The CTI-PFAN is a global program supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which is dedicated to “bridging the gap” between clean energy project developers and sources of financing.

The forum identified issues and offered solutions for livestock farms in order for them to comply with environmental regulations and strengthen their cost competitiveness to withstand the entry of cheaper imports with the impending implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 2015. The presentations focused on sharing of best practices and featured successful case studies on local installations and how these affect the bottom line of their business.

DBP, Landbank of the Philippines and the Bank of the Philippine Islands presented their respective green financing credit facilities that livestock farm owners can avail of to install the different systems presented earlier. At the end of the forum, livestock farm owners willing to invest in a biogas system for their operations were matched with potential sources of financing via one-on-one meetings with the bank representatives.

Shown in the photo (l-r) are: Mr. Mario Marasigan, Director-Renewable Energy Management Bureau of the Department of Energy; Ms. Corazon D. Conde, AC Group Head, Ms. Arlene Orencia, AC Head for Projects and Programs and Mr. Jessie Todoc, Country Manager, Philippines – International Copper Association of Southeast Asia.

The program was aimed at enhancing the participants’ knowledge and understanding of micro, small and medium-scale enterprise (MSME) financing and development, especially with regard to the financial policies implemented and initiatives taken up in China as well as the inclusive financial sector development trends in the country. The course was structured to give a more relevant and practical perspective on MSME financing and development through visits to policy and regulatory agencies such as the People’s Bank of China/Central Bank of China (PBoC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and conduits of MSME funds like China Development Bank and Beijing Capital Investment and Guarantee Co., Ltd. Additionally, field visits at Huairou Village Bank and Bohai Women’s Credit Company/Bohai Incubation Services in Tianjin were organized to allow the participants to have a firsthand exposure with microfinance institutions and their clients.

The speakers on the first day briefing included Dr. Sherry Tao Kong on “Macroeconomic Development in China”; Prof. Du Xiao Shan on “Overview of Microfinance in China”; and Ms. Wang Dan on “Domestic and International Definition of Microfinance, Issues from the both the demand side and supply side in China microfinance market and milestones of microfinance in China.” ADFIAP was represented by Ms. Sandra C. Honrado, Senior Executive on Programs. CICETE’s Deputy Director-General, Ms. Wang Weili and CAM’s Secretary General, Mr. Bai Cheng Yu, formally welcomed the participants.

IDF has ran study tour programs on MSMEs around the Asia-Pacific region regularly since 2006 which proved to be well-attended by participants from ADFIAP member-institutions and other financial institutions, including the Philippines. For interest on the program, please email ADFIAP at inquiries@adfiap.org

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Ms. Cecilia M. Ibarra, Head of the Advocacy and Training Unit of ADFIAP Consulting (AC), represented ADFIAP in this event. She met with travel associations and national tourism boards of China, Seoul, and other Asian countries to explore possible incentives and flexible and tailor-fitted programs for ADFIAP’s international conferences and events. Ms. Ibarra likewise attended IT&CM’s inaugural “Association Day” which featured educational sessions as well as networking events on association management that afforded her to gain knowledge on measures of association success and information exchange on the need for new approaches to not-for-profit membership recruitment and retention.

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ADFIAP’s Asia-Pacific Institute of Development Finance (IDF) is offering an innovative and results- oriented program, the Sustainable Enterprise Innovation Program (SEIP), that will enable the participants to complete within the training period sustainable project proposal frameworks that their respective institutions/enterprises can adopt in launching new products, services or any new initiative.
WHAT IS SEIP’ S VALUE PROPOSITION?

1. Innovation – A workshop that will bring out the creativity of the participants in actualizing new initiatives that their institution would like to pursue through one-on-one mentoring, coaching and advisory by seasoned facilitators/trainers.

2. Results-Oriented – An integrated process aimed at assisting enterprises in creating sustainable and innovative products, services and operational enhancements via a hand-holding workshop that would enable the participants to actualize projects they would like to undertake through the completion of project proposal frameworks and sustainability reporting roadmaps that they can implement as their Back Home Action Program.

3. Holistic Approach – Covers 3 building-block modules that facilitate the fruition of the project proposal frameworks and ensure the sustainability of said projects by institutionalizing the practices of benchmarking, measuring, monitoring, and reporting.

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The 10-day course, organized by the Japan Economic Research Institute, Inc. (JERI) was held at JICA’s Tokyo International Center (TIC-JICA) and was attended by 18 senior officers of DFIs in Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and Botswana. The objective of the workshop was to enhance the DFIs’ institutional and human capability to manage infrastructure finance based on an earlier needs survey conducted by JERI in these countries. Aside from presentations by various experts in Japan, the programme also included visits to infrastructure-related organizations.

The program is part of JICA’s support to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) through its subsidiary the SADC- Development Finance Resource Centre (DFRC) http://www.sadc-dfrc.org/ which serves as a sub-regional centre of excellence to strengthen the SADC development finance institutions (DFIs) network and to enhance their capacity to deliver on their mandates of economic growth, employment generation and poverty alleviation.

JICA http://www.jica.go.jp/english/ is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan and is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries and the promotion of international cooperation.

JERI http://www.jeri.co.jp/en/ is a research and consulting arm of the Development Bank of Japan Inc. which has earned reputation as the most reliable provider of advisory services to both public- and private-sector clients in Japan as well as internationally.

The workshop provided the participants with an overview of climate finance concepts with the latest data on global and regional climate financing sources, public and private; the most recent developments on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Green Climate Fund (GCF); and the current state of work of regional initiatives by development banks, agencies and think tanks. To heighten the participants’ awareness on lessons learned and good practices on effective planning and managing of climate finance, experiences on establishing and managing national institutions and the appropriate monitoring, reporting and verification of financial flows at the country level were likewise discussed. To cap the 3-day workshop, key lessons for the future use of scarce public resources to mobilize private investment and case studies of existing public-private partnerships toward climate compatible development in Asia and the Pacific were aldo discussed.

GIZ http://www.giz.de/en/ has assisted numerous countries in the field of development finance and climate finance, supporting diverse stakeholders in planning for and accessing climate finance, establishing and managing national institutions, and building local capacities.