fiscal year. Join us for a seminar on how to enter and grow in the USAID market. Come and hear about some of the best practices for starting and growing your work with USAID and sharing USAID partnering best practices learned from experience.

Join us for a lunch discussion with Andrew Mitchell CMG, Director General Exports and UK Trade at the UK Department for International Trade. With responsibilities for the department’s work on exports, global supply chains as well as UK Regions and the Devolved Administrations Andrew will share his perspectives on DIT’s Export and Trade priorities.

Join us for our next Trade Envoy Roundtable where we will be joined by Lord Mervyn Davies the UK’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka. As South Asia’s growing political, economic and strategic significance makes it ever more relevant to the UK’s prosperity and security interests so these export markets increase in importance for UK plc

BEI is collaborating with JAMPRO, the Government of Jamaica investment promotions agency, will deliver a webinar introducing the infrastructure developments and opportunities in Jamaica.