ADFIAP adopts the Vancouver Green Declaration
ADFIAP member-delegates attending the 33rd ADFIAP Annual Meetings in Vancouver, Canada and meeting for the 13th Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly, have adopted the “Vancouver Green Declaration”, with the following five pronouncements: “THE VANCOUVER GREEN DECLARATION” (Agreed and subscribed to by the Delegates attending the 33rd ADFIAP Annual Meetings and Conference on “Innovative Financing for a […]
Banco do Brasil promotes Community Development Banks for the poorest
Banco do Brasil has the highly important commitment to contribute to the economic development of Brazil’s various regions. Along this line, it has been working with Instituto Palmas on preparing methodology to create Community Development Banks. Community Banks are integrated financial systems that support production chains in impoverished communities situated on the outskirts of large […]
Development banks lead the creation of green financial products within the region
In ALIDE 40, the new Environmental Financing Technical Committee had its first official meeting and emphasized the need to create new financial products that encourage a more ecosystem responsible industry and projects that fight against climate change effects. Created in March during the Seminar on Financing against Climate Change that was carried out in the […]
AADFI releases DFI Performance and Capacity-building news
The challenges of ensuring that African Development Finance Institutions operate under appropriate environment are very enormous. Most African National and State – owned DFIs have had to contend with issues of inadequate capital base, non conducive operating financial environment, poor corporate governance, adverse interference by owner governments, and lack of adequate internal capacity among others. […]
ALIDE acknowledges best financial practices by granting the ALIDE 2010 awards
One of the innovations in this Latin American contest, which took place in Fortaleza, Brazil, during ALIDE 40th General Assembly, is ALIDE Green Award, which intends to promote a greater commitment of development banking towards environmental projects. The climate change is, without doubt, one of the main threats for the growth of Latin American and […]
Rommel Acevedo reelected as ALIDE General Secretary
In ALIDE 40th Assembly, the appointed representatives elected by unanimous vote the Peruvian economist, Rommel Acevedo Fernández de Paredes, as ALIDE General Secretary because of his great performances ALIDE activities. Acevedo will hold the position until 2015. Rommel Acevedo studied Economy at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, and holds a Master degree in […]
ALIDE is now ISO 9001:2000 Certified
ALIDE’s Quality Control System earned ISO 9001:2000 certification from SGS – System & Services Certification England, in accordance with the system used by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The Quality Control System covers ALIDE General Secretariat processes for furnishing products and services to development financing institutions through studies and information, training, project and business promotion, […]
ADFIAP Board elects Fonseka, Çelik as Chairman, Vice Chairman
Mr. Nihal Fonseka, General Manager and CEO of DFCC Bank, and Mr. Abdullah Çelik, Chairman and CEO of the Development Bank of Turkey, were elected Chairman, Vice Chairman by the ADFIAP Board of Directors in its last meeting on May 10, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada in conjunction with the 33rd ADFIAP Annual Meetings held in […]
ALIDE’s agricultural financing looks for the design of products with greater social impact
Development banking provides agricultural and rural sectors with more than credit, as it allows for technology and technical assistance in the country; however, is it really generating the impact that it looks for? ALIDE Technical Committee on Agricultural and Rural Financing examined this subject at the ALIDE 40th assembly (ALIDE 40) and synthesized some proposals. […]
Roberto Smith elected as ALIDE President until 2012
Parallel to the analysis and debate on critical topics regarding Latin American and Caribbean development, in the ALIDE 40th General Assembly held in Fortaleza (Brazil), the development banks members of ALIDE solved institutional matters such as electing the Board of Directors for the 2010-2012 period, renewing their trust for the team led by Roberto Smith. […]