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Workshop starts September 2026

📅 September 15-16, 2026

📍 Ottawa, Canada | In-Person Workshop
đŸ’» 2 Half-Day Live Sessions + 🎓Self-Paced Learning Instruction (50+ on-demand modules, 40+ resources)

Workshop Fee: $1,999 + applicable taxes

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Are You Ready to Lead in Blended Finance?

Global momentum around environmental and sustainability priorities is accelerating—driven by climate commitments, expanding priorities, and major conferences in Canada and internationally. Governments, DFIs, foundations, not-for-profits, and impact funds are under increasing pressure to move from ambition to execution, while persistent multi‑trillion‑dollar financing gaps remain.

Blended finance is one of the most practical and effective tools to mobilize private capital at scale—alongside broader policy, regulatory, and financial innovations. The question is no longer whether these approaches matter, but having the clarity and skills to structure and deliver solutions that work.

This Workshop is Designed for You

This immersive, in-person workshop is designed for practitioners and senior professionals ready to move from concept to execution. Build the practical skills to structure, communicate, and scale blended finance solutions that succeed.

Across two half‑day sessions, you’ll learn directly from seasoned practitioners with over 30 years of deal experience, apply concepts to market-based examples, and engage with peers. The workshop is supported by a comprehensive on‑demand course that provides core foundations and strategic context in advance—so you arrive prepared to engage and leave with the confidence to execute.

What Makes This Workshop Special?

✅ 2 Half-Day, Live In-Person Expert-Led Sessions

✅ 9 On-Demand, Modern Training Modules to Build and Complete Your Foundation

✅ Real-Life Case Studies, Spreadsheets, and Resources

✅Quizzes, Glossary, and Key Placemat Deck

✅ Certificate of Completion

✅ Access to Instructors and Like-Minded Peer Network

Learn from expert practitioners, and be ready for transformative blended finance approaches.

What’s Included

Two Half-Day In-Person Sessions – The Heart of the Workshop

The workshop is delivered across two half-day sessions, integrating the core themes below

🧭 Blended Finance—Demystified

Cut through the noise. What blended and sustainable finance actually is (and isn’t), how it fits in today’s market, and why it matters for delivering real outcomes.

🧭 How Deals Are Built

From instruments to structures: grants, loans, guarantees, concessional capital, and TA—how they combine in practice. Learn how risk is allocated across funders using real deal examples.

🧭 Catalytic Capital That Unlocks Private Investment

Where concessional capital makes the difference—and how to use it to crowd in private capital, including in newer sectors like climate resilience and adaptation.

🧭 From Concept to Committment

Turn ideas into execution. Practical approaches to structuring, aligning stakeholders, and moving transactions forward—plus readiness discussion and common pitfalls that cause deals to stall (and how to avoid them).

🎙 Insight Session with Senior Global Leaders in Blended Finance

A focused exchange bringing practical insights, real-world perspectives, and answers to your pressing questions.

Each session builds on rich on-demand learning material and brings concepts to life with interactive discussion, cases, practical tools, and real-world insights.

Full Live Sessions details and agenda provided upon registration. 

View Live Sessions Agenda

Complete Course in Blended and Sustainable Finance
(On-Demand)

To get the most from the workshop, you’ll have full access to our online course, “The Complete Course in Blended and Sustainable Finance” (included with registration). Used by practitioners in 50+ countries and consistently highly rated, the course provides a proven, practitioner‑led foundation covering:

✅ Strategy & Positioning — Who matters and how to design high‑impact initiatives

✅ What is Blended Finance? — Core definitions, mobilization, and catalytic capital

✅ Funding Gaps — Key challenges, risk perceptions, and responses

✅ Growth in Blended Finance — Four generations and practical lessons

✅ Financial Building Blocks — Grants, loans, equity, guarantees, insurance

✅ Key Players & Motivations — Governments, DFIs, banks, NFPs, impact and institutional investors—who does what and why

✅ Bridges to Bankability — Moving early-stage ideas to investable opportunities

✅ Deal Structures & Vehicles — SPVs, waterfalls, and how deals are actually structured

✅ Getting to Trillions — Strategic levers to scale impact system-wide

View the detailed On-Demand Course Outline and Trailer. Access is provided upon registration.

View Course Outline

🧭 Who Should Join?

  • Practitioners and senior leaders looking to lead in blended and sustainable finance
  • Professionals at development agencies, NGOs, foundations, DFIs, and impact and institutional funds
  • Lawyers, accountants, ESG specialists, and others working in sustainable finance
  • Those looking to advance in blended and innovative finance
  • No prior finance experience is required—the on-demand course covers all core fundamentals, ensuring you are well prepared for the workshop.

💡 Learn from Global Experts

A person smiling next to a tree AI-generated content may be incorrect. Deborah Brean, Managing Director

“From growing up in a developing country to working in global finance, I’ve lived both sides of the development equation. I believe transformational change starts with individuals — and expands to the world. Join us to unlock your potential.”

Deborah brings decades of on-the-ground deal experience and expertise in all areas of structured finance, and strategic insights from advisory and senior roles across major institutions. She has structured and closed major blended financing transactions totaling in the billions, and makes complex ideas accessible, actionable, and inspiring.

A person in a suit AI-generated content may be incorrect. Patrick Brean, Managing Director

“I launched Crystalus to improve lives through the power of innovative finance. With great mentors and creative thinking, you can leapfrog your career and change the world. That’s what this workshop is about.”

Patrick has led blended finance deals and advised on some $10B in new sustainable finance initiatives. His approach blends technical mastery with clarity and strategy — and he’s passionate about helping others succeed.

🌐 About Crystalus

We are global experts in blended and sustainable finance, supporting leading players across the spectrum, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Gates Foundation, Global Affairs Canada, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Green Municipal Fund, Sarona Asset Management, Women’s World Banking, and Cordiant Capital. We are hands-on practitioners, having developed, negotiated and closed billions in structured financings, and advising on countless new innovative and blended finance initiatives. And we’ve trained and mentored thousands of professionals, helping change-makers like you build capacity, gain clarity, and confidently navigate a complex and evolving field. We are globally recognized thought leaders, profiling ground-breaking insights at major fora (e.g., EMPEA/IFC Global Private Equity Conference) and in leading publications (e.g., Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum).

🏱 Our Training Facility

Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, and steps from Parliament Hill and the Rideau Plaza.

Our modern and spacious Training Facility is fully accessible, and boasts multiple workshop layouts, high-speed WIFI, extended lounge area, break-out rooms, and refreshment stations.

Everything you need for an engaging and successful learning experience!

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📌 Spaces are limited – reserve yours early to avoid missing out.
The workshop starts September 15, 2026 — and we can’t wait to welcome you!

FAQ

Is this workshop suitable for both experienced professionals and those newer to blended finance?

Yes — the workshop is designed to be valuable for both, combining clear foundational concepts with advanced insights, real-world application, and strategic perspective.

How practical is the workshop content?

Highly practical — the workshop focuses on real transactions, structures, and decision frameworks, with an emphasis on moving initiatives from concept to execution.

What differentiates this workshop from other training in the market?

This is not academic or theoretical — it is grounded in real deal experience, current market dynamics, and the practical realities of structuring and advancing blended finance initiatives.

How does the on-demand course fit into the workshop?

The on-demand course provides the foundational knowledge, allowing the in-person workshop to focus on deeper discussion, application, and advancing real-world opportunities.

What Participants Are Saying

★★★★★
“Although I am a senior international development professional and have worked on transactions, I nevertheless found this fundamentals course highly valuable.”

★★★★★
“Excellent course that exceeded my expectations. It provides a clear overview of key concepts while highlighting important nuances.”

★★★★★
“The concepts are explained in straightforward, easy-to-understand terms that directly apply to my professional context.”

★★★★★
“I walked away with a much stronger appreciation for the issues and opportunities in this field.”

★★★★★
“The best training I’ve had in my entire career.”

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