At the Global Gateway Forum held in Brussels today, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Vietnam to support the implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in the country. The signing was attended by Teresa Czerwińska, Vice-President of the EIB; Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; and Tran Hong Ha, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister.
On the occasion of the Global Gateway Forum held in Brussels today, in the presence of Teresa Czerwinska, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, a €350 million EIB loan and a €45 million EU investment and technical assistance grant, were signed to support climate action investments and develop renewable energy generation projects in the country.
Today, sustainable procurement is more important than ever due to increasing climate, environmental and social concerns. What was once a voluntary tool which was considered to have marginal additionality, has now become the key driver for tackling climate change and achieving just transition goals.
IMF staff and the Jordanian authorities reached a staff-level agreement on a program of economic and structural reforms, supported by a new 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, in the amount of about US$ 1.2 billion.
Opening Remarks of the Managing Director to the 24th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference
The 5th IsDB Group Symposium, held on the 2nd and 3rd of October 2023 at the IsDB Headquarters, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, proved to be a pivotal event in development evaluation for the region. Under the theme, "The Future of Development Evaluation: Adapting to a Changing Landscape," the symposium explored innovative practices, lessons learned, and future strategies in the face of evolving global challenges.
The technical assistance (TA) aimed to assist developing member countries (DMCs) to introduce essential innovations, promising technologies, and new business and partnership approaches in the agriculture, natural resources, and rural development (ANR) sector. These strategies were intended to accelerate the implementation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Operational Plan for ANR: Promoting Sustainable Food Security in Asia and the Pacific in 2015–2020.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
IED's overall assessment is less than successful.
The objective of the Conference is to bring together leading practitioners and thinkers on environmental evaluation, as well as young and emerging evaluators, to share concrete experiences with environmental interventions and evaluations, and to inform future evaluation practice.
