Milestones
July: – ADFIAP and Toronto-based Convergence, a global network for blended finance, sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop, promote and implement programs and activities on blended finance.
ADFIAP, the African Association of DFIs, the European Organization for Sustainable Development (EOSD) and the City of Karlsruhe, Germany signs the Karlsruhe Declaration on “DFI 4.0” ushering the development and implementation of programs and activities for DFIs to be efficient and sustainably-sound financial institutions.
April: ADFIAP past Chairman, Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, gets honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) Award from Queen Elizabeth.
August: ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP Global Internship and Leadership (AGILE) Program.
September: ADFIAP speaks at the 1st Global Symposium on DFIs in Kuala Lumpur organized by the World Bank and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).
October: Mr. Shivjee Roy Yadav, General Manager & CEO of NIDC Development Bank (Nepal) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 86th Board Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia succeeding Mr. Arjun Fernando who has ended his term as CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka).
April: ADFIAP past Chairman, Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, gets honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) Award from Queen Elizabeth.
August: ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP Global Internship and Leadership (AGILE) Program.
September: ADFIAP speaks at the 1st Global Symposium on DFIs in Kuala Lumpur organized by the World Bank and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).
October: Mr. Shivjee Roy Yadav, General Manager & CEO of NIDC Development Bank (Nepal) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 86th Board Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia succeeding Mr. Arjun Fernando who has ended his term as CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka).
January: ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP-Renewables Academy (Germany) “Green Banking Project,” a capacity-building programme on green energy and climate finance.
February: – ADFIAP wins the Asia Best Sustainability Report (SME category) from the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) for its 2015 Sustainability Report themed. “Creating Stronger Communities.”
ADFIAP launches the EU-funded “Asia Cleantech MSME Financing Network (ACMFN)” project in New Delhi, India.
May: Mr. Arjun Fernando, CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 83rd Board Meeting in , Apia, Samoa succeeding Mr. Pema Tshering who has ended his term as Managing Director of Bhutan Development Bank Ltd.
November: ADFIAP receives finalist certificate from the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) for its Sustainability Report 2016 themed, “@the Forefront of Sustainability.”
March: ADFIAP and the Columbus, Ohio-based Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) sign a partnership agreement for the launch of the US-Asia Pacific Development Finance Exchange program.
May: ADFIAP launches its ‘ADVANCE’ magazine, a specialist publication on sustainable development finance.
Mr. Pema Tshering, Managing Director, Bhutan Development Bank Ltd. is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 81st Board Meeting in Nha Trang, Vietnam, succeeding Datuk Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad who has ended his term as President & CEO of the Credit Guarantee Corporation (CGC) Malaysia Berhad. Two Vice-Chairmen were also elected by the Board namely, Mr. Arjun Rishya Fernando, CEO of the DFCC Bank Sri Lanka and Mr. Mr. Nguyen Chi Trang, Deputy General Director, Vietnam Development Bank.
June: ADFIAP and its German partners – the European Organization for Sustainable Development, the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology and the City of Karlsruhe – launch the Global Sustainability Center.
August: ADFIAP and the Auckland-based Pacific Islands Trade and Invest sign a memorandum of cooperation at the ADFIAP headquarters.
ADFIAP gets new organizational stakeholder (OS) mark from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
October: The World Federation of Development Finance Institutions (WFDFI) has designated ADFIAP as its Secretariat starting in January 2016. It is the second time since 2010 that ADFIAP has been appointed as WFDFI Secretariat. Consequently, ADFIAP Secretary General, Octavio B. Peralta, has been named as WFDFI Secretary General also for the second time in five years.
March: ADFIAP and the Columbus, Ohio-based Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) sign a partnership agreement for the launch of the US-Asia Pacific Development Finance Exchange program.
May: ADFIAP launches its ‘ADVANCE’ magazine, a specialist publication on sustainable development finance.
June: ADFIAP and its German partners – the European Organization for Sustainable Development, the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology and the City of Karlsruhe – launch the Global Sustainability Center.
August: ADFIAP and the Auckland-based Pacific Islands Trade and Invest sign a memorandum of cooperation at the ADFIAP headquarters.
May: ADFIAP joins the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific Business Advisory Council.
November: ADFIAP is included among 84 pioneers worldwide on the Global Reporting Initiatives’s (GRI) G4 program.
May: ADFIAP launches A-NEX or the ADFIAP Networking, Education and Exchange online platform
October: ADFIAP and the Australian APEC Study Centre at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology sign cooperation pact at the Institute’s campus.
November: ADFIAP and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions hold first joint CEO Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa.
November: ADFIAP and the Southern African Development Community-Development Finance Network sign cooperation agreement in Johannesburg.
April: ADFIAP financial assets reach US$ 1 million mark
February: New resource-rich ADFIAP website has been upped online.
May: Mr. Nihal Fonseka, General Manager & CEO of DFCC Bank assumes as ADFIAP Chairman after Mr. Fuimaono Falefa Lima.
May: ADFIAP launches toolkit on performance measurement of DFIs.
August: ADFIAP becomes one of business advisory organizations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
October: ADFIAP, as WFDFI Secretariat, revives after 10 years, the CEO Policy Seminar for Development Banks during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings.
November: ADFIAP signs cooperation pact with the Asian Bankers Association, the largest regional commercial banking group.
December: ADFIAP is featured by a top European magazine for Associations.
December: ADFIAP and the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASRIA), the largest association of investors in the region, sign a cooperation agreement.
December: ADFIAP membership peaks at 120 members in 43 countries and territories, an all-time high.
April: ADFIAP publishes first ever integrated annual and sustainability report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines.
April: ADFIAP Consulting, the Association’s consultancy and advisory service unit, was formally launched.
May: ADFIAP’s second 5-Year Strategic Plan with the theme, “ADFIAP as Community: Inclusive, Involved, Innovative” was approved by the Board.
May: Mr. Fuimaono Falefa Lima, General Manager of the Development Bank of Samoa, assumes as ADFIAP Chairman after Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting.
August: ADFIAP wins two “Associations Make a Better World Award” from the 24,000 member American Society of Association Executives & the Center for Association Leadership for its corporate and environmental governance projects.
December: ADFIAP membership reaches an all-time high of 100 institutions in 40 countries and territories.
May: ADFIAP celebrates 30th Year Anniversary of existence; Members presents the Hanoi Consensus during the 30th Annual Meetings in the Vietnamese capital hosted by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam.
June: ADFIAP invited to join the UN Marrakech Process advisory group on cooperation dialogue.
July: CIPE gives 5th grant to ADFIAP on improving risk management and financial disclosure under a good governance framework.
November: Mr. Isidro A. Sobrecarey joins ADFIAP as Deputy Secretary General.
December: ADFIAP’s membership hits all-time high of 87 members in 37 countries.
February: ADFIAP and UK’s Community Development Finance Association sign Memorandum of Cooperation.
May: ADFIAP Unveils new logo, new branding strategy; Members crafts Colombo Consensus during its 29th Annual Meetings in the Sri Lankan capital hosted by the DFCC Bank.
July: CIPE provides 4th grant to ADFIAP on linking good governance with sustainable development
