IDF in Brief

ADFIAP’s Asia-Pacific Institute of Development Finance (IDF) conducts regular training and capacity-building activities under two types: full or partially subsidized and fee-based. Programs which are fully or partially subsidized are organized and implemented with donor-institutions providing grants and technical assistance. Those on fee basis are conducted in partnership with known and reputable learning institutions from around the world.

What is IDF

The Asia-Pacific Institute of Development Finance (IDF) is the professional training and career service center of ADFIAP. It is backed by 30 years of experience and expertise in organizing training programs, seminars, and conferences around the world through the Association, its members, and international affiliates. It has in its training portfolio, a variety of subjects in development banking and management, a worldwide network of resource persons and experts, and a respectable collection of teaching materials and case studies.

Its Mission

To provide continuing education and technical assistance to bankers and finance executives engaged in the financing of development.

The IDF Management

The IDF is managed by the Programs & Services Unit of the Association. Its officers and staff have a combined international training experience of over 50 years in training needs assessment, design and delivery, conference and training events organizing, and human resource management. It has a worldwide reach of over a hundred training managers who provide consulting and advisory services to the Institute.

The Faculty

To ensure effectiveness and relevance of the training programs, IDF utilizes a faculty and facilitator composed of carefully-selected professors and management experts from the Asia-Pacific Region.

IDF International Consortium for Learning

IDF works through ADFIAP members’ learning center and with other international organizations with which it shares similar development objectives. Most of the training courses are conducted in members’ and/or partner-institutions around the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world. Partnering arrangements with other educational institutes, associations, and training centers are carefully undertaken on the basis of reputation, synergy and performance.

Some of the international institutions and multilateral organizations with which the Association has worked with through the years include: