African Development Bank

The African Development Bank (ADB) is a regional multilateral development bank, engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in Africa. The Bank, established in 1964, started functioning in 1966 with its Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire. Its shareholders are the 53 countries in Africa as well as 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The Bank's principal functions are: (i) to make loans and equity investments for the economic and social advancement of the RMCs; (ii) to provide technical assistance for the preparation and execution of development projects and programs; (iii) to promote investment of public and private capital for development purposes; and (iv) to respond to requests for assistance in coordinating development policies and plans of RMCs. In its operations, the Bank is also required to give special attention to national and multinational projects and programs which promote regional integration.

AFDB Beneficiary Countries

Anglola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Democractic Republic of Congo Djibouti Eritria

Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger

Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome & Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda zambia Zimbabwe

AFDB Public Sector Governance
The AFDB Public Sector Governance Program supports projects under six themes: Anti-Corruption, Civil Society, NGO & Popular Participation, Governance, Government & Public Institutions, Public Sector Development.

AFDB New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
NEPAD's goals are threefold: to promote accelerated growth and sustainable development, to eradicate widespread and severe poverty, and to halt the marginalization of Africa in the globalization process. These goals translate into six concrete sectoral priorities: first, bridge the Infrastructure Gap (this priority is tackled along four different angles - bridging the digital divide, energy, transport, water and sanitation). Second, build human resources (this priority regroups four missions - reduce poverty, bridge the education gap, reverse the Brain Drain and improve health). Third, develop a strong and sustainable agriculture. Fourth, safeguard the environment. Fifth, support culture across the continent. Sixth, develop science and technology.

AFDB Sample Projects

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Andean Development Corporation

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) is a multilateral financial institution that promotes the sustainable development of its shareholder countries and regional integration. Serving both public and private sectors, the CAF offers a wide range of financial services to the governments of shareholder countries, public and private companies and financial institutions. The CAF maintains a permanent presence in its shareholder countries. The Corporation is currently the leading source of multilateral financing for the countries of the Andean Community, contributing 55% of total funds approved by multilateral agencies from 1997 to 2002.

CAF Countries

Argentina Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica

Dominican Republic Ecuador Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay

Peru Spain Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela

CAF Themes

Governance Strengthening Program
 Four major working areas were defined in relation to governance, which integrate, complement and reinforce each other:

• Ethics and transparency for development. Promote a line of conduct for social actors in which their attitudes are guided by ethics and a commitment to transparency, accountability and social control, attitudes that would contribute to sustaining the legitimacy of their actions.
• Institutional strengthening. Promote the development of government institutions and procedures capable of giving an efficient and effective response to social demands and needs, in which relations and interactions between the actors are facilitated by definition of transparent rules and procedures.
• Decentralization and citizen participation. Develop and train leaders and support teams at subnational levels of government in the effective performance of their functions and the use of their authority.
• Leadership for the transformation. Educating young people in vision of country and democratic values. Identify potential leaders in the region and lay the foundations for a new style of leadership, enhancing their value systems and supplying them with the tools to assume responsibilities of leadership in the future based on ethical principles and a deep civic and democratic sense.

CAF Annual Report and Corporate Brochures

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Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)

The AFESD is an Arab regional financial institution. Its function is to assist the economic and social development of Arab countries through (1) financing development projects, with preference given to overall Arab development and to joint Arab projects; (2) encouraging the investment of private and public funds in Arab projects; and (3) providing technical assistance services for Arab economic and social development.

The AFESD also provides secretariat services for the Coordination Secretariat of Arab National and Regional Development Institutions, which meets periodically to discuss ongoing and planned development projects with the intention of streamlining operational procedures among the member institutions. Members of the coordination group are the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, the AFESD itself, the Islamic Development Bank, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, the OPEC Fund for International Development, and the Saudi Fund for Development. The Coordination Secretariat publishes, twice per year, a Summary of Loans and Technical Assistance Extended to Developing Countries by Arab National and Regional Development Institutions.

AFESD Members

Algeria Bahrain Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait

Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar

Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

AFESD Themes
The Arab Fund supports economic and social development programs in Arab countries. In recent years, the Fund has given particular attention to projects in the following areas: electricity generation and transmission, construction of roads, and the provision of housing, potable water and sewerage. The Fund has also made grants to member states to enhance the efficiency of their institutions; undertake feasibility studies; organize and host a number of conferences; and modernize their health services, education, training and information systems.

AFESDProjects

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Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organization

The Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) is a regional developmental institution, established in 1980 upon the initiative of HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, with the support of the Leaders of the Arab Gulf States that constitute its membership and contribute to its budget. AGFUND supports sustainable human development efforts, targeting the neediest groups in the developing countries, particularly women and children, in cooperation with organizations and institutions active in this field.

AGFUND Member States
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar, State of Bahrain, State of United Arab Emirates, and Sultanate of Oman.

AGFUND Themes
During 2004, the Arab Fund extended 26 grants to Arab countries. These grants sought to enhance the economic and social development efforts of the Arab states, as well as to improve the capabilities and efficiency of their institutions. They included 11 inter-Arab grants to support joint Arab projects, and 15 country-specific grants. Ten of the country-specific grants and eight of the inter-Arab grants were aimed at improving the types of services provided by specialized institutions, improving manpower skills and information systems, preserving national heritage, and supporting the activities of several Arab research, training and education centers. The rest of the grants were devoted to activities that included conducting general research, undertaking feasibility studies, and organizing seminars and conferences dealing with issues important to Arab development.

AGFUND Projects

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Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 64 members, 46 from the region and 18 from other parts of the globe. The work of the ADB is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than $2 a day. ADB's vision is a region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their citizens.

ADB's main instruments for providing help to its developing member countries are
policy dialogue, loans, technical assistance, grants, guarantees, and equity investments.
ADB's annual lending volume is typically about $6 billion, with technical assistance usually totaling about $180 million a year.

ADB Developing Member Countries

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China, People's Republic of Cook Islands Fiji Islands Hong Kong, China India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kiribati Korea, Republic of Kyrgyz Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands, Republic of the Micronesia, Federated States of Mongolia

Myanmar Nauru Nepal Pakistan Republic of Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Taipei,China Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of

ADB Themes - Governance
Most of ADB's technical assistance projects and loans seek to integrate governance principles into their capacity building design and implementation. Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of ministries, agencies, and departments has, and will remain, the major emphasis of ADB's work on governance and public sector management. However, ADB is moving increasingly to address the functioning of core agencies, such as Ministries of Finance, Civil Service Commissions, or Supreme Audit Authorities, whose work affects the functioning of the public sector as a whole.
ADB is also working on challenges of sub-national/local governance, reflecting the increasing interest of many Asian and Pacific countries in decentralization. Other priority public governance themes include the public-private interface -- regulation, management of state-owned enterprises, privatization and corporatization, law and development,
and the strengthening of civil society.

With the adoption of ADB's Anticorruption Policy in July 1998, increasing attention is also being given to the strengthening of key accountability institutions, such as anticorruption agencies, supreme audit institutions, and ombudsmen or other watchdog offices.

ADB Governance Assessments

ADB Project Web Sites

ADB Sample Project
Enhancing Municipal Services Delivery Capability Project – Phase 2

The regional technical assistance project, “Enhancing Municipal Services Delivery Capability or Benchmarking Project - Phase 2,” was completed 30 March 2003. It aimed to improve municipal service delivery and institutionalize change capacity in twelve participating municipalities using the change techniques of Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement. These municipalities were led by the core cities in each country: Bangalore, India; Cebu, Philippines; and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It was created in 1948 to support Latin American governments in the economic and social development of that region. Subsequently, in 1966, the Commission established a Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean in Port of Spain to serve all countries of the insular Caribbean, as well as Belize, Guyana and Suriname, making it the largest United Nations body in the subregion.

ECLAC Countries

• Anguilla • Antigua And Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • British Virgin Islands • Cuba • Dominica

• Dominican Republic • Grenada • Guyana • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Lucia

• St. Kitts And Nevis • St. Vincent And The Grenadines • Suriname • Trinidad And Tobago • United States Virgin Islands

ECLAC Themes – Knowledge Management
The ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean offers technical reports, programmes of technical assistance, and presentations to seminars, meetings, and workshops.

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Commonwealth Secretariat

The Commonwealth Secretariat is the main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth, facilitating consultation and co-operation among member governments and countries. The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) is the principal means by which the Commonwealth delivers development assistance to member countries. The CFTC operates on the principle of mutual assistance, with member governments contributing financing on a voluntary basis and obtaining technical assistance as needed.

Commonwealth Member Countries

Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam Cameroon Canada Cyprus Dominica Fiji Island The Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana Inida

Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru* New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papau New Guinea St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Vanuatu Zambia

*Nauru is a Special Member.

Commonwealth Themes
The CFTC provides for technical co-operation between Commonwealth member countries.

• Public Service Reform and Public Sector Restructuring. The CFTC designs and implements strategies for improving governance systems, administrative restructuring and integrated public policy management, and assists governments in building the capacity for sustained public sector reform. Integrated packages of policy advice and training focus on improving performance in the public sector, restructuring public enterprises, and promoting public-private sector partnerships.
• Legal and Economic Advice. The CFTC's in-house consultancy service provides policy advice on such issues as private sector and capital market development, and investment promotion. Its legal and economic specialists draw up model licensing agreements for mining, petroleum and fisheries development, and assist governments in negotiations on natural resource development and maritime boundaries.
• Democracy Good Governance and Human Rights. The CFTC supports the Secretariat's efforts to advance democracy in Commonwealth countries by providing specialist advisory services, training, experts, consultants and workshops to deepen democracy and strengthen democratic and oversight institutions such as electoral commissions and the offices of ombudsman and auditor-general.

Commonwealth Secretariat Project Area: Governance and Institutional Development
The Commonwealth’s Governance and Institutional Development Division (GIDD) has responsibility for the Secretariat's mandate on public sector development. Its work covers the full spectrum of public sector administration and management as well as issues relating to civil society and private sector institutions with a public responsibility. GIDD's role is to provide advice and technical assistance in institutional and capacity building towards poverty alleviation and sustainable development to Commonwealth member countries. It has in-house specialist expertise in areas such as governance, public sector reform initiatives, public expenditure management, human resource management and development, public-private sector partnerships, public sector informatics and anti-money laundering.

GIDD is also responsible for the Commonwealth Service Abroad Programme (CSAP), which is an innovative volunteer-based program designed to assist in the development and implementation of people-centered, mass-impact projects that contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Commonwealth Secretariat Project Area – Democracy
The Commonwealth promotes democracy through advocacy of democratic principles and practical action to help make them a reality:
Mutual Assistance - the Commonwealth works to improve democratic arrangements through the observation of elections and the provision of technical assistance and training.

Promotion of Best Practice - through the organization of workshops, seminars and conferences and the production and circulation of publications, the Commonwealth works to promote best practice and in general to strengthen democratic values and culture.

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Council of Europe Development Bank

Set up in 1956, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is the oldest international financial institution in Europe and the only one with an exclusively social vocation. By granting loans, the Bank participates in the financing of social projects, responds to emergency situations and thus contributes to improving living conditions and social cohesion in the less advantaged regions of Europe. The CEB grants loans in Europe, in the member states.

CEDB Members
The Council of Europe Development Bank is composed of the following 38 members:

Albania Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece

Holy See Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway

Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" Turkey

CEDB Partners

CEDB Themes

The Bank's fields of action, as defined in its Articles of Agreement and Resolution 1480 (2004) of the Administrative Council, are structured as follows:

• Strengthening social integration:

• Managing the environment:

• Developing human capital:

CEDB Project Examples

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East African Development Bank (EADB)

The East African Development Bank (EADB) offers a broad range of financial services in the Member States of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with an overriding objective of strengthening socio-economic development and regional integration.
EADB is owned by the three member states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Other shareholders include the African Development Bank; FMO (Netherlands); DEG (Germany); Consortium of Yugoslav Institutions; SBIC – Africa Holdings; Commercial Bank of Africa, Nairobi; Norbanken AB, Stockholm; Standard Chartered Bank, London; and Barclays Bank International, London.

The revitalization of regional cooperation among the Member States through the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) has accorded the Bank the opportunity of playing a catalyzing role in regional integration through provision of development finance.

EADB Members

Kenya Government Uganda Government Tanzania Government African Development Bank FMO – Netherlands DEG – Germany

Consortium of Yugoslav Institutions SBIC-Africa Holdings Commercial Bank of Africa Nordea Bank Sweden AB Standard Chartered Bank, London Barclays Bank International

EADB Themes

The EADB emphasizes:

• Agriculture and Agro-Processing.
• Industry and Mining
• Tourism
• Infrastructure (Including Energy, Information and Communication Technology, Transport and Real Estate and Property Development).
• Services (including education, health, finance)

EADB Sample Projects

EADB and Regional Integration
EADB plays a major role in regional integration by supporting projects that cut across the Member States borders. Such projects are mainly in infrastructure sector (energy, transport and telecommunication).

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 27 countries from central Europe to central Asia.

The EBRD is the largest single investor in the region and mobilises significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing. It is owned by 60 countries and two intergovernmental institutions. It invests mainly in private enterprises, usually together with commercial partners.

It provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly owned companies, to support privatisation, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services. The Bank uses its close relationship with governments in the region to promote policies that will bolster the business environment.

The EBRD is the largest single investor in central and eastern Europe and the CIS, where it has a strong presence through a network of over 30 local offices. EBRD staff combine sector expertise with in-depth knowledge of the social, economic and political conditions in each country. The Bank takes a flexible approach and accommodates the needs of private investors. It takes long-term positions and is able to cope with political risk in each country and sector.

EBRD Members

EBRD Themes
The mandate of the EBRD stipulates that it must only work in countries that are committed to democratic principles. Through its investments, the EBRD promotes:


EBRD Sample Projects

EBRD – Legal Reform
The EBRD's Legal Transition Program helps create an investor-friendly, transparent and predictable legal environment to improve the investment climate in the Bank's countries of operations.

EBRD – Telecoms Reform
The EBRD has been an important catalyst of change with respect to reform and development of the telecommunications sector throughout the transition economies. In addition to being a significant investor in the communications sector in the region, the EBRD also provides technical assistance to implement modern and transparent telecommunications regulation and mechanisms which foster the investment environment.

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European Investment Bank (EIB)

The task of the European Investment Bank, the European Union's financing institution, is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the Member Countries. To this end, it raises on the markets substantial volumes of funds which it directs on the most favourable terms towards financing capital projects according to the objectives of the Union. Outside the Union the EIB implements the financial components of agreements concluded under European development aid and cooperation policies.

EIB Shareholder Countries and Partners
The shareholders of the European Investment Bank are the 25 Member States of the European Union. The EIB tailors its activity to EU policies and acts in partnership with the banking community and international institutions.

The cooperative ties which the EIB has forged with EU institutions, the multilateral development banks, and the banking community enable it to ensure optimum interaction between its loans and EU budgetary aid, and to mobilise sound banking resources for projects which it supports in order to further the Union’s economic objectives.

EIB Themes
The Corporate Operational Plan (COP) is a strategic document, approved by the Board of Directors, defining medium-term policy and setting operational priorities in the light of the objectives assigned to the Bank by its Governors.

Lending activity is geared to seven operational priorities:

• Economic and social cohesion in the enlarged EU;
• Implementation of the Innovation 2010 Initiative (i2i);
• Development of Trans-European and Access Networks;
• Support of EU development and cooperation policies in partner countries;
• Environmental protection and improvement, including climate change and renewable energy;
• Support for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as mid-cap companies of intermediate size;
• Support for human capital, notably health.

EIB Projects and Loans

• Innovation 2010 Initiative (i2i)
• Environment
• Trans-European Networks (TENs)
• JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions)

Activity by region

• EU Enlargement
• Mediterranean Countries (FEMIP)
• African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP)
• Asian and Latin American Countries (ALA)

Useful Links

• The Project Cycle at the European Investment Bank
• Guide to procurement

EIB Sample Projects

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Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership is a wide framework of political, economic and social relations between the Member States of the European Union and Partners of the Southern Mediterranean, as defined in the Barcelona Declaration.

Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Countries
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership consists of the EU Member States and 10 Mediterranean Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey). Libya has had observer status since 1999.

Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Themes – Bilateral and Regional Cooperation
Bilateral Cooperation. The priorities for MEDA resources at the bilateral level are: to prepare for the implementation of free trade through increasing competitiveness with a view to achieving sustainable economic growth, in particular through development of the private sector; to alleviate the short-term costs of economic transition through appropriate measures in the field of social policy.

Examples of projects financed by MEDA are: structural adjustment programmes in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan; Syrian-Europe Business Centre; the social fund for employment creation in Egypt; rehabilitation of the public administration in Lebanon; rural development in Morocco.

Examples of loans signed by the EIB are: projects to improve waste water treatment and management of water resources in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Morocco; measures to reduce pollution and modernization of traffic control systems at airports in Algeria; renovation of a train line in Tunisia; and post-earthquake reconstruction of infrastructure and industry in Turkey.

Regional Cooperation. Regional programmes operate in three domains: the political and security dimension; the economic and financial dimension; the social, cultural and human dimension.

Euro-Mediterranean Partnership – Economic Transition Electronic Network

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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is the oldest and largest regional development bank. It is the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development projects as well as trade and regional integration programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

IDB Member Countries

Argentina* ^ Austria* Bahamas* ^ Barbados* ^ Belgium* Belize* ^ Bolivia* ^ Brazil* ^ Canada^ Chile* ^ Colombia* ^ Costa Rica* ^ Croatia Denmark* Dominican Republic* ^ Ecuador* ^

El Salvador* ^ Finland* France*+ Germany* Guatemala* ^ Guyana* ^ Haiti*+ Honduras* ^ Israel* Italy* ^ Jamaica* ^ Japan* ^ Korea, Republic of* ^ Mexico* ^ Netherlands* ^ Nicaragua* ^

Norway* Panama* ^ Paraguay* ^ Peru* ^ Portugal*^ Slovenia Spain* ^ Suriname*^ Sweden*+ Switzerland*+ Trinidad and Tobago* ^ United Kingdom+ United States* ^ Uruguay* ^ Venezuela* ^

*Member of the Inter-American Investment Corporation
^ Member of the Multilateral Investment Fund
^ Joining the Multilateral Investment Fund 2

IDB Themes – General


IDB Theme - Government and Public Institutions
Throughout the region, the IDB provides support for modernization of the state and strengthening of civil society. Operations are financed in three principal areas: judicial reform; public sector management -- particularly areas such as decentralization, fiscal management, and institutional reforms in the executive branch of government -- and social sector projects involving civil society. The Government and Public Institutions topic has nine subtopics: Citizenship, Decentralization and Sub-national Government, Democracy and Elections, Fiscal Issues and Public Finance, Government and Public Institutions, Judicial Administration and Reform, Legislative and Legal Reform, Private Sector Promotion and Investment, and Public Sector Management and Support.

IDB Theme – Civil Society
The IDB's work with civil society takes on many forms. At the operational level, the Bank and its borrowers consult with civil society organizations (CSOs) and affected populations during the course of project preparation and implementation. At the policy level, NGOs and interest groups review and comment on draft strategies and guidelines for lending. On the institutional front, the Bank works with groups in the region to strengthen their capacity to act as indispensable elements in democratic societies.
The IDB’s Civil Society topic has eight subtopics: Citizenship, Civil Society, Civil Society and Development, Community Participation, Conflict Management and Consensus Building, Consultation and Outreach, Development Communications, and Involuntary Resettlement.

IDB Project Gateway

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International Organisation of the Francophonie (L’OIF)

La Francophonie, consciente des liens que crée entre ses membres le partage de la langue française et de valeurs universelles, uvre au service de la paix, de la coopération, de la solidarité et du développement durable. Les institutions de la Francophonie concourent, pour ce qui les concerne, à la réalisation de ces objectifs. L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie mène une action politique en faveur de la paix, de la démocratie et des droits de l'Homme et anime dans tous les domaines une concertation entre ses membres. Elle apporte autant que de besoin à ses États et gouvernements membres un appui dans l'élaboration ou la consolidation de leurs politiques sectorielles. Elle met en uvre des actions de coopération multilatérale, selon une programmation quadriennale conformément aux grandes missions tracées par le Sommet de la Francophonie.

L’OIF Members
L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie regroupe 53 États et gouvernements et 10 observateurs répartis sur les cinq continents, rassemblés autour du partage d'une langue commune: le français.

Albanie * Andorre * Arménie ** Autriche ** Belgique Bénin Bulgarie Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodge Cameroun Canada Canada Nouveau-Brunswick Canada Québec Cap-Vert Centrafrique Communauté française de Belgique Comores Congo Congo RD

Côte d'Ivoire Croatie ** Dominique Dominique Egypte France Gabon Géorgie ** Grèce * Guinée Guinée Bissau Guinée équatoriale Haïti Hongrie ** Laos Liban Lituanie ** Luxembourg Macédoine * Mali Maroc

Maurice Mauritanie Moldavie Monaco Niger Pologne ** République Tchèque ** Roumanie Rwanda Sainte-Lucie Sao Tomé et Principe Sénégal Seychelles Slovaquie ** Slovénie ** Suisse Tchad Togo Tunisie Vanuatu Vietnam

* Membres associés .
** Observateurs.

Francophonie Projects – Human Rights and Democracy
L'OIF entend apporter une contribution significative à la promotion de la paix, de la démocratie, et au soutien à l'État de droit et aux droits de l'Homme, en mettant notamment l'accent sur la prévention. Une vie politique apaisée et la jouissance par les citoyens de tous leurs droits, objets de la Déclaration de Bamako, sont en effet considérées comme des éléments indissociables du développement durable.

L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie oeuvre pour le renforcement des institutions de l'Etat de droit (justice, corps législatifs...), la promotion des droits humains et de la citoyenneté.

• Contribution à la paix • Démocratie, droits et libertés • Observation et concertation • Appui aux parlements • Développer les moyens de la justice et des institutions d'intégration régionale et spécialisées • Promouvoir l'expertise juridique et judiciaire francophone • Diffuser le droit

L’OIF Activities Report

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Islamic Development Bank
 
The Islamic Development Bank is an international financial institution established to foster the economic development and social progress of member countries and Muslim communities individually as well as jointly in accordance with the principles of Shari'ah i.e., Islamic Law.

The functions of the Bank are to participate in equity capital and grant loans for productive projects and enterprises besides providing financial assistance to member countries in other forms for economic and social development. The Bank is also required to establish and operate special funds for specific purposes including a fund for assistance to Muslim communities in non-member countries, in addition to setting up trust funds.
The Bank is authorized to accept deposits and to mobilize financial resources through Shari'ah compatible modes. It is also charged with the responsibility of assisting in the promotion of foreign trade, especially in capital goods, among member countries; providing technical assistance to member countries; and extending training facilities for personnel engaged in development activities in Muslim countries to conform to the Shari'ah.

ISDB Member Countries
The present membership of the Bank consists of 56 countries. The basic condition for membership is that the prospective member country should be a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, pay its contribution to the capital of the Bank and be willing to accept such terms and conditions as may be decided upon by the IDB Board of Governors.

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Republic of Albania Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Azerbaijan Republic Kingdom of Bahrain People’s Republic of Bangladesh Republic of Benin Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Republic of Cameroon Republic of Chad Union of Comoros Islamic Republic of Pakistan State of Palestine State of Qatar Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Republic of Senegal Republic of Sierra Leone Republic of Côte d'Ivoir Republic of Djibouti Arab Republic of Egypt

Republic of Gabon Republic of the Gambia Republic of Guinea Republic of Guinea Bissau Republic of Indonesia Islamic Republic of Iran Republic of Iraq Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Republic of Kazakhstan State of Kuwait Republic of Somalia Republic of Sudan Republic of Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Republic of Tajikistan Republic of Togo Republic of Tunisia Republic of Turkey Kyrgyz Republic Republic of Lebanon Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah

Malaysia Republic of Maldives Republic of Mali Islamic Republic of Mauritania Kingdom of Morocco Republic of Mozambique Republic of Niger Sultanate of Oman Republic of Turkmenistan Republic of Uganda United Arab Emirates Republic of Uzbekistan Republic of Yemen Republic of Nigeria

ISDB Themes
The objectives of the ISDB are promotion of Islamic financial industry and institutions; poverty alleviation; promotion of cooperation among member countries.  To realize these objectives, the IDB Group will focus on the following six priority areas.

Human development; Agricultural development and food security; Infrastructure; Development; Intra-trade among member countries; Private sector development Research and development (R & D) in Islamic economics, banking and finance.

ISDB Models of Financing

ISDB Project Cycle

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Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS)

The mission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is to be a major regional institution contributing to the sustainable development of the OECS Member States by assisting them to maximise the benefits from their collective space, by facilitating their intelligent integration with the global economy; by contributing to policy and program formulation and execution in respect of regional and international issues; and by facilitation of bilateral and multilateral co-operation.

OECS Member Countries
The OECS is now a nine member grouping comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are associate members of the OECS.

OECS Programs and Projects

• ICT Reform and Modernisation Project 2002:  The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat and the stakeholders have agreed on the need for development of the Information and Computer Technology (ICT) sector and urgency in the preparation of ICT Policies. to the project addresses both the requirements of the OECS as a sub-region to become competitive in ICT the particular needs of Member States.
• Telecommunications Reform Project (TELECOMS):  Telecommunications is recognized as being a critical element for economic development. The TELECOMS project has been merged into ECTEL, the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority

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Organization of American States (OAS)

The Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the countries of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation and advance common interests. The OAS works to promote good governance, strengthen human rights, foster peace and security, expand trade, and address the complex problems caused by poverty, drugs and corruption.

OAS Member States

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina The Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba (*) Dominica

Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay

Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States of America Uruguay Venezuela

*) By resolution of the Eighth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1962) the current Government of Cuba is excluded from participation in the OAS.

OAS Themes

• Defending democracy –Among many other activities in field of democracy, the OAS supports efforts to decentralize governments, modernize political parties, strengthen national legislatures, and consolidate democratic values and culture. It also works to promote a greater role for civil society in decision-making.
• Fighting Corruption – In 1996 the OAS member countries adopted the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, the first treaty of its kind in the world. A monitoring process evaluates how countries that have ratified the treaty are complying with its key provisions. As with the anti-drug evaluation process, the goal is to strengthen cooperation among the countries to address shared problems.

The OAS also plays a leading role in other areas of inter-American cooperation. Government ministers in such areas as education, justice, labor, defense, culture and sustainable development meet regularly under its auspices. The OAS Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) has brought together government ministers responsible for policies to promote gender equity and equality.

The OAS General Secretariat carries out an array of programs in the member countries.

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Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

The Pacific Island Forum represents Heads of Government of all the independent and self-governing Pacific Island countries, Australia and New Zealand. The administrative arm of the Pacific Islands Forum, known as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, is based in Suva, Fiji. It undertakes programs and activities under guidelines decided by the Forum leaders. The Secretariat’s current programs are aimed at promoting regional cooperation among member states through trade, investment, economic development, and political and international affairs.

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Member Countries
The 16 member countries of the Pacific Island Forum are:

Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue

Palau Papua New Guinea Republic of the Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

The Forum’s “dialogue partners” are:

Canada China European Union France India Indonesia

Japan Korea Malaysia Phillippines UK USA

Pacific Island Forum Funding Assistance

• The Pacific Islands Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (FS) coordinates several programs, which provide funding assistance to South Pacific Forum member states. Details of each scheme are available from the Pacific Islands Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
• Development and Economic Policy Division Funding Assistance. Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Fellowship Scheme, Kanak Fellowship Fund, Small Island States Development Fund, Short Term Advisory Service, Regional Natural Disaster Relief Fund, Structural Reforms, Economic Analysis and Advice
• Political, International and Legal Affairs Division Funding Assistance. Law Enforcement Assistance and Travel, Legal Drafting Assistance, Honiara Declaration Legislative Drafting Assistance
• Trade and Investment Division Funding Assistance. Industry Development and Training Project, Import Support Fund, Marketing Support Fund

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West African Development Bank
La Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (French only)

La Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) est l'institution commune de financement du développement des Etats de l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA).

Conformément au Traité de l'UEMOA entré en vigueur le 01 aot 1994, la BOAD est une institution spécialisée commune de l'Union. Elle concourt " en toute indépendance à la réalisation des objectifs de l'UEMOA sans préjudice des objectifs qui lui sont assignés par le Traité de l'UMOA"

La BOAD est un établissement public à caractère international qui a pour objet, aux termes de L'Article 2 de ses Statuts, "de promouvoir le développement équilibré des Etats membres et de réaliser l'intégration économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest" en finançant des projets prioritaires de développement rural, infrastructures de base, infrastructures modernes, télécommunications, énergie, industries, transport, agro-industries, tourisme et autres services.

West African Development Bank Member Countries

Membres titulaires d'actions de série A :


Membres titulaires d'actions de série B :


BOAD Themes
Les domaines d'intervention de la Banque concernent le secteur public (marchand et non marchand) et le secteur privé :

• Industrie et agro-industrie ;
• Développement rural (dont hydraulique villageoise) ;
• Infrastructures de base et infrastructures modernes ;
• Télécommunications ;
• Energie ;
• Transport, Hôtellerie et autres services.

Plus particulièrement dans le secteur privé, ces interventions de la BOAD concernent les opérations de production ou de distribution de biens et services relevant de tous les domaines d'activités susvisés éligibles au financement de la Banque et dont l'objectif principal est la recherche de profit. Les domaines sont : l'industrie, le transport, les mines, l'agriculture, la pêche, l'élevage, la forêt, le tourisme, les communications, l'énergie, les bâtiments et travaux publics, et autres entreprises de services.

Les interventions de la BOAD dans le secteur privé vont en faveur des projets en création, extension, modernisation, amélioration et réhabilitation des moyens de production et de distribution, privatisation et rachat d'entreprise.

BOAD Activities

BOAD Actualities 2003-2006