Co-organized by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and World Bank (WB), this workshop aims to enhance stakeholder engagement practices in land acquisition and resettlement among AIIB, ADB and WB clients in Asia, with a focus on connectivity projects that have a regional or cross-border component. The workshop is designed to foster collaboration and experience sharing among project management units (PMU) of AIIB, ADB, and WB clients.

Co-organized by the Chinese Ministry of Finance, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), and World Resources Institute (WRI), this hybrid event will highlight innovations and lessons learned from large financiers and developing countries on mobilizing infrastructure finance for climate change action at scale as well as launch the report Climate-Smart Connectivity Infrastructure: Best Practices and Case Studies.

MCDF, together with the Egyptian Ministry of Finance and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), will host a seminar during the AIIB Annual Meeting 2023 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt and online, to discuss trends and priorities for achieving high-quality and sustainable cross-border connectivity infrastructure.

MCDF, World Bank Group’s International Development Association (IDA), and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) co-organized the Second Workshop Series on Sustainable Financing of Development and Infrastructure. Consisting of six virtual workshops held between May and September 2023, the series brought together borrowers, lenders, and other experts who explored how to ensure the fiscal sustainability of development financing, especially for infrastructure.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are co-hosting the Environment and Social (E&S) Safeguards Community of Practice (CoP) Seminar on Wind Power Projects: Challenges and Best Practices. The seminar aims to present and discuss best practices on managing environmental and social risks on wind power projects that can be practically applied by developing country governments and emerging market financiers in Asia.

The nexus between regional connectivity infrastructure and climate financing has not received the level of attention it deserves. Mobilizing finance for climate-smart green ports, roads and railways, regional power pools, and grid transmission systems connecting renewable energy generation and consumers is critical to achieving the Paris Agreement goals, the NDC targets, and national net-zero strategies.

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Ministry of Finance), The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) co-organized a virtual workshop on Post-COVID-19 Infrastructure and Connectivity in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities on 18 May 2022.

The Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI), ASEAN Secretariat, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) co-organized a virtual workshop on Post-COVID-19 Infrastructure and Connectivity in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, on 26 April 2022.

The program will consist of ten virtual workshops offered free of charge between November 2021 and April 2022.

The MCDF, Islamic Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank co-organized a virtual workshop on exploring co-financing opportunities in Central and West Asia’s transport and energy sectors on 29 November 2021.

The virtual Workshop on Sustainable Lending Practices was co-organized by the World Bank Group and the MCDF on 1 and 3 June 2021.

The Seminar on Financing for Climate-Smart Connectivity was organized by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) and co-sponsored by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and World Resources Institute (WRI) on 25 May 2021.