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ADFIAP shares members green finance initiatives at Iskandar Malaysia forum
December 16, 2014 8:57
On invitation by the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, ADFIAP, represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Octavio B. Peralta, spoke and presented the Association’s work and advocacy on green finance and highlighted ADFIAP members’ lending facilities for environmental projects. The event held on December 11, 2014 in Johor Bahru, the... ...ADFIAP invited to JICA Finance in Development Workshop
December 15, 2014 4:40
ADFIAP, upon invitation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) participated in the Philippine-Japan Workshop on Economic Policies entitled “Finance in Development” held on December 12, 2014 at the New World Makati Hotel. The workshop focused on the experience of the Philippines and Japan on inclusive growth. Distinguished policymakers and top researchers discussed policies on... ...Scope for Future Research on Gender and Climate Change in Chinese Drylands?
December 15, 2014 1:00A workshop to discuss the potential for future research on the gendered impacts of climate change in Chinese dryland areas is being held on 16 December 2014 in Beijing, China. Organized jointly by UNRISD and the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), the workshop is based on the results... ...
Engaging with the Global South…in Geneva
December 15, 2014 1:00On 8 December 2014 UNRISD organized a Breakfast Meeting with country representatives from the global South. The 14 participants included Ambassadors, Deputy Ambassadors and senior representatives of the Permanent Missions in Geneva, who devoted two hours to getting to know UNRISD and exploring priorities and potential for future collaboration.
GLS Bank – newsletter
December 12, 2014 16:57
Language Undefined In their december newsletter the GLS Bank informs about some technical issues like the actual wave of phishing and how to deal with spyware, viruses and trojans. Another topic is their new Banking App. Read more here (in German) Tags: INAISE members NEWS GLS BankScottish Community Re:Investment Trust launched
December 11, 2014 22:30
Language Undefined Scottish Community Re:Investment Trust, a new independent charity aiming to transform how Scotland’s third sector uses and thinks about its finances, has been launched yesterday. The trust’s first initiative is a specially designed new savings account to be introduced at today’s Glasgow Social Enterprise Trade Fair. With a lack of Scottish-focused banks offering... ...Newsletter Convergences: The working groups continue
December 11, 2014 14:48
Language English Since five years five working groups meet each month in Paris to discuss in a broad diversity of actors about common subjects, with different perspectives of course. They also prepare studies - especially the Baromètre de l’Entrepreneuriat Social and the Baromètre de la Microfinance – and prepare the programme for the next conference. Read... ...Global Social Business Summit 2015 in Mexico City
December 11, 2014 9:57On November 27th and 28th, the Global Social Business Summit will be held in Mexico City. Created in 2009 under the patronage of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his creative advisor Hans Reitz, the Global Social Business Summit serves to spread awareness on social business, foster discussion and collaboration between practitioners... ...
Convergences World Forum 2015 in Paris
December 11, 2014 9:32The 8th Convergences World Forum will take place on September 7 and 8 at the Palais Brongniart and on September 9 at the City Hall in Paris/ France. Save the date ! Voir plus/ see more Date: Monday, September 7, 2015 – 09:00 to Wednesday, September 9, 2015 – 17:30
Survey on the the future of values based banking
December 10, 2014 10:49
Language Undefined Please read a letter from our former president Malcolm Hayday to all INAISE members: I would like to send you an important survey – and I urge you to take part. This survey will provide input into a response to the UN Environment Programme’s ‘Inquiry to Financial System Design’. The survey investigates people’s views on... ...Performance Management for DFIs
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Investing in clean energy
December 9, 2014 10:05
In 2013, Oikocredit amended its investment guidelines to incorporate environmental criteria. In mid-2014 Oikocredit welcomed renewable energy financing expert, David ten Kroode, who will build-up and manage the renewable energy portfolio in conjunction with our regional offices. With a set strategy and a few deals now done, we spoke with David about how and where... ...‘Being There’: Mothering and absence/presence in the field
December 9, 2014 3:56Authors: Kelly Dombroski, Rochelle Stewart Withers, Trisia Farrelly Much has been written about families and their influence on relationships and research in fieldwork, yet seldom has the absence of family in the field received analytical attention. The authors of this paper contribute to an emerging ‘anthropology of absence’ in a number of ways: We direct... ...
IDF conducts certificate development banking course
December 9, 2014 3:03
ADFIAP’s Institute of Development Finance (IDF) conducted the 8th run of its “Program on Development Banking” and granted the credential, “Certified Development Bank Practitioner”, to five development bank officers from ADFIAP members in Bhutan, Palau, and the Philippines and a DFI participant from Tanzania, having successfully completed the two-week program held on November 24 to... ...Collective Declaration of the working group on Social, Solidarity and Environmental Economy- Marrakesh 2014
December 8, 2014 23:39
Collective Declaration of the working group on Social, Solidarity and Environmental Economy ; all the Rights and Obligations of Man (SSEE-ROM)/WHRF – Marrakesh 2014 (REMESS/RAESS/RIPESS) Morocco, World Forum on Human Rights, November 29th, 2014. Read the Declaration in pdf. Invited by the organizers of the World Human Rights Forum in... ...