FDC’s Mr Jamie Bedson has recently had an article entitled Microfinance Partnerships:Capacity Building published in the Asia Development Bank’s quarterly microfinance newsletter. A copy of the newsletter in PDF format is available here.
The World Bank Institute will launch a new Executive Development Program, “Inclusive and Sustainable Business: Creating Markets with the Poor,” to be held in Washington on June 9-13, 2008 and continuing on-line from June 16-30, 2008. FDC’s Executive Director, Craig Wilson, will act as an on-line resource person in the second week of the program. A copy of the agenda is available here. Details are available at http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/edp.
FDC’s Chairman, Mr Bob Lyon, has approved the establishment of FDC’s first overseas office. FDC Singapore will commence operations on 30 July 2008. The BWTP Secretariat will be co-located with the FDC Singapore office. FDC’s Mr Jamie Bedson has been appointed as FDC’s Asia Regional Representative and will be based in Singapore and head up FDC Singapore.
FDC was pleased to learn in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List that our recently retired Governor, The Hon Prof Peter Baume AC, received an Order of Australia, Companion (AC) in the General Division. FDC congratulates Peter on this most deserved honour.
FDC has been awarded a grant from the Western Union Foundation to undertake an initiative in the Pacific entitled: “Development and Dissemination of Financial Literacy Materials Targeted at Poor Remittance-Receiving Households in the Pacific Islands (including Fiji islands, Timor-Leste, Samoa and Tonga)â€. Further details about the initiative will be available in the coming months.
The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) hosted a small, high-level workshop in Manila on 10 and 11 April 2008 entitled “Financing Village-Level Energy for Development in the Asia-Pacificâ€. The agenda focused on the methodologies and options available for financing sustainable energy supply initiatives linked with microfinance and/or SME finance in the Asia-Pacific region.
Opening Remarks – Craig Wilson, Executive Director, The Foundation for Development Cooperation.
FDC Press Release: Village clean energy access in Asia-Pacific boosted in Manila.
ADB News Release: Experts Look for Ways to Expand Access to Energy in Asia.
Further information regarding the event is available here.