A collaborative meeting that is held by a business entity (e.g., banks, firms, etc.) or non-business entity (e.g. public sector institutions, NGOs, supranational bodies, etc.) for the purpose of gathering information or seeking views on particular strategies, initiatives, projects, etc. For example, an outreach meeting may be held to provide an interactive platform for a standard setter to seek views from the finance industry on the application of its standards. Outreach meetings are usually attended by experts and senior management of an entity and industry stakeholders.

Contextual examples:

“A high-level outreach meeting will be co-hosted by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance. It will bring together public and private sector figures from more than 30 countries to share their views on a financing strategy for achieving sustainable development in the region. It will also feed into the ongoing outreach by the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing. Invited participants include finance ministers, central bank governors, executives of major financing institutions, experienced practitioners from the private sector and experts from the academia.”

“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the Agencies) are holding a series of outreach meetings to review their regulations under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). The next outreach meeting will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on May 4, 2015.”