{"id":439,"date":"2023-06-02T04:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfiap.org\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2024-01-30T06:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T06:59:28","slug":"milestone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adfiap.org\/milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Year 2019<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

July:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 ADFIAP and Toronto-based\u00a0Convergence, a global network for blended finance, sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop, promote and implement programs and activities on blended finance.<\/p>\n

ADFIAP, the African Association of DFIs, the European Organization for Sustainable Development (EOSD) and the City of Karlsruhe, Germany signs the Karlsruhe Declaration on \u201cDFI 4.0\u201d ushering the development and implementation of programs and activities for DFIs to be efficient and sustainably-sound financial institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2018<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

April:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP past Chairman, Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, gets honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) Award from Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

August:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP Global Internship and Leadership (AGILE) Program.<\/p>\n

September:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP speaks at the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Global Symposium on DFIs in Kuala Lumpur organized by the World Bank and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).<\/p>\n

October:\u00a0<\/strong>Mr. Shivjee Roy Yadav, General Manager & CEO of NIDC Development Bank (Nepal) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 86th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0Board Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia succeeding Mr. Arjun Fernando who has ended his term as CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2017<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

April:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP past Chairman, Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, gets honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) Award from Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

August:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP Global Internship and Leadership (AGILE) Program.<\/p>\n

September:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP speaks at the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Global Symposium on DFIs in Kuala Lumpur organized by the World Bank and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).<\/p>\n

October:\u00a0<\/strong>Mr. Shivjee Roy Yadav, General Manager & CEO of NIDC Development Bank (Nepal) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 86th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0Board Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia succeeding Mr. Arjun Fernando who has ended his term as CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2016<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

January:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP launches the ADFIAP-Renewables Academy (Germany) \u201cGreen Banking Project,\u201d a capacity-building programme on green energy and climate finance.<\/p>\n

February:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 ADFIAP wins the Asia Best Sustainability Report (SME category) from the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) for its 2015 Sustainability Report themed. \u201cCreating Stronger Communities.\u201d
\nADFIAP launches the EU-funded \u201cAsia Cleantech MSME Financing Network (ACMFN)\u201d project in New Delhi,\u00a0 India.<\/p>\n

May:\u00a0<\/strong>Mr. Arjun Fernando, CEO of DFCC Bank (Sri Lanka) is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 83rd<\/sup>\u00a0Board Meeting in , Apia, Samoa succeeding Mr. Pema Tshering who has ended his term as Managing Director of Bhutan Development Bank Ltd.<\/p>\n

November:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP receives finalist certificate from the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) for its Sustainability Report 2016 themed, \u201c@the\u00a0Forefront of Sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2015<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

March:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP and the Columbus, Ohio-based Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) sign a partnership \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0agreement for the launch of the US-Asia Pacific Development Finance Exchange program.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP launches its \u2018ADVANCE\u2019 magazine, a specialist publication on sustainable development finance.
\nMr. Pema Tshering, Managing Director, Bhutan Development Bank Ltd. is elected as new ADFIAP Chairman at the 81st<\/sup>\u00a0Board 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.<\/p>\n

June:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and its German partners \u2013 the European Organization for Sustainable Development, the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology and the City of Karlsruhe \u2013 launch the Global Sustainability Center.<\/p>\n

August:<\/strong>\u00a0 ADFIAP and the Auckland-based Pacific Islands Trade and Invest sign a memorandum of cooperation at the\u00a0 ADFIAP headquarters.
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October:\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2014<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

March:\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP launches its \u2018ADVANCE\u2019 magazine, a specialist publication on sustainable development finance.<\/p>\n

June:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and its German partners \u2013 the European Organization for Sustainable Development, the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology and the City of Karlsruhe \u2013 launch the Global Sustainability Center.
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Year 2013<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

May:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP joins the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific Business Advisory Council.<\/p>\n

November:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP is included among 84 pioneers worldwide on the Global Reporting Initiatives\u2019s (GRI) G4 program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2012<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

May:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP launches A-NEX or the ADFIAP Networking, Education and Exchange online platform<\/p>\n

October:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and the Australian APEC Study Centre at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology sign cooperation pact at the Institute\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

November:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions hold first joint CEO Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n

November:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and the Southern African Development Community-Development Finance Network sign cooperation agreement in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2011<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

April:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP financial assets reach US$ 1 million mark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2010<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

February: New resource-rich ADFIAP website has been upped online.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong> Mr. Nihal Fonseka, General Manager & CEO of DFCC Bank assumes as ADFIAP Chairman after Mr. Fuimaono Falefa Lima.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong> ADFIAP launches toolkit on performance measurement of DFIs.<\/p>\n

August:<\/strong> ADFIAP becomes one of business advisory organizations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).<\/p>\n

October:<\/strong> ADFIAP, as WFDFI Secretariat, revives after 10 years, the CEO Policy Seminar for Development Banks during the World Bank\/IMF Annual Meetings.<\/p>\n

November:<\/strong> ADFIAP signs cooperation pact with the Asian Bankers Association, the largest regional commercial banking group.<\/p>\n

December:<\/strong> ADFIAP is featured by a top European magazine for Associations.<\/p>\n

December:<\/strong> ADFIAP and the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASRIA), the largest association of investors in the region, sign a cooperation agreement.<\/p>\n

December:<\/strong> ADFIAP membership peaks at 120 members in 43 countries and territories, an all-time high.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2009<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

April:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP publishes first ever integrated annual and sustainability report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines.<\/p>\n

April:\u00a0<\/strong>ADFIAP Consulting, the Association\u2019s consultancy and advisory service unit, was formally launched.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP\u2019s second 5-Year Strategic Plan with the theme, \u201cADFIAP as Community: Inclusive, Involved, Innovative\u201d was approved by the Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2008<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

May:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. Fuimaono Falefa Lima, General Manager of the Development Bank of Samoa, assumes as ADFIAP Chairman after Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting.<\/p>\n

August:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP wins two \u201cAssociations Make a Better World Award\u201d from the 24,000 member American Society of Association Executives & the Center for Association Leadership for its corporate and environmental governance projects.<\/p>\n

December:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP membership reaches an all-time high of 100 institutions in 40 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year 2007<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/div>

May:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP 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.<\/p>\n

June:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP invited to join the UN Marrakech Process advisory group on cooperation dialogue.<\/p>\n

July:<\/strong>\u00a0CIPE gives 5th grant to ADFIAP on improving risk management and financial disclosure under a good governance framework.<\/p>\n

November:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. Isidro A. Sobrecarey joins ADFIAP as Deputy Secretary General.<\/p>\n

December:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP\u2019s membership hits all-time high of 87 members in 37 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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February:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP and UK\u2019s Community Development Finance Association sign Memorandum of Cooperation.<\/p>\n

May:<\/strong>\u00a0ADFIAP 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.<\/p>\n

July:<\/strong>\u00a0CIPE provides 4th grant to ADFIAP on linking good governance with sustainable development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t