Registration of Participants

Arrival of guests

Registration of Participants

Arrival of the Chief Guest, Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NitiAyog and other guests for the inaugural ceremony

Lightening of lamp by the Chief Guest Dr. Sunil Motiwal, CEO, SDF with Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NitiAyog,

Inaugural ceremony

Media briefing by CEO, SDF

Group Photo of the participants

CEO, SDF with senior delegates from Asian Infrastructure & Investment Bank (AIIB)

Meeting of SDF Counterpart Agencies of SAARC Member States

The Meeting of SDF Counterpart Agencies was held on July 4, 2018 in New Delhi. The Counterpart Agencies also attended the SDF partnership Conclave which was held on the sidelines of the CA Meeting. Counterpart Agency of each SAARC Member State gave a brief overview of the key thrust areas in its own SAARC Member State. The Counterpart Agency also agreed to support SDF for exploring cross border projects.

Dr. Sunil Motiwal, CEO, SDF with the Counterpart Agencies of SDF from SAARC Member States

Projects Identified for co-financing:

CEO, SDF Participates in Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure & Investment Bank (AIIB)

Dr. Sunil Motiwal, CEO, SDF was invited by AIIB to attend the Annual meeting of AIIB held from June 25-26, 2018 in Mumbai, India.

(on left) Dr. Sunil Motiwal, CEO, SDF with Mr. JinLiqun, President, AIIB and (on right) Dr. D J Pandian, Vice President &CIO, AIIB

(on left) Dr. SnulMotiwal, CEO, SDF with Dr. Bandar M.H.Hajjar, Presdient, Islamic Development Bank Group and (on right) Mr. Dongik Lee, Director General, AIIB

E&I Team's Visit to Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives for Soliciting of Projects

As a follow up to the SDF Conclave 2018, interest expressed by various participants and broad concepts shared during/ post SDF Conclave 2018 and to undertake due diligence of two in-principle approved projects SDF officials, comprising Director E&I, Assistant Director Credit, Risk/ Investment, Assistant Director, Legal and Assistant Director E&I visited Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives to:

1. Carry out due diligence on in-principle approved projects under the Infrastructure Window during the 29th SDF Board of Directors meeting held in Thimphu Bhutan:
    a) 900MW GMR Upper Karnali Hydropower Project in Nepal
    b) 13.2 MW Waste to Energy Project in Sri Lanka - Fairway Waste Management Private Limited

2. Solicit Cross-Border Project cofinancing under the Economic & Infrastructure Windows of SDF in SAARC Member States.

3. Build partnerships with various organizations for Fund Mobilization and Investments in SAARC Member States.

Based on the above initiatives, SDF intends to build up a pipeline of various projects and the team was able to identify 9 bankable projects for co-financing under infrastructure and economic windows.

Social Window Projects Meetings and Field Visits in India & Sri Lanka

• 28-30 June 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2nd Combined Meeting for the Project, Post-Harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits in Production Catchments in SAARC Countries'

The three day meeting included two days (28-29 June 2018) of project progress reviews and discussions on project closure requirements and processes. On day 3 (30 June 2018), a field visit was organized to Peradeniya where participants had the opportunity to visit and interact with staff at the Peradeniya Pack House and Processing Centre, and the Fruit Research Unit.

• 5 July 2018. New Delhi. India. Cluster Development Training Programme for Implementing Agencies for the project, Promoting Integrated Bamboo Based Enterprise Development among SAARC Countries.

The Cluster Development Training Programme was organized from 2-6 July 2018. It was facilitated by the Federation of MSME Clusters (FMC) as the Technical Agency for the project.